<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMnamo Mei 15, maafisa wa reli kutoka San Pedro, Los Angeles na Salt Lake Railroad walisimama katika makutano ya barabara kuu na Fremont ambapo Hoteli ya Plaza sasa inasimama na kuuza kwa bei ya juu ya 1200 ya ardhi ya reli iliyopangwa kutoka kwa vitalu 40 vya mraba vya vumbi la jangwa.  <response>: On 15 May of that year, railroad officials from the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad stood at the intersection of Main and Fremont streets where the Plaza Hotel now stands and auctioned 1200 lots of railroad land mapped from 40 square blocks of desert dust. 