| Show celebration oly CLA L E BRATION f YESTERDAY W 4 aai aal wai r ile lle celebration of the corletlo completion d of rh e pacific railroad rall Eail road eam came dann ofT in n this elfy elit 1 y yesterday besterda y the JA weather was we splendid eidl id and all classes of citizens seemed tobe to he in earne earnesd sn spik sPir participating jin rin the proceedings dings As ovy noon drew near 0 heu heh edi emi c C thelast the hast Tast ast rail rall conaw th an he P and aud anac C P lines mat mut matthe a the people deemo seea seed e to be op the he tiptoe lo 10 athe the promised signal aly tele telegraphic telegraph 3 grah grab 77 rom ram a in the co commatee com mm atee mUtee ap arl pointed by f oun lilloll cli cil to thi ahtty ity at promontory summit ap at a abo y two nil nii minutes autes past 12 ity its time the ther promised signal came national flag was un furnes furieS in various places esthe the brass and ia maros maHnS ands bands stationed al advantage ou 0 II 11 cees CIEs points 0 i ants struck rop lop P ivy alvy airs and ani axi s du 0 f artillery were fired from th the e ib 0 4 city hall rail and on arsenal ba WWI n giving warning to the citizens in every direction that the grea great vork was ta 1 tile the principal business ary replaces rp laces eee cee stores and manufactories manu factories were closed led sed and work suspended for the rest of the beday he da day I 1 y in about an hours houns time the citizens began to assemble in the New Tabernacle acie acle at two there I 1 fa wae J big ewegen six sis and sa seven ve na thousand present on the stand were his excellency governor durkee hons alotis G A smith lih joh jthn n taylor wm win H hooper and jno bernhisel also gen J A cla cia clarke bp bpi Edward Hunter and the 00 committee amit of arrangements aldermen S W richardea Richard Bichard gA gAH H raleigh and gen R BT T eurton burton the assembly was called to order and captain Crox alUs brass band played hall columbia hon ellas elias smith was elected dent of the meeting A M musser esq secretary G D watt and D W i evans reporters and col J C little tittle chaplain arter after prayer by the chaplain the following gentlemen gentle gentie nien were w e re appointed a a committee to draft re resolutions expressive of the sense bense of the meeting on the completion of the pacific railroad gen for ron this territory tr F atory col W B S godbe hon conj I 1 am post 7 master and col J JC C little major Ds D B huntingdon marcial banal band bandl played ayed 1 mill may 11 I 1 x his excellency governor du durke rk b I 1 was hs then introduced to the assembly handmade And made the following remarks s mr president ladies and gen gentlemen I 1 ain aid happy to meet so large a gather J ling jing ing on this interesting occasion I 1 am not ifft yet rested recited from the fatigue of a lo 10 long iong Jour joun diey ana and buu huu but hut illy pr prepared toad to a dress you but the occasion is so glorio glorious 8 ana and ind full fuli of interest that I 1 feel it a privilege 16 g e to say a few words we meet to celb ceib celebrate rate Tate a great event in connection with the history progress and development of the united states of america the fathers of the R republic were pa par pai i biotic and progressive they established L allberol all bil a liberal beral and free government r afree for enterprise energy and progress i and we have availed ourselves to some extent of the high privilege bequeathed to US U usta S we hive reason to be thankful to the i great author of our being for the lot that has been cast for us we meet to celebrate the P emp completion mp cletion 1 of the pacific railroad I 1 it t truly is I 1 truly truty a glorious occasion jamaal I 1 am a firm irm ellever believer in the principles of free trade among the people of the whole world they seem to eradicate bild clid prejudices ra to enlighten in the mind and to up the intellect A people shut up in a lef let ley country isolated from their fellows are dedi as maere to 0 o when ills vils the they mingle with ea each ench ch 0 ther then tuel their views change evange and they beco become me aware of bf the fait fact that thao all ali men belong to one great dand family and favl have hava ono one one bno universal father aud and and when this we are ready to take every man by the hand band and call him brother regardless bf arid nationality k some adnie are re of the opinion on f i W iy ay i iiii frit irai laai i that trade and commerce bring vice and sin but it is my belief that they tend to ocial docial and intellectual culture com marceia mer merce cela ceia 14 really a civilizing agent for what did god make the oo 00 oban 7 and variety of climate it was por for frethe the tho elevation of man and tant him for fox his glorious destiny we are here hero to celebrate the tho laying of the la strail connecting the atlantic Atlar itic with the the men who have havo persevered in advancing and completing this gigantic work aree areen n titled title to great praise prate there is another class cass who should rot apt be forgotten the men who pione pioneered pred the way here when there thene th ere ene were dangers and hardships to overcome i chave great faith im the future I 1 believe as a nation wo we cannot go hackward war backward duo no matter what may be the tha themo motives 04 0 men we bhail ahall dyance ih ili intelligence li gence refinement rp knowledge and M happiness which is great ultimatum of human existence I 1 here here hera we wearer are comparatively speaking iq in a wilderness but in 14 a few jew cears years cities will spring up on every hand and the rocky mountains wiil will teem with a population of millions who will look back on this day and call the pioneers and aud nd the projectors and builders of the tha tae tac pacific i f ic railroad blessed 1 we live in an interesting period of the worlds history we are setting a great agrest example we have a free government and free institutions and their influence is felt not only in the united states but throughout the world the struggle through which the republic has hag just passed shows that we are capable of self government and that the rights of all men must be respect ed I 1 would like to go into the details of the vast results that will follow the completion of this great work but I 1 am not prepared to no do so I 1 know that the subject is full of importance to us and coming generations generation soi sit n mr Chair manI am grateful grate fulfor for nor the opportunity port unity to express a few hasty remarks on this memorable occasion I 1 hope ho others are prepared to elaborate e to le the fullest this interesting subject brass band played Bail eail R allway ailway way nied lied medley hon john taylor being introduced made the following speech in meeting together to celebrate an occasion Olon hion like the present we are 1 acting in unison with millions of our fellow men who today to day and at this hour houry are engaged in commemorating commemoration comme 9 oneff one of the greatest events in american history T the e enterprise which has just been completed comp eted is i one of the most magnificent and important of its kind that has ever been accomplished by man on the earth eurth whether we refer to the magnitude of the work the rapidity of its progress and consummation or the results accruing it is a work which in interests e not only the denizens of utah but the citizens of the united states and of all 1 d spanning hig big as it ft does a continent uniting the pacific and atlantic ocean opening up direct communication between europe and asia and controlling the trade coin merce and travel of their nations when we reflect upon the events that have transpired in regard to the progress of science during the last thirty or forty years an and d then witness esk ese its culmination in the completion of this great greab enterprise we see something ed ad abou about t it tb that at we can scarcely nind find words to express our sentiments or give vent thour to our admiration I 1 T can very well remember the time WR when en there was no such thing as a railroad in existence I 1 rode on the first that vai wai was ever made soon after it its completion ion that was between manchestor manchester and liverpool england now they spread like a network over england france germany and all europe permeate every available place in the uni ni 1 ted states and this is the last grand link in the mighty chain chalm I 1 can remember the time tima very distinctly ly when there was no such thing as ams gas gaslight light and w when en thep the people dople had to p N plod I 1 0 d along the streets at night by the d dim 1 ra light of a lamp amp I 1 can remember t the h 0 time when the there re were no such suell things as steamboat steamboats il id existence when the ocean had to be traversed exclusively by sailing salling vessels and when boats had to IQ be rowed along the rivers against the stream or drawn by horses now our leviathans levi athans traverse the ocean with its raging raking waves at pleasure while thousands of magnificent palaces float on the bosoms of our rivers and distribute their ar gosian cargoes to every part of the land all ail allot of you remember the time when ahei ahel there Ihei 6 were adno no telegraphs in operation and when the idea of conveying rt th ought from an and from one contin ent to another by the aid of electricity instantaneously won would d have been considered magic superhuman and beyond the reach of human intellect enterprise and ingenuity yet these things have all been accomplished plis hed in our day in former times timea if a man wanted his portrait painting he had to search for an artist of talent in order to get a pretty fair specimen df of his own fage face or figure and had to sit eit for chourp hours now it can be accomplished in one on e instant oc of time by th the science of photography and the various phases it has jias assumed making the lights light of the sun develop human countenance or figure or landscapes of different ties with infallible accuracy AU alt these things seem to have been heen brought into action in a very short time the great changes that have transpired in our day are wonderful to reflect upon and exhibit a great development in arts and science the expansion of the tho burnan mind in the march of intellect and point to the development of yet greater con quests oyer olec of the earth A few years agoa number of us left what hat wasi wash was then called the united states and came out here into the wilderness we came with oxen and for years it took from three to io bix six months to have intelligence conveyed co from the states here for it was brought by ox teams it was not thought then by the inhabitants of the eastern states that any a sueh such u ch thing as asa a railroad or telegraph line would ever pass through this dem dev late barren and I 1 was going joing to say go godforsaken god forsaken region it is true trub that as we campalong came along here some 0 us of t the be practice practicability tica ability of the thing an and d sometime after when we were wore organized in a political capacity we sent a petition to congress representing to them the feasibility of a railroad and requested their attention to iti I 1 believe it is 13 13 in the pro gramme that that tha petition shall be read over in your hear ing today to day applause the citizens ok 0 utah have always been interested in anything that would ten tend i d to human improvement 0 to o the development of the arts and sciences the it extension of trade and commerce commeree the shortening of space or anything calculated to benefit humanity consequently as they charged us you know with being prophets we began to prophesy about a railroad being bulit built through these mountains but r pany many of pf us could scarcely believe our own predel eions in relation to it or that they would so soon be realized As time rolled on this project began to gain influence over the minds of meli mels and they began to reason about abou tit it to write about it and to speak about I 1 it t by and ancl bli bir by it got into congress and ana f finally In allya aliya a bill it was passed for making a railroad across this vast continent some somo time ago a telegraph line was made mader that tha was capable of uniting england and the united states ad aud as we had found an el dorado herm here in the yest westi westa vest where great nuggets of gold an and d silver were found in every direction direct lonn iori the idea iden began to crawl into mens minds that it might be possible to unite the eastern and western portions 9 of this continent t with an iron chain and to marry the atlantic and pacific oceans at first it seemed like a dream drean but aut now the thing is 10 accomplished j the last ast rail is jaida the last spike dr driven iven ived applause I 1 think I 1 am rl right I 1 in stating this our committee informs inform sk me that they have haye got the ahe information that the last tie is laid the last rail put in its place and the fhe last hpike driven applause anaver An and dver very emblematically coming from the lazy lacy land of gold and silver they have brought a silver mounted tie and bound it together with a spike of gold applause emblematical of the wealth all ali that at this railroad would introduce d uce for as his excellency the gover nor has very properly said everything that tends to facilitate the intercourse inter course couise of man with man has a tendency to promote the wealth happiness and of the nations and of the world the tile construction of this road has been a work of immense labor many of you whom I 1 see here know about it you and I 1 have been there and helped to do it we have taken the spade and shovel the pick plow and crowbar we have tolled and delved into the ground riven the rocks asunder torn tom down the mountains levelled bevelled level led the valleys eys ays and made a pathway for the iron h horse orse 11 applause IL 1 feel proud of t he the position that we occupy in relation t to 0 this matter they talk sometimes in Pennsylva pennsylvania nial about that state being the keystone of the united states it is saidy said sald by some that utah holds the keys 0 of this continent but in relation to this railroad we may very properly call utah the keystone it is certainly cirta the grand centre ali applause the intrepid and energetic tors of this magnificent enterprise east and west have been with each other in ascending the rugged paths which lead to our mountain home the great struggle with each has been to reach salt lake valley first congress after deliberating upon it has decided that at or near ogden in utah must be the junction here is placed the great keystone key stone uniting and perfecting the grand arch ar lh which spans apang the continent the magnates division have met and placed the last tie tle laid the last rail tail and driven the last spike in utah thereby completing the grandest engineering and mechanical achievement of the nineteenth century now the iran horse from the ath atlantic antic antle leaving the east can traverse unobstructed the greab greats western plains dash through our mountain gorges defy the rugged heights height sor of the tho sierra nevada andA and lave ave nostrils in the pe waters of the broad pacific I 1 am not dispo disposed ed to enter at till thia time into la disquisition on tho the great benefits that wili will accrue to trade and commerce and the increased intercourse thab that will reopened be opened up not only between one part af the united states and another but between far off western and eastern nations but I 1 will say that I 1 am proud to eee that america has taken a step which is foremost among the nations of the earth in accomplishing comp lishing one of the most gigantic gigantic enterprises that ever was entered upon by man applause I 1 am proud |
