1900

Completion of the contract presented a whole new set of problems for those who had been called to establish a permanent settlement. The Church officials in Utah had been informed that the two new settlements were stable and able to stand alone. But with the canal contract completed there was no money being earned and it was causing real hardship. In order to alleviate the problem, Theodore Brandley again contracted the townsmen to build 12 miles of the rail track between Stirling and Cardston.