Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-30
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29.ACETYLENTIg ItOGh-H FOUND.
* The canyon property was taken up
many years ago by George E. Atkins
and for many years he worked some
OF his property, making brick and dig
ging out acetylene rock. The latter he
came upon quite by accident. He had,
built a camp fire and when ready to
leave threw some water on tho blaze.
The result was startling. as there was
an explosion He found tiElt 1t was
caused by some OF the rock and later
found it to be sacetyl enc. 83ii3lEss
About two weeks ago n company
was formed and incorporation articles
4 filed by Salt Lake citizens and they
propose to make Dry canyon heard
from, and that In the near future. The
company is incorporated for 500, 900,
and the work of development Will be
started about the last Of July. The
officers Of the conpanyg are: George!
Z u. Atkins, president: DR.. G f. cox,
vice-president ard director. DR.. II. h
Wilcox, treasurer and director, Atty.
nv. w. Little, secretary and director.
These with George Adlslns, J ohm O..
Sharp and Atty Barnard Stewart form
The board of directors. The concern Is
called the Maplewood Manufacturing
: and Resort company.
The lower fork is TO. be use for n
i resort and can be- easily reached from
the Fort Douglas street car line From.
THE mouth of the canyon up two or
three miles there are acres upon acres
or partially level ground, an abun-
dance of shade and many springs of
clear, ice cold water. There are at
least 90 springs, oneSo them two and
a half miles from the forks Of the
canyon is 40 square yards in size and
furnishes big quantity of water. the.
water supply in the upper fork is i
little larger but the canyon is not
quite SO wide. $
PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
The company owns $50 acres of land,
taking in the two forks Of, the canyon
and it is proposed to make n resort Of
the lower and manufacture brick and
= develop the aeetvlene in the upper
Much OF the land upon which maple
wood grows in abundance Will he
cleared to make room for lots for sum II
merg cottages, The water from the var
inus springs is to he run into one cham
mel. but it is also planned to build two
or three reservoirs ana two fish ponds.
One of the first things the company
Will do is to build n road and this work
Is to be started at once. The plans are
to make a loop so that the road will
take in both forks of the canyon. The
road to the upper forks will be used by
teams hauling from the mines and tax
ing supplies thereto and the lowersroad%
will lie used by resort people.
In addition to the acetyline, the fire
clay and material for manufacturing
brick, there are six lime kilns in the
canyon and there is practically no linz
it to the supply. Another thing the
company proposes to do is to make its
own Ice.
The party that visited the canyon
found an abundance of clean, fresh
watercress, acres Of beautiful flowers,
scores of ideaf camping places and
about the only things lacking are n
good roadway and an abundance or
fish.
Z I'VE are going to build a resort UP
there sure. said NIr.lAtkins, but we
are not going to lose sight of the ad-
3Nantages we have in the1Way of inarin.
featuring i'll the other fork of the can
Won. We can get al least $50 per 1900