Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1892-12-17 | Page 8 | Kennan's Mission

KENNANS MISSION I A Well Known U P Engineer Goes to China C C Kennan formerly a resident engineer en-gineer of the Union Pacific at Denver and who is well known in Salt Lake left for New York this week to receive final instructions concerning the construction of the Imperial railway in China He has accepted the position of chief engineer engin-eer of the road and will take with him to the celestial empire a large corps of experience ex-perience railway builders to assist in the work The franchise for the road is in the hands of an eastern syndicate with General Dodge at its head The concession conces-sion was granted by the Emperor of China after years of maneuvering and wire pulling pull-ing on the part of the special agents sent to the antipodes to work up his majestys interest in the innovation The road will be 110 miles long and will connec t