Show death of forest king halts dixie railroad work on the preliminary plans for the building of the salt lake route extension from modena to the kaibab national forest and the grind cina in on oil to bring out the timber which the united states go ern mont is 13 advertising for sale were brought to a sudden halt by the death of frederick W weyerhaeuser the lumber king when the announcement no was made that the salt like route would build tho the extension in ili tho the event responsible persons purchased the goi ei n m ant t timber im it is understood mr weyer hieu haeber er began begin negotiations with the union pacific in the tile matter of such a railroad nil road mi all body accompanied p a nied by his family poised pissed through silt salt I 1 ike yesterday on the los A angeles n limited and the tile officials of the bait balt lake route had special instructions to meet tho the funeral party the coith of the lumber king caused the announcement to be made mide by silt lake route officials that the building the kaibab forest roid would be su suspended until such time as the interests hid bid settled the enate the salt lake route his expended thousand dollars on preliminary maps and gathering data under the impression tint thit the wes weyerhaeuser Weier haeuser interests would buy the timber when the became interested in the kaibab timber the salt lake route began preparations tiong for a final sur survey ey of the lina line thi through ough the bt george district and an to the tile east eist to kanab and the forest and then on to a point on the tile nm rim of the grand canyon near bright angel point it ft ni as estimated by the engineers that the timber alone would b sufficient to warrant the building of the road roid while engaged in ili this work the notified former senator W A dark clark they desired his operation cooperation co in the kaibab matter and it u was as then the railroad announced it would construct a line to the timber if responsible persons based it from the government while the salt silt lake route has given up the project for the present it has not abandoned the modena kaibab fore forest 4 branch brinch it is said that it ii will ill take a year to settle up the estate of frederick IV weyerhaeuser this will defer co construction of the kaibab line for at leist two years tears it is believed 11 herald erald republican |