The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-19

The City in Brief.

While the ladies and children were dis
embarking from the excursion train at the
Ogden depot Wednesday evening, the Utah
q Northern train came rushing down the
track, at what. under the circumstances,
might well be characterized reckless speed.
Hundreds of men. women and little child
rem were crossing the track at the main
platform, and it was simply miraculous that
no one was killed or injured. la some cities
there is law against running into depot
In the manner above described, and severe
penalties are attached to it. The practice
ought to be discontinued at. the union pas
senger depot in this city, otherwise acct
dents are liable TO occur and the railroad
companies will be held responsible.
The large water mains are being laid in
the ditch OF upper Twenty-ffth street.
The county court will meet and sit as a
board OF equalization on the 9th of August
The carnival committee will give another
mask bail, for the benefit OF the carnival
fund, on the evening of Pioneer day.
The Home Saving and Building associa-
ton has organized, with a capital stock of
$4,000, 0o0, divided into Zoo shares of the
par value OF 500 each. The incorporators
are j. "A. Stephens, l. l.. Clark, w. 5.
Stone, w. p. Dwyer, J. q. Pairl, c.. L..
Darling, II. c. Harkinson, G. E. Branson,
k o. Wheeler, q. E. Maui, Z. NJ. Allison.
The city councils census committee have
appointed Colonel a. b. Hayes, editor of
the Commercial, superintendent of the cen
sus which is to be taken by tue city. There
will be sixteen enumeraJors and they
ought not to be very long in getting over
the city thoroughly. Unlike the govern
ment enumeratorS, those who will now do
the work will have few questions to ask
Their duty will be to find out how many
actual, bona fide inhabitants there are in
Ogden.
H. L. Griffin will erect substantial
three story building on the site of his pres
emit business house, one wall of which tum-
bled down Wednesday morning.
DR.. w. S. Depew, special agent of the
National Building and Loan association Of
Salt Lake city. went to Logan Wednesday
morning to look after the interests of the
branch association at that place. Z. L.
Colby, who has been appointed local agent
Tor Ogden, is soliciting members and ex-
planning to the people of this city the OBJ
1ects of and benefits to be derived from
building and loan associations generally,
and this one in particular.
Ogden cannot have too many building,
saving and lean associations. They con
stltute the simplest form of cooperation
whereby members may obtain homes OF
their own by small monthly payments, not
exceeding and in some cases less than rent;
thus the member becomes his own landlord,
and every dollar expended in rent, which
ordinarily is lost forever to the tenant
under this plan becomes a payment on the
home.
1t is rumored that Joe Metzgler is nego
tiating for the purchase of the Broom hotel
which, If true, will account for his backing
out of his promise to build a hotel on the
corner OF Twenty-third street and Wash
1ngton avenue after the bonus had beer
raised
A well-posted observer estimates tina
there are not less than twenty candidates
Llberals-for the nomination for every
county office. The estimate is not too high
The cut and dried programme made I'D sew
eral months ago has been changed, anC
several of the men then picked out by
certain clique have been dropped, mucl
against their own wishes, and they're no
feeling particularly happy at present.
The experiment of boring for gas or oil
or both, is being watched with great inter
est. Should natural gas be found in larg,
quantities 1t Will make Ogden boom.
The various organizations that took par
in the carnival exercises and contribute,
In no little degree to whatever Of success
attended that event, are being reorganized
The selection of T. Il. Perkins, city en-
glneer, as superintendent of sewer con
suruction, insures a good job of work wit
the very best of material. The brick. tn
cement, in fact all the material used vii
have to be of the very best, and all con
tracts viii have to be performed in stric
accordance with the specifications.
Another excursion to Helena. Mont, i
advertised to leave here on the I'D.
Don Mcguire returned yesterday from
visit TO his mining claim few miles nortl
of here. He says 1t looks well and promis
ing.
Delegate tickets for the four precincts O
this city nave been printed and circulate
by the Liberal ward bosses.
"Docn Norrell, United States DEBUT
marshal from Provo, was in the city yes
terday and went to Salt Lake last even
ing.
Tomatoes, from California, bring l2l
cents per pound in this market: next wee
the Utah tomatoes will be in market an
they will sell fer about one-tenth of tn
present price.
II is reported that several cases of sick
ness, somewhat resembling summer con
plant, have been occasioned by using waite
which came through the new kalamin
water pipes.
T. ~ Reed laid off his entire force G
stonecutters yesterday. He said the
were delaying the work By not attendin
to their duty and wanted no more of tha
kind of workmen. He viii try TO secure
force of men upon whom he can rely an
push the work or his hotel as rapidly .
possible.
James Sigler entered the room of q NJ
Tabor at the Wasatch hotel Wednesda
night, and attempted 10 steal that gentle
mans pants from under bis pillow TabC
awo1e, grappled with the fellow, downe
him and took MIN to jail. Yesterday /
was examined before Judge Preshaw, foun
guilty, held in the sum OF 81 ,000 and in d
fault taken to the pen.
The yarn related by a morning pap,
about the abuse by Officer Hansen of
drunken man is all bosh. Hansen gave I'll
fellow what he deserved.
The First district court was not in Sc
sion yesterday.
+. A Reed will have new forceof stol
cutters at work on his hotel next Monda
and the work viii be rushed to complete
as rapidly as possible.
Thursday evening Deputy Marshal b. !
Bowman arrested one Wilmington T. ST
venson for refusing to answer the que
tons Of a census enumeration. Wiimingtt
was released on his own recognizance.
Deputy Marshal NJ. d. Hoge, jr., went
Brigham city yesterday, and arrested
Lundgreen on charge of unlawful coha
itation. He was taken to Corinne and e,
amined before Commissioner Z. p. job
son, who held him and his alleged plur
wife in bonds of 81, 900 to appear before T.
grand jury.
Mayor Kiesel has received friendly l.
ter from Mayor Shakespeare. of New Q
leans. He says, 1--WE have always felt tn
the two sections (the west and south) a
identical in all material things and that o.
differences are so slight that either sectit
may readily give way to the other 1 tru
that in the very near future plan may
devised for getting together influenti
men to formulate programme and build