May 16, 1894
I met with my councillors on Business
~ Thursday
17. Me [We] met for the first time with Mr Perbeck the Presidency & several of the Twelve went to the Parvilion
with him He is vary favorably impressed with our Affairs
I have felt that the President Lord had raised up
that man to Assist Us in our temporal Deliverance
~ Friday
18 I spent the day in the offic I met with Mr Perbeck
& spent most of the day with him in making arangement
about Busines of Railroading
20 ^^ I received a Letter from Owen to Father Mother
and Blanch I spent the day at home
~ Monday
21. I went to Ogden with Asahel through a
Mistake took Breakfast with Frank Cannon &
returned home 80 Miles
~ Tuesday
22 In Company with my two councillors I went
to Ogden & held a Meeting with the Board of the
Ogden water power company & Entered into a
contract with Mr George Perbeck the second part
As our financeer Agent to raise $1,200,000 dollars
to Esstablish the water power company we then
returned home distance 80 Miles
~ Wednesday
23 we held a Meeting with Mr Perbeck to Esstablish
^^ Rail Roads [railroads] I mailed a Letter to Owen with one
from Emma, Blanch & Alice
~ Thursday
24 We met with Mr George Perbeck on Esstablishing
a RailRoad we went to the Temple and transacted some businese
~ Wednesday
May 16, 1894
I met with my councillors on Business
~ Thursday
17. [FIGURE] Me We met for the first time with Mr Perbeck the
Presidency & several of the Twelve went to the Parvilion
with him He is vary favorably impressed with our Affairs
I have felt that the Lord had raised up
that man to Assist Us in our temporal Deliverance
~ Friday
18 I spent the day in the offic I met with Mr Perbeck
& spent most of the day with him in making arangement
about Busines of Railroading
20 [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Owen to Father Mother
and Blanch I spent the day at home
~ Monday
21. I went to Ogden with Asahel through a
Mistake took Breakfast with Frank Cannon &
returned home 80 Miles
~ Tuesday
22 In Company with my two councillors I went
to Ogden & held a Meeting with the Board of the
Ogden water power company & Entered into a
contract with Mr George Perbeck the second part
As our financeer Agent to raise $1,200,000 dollars
to Esstablish the water power company we then
returned home distance 80 Miles
~ Wednesday
23 we held a Meeting with Mr Perbeck to Esstablish
[FIGURE] Rail Roads I mailed a Letter to Owen with one
from Emma, Blanch & Alice
~ Thursday
24 We met with Mr George Perbeck on Esstablishing
a RailRoad we went to the Temple and transacted some businese
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," May 16, 1894 - May 24, 1894, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/V7Qv