The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-13

The City in Brief.

Mrs. George Osmond, of Salt Lake CITY
is visiting her parents, Captain and Mrs
r. w. Cross.
Three hundred dollars per front foot TO,
land on Twenty fifth street, was offere,
and refused yesterday.
Building stone for the Reed hotel wa,
being hauled down from the quarries yes
terday over the motor line.
c. l.. Thompson, the Salt Lake architec,
who has charge of construction of the Reed
hotel, was in the city yesterday.
d. H. Peery and Don Mcguire are pre-.
pairing to build on their adjoining proper
tiSfs on lower Twenty fifth street.
I'D. Negus, of the Pacific Short Line,
is now in Sioux City Something definite
In regard to the intentions of that company
will be known when Mr.. Negus returns.
Ira Holmes and Mr.. York have bought
S350,000 worth of Cheyenne property, and
will try to boom that city the coming sea-
son. The daily wind that prevails there
will help them.
The scheme for the establishment of
iron works has not been given up. Bright
men are at work upon it, and it is merely a
question of time when their labors will be
crowned with success
The shelving and office of the Ogden
Liquor company were being placed in the
Cortez building yesterday. That company
VIII occupy the hrSt hoor OF the block, and
be ready for business in a few days.
The completion Of the wall on the south
side of the Kay building, corner of Wash
ipgton avenue and Twenty fifth street,
am 4e putting down of a substantial side
waH constitute an improvement which
will be appreciated by tho entire public.
John w. McWilliams, a former prominent
citizen of Battle Mountain, New, a county
commissioner of Humboldt county and en-
gagged for many years in merchandising, is
here for the purpose of locating perma-
nently.
A plat of the Ontario subdivision, being
part of the northeast quarter of section s,
township 6 north, range l west, was filed
Tor record yesterday in the office of the
county, recorder. This land is north of the
Five Points.
We are looking forward with pleasure to
the completion of the Denver & Rio
Grande short line, for when that takes
place the Missouri Pacific will run solid
trains through to Ogden over the Rio
Cyanide Western.
is IN the city on a visit. He has not been
here for many years, and is astonished at
the evidences of progress which he sees.
Mr.. Smith proposes to invest in some
Ogden realty before departing for his home
In the Rocky mountains.
The sanitary committee of the city coun-
Gil is arranging to have public scayengers
go around daily or semi-weekly, as the case
may require, and see that the back yards
are kept clear of rubbish and garbage. The
expense will be divided pro rata among the
business houses benefited.
Yesterday morning, while a young man
named Hessler was at work on the train at /
Collinston, he got his foot caught in the |
the guard rail and was unable to extricate |
1t. The train backed up and cut off his left |
leg. The sufferer was brought to Ogden
and placed in the Urion Pacific hospital,
under the care of DR.. Perkins
Parties now in the city from Wyoming
are anxious to know something about the
Pacific Short Line. 1t may also be stated
anxious to know whether any work on this
end of the line is to be done this year, and |
if the road is really to be transcontinen-
tai line or merely local road out of Sioux
city.
The chamber of commerce appreciates
the fact that if it would be efficient in
furthering the material interests of this
city it must hustle at lively gait. The
reorganlzed body contains all the energy
and intelligence of old with added energy
and intelligence, and it has started in as
Though it were determined to accomplish
great things during the coming year. The
address of President Nelson at the meet
ingI Tuesday evening, outlined a policy
which, if pursued energetically and with
unfagging zeal, will rebound to the credit
of the chamber and crowd Ogden so high
up on the mountain of commercial great
ness that in few years she can look down
upon all pretended or pretending rivals.