Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....WHITTEMORE, C. O. June 4 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nv/nvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gerry Perry missgerry@cox.net July 31, 2004, 10:32 pm Las Vegas Age - 6/5/1920 SALT LAKE RAILROAD BUILDER IS DEAD HEART DISEASE CAUSES DEMISE AT ESCONDIDO OF C. O. WHITTEMORE, LAWYER, MINE OWNER C. O. WHITTEMORE, aged 58, prominent attorney, railroad man and holder of large mining interests in Utah, Nevada and California, died suddenly yesterday morning at Escondido. His death was due to heart failure. Mr. WHITTEMORE, with his wife, his daughter June, Mr. and Mrs. SMITH and a Mr. CALLAHAN, left the WHITTEMORE residence at 249 South Kingsley drive last Saturday by automobile for a trip to San Diego. They stopped over at Chateau Charlotte at Escondido, where they had sojourned several times previously, and had planned to leave yesterday morning for San Diego. When Mr. WHITTEMORE failed to make his appearance at the appointed hour for their departure it was thought that he was probably taking a walk about the city. Half an hour later, upon investigation by Miss Helen LANGFORD, proprietress of the hotel. Mr. WHITTEMORE was discovered dead in a bathroom. Death had overtaken the railroad man as he was making his toilet preparatory to the motor trip to the southern city. Mr. WHITTEMORE had had heart trouble for some time, it is said. There will be no inquest because of the nature of the death. Head of Bullfrog Railway At the time of his death Mr. WHITTEMORE was president of the Bullfrog and Goldfield Railroad of Nevada. He had previously been vice president and general counsel of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railway. He was instrumental in the building of the Salt Lake road from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles in 1901, his ability having been given recognition by Senator W. A. CLARK. Mr. WHITTEMORE was an attorney of great influence and ability. He studied law in the offices of the United States attorney for the territory of Utah. After being admitted to the bar he attended Columbia University in New York where he took a special course in the College of Law of that institution. In 1894 he was elected attorney of Salt Lake and later became the first State attorney when Utah was admitted to the Union. He was a leading factor in the campaign of 1896, which resulted in McKinley's election to the Presidency, and in 1898 was appointed by the martyr President as United States Attorney for the Utah district. He served in that capacity until 1902 when he became interested in extending the Salt Lake road to Los Angeles. Mr. WHITTEMORE was one of the incorporators of the road and secured all the right of way for the line in Utah and Nevada. He remained with it as general counsel through its formation and constructive periods until 1907, when the Las Vegas and Tonopah road was built as another Clark line. Mr. WHITTEMORE was interested in many large mining fields in the West and was president of the Goldfield Merger Mines Company, as well as chief executive of the Goldfield Deep Mines Company. He was also one of the founders of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Until the time of his death, Mr. WHITTEMORE maintained a general legal practice in Los Angeles, devoting himself to corporate matters. He was member of the Alta Club of Salt Lake City and the Jonathan Club of this city. Besides his wife and daughter, who were with him at the time of his death, Mr. WHITTEMORE is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Shirley MESERVE, wife of the well known attorney. A son, Joseph R. WHITTEMORE, died last year. The body will be brought to Los Angeles from Escondido and funeral arrangements will be completed today. - L. A. Examiner File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/clark/obits/gob321whittemo.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nvfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb