The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-21
THE NEWS Tn OGDEN.
The New Street Car Motor Put
on the Line.
AN ACCIDENT AT HARRISVILLE.
The Brass Band Out-After the City Council
The Official GuillOtine-Liyely Livery
Business-Real Estate.
AN ACCIDENT AT HARRISVILLE.
The SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAU,
No. 242l WASHINGTON AVENUE,
0GDEN Nav u

No. 242l WASHINGTON AVENUE,
OGDEN, May q.
- Yesterday was the hottest day Of the
year thus far.
The stockholders meeting of the Salt
Lake Valley * Eastern railway company
has been postponed till June l9.
Not livery rig could be had for love or
money yesterday alters o'clock an. The
real estate men kad them all chartered.
One vag and one drunk got 80 fine in
Alderman PreshaW'S court yesterday. OF
S5urse, they will sit it out" that many
days.
On Sunday night some unknown fellows
fired several shots in the front show win
dows of Corey & Sons store on Twenty
fourth street, making several holes.
The man with the stove foundry plant
has not materialized yet, and the idea is be
coming prevalent that Pueblo has made a
higher bid than Ogden and captured the
prize.
Edward MAIDEN, who is running gOr-
geouS pleasure resort on TWenty-fourth
street, is about to open another one on
Washington avenue. The arrangements
will cost $4,000.
The transfers of real estate were so nu-
UerOuS Yesterday that your correspondent
could not get the full list Of deeds filed for
record in time to transcribe them for publ
taIlOu IN JO-udN ; HERALD.
Yesterday Probate Judge Cross granted
the application of Mrs. Pool. the widow Of
the late Joseph Pool, killed III a recent rail
road accident at the depot, and issued let
ters Of administration to her; also an order
for appraisers.
Notwithstanding the great number of
houses that are now being erected, there is
not one to be rented at any price. Every
new residence building is spoken for about
as soon as the contract for its erection has
been signed.
Yesterday the Ogden brass band came
out and gave the eXcurSiOniStS taste of
tbeir delightful music. All of Ogden's citi-
zYns, regardless of race, color, or previous
condition of SerVitude, are proud of this
band, which has few equals in the west
The Standard hauls the city council over
the Goals for its sin of omission in regard
to Liberty park. The STANDARD is right
It's a shame to see such a beautiful vacant
tract unadOrued with either grass, trees,
shrubs or flowers inclosed by a rusty
barbed wire fence.
c. S Rapp, formerly, and for several
years chief clerk in the Union Pacific
freight Office in this city, and recently
stationed at PocatellO, Idaho, has received
MS appointment as clerk in the railway
mail service, and will make his initial trip
over the Butte and Ogden route to-day.
The number of excursiOnists reported by
the press was about two hundred and sew
euty-five The list furnished the real estate
dealers contained the names Of only i6l.
Perhaps the Interstate Land and Town
company don't propose to let the real es-
tate dealers get chance to sell to the IA
whose names they have not reported
A sad accident befell the family of
Richard Hayes, OF Harrisville one Of the
suburbs of Ogden, last Saturday. Their
beloved pet, u Irling girl of about eighteen
months, fell into the well of neighbOr
and when extracted from the watery grave
1t only remained to mourn over the lovely
corPS5 which was buried yesterday.
Arsal estate firm yesterday purchased a
tract Of land on the sand ridge opposite the
city and about two and a half miles there
from, paying $50 per acre for the same.
The quality of land in that locality brought
only S25 per acre last fall. The apprecia-
ton of the piece is owing to the probable
bridging Of the Weber river at Thirtieth
street
The official guillotine is at work among
the employees in the railway mail service.
Among the removals are several of General
Villas appointees who have been running
on the Utah x Northern and Oregon Short
Line. OF those on the former line may be
mentioned w. NJ. Hanson, W. j. Ross and
A. s. Johnson, all of whom reside in this
city.
w p. P. St. Clair superintendent of the
Montana Central, the best constructed rail !
way in the west is in the city revisiting
his old home and friends. He bought CON
siderable real estate of the city two years
ago at the minimum price at that time, 500
per acre, and if he has held it until now and
desires to sell, he could probably realize
tW5Sty times what it-cost him.
The attention of the public grounds COM
mittee is called to the unsightly appearance |
of the trees on the outer edge of the side
walk around Lester park. Half a days |
work devoted to cutting away the sprouts |
which form a miniature forest around the |
butta.6i each tree, would heighten the |
bediIv Of the parks surroundings and |
benefit the trees by allowing the strength |
of the roots to go into the branches.
The new street car motor was put to !
work on the line yesterday. The trial was |
satisfactory. 1t win run regularly here
after. Three other motors have been or
|dered The track is TO be extended east on
iTwenty-fifth street from Washington
Iavenue as soon as the cutting down
of the hill has been completed. This will
make continuous line from the new pas
|senger station to Mob Hill, a distance of
about three miles.