Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-02
After Awful Trip Across Desert
They Return to Grants.
vile.
FOOLED BY MIRACES GALORE.
Western Pacific Engineers Flad a
Skeleton Of Man Beside Remains of
a Wagon Box.

'''''" WI" nave returned 70 Grants
Vllle from o trip across the Great
American Desert west OF salt Lake
read like "a romance OF pioneer DAYS.
Yesterday Mr.. Wilson. chief inspector
Of the grade Of the Western Pacific.
returned from out OF the wilds and
gave his experiences. According to a
gentleman who saw the party come In
al were haggered in the extreme and
thoroughly worn out after having
tramped for days hungry thirsty and
exhausted.
FOOLED BY MlRAGES.
Mr. Wilson and party in their search
Tor missing surveyors had terrible
tune with field glasses he and the
leamsiers ranged the silent desert to
tolloW mirnges. The men saw SUBMITS
OF mountains distinctly Oh several oc-
casions, saw them disappear ana re-
appear, At one time thoy saw wagons
i'm the distance and thought they had
FOUND a missing party only 20 be disap-
pointed as they dissolved into chin
air At different times they saw herds
of cattle wagons and teams. and
great forest of pines I'm the distance.
one night they saw honfres and men
riding horses swinging lanterns and
felt sure that they had encountered
strangers at last but they turned out
to be optical decisions.
GRUESOME DISCOVERY.
one OF the party. Thomas Clark of
Baltimore. Md who Is employed by the
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hunting some horses came upon the
skeleton Of a man with dried sheep
pelt lying across his skull Close to the
body was the upper part Of wagon
box with cover two wheels OF a cart
and ashes Of a emp fire. How long
the remains had laid out IN the desert
none OF the party could tell The find
was reported TO the sheriff OF Tooelo
county by Clark yesterday Of his re-
turn from the trip,
WORK TO BE RUSHED,
The trip In every sense Of the word
was hazardous one and the men who
viii, do the grading across that strip
viii earn every cent they make, The
water problem has been solved. how
ever, and now gang Of men is at
work laying a 40-mile pipe line to the
edge OF the desert Camps VIII be es-
tabllsh at short intervals and work
across this level stretch Of SAND and
wilderness win be- pushed with a vim
GRADING IN CALIFORNIA.
Regarding grading operations at the
other end Of the line the San Francisco
Examiner to hand says
II S. Huson, whose Pacific Coast
company has the contract
to build the Western Pacific road be-
tween SAP Francisco and OroVlle, ar
rived from New York Yesterday and is
"a guest at the Palace, Huson says he
expects to have about 1,200 men az
work very soon IN the Niles Canyon
country back OF Oakland, lie has
shipped a grading outfit from Kansas
city and another will soon be shipped
from Reno Both will be employed be-
tween oakland Tesla and Stockton
In these outfits are steam drills steam
shovels, horses, wagons, scrapers and
camp outfits.
"Huson has also collected a big grad
ing outfit at Marysyille. 1t Is the in
tention 10 build the piece Of road be-
tween that city and Orovllle as quick
ly as possible. so that consignments of
freight coming over the Southern Pa
cinc for the mountain section OF the
Pacific can be promptly |
hauled over It's own rails 10 Oroville |
and from there distributed Tho |
Marysyille city council has given the |
Western Pacific permission to cross |
the Southern Pacific tracks IN the |
northern part of town, 10 viii cross |
the Southern Pacific az grade outside |
the city"