The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12
Those In Utah Bought In BY Cornish
For $2ls,s0o.
THE UTAH & PACIFIC LINE
REPORTED TO BE MAKING VERY
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS.
Buffalo and st. Louis Mail Service to
Be Improved = Central Pacific
Notes Paid In Advance =. Cheap
Rates to Puget sound-Utah G. Pa
cific Shearing Pens-Notes.

The sale of the Union Pacific land ant
land grants in the state OF Utah &C.
CURED at the city and county building
as announced Vice President Cornish
was the sole bidder, and Immediately
after Special Master Sherman E. DAY
had read the long and formal adver-
tisement, he offered s21s,s00 for the
whole
The land, in. parcels, brought the fol
lowing sums:
Davis county, $4,000.
Davis and Salt Lake counties, S4OO.
Morgan county, $4,000.
Morgan and Weber counties, Slo,oVV'
Morgan and Davis counties, S40O.
Morgan and Summit counties, $500.
Rich and Weber counties, $50.
Rich and Morgan counties, $500. .
Rich county, $4,000.
Salt Lake county, $4,1S5.
Summit county, $1Oi,7O0.
Summit and Rich counties. SOS.
Weber county. $20,500.
Summit county, of parcel No. 3, Sl5,-
000 This parcel No. ) comprises only
lands which were under second mort
gage, and were only sold TO satisfy a
deficiency under. the first mortgages.
A report of the sale, which is a fore
closure of a mortgage held by the Union
Trust company of New York, was iiled
in the federal court yesterday by Spe-
cial Master Lewis.
PRESIDENT CORNISH TALKS.
President Cornish is ACCOMPANIED on
the trip by Mr.. Day, attorney Lawrence
Greer. Superintendent d. o. Clark OF
the Union Pacific Coal company, and
II. S. Abbott, a prominent attorney Of
New York.
g. s,74a law
day, Judge Cornish, in his Characters
tic manner, replied that, for the life of
him, he didn't know what TO say. But,
when pressed for a, statement, he said
the Short Line is not directly interested
in the road from Weiser to the Seven
Devils, or the line from Huntington.
There viii. of course, be an Interchange
of business, but beyond this the Short
Line has nothing to do with either pro-
ject. Judge Cornish EXPRESSED his
pleasure that the Utah & Pacific is
making such progress, and, though
nothing definite could he said he is of
the opinion that work on the Utah,
Nevada 81 California viii begin soon
after the state line is reached. The Of
fetal left last evening by special train
for Cheyenne where he viii attend the
sale of the Wyoming lands, and return
to this city on Tuesday for a, few days
sta-.
AT that time President Cornish, to-
gether with Mr.. Bancroft and Chief
Engineer O'Melyeney, viii go over the
work now laid out for the Short Line,
and prepare their plans for the year.
One great IMPROVEMENT about to be
made is the lowering of the grade on
Apex hill. The road is spending a great
deal OF money at present. but with
what resources it has at command the
most needed improvements will be
made
Superintendent Dunn of the motive
power and machinery, returned from
the north last night, where, with Cen
eral Superintendent Calvin, he has been
to test the advantage OF compound en-
gines for work on the road north of
Pocatello. Mr.. Dunn says that so far
the test has been very satisfactory, and
it is not unlikely that the road will
purchase a number of the locomotives.
This matter viii also receive considera-
ton upon the return Of President Cor
nish.