Show fim jim dome COME MONDAY waa was the ahe day appointed for the laying of the last brailof rail rali of the utah central railroad tha the weather was waa very cold and a heavy fog and rime frost prevailed until long past mid midday day this however did not prevent a ia large rge concourse of citizens of all a ages aes es and grades assembling 0 on the depot block ck a shortly afternoon after noon a salute of three guns was fired as a signal for the hoisting of flags from the various business ples pies places throughout the city between one and two the train containing the invited guests fro from ogden and the north hove in sight and immediate preparations were made for the performance ot of the ceremonies of the day the citizens assem assembled bleff by this time numbered not leas less than fifteen thousand on the platform car were the following gentlemen af of the utah central bri Brigha a mYoung president wm jennings jen Jea ninga vice president D H wells layton and feramorz little diree Dired directors tors joseph A young general superintendent john VV IV young secretary tary also prest brest dent geo A smith and tha tho members of the quorum of f the twelve apostles president orson hyde john taylor orson pratt wilford woodruff C CC C rich lorenzo Ii orenzo snow F D richards geo Q cannon young jr and joseph F smith of the union and central pacific roads demce win esq masten master mechanic C CP P E R B R G cornwell esq C PR P E E R conductor utah division J forbes esq general freight agent C PR B R james campbell esq division superintendent utah ulah division C PR R C C quin esq master kec kee mechanic hanie hanle U P P R E R T B morris esq engineer utah division U P E R E R chas carr esq abst asat bupt hupt utah division U P E R B R 1 J mccormick and S edwards esdra agents U P E R R G B blackwell esq agent Pull Pall mans mana palace cans cars walter mcray mckay esq Cash cashier cashler lerU ieru U P B R E R col P F anderson special correspondent of the new york ff herald erald occupied a seat at the reporters table from camp douglas gen gibbons col hancock col spencer capt hollister major benham banno coolidge benson armstrong dent brandt jacoba jacopo grannan graffan Gra flan wright the camp douglas capt cart Crox alls and tenth ward brass bands also captain Beeze Beez leys eleya martial band were in attendance the last spi spik keas ewas driven by president young A large steel mallet was waa used on the occasion made by bin sir james lawson it was waa elegantly chased on the top there thera was engraved a beehive bee hive surmounted b by zord the inscription holiness to the lord 11 underneath the beehive bee hive were the letters U C B R E R the spike made ot of homemade home made iron manufactured by the late N V jones was ornamented like the mallet and was also the work of brother lawson just before the ceremony of laying the last rail commenced the sun which during the whole day had been completely concealed by clouds burst forth with unclouded brilliancy as if determined to enhance the general joy by as as genial rays after annir the performance of the ceremony which took place about aboul about nine minutes past two a thirty seven guns one for each in mile mlle e of the road was fired when captain Crox alls alla brass band burst forth with their enlivening strains after which the following prayer was offered by ELDER eider WILFORD WOODRUFF 0 god our eternal father we have assembled on this occasion to celebrate one of the greatest and grandest events of the generation in which we live and we offer up the gratitude of our hearts with thanksgiving for thy merciful and protecting care that has been over us when we were led into these valleys by thy servant brigham twenty two years ago we found them a perfect desert inhabited only by wild beasts and a few red men who roamed over the plains today to tb day we behold teeming thousands thou sands of the anglo saxon race many of whom have assembled here to celebrate the completion of a line of railroad into this city which has opened up commerce between ns us and all the world thou hast enabled thy saints who have gathered here from the nations of the earth to fill these valleys of the mountains with goo in miles il e 8 of cities le towns villages gar gardens gardels dehs debs orchards a and n sa fields and the desert has been made to blossom as the rose we should be rec recreant reint to conr duties did we not acknowledge the hand of thee our god la in thy protecting care that has been over us which has hag enabled us to assist in le velling these moun mountains mas was and in laying an iron band which has bound this continent together from ocean to ocean and has made all the various states and territories of this mighty nation neighbors to each other for all these blessings we feel to render the of our hearts unto thee and we pray that thy blessings may rest upon us this day we dedicate this railroad unto thee the lord our god we pray that thy blessings may rest upon upun it and upon those who have erected and labored upon it we thank thee for the peace arld and quietude that we have enjoyed for the many years that we have dwelt in t these ese valleys of the mountains continue thy blessings 0 god we beseech thee unto the inhabitants here and throughout the nation these favors and blessi blessings we ask in the name of jesus Chri stour redeemer amen the following speech was read by hon geo Q cannon on behalf of PRESIDENT B E YOUNG whilst joining in the pleasing plea piea bing aing cere eventful and auspicious day our minds naturally revert to the circumstances which led this people to undertake their weary bat hopeful journey across the desert plains and rugged mountains to these then sterile valleys alleys to our conditi condition om at the time 0 of f our advent here poor and destitute of the common necessities of life driven from our homes and possessions and bereft of all that makes life comfortable in consequence of our faith in god and in his hia son jesua jesus christ and our obedience to his holy gospel and without a friend in this wide wida world to whom we could look for help except god our heavenly father alone on whom we could rely 0 since the day that we first trod the soil of these valleys have we received an any assi si stanca from our neighbors no we e have not we have built bulit our homes have made our farms have dug our canals and water ditches have subdued this barren country have f fed d th estranger have clothed the naked h have ave immigrated the poor f from nom rom foreign I 1 ands lands have placed them in a condition t to 0 make all comfortable and have made some rich we have fed the indians to the amount of thousands of dollars yearly have clothed them in part and have sustained several indian ludian wars and kowm have buntt built thirty seven miles of railroad all ail this having been done are not our cities our onn coAn counties ties and the territory in debt no the first dollar buethe but the question fuestion may be asked is not the utah in debt yes but to none but our own people who has helped us to do all ail t this I 1 I 1 will answer this question it is the lord almighty what are the causes of our success in all this union and oneness of purpose in the lord having by our fai fal faith fth and unaided labors accomplished the work and achieved the triumph which we today to day celebrate we are now asking the parent government to toi sanction our labors in this commendable work and the people of this territory are also asking to be admitted aa as a sovereign state into the union with all the rights and privileges ofa state Gove government rame at and I 1 move i we have one let all in favor of it say aye A unanimous aye from the assembled thousands was the response we have felt somewhat to complain of f the union pacific railroad company for fon or not paying us fsr far the work we did in n grading so many miles of their road but let me say sy if they had paid us according recording to a agreement r bement this road would not have ne been en graded alq an this track would not have been laid today tu to day it is all right to our friends of the union and central pacific railroads rall Eail roads we offer our congratulations on their success in their mighty t ente enterprise receive our thanks fa for fon your our kindness in to our oun company for bof so fan far arasI as chave ve learned you have rei ref refused used us no favor let us be one in sustaining every laudable undertaking for the benefit of the human family and I 1 thank the companies for their kindness to ua us as companies as superintendents as engineers as conductors etc balso I 1 also aiso thank the brethren who have aided to build this our first railroad they hate have acted as elders eiders of Is raeland what higher praise can I 1 accord to them for they have worked on the road they have graded the track they have laid the rails raila they have finished the he line and have done it cheerfully without purse or scrip our work is not one for individual benefit but it is an aid to the develop mentle the whole coun tends to the benefit and prosperity of the whole nation of which we form a part to all present I 1 would say let us lay aside our narrow feelings and prejudices and sa as fellow citizens of this great republic join in the celebration of this happy day may the blessing of bf heaven rest upon us all telegrams expressing regret a at their t inability to a accept the invitation 0 president young to td be present at the celebration were read from governor Gro vernor stanford president A LM M towne esq general superintendent and S 6 montague esq chief engineer behe of he central pacific road music musie from the tha camp 15 douglas band the vice president of the utah central being called upon for a speech the following response was made by WM ladies ladles adi adl 1 es and gentlemen cistand before you this thia day lay with feelings in in my y breast which I 1 feel myself inadequate to express I 1 am proud that I 1 am a citizen of utah and ind that I 1 am participating with you in the celebration of laying laving thelast the last rail and driving the last list spike olathe utah central the first line of railroad that has been constructed in this thia territory I 1 am proud to think that the last spike in the last rail of the utah central is constructed of our native iron but more because of the wonderful progress in the development of our territory that has been made since our arrival here twenty two years ago cheers the construction of thirty beven seven miles of railroad may in the eyes of some seem beem but a trilling trifling affair but when the inconveniences attending our isolated position are considered and aid it is remembered that we have not had bad the ready facilities of commerce enjoyed by those who live on or mear near the seaboard of the atlantic or Pati pacific fic and that the utah central is the result of home enterprise and has bean constructed ted solely bythe by the laboring population of utah I 1 think it la Is justly entitled to be considered a great enterprise the union abid pacific lines and almast every allne line of railroad throughout the country have had to be assisted largely by state or national aid when in course of construction but the utah central has had neither but Is the result of the enterprise unity and labor of the people of utah I 1 feel proud of the achievement and on this occasion I 1 wish to expressly express my joy and pleasure at being one with you to the workmen who have aided in la the construction of this thia road I 1 tender my thanks I 1 have chave ben bean with and have traveled amongst them a gread deal during the past summer and I 1 am happy to be able to say that they have labored contentedly and with a spirit becoming latter day saints i I 1 hope that we shall soon see aee the day when the iron horse will not only place us in direct communication as it does doea today to day with san francisco in the west and boston hoston boston beston and new york and all the principal cities of the east hut but that there may soon be a chain of railways extending to every city in utah and through our neighboring territories of the rocky mountains A salute of one gun and music by martial band were followed by a speech from superintendent en dent of tle the utah central railroad josepp A YOUNG I 1 can say to you who hear me today to day that speaking a not the part I 1 have taken in connection with the build building hig of this railroad has been the working part and add not the speaking part but bat I 1 feel proud today to day that I 1 have lived to witness the consummation of this great event in our history aa as a people when we cime came into these valleys over twenty years ago barefooted almost without clothing clot ciot hiag without provisions trusting on the arm of god for aid and protection we found the country barren and desolate and we have need to be thankful to our heavenly father that we have lived to take parl pan in the laying of the last rail and the driving of the last spike of the utah central railroad I 1 cons consider fdez idez it something that we as a people may justly be proud of we have been accused of being exclusive where is our now we invite the esst east handshe west and the north and the south to come up to zion and learn of her ways the more our actions and works as a people are investigated the hi higher 9 her we stand in the estla estia estimation allon 1 of those whose good opinion Is I 1 s worth having ehe che ebe cheers ers I 1 hope that the last spike of this road will be but the first of the next which shall extend from this place to the cotton country dixie and I 1 trust to live to see the day when every nook and place in this territory that is capable of sustaining human beings will be settled with good goodho honest nest neat h hard working people and that will be accessible by railroad that we may travel from one settlement to another and carry our passengers in comfortable cars and thus show those who want to know what we are doing Salu saiu salute teof f one gun and music by tenth ward brass band coi COL B 0 CARR CABE of the union pacific c line was then introduced to make a speech After presenting the regrets of superintendent meade at his ity to be present the following remar reman remarks were made y 11 MB MR CARR cabb this is an occasion of congratulation to all of you but to us who are strangers it is more an occasion of wonderment than anything else we who have lieme come recently from the east never expected to nind find anything like this in this country it is something like forty years since the first rall nali railroad road was laid in the united states and twenty years ago there wera only six thousand miles laid in all this vast country but when the union and central pacific lines were completed there were over forty thousand miles the utah central rai nai railroad troad although only thirty sev bev en or thirty eight miles milea long is perhaps the only railroad west of the missouri river niver that has taa been built entirely without government subsidies it has haa been built solely with money wrung from soil which a few year years sago ago ato we used to consider a desert by the strong arms of the men meo and women who stand before me and almost everything used in its ita construction but especially the last spike is the product of the country your superintendent mr young 81 baid said ld that you are not an exclusive people ale but I 1 think ladies and gentlemen that you are very much luch BO so so far as the western country Is concerned in accomplishing comp lishing so much as you have with so little means and so rew few advantages to do it great cheering all ali thal that I 1 have to say further in regard to exclusiveness Is that I 1 cannot ima ims imagine g 1 e how any man whether mormon ni gentile saint or sinner can caa do other than feel |