Show COOS BAYS BAY'S R KING IS NONE OTHER OIHER THAN SALT LAKES LAKE'S MAJOR KINNEY Former Utah Boomer Will WillBe WillBe WillBe Be a Multi Millionaire i t If His Schemes Are Successfully Carried 1 Out Few Salt Lake people have reco recognized Jn In Major U L. L D. D KInne Kinney or Chief Chic En Engineer li Cr Kinney of or the Coos BaSalt flay Bay Salt Lake railroad project and sundry other mammoth enterprises In Oregon the Lorenzo D. D Kinney KInne formerly of ot this thia city Yet they are one and ard the same The story of oC Kinneys Kinney's rise In the world since he arrived In Portland In April last from Alaska reads like a romance but persons here man many of or whom will remember with resist relt his activity In connection with th the copper plant In North Salt Lake will be ready rendy to e that the Major Is capable of ot almost an any great business venture where h re art as a a promoter Is the only nl motive mo mo- tive power needed He Began Work Again Agnin When Kinney rea reached hed Portland from Alaska his pockets s were empty empt and his habiliment gave mute evidence ence that he hac ha b been n knocked knocke a against the rough I Iges edges of ot the Klondike region but the Jc icy blasts of 01 the fr frozen zel North had riot not affected his nerve or chilled d his hi optimistic tic spirit and In inte Instead of e td of bewailing his fate ate he lie put on a a. bold boid front and proceeded pro pro- to build up his shattered for for- I tunes tunc J JHo Ho Hp first made the acquaintance of or Judge of or Portland whom he interested In h hi railroad and anil townsite scheme scheme and later he let other men In Inon Inon on n the ground grund Ills next move mo was to organize the Great Central Rall- Rall roa road company compan which he declared d would build a line of or road from Coos Bay to Salt Lake Lalee The of the road were as ns follows all of them being residents of ot of Portland J. J Thorburn Ross floss president dent A A. A A- Wright tir first l vice-president vice and general manager John W W. V Cook I second vice president T. T T. T Burkhart I treasurer John John K IC Kollock secretary L. L D. D Kinney chief engineer In the meantime however hOWe the MaJor Major Ma Ia- Ia Jor had employed Col Lewis C C. gus of the Washington Life Insurance company as townsite man to do the entire business of purchasing lands for arid and a large larg area o of land on The east side of Coos ba bay had been bonded Other Othel Big Companies Formed Former Kinney was wa's n not nt l s satisfied however with a single company compan and following the organization l of oC the railroad compan company com corn pan pany came the Empire Construction company compan the Commercial Trust comPany company com corn pany the Great Central Land company and and- the Belt Line company Kinney Kinne beIn being being be be- In ing the chief chic engineer of all the enter enter- s These actions having been taken Kinney proceeded to Issue and sell railroad rail rall- road stock Money oney soon began to pour in and he proceeded to do business on ona ona ona a larger scale cal Having in bonded a big bit area of oC land on the east side of Coos bay a similar area was also tied up on the veat t side where stands the pre present townsite of Bangor and where it Is said man many Immense buildings will soon rear their proud heads He also purchased purchased pur pur- chased considerable second-hand second construction construction construction con con- mat material arid and landed them pur-I pur at Empire City three thrE e miles from Crom front Bangor a small sma t sma do dok lt has hils since Ince been built b by the allied corporations which Kinney Is managing Since then town town- sites s ha have been staked out ry generouslY generously generously gen gen- and a large amount 0 of land has been bonded Starts a Newspaper I Ne Next t In order order and always In In order for for- that matter a newspaper was es established established established es- es at Bangor Ban called the Bangor Exchange and If tr there Is anybody who doubts for a moment that U Maj taj Kin Kin- Jiey ney Is going to transform the entire Coos ba bay region he should read the Bangor Exchange and be convinced to the contrary The first Issue lisue appeared on n August last and the fourth Issue is issue issue Is- Is sue Is ju just t at hand hang The first Issue Isue outlined the intention of or the railroad company compan to build to Salt L Lake l e. e and al also announced n mi the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase b by Kinney of or acres of or land landat landat at Coos nay flay at a cost of ot The recent Issue announces announces In an interview with Kinney Kinne that the co company m pan Is getting getting get get- ting ready to survey sune the route from Coos CoO Bay to Salt Lake and that the work will continue all winter Another Item announces that Kinney 1185 guaranteed bas c a cm donation of or not less lessina ina iha 1000 from he ie several eral companies In which he Is the ni moving factor and E for 1 a ho hospItal to tobe be es established established established es- es at and still another another an an- other says Kays that the he Majr has offered as an ln inducement to to certain parties par par- ties tiesto to establish D wood furniture furniture furni furni- ture manufactory on Coos bay Million Million- Million Dollar cn Venture hue Another announcement which will please the people peaple of or Utah Is one with reference to the organization of or the Utah Vest Western rn Railway Halh company compan with witha a capital stock of or In shares for the building building- of or railroad telephone tel tel- ephone and telegraph lines In Utah and the construction of or spurs spur and branches for the main line of or road rond which will extend westward from rom Salt Ial Lake e. e From all this It If cap ca be seen that L. L D. D Kinne Kinney the man who worked so o In Inc Incessantly Incessantly In- In c for tor the good of North Salt Lake for so ro many years is li still on deck deckand deckand and even those who frown upon his schemes and fa all them visionary are arc bound to t that he Is Is doing business business busi busl- ness on a lar large e scale and that unIe unless s I misfortune overtakes him h he will yet be a a. millionaire I I i |