The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-25

out Wnen asked now mucn ne answered
that he took what his sou offered
him.
He asked if he had to tell the sum
end Commissioner Prouty said he did
not care anything about the amount
In answer to Mr., Marchand, the wit.
ness said he did not know where the
land was located. ii was quarter.
II was being mined now. He did not
| know whether 1t was transferred to the
Superior Coal company. His son is nov
| right of way agent for the Short Line
but did not know who he worked for
when he took up the land.
When taken in hand by Associate
Counsel Thomas, the witness stated
Wyoming. He also believed that land
had been fled upon by Sarah NJ. Hess,
wife of the president of the stake, Jes.
sic Oviatt, and Elias Nsnleet. He was
also Of the opinion that President Hess
had fled on land. Referring to the
land taken up by his son for him, he
| supposed 1T was coal land.
Transferred to Mine Superintendent
| T. W. Spslding was next called to
the stand. lie said he was connected
with the law department of the Union
Pacific railroad at Evanston, Wyo.
! When asked who he received his COM
pensation from he hesitated in his an
swer. and the question was not urged
He took up lots 5 and 4, section l6. 1t
was coal land, and he transferred it TO
D. q. Clark or Mr. Black, superintend-
ent of the Union Pacific Coal company.
He borrowed the money from Mr..
Black to pay for the land, he said, but
he paid no interest.
Mr.. Msrchaud-Did you receive $3.50
for the land in addition TO the price
paid for iti
The witness did not desire to answer
and Commissioner Prouty began inter
rogating. Replying to him, the witness
said he heard the coal company was go
ing TO put in camp, and he bought 1t
as 2 speculation, on the advice of Mr..
Black
In answer to Mr., Thomas the witness
said the land was paid for by a draft
on New York bank. He had never
been near the property, never pros
pected IL. Whatever was done was
done by Mr.. Black. He had never re.
paid Mr.. Black the loan. He got more
money for the land than he paid for it,
but he did not care to disclose what he
made on real estate deal. He did not
but he knew that he (the witness) did
not owe him it.
Counsel Marcband asked if Judge
Baird, who is now op the bench, was
his partner about the time of the tran
saction. and witness was Of the opiu-
ion that he was. Judge Baird also took
up quarter-section, but be did not
know where he get the money. He
thought the transaction was like his
own.
Received $500 for Land.
Charles Fl. Durham, stationary enei.
neer at Rock Springs for the Union Pa
cihc Coal company. was the next wit
ness. He stated that he took up the
southeast quarter of section 20, and
decided it to D. o. CLARK, manager. He
did the business through his agent, W.
r. Lee, clerk IN the Office of the Union
Pacific Coal company, and Lee passed
the money. He did not know where he
got the cash. Witness received 5000
when the deed was turned over. He
knew the land contained coal. When
he gave Lee the final receipt for the
land the latter told him it had been
paid for. When he put in his applica-
tion for the land the money was for
warded, he supposed, by his agent,
Lee.
D. ]. Sharp Takes Stand.
D. j Sharp Of Salt Lake was next
called and sworn. Mr.. Sharp said he
had been coal dealer, but he had re-
tired from business because he could
not get any coal. In 1908 he started
in the coal business. He had expended
a large sum Of money in providing
yards for the storage of coal and had
been encouraged to do so by the Union
Pacific Coal company saying he would
get coal
In July last lie received intimation
that there would be reduced rate of
90 cents on storage coal, and this would
be In effect until August l6. Customers
who stored coal were to get the benefit
Of this reduction, and he advertised
that he would sell coal for $4.75 ton.
Sales Agent Moore of the Union Pa
cific Coal company called on him and
told him to take the advertisement out
Of the papers. He refused. He was
Informed that if he continued TO adyer-
tisc that the Central Coal e. Coke com
raGy would cut the price to s4.75 and
allow 1t TO. remain at that figure, and
the reason given him to take his ad out
Or the papers was TO prevent a cut in
the price of coal. Several days after
ward he inquired about supply Of
coal and was told his order was Hheld |
up or suspended because he did not |
remove the advertisement
Mr.. Tbomas-Does the Union Pacific !
Coal company dictate to the retail deal |
ers IN Salt Lake how they shall do their |
business?p
Mr.. Sharp was not prepared TO say II |
was dictation, but when the price of |
coal vas raised from SIS to 1925 per
ton the Union Pacific Coal company had |
said TO him that it was 10 their interest |
and TO his interest to do so. He had |
lost. money by going out of the coal
business.
Mr.. Sharp stated when he was city |
2 gent for the Pleasant Valley Coal com. |
panv, now the Utah Fuel COMPANY. they |
raised the price of coal to s5.75, and as |
be did not consider it. fair to the public |
he resigned. There was concerted ac- |
ZION among the producers TO raise the |