| Show PALMED PALMER AND PEABODY GIVE 90 TO 70 UTAH MAH general william J palmer and george foster peabody Pc former president and vice president respectively of the rio grandc grande western railway and princ principal stockholders in the pleasant valley coal mines have given to utah hospitals and to the heirs of 0 victims of the cid disaster of may i I 1 goo 1900 this announcement comes only a few ecks after the gilt gift of s I 1 in stock by general palmer to old and trusted employed emp loyes s of the railroad the donation is is in addition to the tile contributed to the scofield relief fund by the pleasant valley coal company general manager william G sharp last sunday received the following lett letter r announcing the gift COLORADO 9 colo hept 17 1901 william 0 G sharp esq general manager malinger pleasant valley coal company salt stilt lake cl Cly y utah dear hir sir after tile and brent great loi loss of life in tho the mine cinkay in may IWO 1900 the public subscribe d t onerously and the company did what it could to old aid heirs of tile settlement settlements with nearly all tho tile heirs uro tire now according to th tin comp company anyn offer tho tile undersigned were ere in ili tho the coal company but ha hae a now flow entirely soured their connection with it anit in doing an aftret many car association with and control of its aro am to bo be able to individually add some thing to tho the gt g of the tile public and the tile efforts borts torts of tho the company and also todo to donate tinte a futi tin I 1 for tho tile other I 1 now mentioned you nie file therefore authorized to draw on william J 11 palmer aliner for money all all bent to i aeto tho the heir heirs of each cacti of tho the company who lost hie ills life lu in lie he explosion and wholine who ano ace itce arshall or ehnle ina in a reasonable time ac fie theiarn of and for a it liko like sum to each of the 1 seriously ser loudy injured I 1 ired by tho the explosion at 1 for 10 to ile 10 donated without conditions to st marks hospital in halt lako lake cit abw aa for to axi without to tho the of luy ilal crow cross in salt balc city also 1 forthe for the um sum of to bo be gilien to and it need ba b tho tile pleasant valley coal company und and utah anel 1 company to orect erect and lit four emerged c or temporary reception hospitals iio lile ono one at tit mines one at castle gate oate minee mines one at winter quarters mines and one fit ft the clear creek crock coal mine thie this sum need not be equally divi led among amonette tac four buildings but in sia size and expenditure in our discretion ma be made according to the relative needs of the four places no condition conditions are Impo sedon on the coal com panlee except to ue theaone the mone to erect and lit fit the hospital buildings in ascertaining who are the heirs of deceased miners only cart and good faith falth are expected and it if mistakes aro are in invie ule in paying to wrong persons no liability Is to result as this is 1 an individual and ol donation WILLIAM J M NIER GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY this is entirely a personal donation on the part palmer and peabody who have recently recently y severed all connection with the coal company and their action will not only cause a surprise but will carry delight to many hems especially ally throughout carbon county after the terrible disaster at scofield the public sub scribed lor f or the relief fund to an amount over S I 1 oo 00 in which the two companies took part subsequently the pleas ant valley coal company offered the heirs of the killed miners 5 oo 00 for each one killed in the explosion which figured up another io oooo now jow I come Aless rs palmer and peabody with their personal donation which will amount to about the grand total therefore of money distributed to the heirs of those killed and those who were seriously injured will w ill be over oer general Di manager lanager sharp is busily engaged in getting the names of all who will be beneficiaries under this gift and he expects to start making the distribution at the end of the week the plans plan for the hospitals at the mines are scarcely under way but mr nir sharp has a general plan mapped out which will be followed |
