The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-05

! An engineer is expected IN the city III a
New days to look over the streets and pre-
z pare specifications for the new distributing
system for the water works. AS soon as
the specifications are completed, pipes VIII
be ordered and all will be ready for acIlYe
operations Work on the conduit will be
commenced as soon as the engineers com
plete their surveys in Ogden calOl. When
the waters reach the foot of the canon, a
fall of about three hundred feet will have
been attained. 1t is expected that fully
one million dollars Of construction work
on the canal will be under way within the
next three weeks.
Mr.. A. H Swan is expected home from
Cheyenne next Friday morning.
Work on Twenty-ffth street is nearly
completed. AS soon as we get few good
rains on the gravel, this will be one OF the
best streets to the bench.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad is
said to be in need of telegraph operators.
There are several men in and about
Ogden. who ought to be able to get perma-
uent employment on the Little Giant"
Several tin locations have recently been
made in this vicinity, and now comes the
report of two large tin mines having been
discovered, and are being opened up near
Boise City. We have also been shown
some nice specimens which were brought
from Montana, but the mines there proved
TO be too low grade to pay for working.
a good tin mines is a fortune for the
lucky owner, who win always find a ready
market for his ores.
There was at one time heavy bonus
offered by the government for the discovery
Of a good tin mine in the United States.
Hsfeli's GAS You Like IT, will contain
many novel features of literature. Among
them will be 1.-THE Troglodytes, philo-
sOphical tale of ancient history, portraying
the difference between anarchy and true
democratic republicanism.
Mr.. E. A. Reed was at Salt Lake on
business trip yesterday.
Three hundred and twenty-eight thous-
and cans of tomatoes will be put up by the
Utah cannery this season and probably
about the same by the other company. A
scarcity of help is the cry at the present
time.
Marshal E. A Parsons came in on the
Utah Central train yesterday morning to
attend to official business. He was accom-
panied by Inspector Nightingale. They
returned on the evening train.
Specimens of ores are coming in from the
hills daily, and some good strikes are being
made. One was made yesterday, and
although only few feet of W ork was done,
Two feet of fine galena ore was uncovered.
The hotel committee are having good
success, and before the chamber of COM
merce meeting tomorrow night, the entire
Samonnt needed will be ready.
Now that fine hotel is assured fer US,
who viii take up the opera house scheme:
The activity about Contractor Garland's
office on Twenty fourth street, indicates
plenty of work ahead.
The tramway crew are cutting out the
enbankment on Twenty-sixth street, and
hauling the dirt down on Grant avenue,
where they are filing in the low places
along that street. Twenty-siXth street
will soon be one of the best for residence
in the city.
The Ogden State bank filed their articles
OF incorporation yesterday
Nothing before Judge Preshaw Xester-
day.
Messrs. Barnes & Wheeler have exc
cuted plans for beautiful terrace to be
erected by Mr.. Lund on the corner of
Twenty fifth and Adams avenue. This is
one of the most beautiful locations in the
city and the view from there.is unexcelled.
Mr.. Thomas Little, of the Mana mining
company, has returns from some ore sent
10 Salt Lake a few days ago, showing SIG
silver and $3.50 gold. This in the best of
brown hematite iron.