Show STEAMBOAT FOR COLORADO RIVER salt lake tribune in a short time the toot toot of a fair sized steamboat will be heard along the turbulent colorado river in fact the boat is now at or near its destination and will be at once fitted together and placed in working order the various sections passed through salt lake some days ago and unloaded at marysvale Marys vale from marysvale Marys vale they were hauled by teams some miles to lees ferry on the colorado from which place it will make its trial trip it was built in san francisco and in the ordinary course of events a few months ago would have been shipped by way of flagstaff ariz to its destination it has been discovered however that the best inlet and outlet of northern arizona is via salt lake and marysvale Marys vale despite the long haul so tle the shipments were made in this way to carry it over the mile journey from marysvale Marys vale took seventeen wagons and necessarily the craft is in small sections the first load to be taken over this route was a portion of the keel which successfully cess fully arrived at its destination the remaining portions followed the work of reconstruction was to have been begun as soon as the parts arrived at lees ferry the boat was built for the american placer mining company which will operate in arizona along the colorado this concern is said to be well backed and will engage in placer mining on a large scale A A great deal of care has been taken thit th it nothing of the plans of the company should transpire and nothing has been given outto the public concerning them the compa banys nys agent at marysvale Marys vale is robert E cliborne and E E bodley looked after the shipment of the boat through salt lake the steamer is 80 feet long over all and is strongly and staunchly built of steel designed primarily for the companas comp anys private purposes it is said that it will also carry what freight and passengers it ca can lin pick up along its route which has not yet been anno announced the news of the coming of the boat is said to have created a furore among the few scattered residents along the colorado who are prepared to welcome it with open arms besides the sections of the boat two powerful battery boilers were shipped by the same route to be used in the com banys mining operations it is stated that fully half a million dollars is being spent by the company before any realization of their hopes of gold can be had |