Show I I JUST lUST HISTORY i r By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I IAre Are explosives permissible in the coal mines s of ot Utah and If It so In what quantity This was the question asked of ot the thc colonel who was acting as chaperon for lor the party of ot Eastern Easterners rs touring Utah as they stood awaiting the tho coming of their automobile at Price preparatory preparatory preparatory pre pre- to a tour of the coal re region region region re- re gion in Carbon county The question question question ques ques- tion was answered that only permissIble permissible permissible per per- explosives shall be used for blasting coal In any of the tho mines In the state and that the amount of such explosive sive used In any anyone one hole shall not exceed one one and one one-h one half lt pounds and the additional additional ad ad- information was as Imparted that In any mine where thre throe or more men are employed on any anyOne anyone anyone one shift shUt that all shots shall be fired electrically when all the men are out of ot the mine Absolute safety precautions said one of the party And then they entered the waiting malting auto auto and ad began the trip through the tte bla black k diamond region of ot the state They were told that there were fifteen big collieries that the they would visit on th the trip As t they ey w were re w whirled over the highway they were In Informed In- In n formed that In In- another county Uinta that In in hydrocarbons that county in the UInta basin led tIle the world and that the known gilsonite there would aggregate more than tons that the oil shale beds aggregated billions of tons DEFENSE IS SUBJECT You Tou know that we are still Interested in interested In- In interested ter-ested ter in your stories about the fort forth forti and fortifications of the country said a member of ot the I party Please give us some borne additional additional addi addi- Information In that Friday is National Defense da day when the theman man power of ot the country is to be mobilized If It I may use the word Complying with the request the colonel proceeded going back Into the long ago when history was being be being being be- be ing made for the New l World orld Said the colonel Fort Tort Niagara was as the first fort constructed on the American side ot of the river at its mouth which was built by La Salle In 1669 the fort tort being a small house and ten years ears later it jt was reconstructed reconstructed reconstructed recon- recon into a trading post which was fortified and was called Fort ort ContI onti Both were shortly de destroyed de- de destroyed Then in 1686 erected a fort tort on the site w which was named in his honor but it was be besieged besieged besieged be- be by the Seneca Indians and andIn andin andin In 1688 the fort was vas destroyed and abandoned Again in 26 1725 built another fort on the site sIte- calling it Niagara which be became became became be- be came the most Important military station on the Great Lakes but it also became the greatest trading po post st In the coun lY During the theR R Revolutionary war the fort tort was the starting point of expeditions sent to ravage the Western frontier was the headquarters for a time of oC John Butler and Joseph Brant and was the place where the Wyoming and Cherry valley expeditions or or- or In August 1796 it was evacuated e by tho the British In accord with the treaty of ot 1793 and was oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc by Americans It was abandoned abandoned aban aban- d ned in May 1826 Am Among ng the early torts forts that were constructed In the United States wa was Fort Jay on Governors Governor's Island New York bay It was established In 1806 On it is located a military prison It was first occupied by bv bythe bythe the Dutch who gave it the name of Island and afterward when under English rule it was a perquisite of the royal governors and from this it takes its name Originally it w was s a quarantine station station station sta sta- tion and In 1775 it was first fortified fortified forti tortI- fied fled and occupied successively by bythe bythe bythe the American and British troops and from 1784 to 1794 it was used as a summer resort and race course The Island was' was deeded to the United States In 1800 and in 1806 a permanent fortification was wa's built on the original site of ot Fort Jay the latter iatter fortification being simply an earthwork In 1812 the south battery battery battery bat bat- tery was added to the defense The Island contains 2 1031 2 1 acres FORT EVACUATED Shermans march from Atlanta to the sea sea a distance of more miles ended with the fall or of Savannah Savann h on December 21 1864 when the city of ot Savannah and Fort ort McAllister were evacuated by General Hardee When Shermans Sherman's army arm which had destroyed the city of ot Atlanta took up Its march toward Savannah it consisted of men of ot the Fourteenth Seventeenth and Twentieth corps He appeared before Sa Savannah Saran Savan nah nab which was held by General Hard Hardee e and men Fort Mc Mn- S Allister stood stood stood- on n the Ogee Ogeechee I r rh river vr er south of ot the city had resisted many attacks from the sea sea and and ana had ef effectually of- of prevented the ascent of ofHie the Hie river by the Union gunboats although the d defenses tenses of the fort were weak to the landward The tort foit mounted fort mounted twenty-three twenty guns guris In barbette and one mortar Tho The garrison garrison garrison gar gar- rison was less than men An assault on the fort from the land Jand was made on December 13 1864 by General Hazens Hazen's division of ot ofte the te Fifteenth corps he having crossed the river and the garrison was overpowered and in fifteen minutes minutes min mm- utes after alter the bugle sounded Forward Forward For ward the tho fort was vas taken and communication com corn opened to D hlgren's Dahlgrens fleet lying in the harbor Dahlgren It might be be- remarked made a brilliant brilliant brilliant bril bril- record during the Civil war He TIe conducted the siege of Charleston Charles Charles- ton tOIl Invented the Dahlgren gun and was the author of ot several works He was created rear rear admiral In 1863 and on Feb February uary 19 1863 he received the thanks of ot congress for tor distinguished service in the Ute line of ot othIs his profession Siege guns were then brought from Hilton Head and when the investment of the city was c complete its surrender was de de- de Har Hardee refused Hardee-refused refused but on the night of ot December 2 20 1864 he evacuated the he city and on December December December Decem Decem- I ber 21 Shermans Sherman's army occupied the city During the memorable march out of ot his 1115 entire army of ot men he lost but 53 killed wounded and captured With the evacuation of Savannah guns and bales of cotton fell into the hands of ot the Union forces S But we are nearing some of ot the big collieries and the forts and fortifications stories will have to be bo brought up again Surprised are you iou at this modern town Well the te coal companies and corporations corpora corpora- I Lions Hons of ot Utah make provisions for fortIe forthe or orI the tIe care of ot their and families and these coal camps that I you are now seeing arc are all modern the the homes have all the modern conveniences conveniences conveniences con con- and peace and contentment content content- ment j prevails ril S |