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Show DAEY UTAH STATE JOURNAL VOLUME OGDEN, UTAH: 16. Vm-NUM- BER OGDEN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ANEW W. H. Bancroft, and general manager of the Oregon Short Line; K. E. Calvin, general suerlii-tenden- t; T. M. Schumacher, traffic manager; P. L. Williams, general attorney; D. E. Burley, general passenger agent; D. S. Spencer, assistant passenger agent; J. T. Dunn, superintendent of motive power; A. J. Rhodes, purchasing agent; Dr. Pinkerton, chief surgeon; William Ashton, resident engineer; W. S. McCornlck, and Fred Knickerbocker, secretary to Mr. Ran- croft. The Ogden railroad officials were W. R. Scott, superintendent Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific; Thomas 26, 1903. GOLDEN GATE vice-preside- nt plctrd their contracts with the Union I'acilic. In less Ilian three weeks I hail an many as five or six hundred teams engaged. It took until about COMPLETE the first of May, IsiiS, to complete the contract about eight months. The oilier contract was completed at the same time mid the Union I'acilic were'j paralleling our work. They Intended Is Officially RecogLudn Cut-Oto go as far ns Humboldt Wells. Gen- -' Deed From Brigham Young Grantoral Dodge ,of the Union I'acilic, Ht nized as an Aacomplished ing Land for the Junction that time head of the whole work, Fact. went over to where our men were Depot at Ogden. working and told them that they would not get pay for the work they were ' doing. I assured them that they would MANY RAILROADERS PRESENT and I kept my men. 1 stuck to It ll 131 ACRES WERE CONVEYED Fitzgerald, assistant superintendent; 1 got the road to Promontory J. S. Noble, former superintendent; G. nnd ten days later I hud the grading H. Corse, agent of the Oregon Short all done to Promontory II 111. The two Congratulations Extended to PresiProvides That This City Must Forever Line and Union Pacific; W. E. Marsh, muds compromised to meet at Iroin- - j dent Harriman by Eminent FiRemein Junction of the cutin assistant of the engineer charge ontory Hill. Wg employed nlsiut 8,000 ' nanciers No Ceremony. U. P. and C, P. off, and J. W. O'Brien, chief clerk. men, mostly English speaking people. The following members of tbe WeThe last spike wns driven just ber club were guests; The mayor, north of where the spike will be drlv- Formal recognition of the compleA clmmietitiice known to comparaF. J. Klesel, L L. Clark, Thomas D. eu tomorrow. The last spike wus drlv- one Dee, David f, tion of the C. William Eccles, THE FIRST TRAIN. Wattls, en, I think, on the 10th day of May, tively few ieople, is brought to mind of the most wonderful engineering F. Middleton, Jno. E. Bagley, A. F. by tlie celebration which took place 1S69. It was u grand ceremony. feats of railroading, was consummated Parker, Judge II. H. Rolapp, Charles difficulties of the task increased the wus for us to have a road right j -- j met President llarrlniun today today, and It affords a very satisfacat about 11 o'clock this morning at a R. Hollingsworth, Sidney Stevens, J. E. liabilities and risks. The Lucln cut- through to San Francisco to shorten (lli he rdlally invited me to be pres-tli- e tory reason why Ogden was not sidepoint midway between Promontory Cassln, L. W. Shurtliff, William Dri- off Is a triumph pf engineering skill distance to New Zealand and Aus- - out at the ceremonies tomorrow, and tracked a few yeurs ago, when it was Point and Strongs Knob. The cere- ver and William Moyes. There was nnd an achievement of which the com- trulia, Instead of crossing the Isthmus WI tlie Houthern and Union jjj jur. n,lrtl told them that I talked that monies were brief in the extreme and also the patriarch of them ail, the spec- pany should be justly proud. of Pit namii or sailing around Cape would go nnd see tlie seeotid spike systems would make Rail Lake consisted of selections by Foster's mili- ially Invited guest of Mr. Harriman, Horn. George A. Smith and 1 got It driven. It wns the first time I had the terminus of the roads to the exu which FARR. and band, INTERVIEW WITH LORIN the during photographs tary up and we put in the fisheries bind- -j ever met Mr. Harriman, and he was clusion of Ogden. were taken of the leading Southern of Ogden, Hon. Lorin Farr. It was no less a fact than that when ness. We had all that and a good deal very courteous when he Invited me to and Union Pacific officials and conAs before stated there were three A Pioneers Part in Building the more In that memorial and we ron- - a, over with him. the triuiseontliiental systems had been Inland Empire. tlnued to memnraltze congress for four gratulations were offered to President sections. The first pulled out at 9:05 completed Brigham Young, in whom Mr. Ixirln Farr, one of the early years, until congress tiegan to lake it Harriman and others by the officials In charge of Conductor Peter Peter- the title to a large amount of hind In of American railroad companies conhiuI nlsiut Ogden vested, gave the railon; the second at 9:10, In charge of pioneers who came across the Great up and talk of it. They talked with 181 acres of land, uiwn which trolling over 50,000 miles of track and Conductor T. J. Ryan, and the third at Ainerlcan Desert and bellied to found Governor Stanford, (.'buries Croker. Historical Sketch of Completion ofj roads hundreds of millions of capital. The 9:15, Conductor George Derbyshire. the Union and build this Inland Emplrgand who Mr. Miller, Sidney Dillon mid others, demt railroad yards and Road. three trains continued to Lakeside, and has seen it grow to the magnificent I understood that they upimlnted a years ago the last shops Hre now situated with the proNearly thirty-liv- e and while the section containing Mr. it has attained, whs committee. I took the contract In '68 spikes of the Union Pacific and C'en-f- viso thHt Ogden City should forever praiHirtions Harriman and the visiting railroad visited by a representative of the two or three hundred miles, pretty Pnclfle rallroud system was driven reiiiHln the Junction depot of the two men continued westward over the re- Brief Description of the Great State Journal ut his residence last near to Humboldt Wells. After I hud at lorinoiiiory Summit on the n railroads. The deed to the property Is dated the contract President Young ern shore or the Great Salt Lake, maining newly built road to Lucln, a gineering Work. evening. Mr. Farr is now in his 85th He tulier 6, 1874. Stripped of Its legal The history of the now famous train containing local and Salt Lake year, but with an Intellect ns clear us advised me to take as assistants, T. That act made Ogden the natural cut-oIs one of grand en- a man of forty. He told about being visitors returned. and Uhauncey W. West to get road center of the whole verbiage It recites thHt the party of sumon of Is now an accomone men. In The Lucln cut-oof with Influence first part (Urighnm Young) the first that in the the achievement, weary seemingly sixty gineering min region nnd pointed the way to plished fact and Ogden and Utah may insurmountable difficulties overcome pilgrimage and also one of the first mer. of 1868 Governor Stanford. whojthe Orient It linked together the two consideration of (he covenants and take unto themselves the glory of the of the expenditure of a vast amount ten. Being questioned on the sub- was then the leading man in building KreHt oceans of the world, and estnb-th- e Hgreements made by the said party Central Pacific railroad, came over iB,ed this city ns a great terminal of the second part, and hereinafter great work achieved within their bor- of money and energy for the one prac- ject of the construction of the first ders. It was a stupendous undertaktical purpose of attaining a certain system the Union here with his horses mid carriages ,Klilll. Today the ceremony of contained, has granted, bargained, sold were building the rend down uy completing and conveyed, Ac., unto the purtlee of cut-oing and has happily been carried desirable end, that of reducing the and Central Pacific Mr. Farr said: they Lucln the ' as so charon now done man side of No No matter has this Sierras. the railroad the what and, living mileage, through. ubimdinis part of the work of the the oeeoud part (the Union Pacific company's He went to Salt Lake City to see former project, hut more firmly and railroad and the Central Pacific, rallacter of the ceremony by which Mr. a consequence, cutting down the run- - much to get railroads across the confinent as I have. President Young. He asked him tojBurey establishes this city's position roud eomimnles) us tenants In common Harriman completed his pleasing task ning time and expenses of its trains, of examination and Inspection of the In 1847 when we were coming from take the contract for the Central Pa- - a a NInt of traffic and traiiHNirtiitlon and their successors nml assigns forThat history deserves, and will be the people of Ogden and the written as recording one of the great the Missouri River up here into the clflc, grading the road west of Ogden ,,f the greatest lniiortanie. ever, the following described parcels state are well satisfied. In the fact, achievements of the century, but at mountains I was all the time looking hh far as he could. President Young. It W11H on Mollday. May 10, 1869, and lots of land, situate, lying and besaid. I cannot do it without breaking that Hon. Leiand Stanford, then which cannot be postponed or changed, this writing no more can he given than out for a location for a railroad. y ing In the County of Weber, Territory comwas us. I was Pacific of word with Union that the great lake has been bridged a brief outline of the work. ahead the Young ernor of California and president of of Utah. was with a company of some 686 wagons Miiy. Suffice it is to say thHt Oov- - the Central Pacific railroad, and T. O. and trestled and filled, and that transHere follows a description by metes The construction of the cut-o1893, following with our families. President ernor Stanford pleaded with President Durant, continental passengers will go direct- begun and hounds and then the deed says: late In February, president of the Union Puclfie ly west from Ogden to San Francisco from that date up to the time of Young was at the head of the pioneers. Young for three or four days to take railroad, performed the formal cere Provided, always, and this grant of and come directly east Into Ogden its completion an army of men, rang- We did not know where we were going, the contract. After he found that he niony of driving the lust spikes which the bind herein deaerihed is made on from San Francisco. the express condition, that the said ing in numbers from 1,000 to 2,000, but we knew we were leaving civili- could not, he said, Con you iimne some completed this great The Lucln cut-oUnion Pacific and Central Pacific adds more to the were constantly employed. A grade sation to go into the mountains. Presi- one to ine who will take hold of that system. 'Yes,' said President railroad attractions of this central highway from the east shore was carried out dent Young was hunting the place. I road for me A lx nit 1,100 people hud congregated companies will make the City than any other one thing in existence Into the lake a distance of about six was looking out for some place to build Young, 'If you ran get Lorin Farr of to witness the proceedings. President of Ogden and the iHnd herein granted upon the line. Every American tour- miles. Starting from the west shore a railroad. We crossed the divide to Ogden to take hold of that road I will Durant,, of the Union Pacific, arrived the permanent Junction of the two ist and every foreigner who visits this at the same time a grade about five Fort Bridger. I selected a splendid guarantee that he will put it through first on the scene, he coming from roads, and the mid parties of the secpart of our domain will desire to see miles In length was constructed, leav- location for a railroad until we got to na well as any man that can be found.' Ogden with a large party of officials ond part for themselves, their sucone of the greatest enginering achieve- ing a distance of about eleven miles Bridger. But after we got to Bridger The governor catne and saw me and of his road and Influential cessors and ssslgns hereby accept the people me I I told not to wanted. he did ments of modern times. the what Lake with Salt got coming through It will be to be spanned by a trestle, froln alI p,,rts of the United States. said bounded and described premises I know know did not a of what kind it well alike profitable to the company and tbe exception of about one mile on Promwas, country pretty surprised. At 11:15 a. m. President Stanford ar- on the terms aforesaid, snd agree to mounnor over we did nor fur to how Mr. the a these road crossed how Is which Stanford, by get community. rived from Ran Francisco, accom- and with the said party of the first ontory point A large crowd was gathered at the road on land. tains. But I afterwards took a tour would have to curry water. I told him panied by a numerous party of rail- part, that they will make immediate Union depot this morning to witness The construction of this trestle was through Europe and crossed the Alps that I would try it. He then stated road officials and prominent people and permanent location of their juncthe departure of the railroad officials by far the most difficult part of the where they had built a road across to me his terms. from the Puelflc coasL Ogden was tion and deiiot at the mid Ogden City, I drove out into the desert beyond and guests to the scene of the driving work. Briefly described It consisted the Alps and the Appenlnes in Switzerrepresented on this occasion by the on the land herein granted as aforeIn and near In one came I saw of any old spike at the . back Austria Ludn and railroads land. five f. Promontory piles, of driving a row of Hon. F. D. Richards, Hon. Lorin Farr, said, and that the same shall forever Fosters military band in full uniform the center standing upright and the Prussia and I saw that we could build and told the governor I would take then mayor of the city, and Bishop C. be and remain the Junction depot of the contract for two hundred miles. jW. WeHt. President Brigham Young the mid railroads. was present and discoursed good mu-- two on either side of the middle pile a road most any place in these of! President Young had taken the con- - was unabe to be presenL In witness whereof the said party Each an tains, at angle. Inward Lake Salt familiar good many memortract for three hundred miles easL We I helped draw up the first facea were seen In the crowd. There these combinations of five piles is All details having been perfected of the first part has hereunto set his were three trainloads, tbe first con- known as a bent." and they are firmial to congress, asking congress to ap- expected to get their men as they were a dedicatory prayer was offered by hand and seal this sixth day of Ocwere Sills point a committee to examine into nearly through with their contracts. the Rev. Dr. Todd of Massachusetts. tober A. D. 1874. taining President Harriman and party, ly braced by heavy timbers. were "BRIGHAM YOUNG. laid the feasibility of building a road across In about twenty-on- e consisted of eight cars; the second of next laid down, sleepers days four hun- Then came the presentation of spikes. (Peal.) sealed three and third of seven. These were across, then the tie and the track. The the continent. And how Important it dred teams arrived. The men had com- - Dr. Hurkness of Rucrarnento presented and delivered in the "Rigned, or fourteen Grand of exclusive of baggage cars. thirteen Young, James presence Ie about a is bed of track Governor Stanford with spike ' A complete list of the railroad of- feet In width, and Is fenced, and there Jack," was This about spike pure gold. ficials from New York, San Francisco Is ample room for any one to step When this deed was recoided in Weseven inches long and was made from nnd Portland was published In these aside nnd a train to pass. twenty-thre- e twenty dollar gold pieces ber county lion. Franklin R. Richards, this columns yesterday. Among the lead-Iand vului.-- Ht $460. A silver spike of now of Salt Lake city, was recorder It will be remembered that early i ones were President Harriman, year the most strenuous efforts were similar size was presented to Presl-- ! and the office wns in the residence of of the the president of the Southern Pacific; put forth in accomplishment dent Durant. Mr. Coe, of the Pacific his father Judge Franklin D. RichHorace G. Burt, president of the Union erection of the trestle work. The conUnion Ezpress company, presented ards. Since that time Mr. Richards ' Pacific; David Wilcox, president of the dition of quagmire at the bottom of Governor Stanford with a silver spike has achieved national fame as a lawDelaware & Hudson; J. C. Stubbs, the lake at the mouth of Bear river yer. He has conducted all the great nail traffic director of half a dosen roads; greatly encumbered and handicapped O. F. Whitney. In his History of cases of the Mormon people and has been associated with some of the leadj Utah, writing upon this subjecL says: Eariing, president of the Chicago, the work. No proper foundation could Milwaukee & St. Paul; J. H. Faithorn, be obtained. The track would aink sevThe last tie upon which the rails of ing attorneys of the United States and of the with the'j weight two roads met was put in position by barristers of Great Britain. of the Chicago A Alton; eral inches F. Harahan, material Next to Brighnm Young the great toj conveying the two superintendents of construcwork trains, of the and Illinois Central; H. E. In fill the chasm, to figure of Utah thirty years railway II. of tion. J. be Central the dumped Rtrowbrldge Huntington Pacific and R. B. Reed of the Union ago was John Sharp, familiarly and of the Southern Pacific; were sometimes derailed and suhmerg- j Julius Kruttschnitt.general be re- Pacific, the former handling the north lovingly known as Bishop Sharp. He manager of ed In the mud. These had to the Southern Pacific; R. J. : impedl-this end and the latter the south end of the had large contracts for building the Schwerin, covered, hut eventually founsolid a and overcome of the Pacific Mall ment was tie. It was eight feet long, eight Union Pacific line and he was the movSteamship company, and A. L. Mohier, da t Ion secured and the work comInches wide and six Inches thick and ing practical spirit in the establishing president of the Oregon Railway & pleted. wus made of California laurel, beau- - of the Utah Central railway, now Navigation company. There have been accidents and fataltifully polished and ornamented with a known ns part of the Oregon Short . t "The above silver plate, bearing the names of the Line, running from Ogden to Salt Lake named were only the ltfes. Such an undertaking could not ' without leading officers of the companies possibly be accomplished directors and officers of the Central and afterwards contlnlng Into southnot named. This could Inclfir Railroad comnapy and the fol- - ern Utah. He was n director of the morning there wns added such. Human foresight 10 to incidental Unoln Pacific up to the time of Ills are In Ht published yesterday, avert them. They the following officials GREAT TRESTLE. THE on death. The page (Continued 8.) physical ventures. from Salt Lake all such huge GREAT WORK IS M ff j j ; : , j , un-ti- ! Ogden-Lucln cut-of- i ; j ' i I j Pni-lil- well-kno- well-belov- citi-se- ed , j j j j Trans-Continont- al j j or til j j nnrlh-lake- j ff rall-lleiis- j Inter-mnun-th- ff j trans-continen- j i tal forin-wh- j en ff , j ! . j cut-of- f, Pres-ilde- nt . gov-m- ff triiiis-cnntliienl- ul ff cut-of- moun-inclin- A j I ! hr j ! nt vice-presid- j 'ice-preside- nt j vice-presid- -- ' -r J j |