The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-25
WILL BUILD NEW
UTAH RAILROAD
Milford & Beaver Company
Ready For incorporation.
WORK TO BEGIN THIS YEAR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
STONE FOR FREIGHT.
WORK TO BEGIN THIS YEAR


with the secretary Of state. Before the
end of the year work Of construction
on the road from Milford to a point
five miles beyond Beaver will be COM
menced. There is a good chance that
the railroad will be completed and in
operation before Jan. 1, 1903.
The officers of the corporation are as
follows: President and treasurer. Hen
ny Altman; vice president, A. 3. Lewis;
secretary. Frederick c IoOfbeuroW.
These officers. with Judge c. c. Good
win and John w. Christian, the mayor
a Beaver, will be the directors. w.
NJ White is the engineer in charge.
The railroad viii be at first operated
by steam. Electric power will later be
used, making this the first electric rail-
road in the state, outside of the street
railways.
The project was conceived and is be-
ing executed by Colonel Henry Altman.
The colonel has been engaged with A.
s. Lewis for several years in rounding
up copper properties in the remarkable
section around Milford and organizing
the operations for their development.
He is now preparing 10 devote his prin-
cipal attention to the railroad.
The new road is designed to carry the
food supplies. building stone and 9th r
products of the rich Beaver valley TO
Milford. doing a return business in sup
plying the commodities Of the rest Of
the world to Beaver.
Colonel Altman has just returned
from Beaver county. where he has been
going over the surveys The maps Of
both the road and the water power To-
cations are ready for fling in the
United States land Office, and viii be
put on record there soon.
Located Water Power.
About two years ago Colonel Altman
located the water power in Beaver riv-
er, and he has protected his locations
So that now he is in a position to de-
velop $500 to 5000 horsepower, which
viii be used for furnishing power 20
the railroad and to mines, and lighting
Beaver and Milford. He became i'm
pressed with the resources of Beaver
valley, with its fields Of grain, its
fruits and hay and vegetables, and con-
ceived the idea of building a railroad
to carry those products to Milford when
the mining and smelling industry had
turned that hamlet into city requir-
/ ing a large food supply.
Recent Investigations have led to the
, conclusion that there is another source
of possibly great traffic in the building
stone to be found in Beaver valley.
This building stone is unique. There
are four varieties, and all have been
used for buildings in Beaver county, -
/ that their worth has been demon
| strated With lumber as high as il
| necessarily is in this scantily timbered
/ country, it is believed that with the
new railroad in operation the entire
/ city of Milford will be built up from
/ these various kinds of stone.
/ The entire surface Gaping near Bea-
/ yer is lava. which has broken of in
many places so that there are largs
quantities of it easily accessible in the
/ valley. This lava, which varies in color
! from gray TO black, IS found plentifGlly
within a mile CT Beaver, anG is used
4 largely in the construction OF houses II
Beaver, especially in foundations. i
I is light. dresses easily, and is practi'
/ eally indestructible.
Also near Beaver are great cliffs OF
! pink tufa, which is one Of the principa
building stones used in the town. Tht
| Beaver academy is built from this ma
terial This is a remarkable rock. 1
can be quarried in immense blocks b!
the use of a churn drill and giant pow
der The stone is so soft that the PEG
pie of that section actually dress i
| with axes. It is so light that a team
of horses can haul in one load sil
perch. or over five cubic yards. l
| hardens on exposure to the weathe
and makes a handsome and durabl
building stone.
Stone That Will Float.
There is another stone which i
white in color and so light that it vii
] vr-or .
says. For all that, il is a durable an
handsome building stone. A hotel il
/ Frisco, and the home Of Henry c. Gal
in Beaver are among the building
which have been built of this stone Nh
| Gales residence has been built 70
three years, and its owner is convince
that it will stand time and weather in
definitely, as far as the stone work
concerned.
All these stone can be laid down i
Milford by the new railroad about a
cheap as lumber can be brought in.
the town grows as expected, the build
! ing stone alone should furnish a profit
able traffic.
There is another handsome stone
which is found seven miles from Bea
YER This is the famous green syenit
of Beaver county. Senator Kearns re
Gently sent 10 Salt Lake 10 have sam
pies of this stone. among others. for
waided TO Senator Clark's architect
New York 1t may be adopted for PAL
Of the ornamentatiOn in this residence
: which is TO be one of the handsomes
: and most costly in New York. Tn
{ syenite resembles granite, save as !
color. and takes a high polish. Their
! is a possibility that this stone will be
) come in great general demand for il
2 great beauty and the effects possib
in handsome buildings by its use.
Survey of Road Complete.
The final location survey OF the ne
, road was completed during the preseI
! week. The road viii run from the hea
! Of the town of Milford along the Be-
i. yer river 10 Minersville. thence 10 Az
amsviIle and across to Beaver, extend
ing five miles beyond Beaver up Be;
D yer canyon. where the first big pow'
, dam viii be located The county con
missioners have granted a franchii
giving the road a right of way alor
and across the public highways b
tween Milford ana Beaver, and the eli
- council of Beaver has granted simil;
/, privileges in the town
: SURVEYS have been made for one poV
: er dam and two reservoir dams, all b
: ing ready for filing. There is a pro
pect that the reservoirs viii develop {
- ice business
Looking into the future" said CO
!. oneI Altman yesterday. 4 am confde
that there viii be two big towns
Beaver county. With the develOpme
:, of the immense resources Of copper al
= other minerals in that vicinity. MilfO
= will become the business centeT-tl
: location of smelters and Of the store
/, Beaver will be the Colorado Springs
4 that region. 1t viii be the city
homes. Surrounded by beautiful field