Show CHURCH FARM CHANGES HANDS Property Is Secured by West Western Western ern em Pacific as Site for Im Immense Immense mense Shops PRICE PAID IS LARGEST PLANT ON GOULD SYSTEM SYSTEM TEM IN WEST HERE The section of land known as the Church farm in the southwestern part of pf Salt Lake City changed hands yes yesterday yesterday e The records of at t the transfer show h w the property passed from the pos poe possession possession session of Joseph Jossph T os ph F Smith et al trus trustees trustees trustees tees of the Church of ot Jesus Christ of Saints to E B T Jeffery et etal etal eta al a trustees The price paid for the property was The land now belongs to the Rio Grande Grando and Western Pacific railroad companies The largest shops on the th Gould lines In the west will willbe willbe willbe be built upon the newly acquired land lan These will be used jointly by the two roads named The property purchased by the rail railroads railroads railroads roads Is in sections 23 24 and 26 town township townshIp township ship 1 south and range 1 west The farm comprises about 1125 acres bounded on the west by the Jordan river on the east by Second West and andon andon andon on the by Twelfth South street The southern sou them boundary is beyond the city limits The deal has been under fire for some months Several months ago It was learned that the Western Pacific had taken an option on the land Further semiofficial announcements made pub public pUblic lic lie the railroad Intention of putting pu tUng up large shops for the use of the RIo Grande and the Western Pa Pacific chic Officials of ot the church and rail railroad railroad railroad road companies have maintained the utmost secrecy about the consideration for the land which was first made pub public public lic yesterday The Rio Grande runs through it from south to north no th Salt Lake Gets Shops James C Jeffery jr son of President PresidentE E T Jeffery of ot the Rio Grande and Western Pacific was in Salt Lake sev several several several eral weeks ago While he was as here Mr Jeffery said that work on the plant would commence within a short time after niter the site had been bean be n secured The shops will furnish all freight equipment for the two roads In the neighborhood of 2000 men will be employed In the shops when they are running at full ca capacity capacity capacity and the monthly payroll will with willO reach O In I all likelihood l elih od the t e Fourth We will be use dings dungs At th nde ride shops ha to sevE n the Western has opened and secured a business which cannot fail to reach immense proportions much additional equipment will be needed These shops will furnish all rolling stock with the exception of engines and passenger cars Grade Is Finished Work on the Western grade gr de from this city is progressing s ing rapidly The grade Is in condition for eight miles from the Great Salt lake lak lakA A A heavy wooden bridge brid has been built across the Jordan river South Temple and First South Rails have been stacked on this side of the river and Ing will commence this week Rails will be first laid near the river and Into the Rio Grande tracks on Sixth West streets I |