The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-21

!, some time the property would oe Naluao te
held on and became practically sole OWL
Road a Paying Proposition.
The company was recognized three or
four years after its inception. with Sen
dtor BGmberger i'm full control. and, M
1895. il was extended. through Farming
ton TO lagoon This latter place was a
farm when RiT. Bamberger bought II ana
transformed it into a beautiful summer
resort. This has brought considerable
also established brick yards along the
line, which gave an added traffic, ami
finally. after years Of Vlcissituues. he put
the road on a paying basis. As such Il
VIII be turned into the new enterprise
About four years ago Major II. T. My-
ton, who was then Indian agent at the
1 intdh res erVatiOn. began writing to hiss
friend. J. J. Burns trying To get him to
1 tai to look over the opportunities frf
electric roads. His efforts We're vain
Last summer Major MytOn renewed MS
efforts more persistentiy. and finally per
Sudueu Mr. Burns 10 come out To SAT-
Lake last week After going over the
situation in gait Lake and ogden Nj.
Burns became impressed to the point OF
enthusiasm with the possibilities. and he
ana MT Bamberger soon got together
ano came 10 an agreement, the papers
being signed last evening.
Mr.. Burns and Mr. BambergeT will COLI
troll H. road Jointly. The active manager
has not vet been decided upon. Majg-
MEton will probably have some official
connection with the company. He ma
aged one of Mr.. Burns Indiana roads be
fore receiving his appointment as indian
Sketch of Mr.. Burns.
J. J. Burns the newest conspicuous fig
ure IN tab financial circles. was born
on a farm ten miles north Of Goshen,
Ind. some fOrty-niue years ago. When
q mere boy he left home and struck out
for himself.
I'm coming back some day TO build
q railroad right through your farm. he
told mis- father. He kept his promise
lie learned the printers trade and in
lSiN struck S9earPVille. Kan. whore a
Pennsylvania youth. Mytou by name. had
opened a lumber ward and loan agency.
m practical printer said Burns
10 MytOn. Vow. if YOU viii furnish the
money 10 run newspaper jill do all the
work and Wei divide the profits
This arrangement was made At the
end of TWO years they sold the business
and divided S4,000 between them
Young Myton went TO Dodge City as
clerk Of the circuit court and his former
partner moved to Belle Plaine Kan. A
few years later Major Myton received q
letter from Mr. Burns. Enclosed was an
application for a railroad charter which
he was asked TO SIGN. with the further
request that he get some other men Of
prominence 20 sign also. The explanation
was made that Mr.. Burns had decided 10
build o rcad between Denver aud Belle
PLANE. Ma ior MytOu and some other
men signed the papers. Later eleven Of
them raised $40 apiece and The S5.50D az
that time constituted The total paid up
capital of the Denver, Memphis & At
lantic railroad
Sold Out to jaw Could
About this time Jay Gould aWole to the
advantages of such a road TIE bought
out everybody except Mr.. Burns. who
remained with the company and finished
building tbs road between Belle Plaine
and Pueblo. lie constructed 60 miles of
road in zoo days. which is still looked
upon as marvellous feat. This done. in
1886 he sold out for $1,000 The road he
built became part of the Missouri Pacific
system
Mr.. Burns returned to Indiana and
built a railroad from Goshen north into
Michigan. True TO his word. he laid the
railroad through his fathers farm and
pas a station opposite the old homestead.
This enterprise was Improbable how
ever and ar. Burns lost what be had
made in tho other venture. The road Is
now part of the Lake Shore.
Starting out afresh. with practically no
capital he started in a small way 10
make "ButteTmilk soap The business
grew rapidly 60 enormous proportions. IN
1S95f he began building an electric road
between Goshen aud Elkhart, Ind. He
sent for Major MNtGn. who became asso-
ciated with him in the management. This
road was sold 0ut at a handsome profit
aud Is now part OF a big system OF cleo
trio railways Later Mr. Burns built the
Chicago q South Shore electric road.
connecting I-apOTte and Michigan CITY,
a distance OF sixteen miles. He owns this
cept an offer he has for this, to sell his
soap business and other interests and
concentrate his none and energy IN
Utah