Show o PIONEER MONEER EE PATHfiNDER FORI fOR o I VESTERN V RAilROADS WES DIES Z I 46 4 I 4 ts I 4 I 4 I. J. J FEWSON N. N SMITH J. J Smith 75 i ir of vr u UIo uge u railroad trued ur of Li I ala and onu I 1 Ithe the lie t civIl In tip come lu to lulie luthe the lie Veat It eg last lash at lit the tilt evidence No ti G I iO 0 11 I u a lit I t t uru lu caused b II by to 10 I the lie re elved two uia ago UKO loc tim tho butt ladt si alx L SIr Alt Smith hud had been icon confined to his hla bed bail funeral will be bt held at tit the LIsa I Twenty Twenty- la erit first t LILd chapel ut at noon Mr AIr Ir Smith t. t uti u Uti born bert In III ul at realon on January I. I 1834 1534 Ill ills Cuts enta were u successful ru farm furthers 11 era n living at ut where he ie st studied ii Ills is pi lit ft fes- fes slon and ha later Lucre I. I In lii lUI tar c iti nie n- n lI ie dlou with isis hla elder cider brother Smith until he ha emigrated to Utah Glut III In May he tie man led Vernun he ie eldest luu daughter vf of Jo Vernon v v ii ho II In it company Ill J lift lay i. i r an a. I thier JUI well early eally timers s III In Utah t I. t tit the hiti machinery i nery for r u Ii MI sugar ll gar ur iii mill millo II tv to o Utah WI which tel gu gave th name l t Li l hat al ivus vu known us as Sugar ugar louse Ward In n th the tart part parlor of the city Mr Smith hi t with It Ith ii his ll and no tie of ur its hIs brothers set t out on their lisle j urney to u Utah leaving Preston on all Slay May 4 4 and arriving In iii Salt Suit Luke lukl City October I 4 I 1863 but without the lie brother The Journey was a mado Ith 11 the lie ox team trains 11 and lid like hike all nil others who endure thio hose arduous trips tripa the tue train with wiLl i which they came caine had II U trials Both I hr Ir h Smith and Ills hits I rother Iother suffered froni 1001 rom sun stroke during tho lie trip his hilt brother rother to the tile prostration und nd Icing buried on the lie plains Arriving In So Salt It Lake I ike Mr MiS 11 Smith at al lo 11 t tin lID IJ et Second l a en I Jua iu ne L l This I little Ule pl was so entirely I In tIn the vast field of or tall sunil 8 weis which covered that part of or tI tl e valley that It was necessary to stand up In I the lie bed of or his wagon agon to see it over uvel their tops lous Later ho he built the re resi- resi residence l- l dence at nt No CIO Third avenue a which has lins al always been his home In the earl early spring SI Immediately following following fol rol- fol- fol lowing his al in III Salt Lake he began be be- gan gnu the active practice of his profession lIon sion commencing as assistant engineer on the location and construction of ot the thie Union Pacific then building through lii Echo Canon and aud on from Ogden to Promontory During his connection with this work ho lie reported favorably upon the plan to cross the Lake In Instead lii- lii stead of oC going around by way of tho tim 1 but on account of the lie ad additional ad- ad cost of construction the lie decision de ile- ile was made to build around and It was not until late lato years that his bold bollI plan ilai has been II bv liv tin tin- lii- lii I 1 of ot tho the Lucin off cut west of Oden O en After tho tim completion of oC the Union Pacific with which he lie was as associated ns- ns until the tho junction with th the Southern was effected d In 1800 his hili life work was among the ra railroads of tho lie mountain Intel country and h hhas lie he- has serve served all 11 th lie tho gr great at roads now noa operating His latest work was with roads building In which fOlman for fOl man mayn years ears l took ole him to the Southern republic He tie too took an active part Inthe Inthe In Ir the location and construction of the Utah Central now the Ore Oregon on Short hot Line between Salt Lake and Ogden In 1872 he lie located the narrow gauge railroad which ran Into American Fork orl canyon and In tho the following year he hec c commenced the construction of the road Into canyon at that time a narrow narron gauge Jauge road to carry the tho ores of the tho now famous camp to tho thio smelters In the va valley alley 11 e In 1875 h II ha was chief engineer and one of or the principal promoters of the tile Pleasant Valley railroad also allo a narrow gaug I running from to the tho coal r elds at Pleasant Valley alley This road was 88 later absorbed by tho the Rio Hlo Grand Grand- Western estern and has become a great factor fac rac- tor or In the development of at Utah's re re- re- re sources He was also connected with ho tho Salt Lake Eastern road through Parleys Parley's canyon and Its branch through Fort FOlt Douglas Into Red Butte canyon built to h transport building material to the city but since removed removed re re- re- re moved with the tho bran branch h of or orthe the he Oregon Short Line with tin tho Ii original oi nal Utah Ulah Western estern to Stockton now nowa a parl part of at the San P Pedro dlo road and others He con conducted many extensive ex explorations explorations ex- ex across the deserts of Neada Nevada Ne Ne- e- e vada ada and und the mountains lying between Utah and the tho Pacific Coast these Coast these Inthe in inthe inthe the Interest t rf f the Union Pacific and other railroads The wonderful mineral min eral cral resources of ot southern Nevada evada I were wen uell ell known to him and were presented In glowing terms In many cases to the tho investigating companies Later devel developments de do- vel ts ho have vc verified his statements state state- la te- te ments frequently made matle that this re region region re- re gion Glon would prove 0 to be one of or world renown In mining circles In 18 1891 he Ie went to Mexico in the Interest of projected r ads rr-ads ads to bo built bunt Into the Sister Republic from tho the American side The first of at thc those these e was to run from tram Doming New Mexico Into Int the mining districts of ot northern and nd central Chihuahua And in 1895 he lie explored ex ex- lored the tue route for foT or a New ew York syndicate syndi syndi- cate from El 1 Paso Puso Texas to 10 tl-e tl Mormon Mor Mor- nun mon colonies in III Northern Mexico This road he immediately Il afterwards atter built bunt under the name of ot the tho lie Rio Grande Sierra Mairo and Pacific It is now owned I by ly the Green interests of Cat CIlI- area Mexico and Is 18 extended to nil Bay on tle the Gulf of ot Low Lower r California ane and promises to become soon a part of one of ot tho the transcontinental mental lines JInes Mr Ir Smiths Smith's professional career however how how- ever evel extended into other l I ranc ranches ea of or engineering besides railroad building For Fol man many years he lie held a D commission a as deputy mineral minerai surveyor ami anil many of or the most Important mining camps are arc built up around the claims he lle located This i is especially true jf f Bingham ham where ho he did BO so much of or the lie earl early work He tie a also Iso made mado many ninny if Jf f the tho earlier governmental land surveys sur sur- veys eys In various parts of or Utah dl I sonic municipal work and has hos frequently been called Into In matters mat mat- of ot hydraulic both In Utah anti and other western states tel Iz In this Va way ho was connected with sIth Ith the tho early arb placer mining in Southern Ne- Ne e- e vi v.- v. Q q In 1888 he was elected a n member of the city council of ot S Salt S1 lt Lake from the tho 1 ci Ii tiet ani and was Vas re elected In Iii isau U. U IJ being III Ih the lie only ulily out one of oC II lie Ilia old uhl council lIell to be lel returned II tIc lie t was Vas hue of oC the ie six I who were vere dented denied I their heir cutt eute of ut election the ito certificates being Issued to I he tue Liberal parly who hio nerved until thu decision of ot th the lie courts IU seated sealed the tue propel Ily I v I candidates can au 1111 In lu t Ht stead all While In III Iho thu lUU council nd i Mr h hi h was walt chairman of ur hue th water commission lun ami an Kit conducted u a thorough and Ic examination or of the lie water for Cor forlie forthe the lie city and made malic n K valuable report upon ullon It II outlining In general the thu ho sumo satins plan which has lias since been bueti followed In iii ami anil Im the lie cit city's ys y's supply This Ihl Is so 80 MO HII fur far ut ul leant as its asI I he Ihu acquisition of or thu the waters of ut i Carley's Carleys Car Car- ni Ilay's ley's leys und and thu lie Cotton woods Is IsI concerned III d. d and und In I part itari as t In I Us lis I ii ul dis ls I He lie made mude othe suggestions however l which have not yel yet come curnc u asor us as for COl or In Instance tance thill of pumping noun from the lie wells well at tio tle southeast corner coiner of ot Liberty park wells which were put iut down at athis athis his isis suggestion by tho ho city to lira ato tins tile presence of or artesian VII water I or oror of or good quality and sufficient to ump pump Into Inlo the lie city city's s mains malna Mr 11 Smiths Smith's have havo always remained in Salt Sail Lako Lalu For Por v years he tie was a associated In a u business ss and anal professional I wa way with A. A F. F mius under the Ito linn name nanie of Smith Dore- Dore mUll inus Since bInce he lie returned from Mexico l in In when he lie practically retired el Crom active work vork he lie has spent most of ot othis his lime time In tins tile office of his son son J. J Fewson Smith Jr jl Mr Smith mIth Is survived sur bY bv a 0 widow ow and anil three arms ns J. J I. I I. I Fewson ewson Smith jr JI Joseph V nl V Smith |