The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-22
TUESDAY.
The City in Brief.


Hon. f. S. Richards was visitor to the iunc-
ton city yesterday.
Regular weekly meeting of the county court
Today. Probably some matters of more than
usual Importance VIII be up for consideration.
1t Is lntlmated that scheme is on foot which,
u carried cut, will result in placing an immense
amount of capital in Ogden and increasing its
populaton by more than 10000 people by the end
OF the present year.
The fines imposed and collected in the NUM-
clllal court under the first year of Liberal rule
amounted to 1881 SO. Forty-one different Of
lenses were committed, including violations of
nearly every city ordinance.
Joseph Metzler Denver gentlemen who in
vested heavily in Ogden real estate last year, is
preparing to put in a large briclImaking plant
aie inrnlsh material Tor great many houses
Mhlch ne VIII build and sell on the installment
plan.
Inc largest number of people to be seen to-
gether IN any one place In Ogden now-a-days,
are Inc crowds that stand in front of the postoce
general delivery waiting TO get their mail. The
street.
The proposition to lease Lester park pavilion
for lodging house meets with little favor
among the people. If the committee on public
buildings have any regard for the wishes of the
puDnc, they Will report TO the council that the
adopted
The following named gentlemen will meet
next Saturday at the reform school, for the pur-
pose OF organizing as the boald of directors:
DtuutT ". VIC ana w. u. Hail,
OF salt Lake city, c. G. Richards, James n.
hlmball and L. b. Adams, of Ogden and r. II.
Jones, of Brigham CITY,
The Utah Canning company having increased
us capital stock TO $4,000 and Incorporated. will
greatly extend its business this year. There are
no liner fruits or vegetables grown anywhere
IMAM those produced IN Utah, and when they are
properly preserved and put upon the market
lhey command the very highest prices.
Chances in the rattle for the lots and other
Variable things. that have been donated for the
peneiit oil the Fourth ward fair, are going off
like hot cakes. The people are responding
literally In aid of the object of this fair, which
Is to raise funds to assist in paying off the in
debtedness on the new meeting house.
II is rumored that the Corey hotel will be
erected on the corner of Wall avenue and
Iwenty-fifth street. Nothing has been heard of
late OF the scheme TO build a hotel on the corner
OF TWenty-fourth and Wall avenue. The only
motel now being erected in this city is the Reed
hotel. AS yet the others are only on paper
A large wooden building is being erected by
lady capitalist of Denver, on Thirty-ffth street.
Just OH OF Washington avenue, to be used as a
carpenter shop. The lady owns a considerable
portion OF Lakeview addition, and it is her in
tention to erect at least twenty cottages on her
property. 1t viii prove first class investment
and is an example which others would do well
TO follow.
Salt Lake paper has stated that an inspec-
tor advised Postmaster Barratt to let things run
along carelessly in his office, which he BarratD
refused TO do, but insisted upon doing his best
While holding down the position. The people of
Ogden are wondering whether the same advice
was not given to the postmaster of this city and
If 1t is not being acted upon.
The Ogden Lumber and Building company,
which, as the name indicates is not real es-
tate firm. are engaged in building up the city by
furnishing houses for people to live in The
members of the company are all OgdeniteS
The are Warren G. Child James Iverson, James
q. Stoddard. A. j. Cropsey and j. Z. Emmert
sen, the latter an architect as well as owner Of
ground. More extended mention of the great
work which these gentlemen are engaged in
will appear in this column hereafter.
The sprinkling carts will not be needed for a
day or two, perhaps longer, and possibly not
until the new ones that have been ordered ar
rive here. 1t was a glorious rain that set in
Saturday night and continued until last even
ing, and laying the dust of the streets was not
The only good which IL accomplished. II washed
the dusty face of nature and made it radiant
with beauty, cansed the buds to burst and the
grass TO spring forth from the ground, clothing
il with carpet of green. The good that the
rain has done cannot now be measured, but it
will be immense,