June 28 1896
I spent the day at home resting & Reading
~ Monday
29 I spent the day in the office & Met with Frank
J Cannon & talked on Matters of the power company
I looked over Matters my Journals on the
Numbers of Pages recorded in my Journals for
57 years total No of Pages 6891
~ Tuesday
30 I received cash & Paid Accounts Done some business
~ Wednesday
July 1. Met with Power Company. The city is being Decked
for the Carnival
~ Thursday
July 12. I went to the city and saw the parade it was a great
Day for Salt Lake one of the Grandest procession I Ever saw
~ Friday
3 In company with G. Q. Cannon & Frank J Cannon
& many others I went up Ogden Canyon to see the
works of the Great Power Company we visited the
Buildings in which both the wood & Steel Pipes
are to be Manufactured. The Machinery will
take the steel plad [plate] 25 feet long 12 feet wide an inch
thick & bend them up cold & make them into a
solid pipe the Holes are punched & rivited cold The
Ingineer says that water will leave the Lower End
of that pipe at the rate of 2 miles a Minute No one could
make a Dent in that water with an Iron bar
~ Saturday
4 I spent the day in the city viewing the procession one of the Greatest Days Utah has Ever seen outside of
the Temple Dedications One of the Most important features
of the procession was the Chinees Draggon
~ Sunday
5 Sunday I spent the day at home Resting
~ Sunday
June 28 1896
I spent the day at home resting & Reading
~ Monday
29 I spent the day in the office & Met with Frank
J Cannon & talked on Matters of the power company
I looked over my Journals on the
Numbers of Pages recorded in my Journals for
57 years total No of Pages 6891
~ Tuesday
30 I received cash & Paid Accounts Done some business
~ Wednesday
July 1. Met with Power Company. The city is being Decked
for the Carnival
~ Thursday
July2. I went to the city and saw the parade it was a great
Day for Salt Lake one of the Grandest procession I Ever saw
~ Friday
3 In company with G. Q. Cannon & Frank J Cannon
& many others I went up Ogden Canyon to see the
works of the Great Power Company we visited the
Buildings in which both the wood & Steel Pipes
are to be Manufactured. The Machinery will
take the steel plate 25 feet long 12 feet wide an inch
thick & bend them up cold & make them into a
solid pipe the Holes are punched & rivited cold The
Ingineer says that water will leave the Lower End
of that pipe at the rate of 2 miles a Minute No one could
make a Dent in that water with an Iron bar
~ Saturday
4 I spent the day in the city viewing the procession one of the Greatest Days Utah has Ever seen outside of
the Temple Dedications One of the Most important features
of the procession was the Chinees Draggon
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," June 28, 1896 - July 5, 1896, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OP8Y