The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-11
THE NEWS IN OGDEN.
The DOings of q Day in the june
ton City.
THE COMING DENVER EXCURSION.
City PatrO1age-Electric Light POlesIIhe
Chamber of Commerce-The Bear River
Canal-Real Estate.
THE COMING DENVER EXCURSION.
SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAU, !
MAIN STREET,
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OGDEN. April II, 1889.

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OGDEN, April II, 1889.
The county court was in session yester..
day and audited bills to the amount OF
about $500.
An extensive bakery is soon to be estao-
ished in the Junction city, by parties rum
Trinidad, Colorado.
PC. Fov. late manager Of the variety
theatre has resigned and withdrawn Ifon
the dictatorship of that institution.
Pawpbrolzers will hereafter have to pay
the city 500 per year, or so quaICeriy, III
advance, or else shut up shop anu TAKE Ill
their sign.
The impersonating of an Ogden police
man is now punished by hne not exceed
ing 500 or Imprisonment not exceeding lOo
days, or both.
A special ordinance Tor licensing "A va
1,ietv theatre and placing the amount at
$500 per year, was passed by the city couh-
Gil Tuesday evening.
All ordinances passed by the city council
up to the present time and that have not
heretofore been published, will appear IN
the Commercial by unanimous consent OF
the aforesaid council.
1t is expected that 800 or 700 eXcursionists
will arrive in this city from Denver ana
colorado points by the last OF next "eeh'
Ample arrangements are beng made 70 &c
COmmOQaJe 4 LuOuSdHu'
The contract for stone for the foundation
of the new freight depot has been let TO
Messrs. Patterson Il Bowman OF thls Guy:
Red sand stone from the mountain, east OF
the city. near Croydon, Will be USED ana
they will commence Quarylng next week.
i O. stephens has removed his wooden
store building to the rear OF ms IOu on
Twenty-fifth street preparatory to erecting
a large brick building on the front OF u tle
LOT. MIR Stephens is not to be outcome III the
matter Of improvements by ms nelShOors'
Excavations are going on for an imposing
brick building at the corner OF twenty
fourth street and Lincoln avenue, to be
built nv n. Tanner, Jr, eX-clty attorney.
The small buildings that until recently
occnDie5 this site have been sold and re
moved.
pair of horses attached to a heavy
\ wagon. both owned by Joseph HOrrOcks,
5ndulged in a little runaway on Washing
ton avenue yesterday afternoon. Ihey
turned into the vacant lot corner OF wash
ingtop avenue and Twenty-fourth street,
and collided with a camping wagon, de
molishing the latter. No other damage
was done.
The little courtesies the city council are
able to extend to the newspapers are TO be
passed around. The local papers here each
had a slice Of ordinance printing except the
ArlyuS. 1t is expected that the argus VIII
come in for their share in good time after
which the Herald and Tribune may be non
ored with the city patronage; Inc nDefal-
itv of the Liberal council IS phenome-
nal.
The guests of the city jailor will soon
have their meals cooked in the building
where they lodge, L. w. Tackett, the night
custodian Of keys, having been allowed tne
use of the lower rooms of the old city nall
for the combined purpose OF dWelIlhg Ior
his family and dining room Tor the ptlS-
Oners. Whether he Will accept ouISlue
boarders at the same terms, has not been
announced
The nrenaratorv survey of the Bear river
canal was completed to this city yesterday;
The field notes have now to be inquired ana
Mans nreDared when bids for the work OF
digging will be1advertised for According
to the line surveyed there Will De CONSIDER tA5
able rock work to be done, the esClIllae .I1
cost of which figures nearly nan d mn mn
ion dollars The canal Will De aOo"' my
five miles in length.
The hoard of directors of the chamber OF
commerce will try to get quorum Tor the
transaction of business at the chamber
spacious parlOrs this evening. II Ine&
DON'T make out with the quorum, there Will
Doubtless be enough present to tell stories
and make remarks detrimental TO the out
side papers which are trying to help thelf
town to a position of prominence before the
outside world. Verify, there are klckers III
Ogden, at least one or two.
7The subject of removing the electric
light poles was not disposed OF so readlIy
as was intended. If the poles are to be re
moved they must be placed somewhere ana
the precise place has not yet Deeh ueUerc
mined. 1t has been suggested by parIles oI
large experience in such matters thaI Ihe
hest place for all poles and posts IS on
the sidewalk, just inside the curoing. !hey
1,,onId seem to remove the danger entlrely
out of the way of teams, and the haDlIlIy
of accidents occasiOned by runaWays would
be reduced to q minimum.
Universal satisfaction was expressed yes
terdav by THE HERALD patrons, at the re
suit Of the drawing for the prizes DS Cue
subscribers of THE SEMI-WEEKLY HERALD;
MIR w. w. Tracy, the winner OF the capital
Dr,ize. is well-llnOwn citizen, and not sup
nIied with a superabundanCe OF this world 5
Goods His good fortune is the subject Of
general CONGRATULATIONS and all agree Ihau
he was entitled to the magnificent prize
Some regret his inability to bring the lot 10
the city, however, but the proceeds from
the sale of it will aid materially to MS
present wealth.
GLOW not to pass an ordinance" was
AGAIN enacted at the city council Tuesday
evening. The ordinance providing Tor the
LAYING of some thirty miles Of sidewalks
had been referred to the committee on
streets until they should be prepared to re
mort on the ACCESSIBILITY OF adopting aSphal-
tnm as the material out of which sidewalks
should be constructed. The committee was
not prepared to report but on motion the
ordinance was recalled from the commit
tee. The third section providing Tor twelve
foot sidewalks on Fourth and Fifth streets
which was passed at a previous meeting, was
on motion, reconsidered. TINS LETT IL WIN
oTIy the two introductory sections which
read: First, that sidewalks were neces-
sity, and second, that the following streets
should be paved with them. In that shape
the whole thing was referred to the com
mittee on laws.
In the Probate Court