Show RAIL JUBILEE t PLAN STUDIED Executive Board Considers II Celebrations Celebration's Finances Pioneers Write rite I I I Financing of or tho the Utah Central railroad railroad rail rail- rail rail-I road ju Jubilee was discussed at a meeting meeting meet meet- ing of oC the tho executive committee In the church historians historian's offices yesterday according ac according ac- ac cording to D. D W. W r secretary It ItIs Itis Itis is expected that contributions will be bc made mado by tho the railroads as ns well as b by Salt SnIt Lake Cit City ho d declared Tho The menu of oC tho the banquet to be bo given January Januar 10 in honor of or veteran of ot tho the I road was also planned I Several additional loiters letters describing the tho building of ot tho Utah Central wore were I received yesterday b by Mr from veteran of ot the road Wielded Famous l Spade I 1 threw one of oC tho the first sods Into the tho track of or tho the Utah Central railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road using the tho spade that President Brigham ham Young used when ho he and oth- oth ors broke tho ground round at Ogden Nephi Bailey of or Monticello wrote to t tho UlO e State Historical society I also assisted In grading grading- tho the sand ridge e between O Ogden den denand and and took railroad tickets for Cor pa pay I 1 hope to attend tho the Jubilee W W. II Laws ws of or Richfield writes that he ho hauled tho the first scraper of ot earth I and was with IUt tho the road to tho the finish but never received any mone money because he used tho the wages In ill paying for lor his I immigration expenses Pioneer one r Stood Mood JJ Young James Peterson of or South Jordan re reported reported reported re- re ported that ho Ito stood next to Brigham Young when ho drove tho the gold spike and attended the tho celebration at the Salt SnIt Lake Lako theatre and tho the banquet in Social hall when tho the road was comp com conf- p John A. A Bevan Bean of or Tooele in a letter to the historical society wrote that ho he rafted ratted ties tieR from rom Lake Point to Farm Farm- Ington The ties tics came camo from rom Pine and Dry canyons east of oC Tooele and were drawn b by team for tor twelve miles to the lake Jake where the they wore made lobo Into a raft feet teet long and 16 te fe feet t wide The raft was built in the tho shape of cribs like liko a a. log house this raft was poled over the tho lake tho the push poles being boIn boing bo- bo In ing about 16 feet long Thero There were ten men on each cach side of ot the tho raft met In forming form Corm forming ing the raft and In unloading tho the tics ties wo had to work In the water Mr Ir Bovan Dovan said More ore letters Jotters were received yesterday by Andrew Androw Jenson assistant L L. D. D S S. S church historian Among mong them was one oho one by Jasper V V. V Perkins of llIe Centerville Utah Ulah who assisted in grading tho the road near what was then known as ns Kippen's farm near Woods roods Cross U Utah h. William William Wil Wil- liam Ham J. J Griffiths of Malad Ida reported that ho he assisted in laying Ining tho track tract from Ogden to Kaysville Kas under too di direction di- di of Jonathan Chatterton D. D B. B Harris of Lo Logan an said he assisted in tn grading tho road under Christopher Layton's contract |