Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-17

| "'tt Inv hBnlnlng survey
across Nevada last April, deyeloneI
some surprising disclosures NV
morning session was entirely devoted
| 10 Tue examination by Attorney Mn.
| mans, ana subsequent cruss-eNamina.
ton, by Counsel 4. H. GiDbon nf tno
san Pedro roau, oil Engineer John a.
! Barlow. "
During the progress Oh the hearing
II developed that the mans sworn tn 10
Af. BARLOW out In tn. desert as bs,ny
the outcome OF his survey MAR. u.,,.'
IN SAT- Lake City from Old held nntss
or the original survey made wears ag,,'
ana that 1t would have been ilanossi'
bic for him 10 have sent in mis- Sol,
notes and 10 have had a man man.
sworn TO and flied in the land Office NJ
carson CITY on the date upOn Nhic,,
such action was taken.
Upon eross-eXamination Mr.. Barlow
admitted, after considerable pressur,
that ne mad not made a single note an
his resurVey ut the time he raced
across the country in his wagon. and
tnat ne had not made on scratch Of the
pen concerning his resuryey in addi-
uon, Mr. Barlow stated that he mad
not even found the initial point In some
places ana further was not in a pogi-
ton to state how many stakes had been
driven. Several thousands of surye,
stakes had been taken along I'm th,,
wagon, he said, but the major portion
OF them We're thrown In the brush.
From the testimony introduced il was
proved that the first map was sworn 10
by Mr.. Barlow out in the desert on
April Goth, and that he had only con-.
menced his survey two and a half DAYS
before, and that II would have been i'm
possible for him to have sent his notes
to Salt Lake and had the maps made
from them and returned IN that time.
Under the testimony that has been
forthcoming yesterday and today It ha,
been made manifest that the San Pedro
road has established a very good case
both In regard to the map cases and the
impending suits against the cOmIany on
the part Of the Oregon Short Line 10
condemn a portion OF the rlght-of-way
Of the san Pedro road below Calientes.
AS Mr.. Barlow admits that the initial
point below Calientes was not even iu-
Gated on the occasion Of his survey last
spring The Clark road attorneys feel
confident that their right Of way can
not be condemned under any clrcum-
stances-if 1t ever could have been.
They declare most emphatically that
they were first In the field and are stll
surveying and that as yet nothing has
been introduced 10 show that the One
gon Short Line has surveyed line
through the state Of Nevada beyond the
filing Of maps that are admitted 10 have
been made up u the old field notes OF
the original survey.
I. Z. Gibbon, as a cross-eXamiher,
proved 10 be a yeritable giant for the
San Pedro forces this morning. He gave
the witness no time to .hink or even re-
cover his breath, for no sooner was
one question answered than the next
would be hurled at the witness with /
such rapidly that on several occasions I
Stenographer Smith, who has the repu- /
tation OF being numbered among The 1
best court reporters in Utah, had o. clll |
a halt In order % catch Up on hi- lce- /
ord. Mr.. Gibbon has the habit o. look /
Ing the witness straight In the eye and |
firing question al him with lightning /
like rapidity. Had the witness been /
this morning before a
Judge. undoubtedly Mr. Barlow would
have been required 10 give direct an
swers TO some OF the questions that he
eyaded. As IL was he
was given considerable latitude and
lodged leading questions In an expert
manner.
The proceedings were followed with
interest By the LITTLE knot
II surveyors present including Eugi-
leer Berry Of the Union Pacific and /
Resident Engineer Ashton Of the ore
gon Short Line.
The proceedings opened at 1910 a. m.
After a stipulation having beer agreed
ipon that the blue print copies OF the
original survey maps filed az Carson
hould be used In place u the certified
opies Of the maps which had been
destroyed In the big ire Mr. GiDnou
objected 10 the introduction az any .
imony pertaining 20 the old original
urvey and then Engineer John Y Bar
ow was called by Mr. Williams 10 les
fly on behalf OF the oregon short Line
laims.
STORY OF THE SURVEY.
John Q. Barlow. civil engineer In the
mploy Of the Oregon short Line at
'ocatello. after being sworn, testified
nay ne hau p zen ei'se5g' III. ", .''S N
7ssloh Oh IalllOeW vns 'h,s''.e
ears NItness htdtyi 'N'e ,,' 49,
,he iocauoll 3i lhs ~, ,, vi '.5 a. ASA
nj. III, i-lne soutl"e1' ". '... '' IL,
he preliminary surveys through O. the
alifornia state line The final ''ca- ,
on lolIo"gi the no" eA''lls 5'"-g ~
allentes ana lheh lli oa." Z
NV Naley WASH 70 Na,l '''.' t ,
" ana on thiousn Nt't'a N 'L' ""
'rnia me. MI BARROW lneh ",i' ~, {
state mat ne opened up 'ht wy" .il1
sfIormed seErniL-At' i,r ','' -. 'H. q
,sung grade OF o. Ia-s "a
men ne was ups'qu hllF ''h {
IN. This was IN juno l'..' awe Iy 'ns l
me ne leti the scene 'ht Ei- ID D
anehtes ana a portion "i tn.' hliiI's %
floche had also httn con- INl'eN'
the FAN Of 1859 with 50 sttt.d . sur Z