Show The well known firm of Watson Bros bmlJeis contractors etc stands at the head or its class being the oldest and doing do-ing the largest business in the territory Dating back since 1861 when the firm then composed of James Watson and Joseph Jo-seph ill Watson first commenced business busi-ness in Salt Lake city The history of this concern will be read by old timers with great interest It recalls that startling start-ling tragedy of frontier life the massacre of Custer for when the news came announcing an-nouncing the rising of the Sioux Messrs Watson under Captain Davies chief of construction were engaged in building Fort Douglas In talking over old times with Mr Watson who enjoys very much looking back over his early struggles for Mr Watson is an entirely beltmade man commencing at the bottom having learned and worked at his trade at New castleonTyne England and coming to this country in his nineteenth year He speaks and seems to feel very strongly what a great future Utah has before her He is a strong believer in home material using in all his large contracts our native stone His name is associated with nearly all large building enterprises conducted con-ducted in this city The Hotel Temple ton Constitution building the Brigham Young School of Science the Dinwoodey block and others too numerous to mention men-tion were erected by him The firm now consists of J M Watson its head Robert Rob-ert Bowman and Samuel Barratt the elder Watson having died some time since They claim to have and with justice jus-tice the finest stone plant west of Chicago Chi-cago They are large importers of statuary statu-ary from Coriella of which he carries a stock valued at from 5CCO to SGCO In handsome mantel show rooms he also carries a Stock variously estimated at from 7000 to 12000 We might remark that all the stone used in building the fort was quarried by the soldiers |