Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-27
ONYX AND JASPER.
Company to DO Formed 10 Work tho
Precious Stones,
THE GAS FRANCHISE QUESTION.


~ "Hl anu Jasper deposits wtss Of
Pelican Point, Utah county. The
location Of these deposits Is recent, aud
was made by David Hltcsmau, Of
Lehi. lie now has interested with
him Dr.J. Il. Tolmagc, John Kirk.
man and Others Of this city, who pur.
pose Incorporating and getting to worl,
at once.
Pieces Of stone from both quarries
are nov at Elias Morris & Co.'S marble
wor6s, where theylhave been subject.
ed to the polishing process, and have
proven highly satisfactory. Tho onyx
deposit II mainly OF cream color to
ciear white, anu Ia beautifully trans.
parent BY comparison with selected
samples Of the beat Mexican onyx, II
was found TO be equal In every reuplcl.
Those who visltei tho Temple and
saw there the beautiful washstanus
VIII have some idea Of these newly.
discovered beds OF Utah onyx from the
statement that tho material taken
nom them Ia identical In appoara nee
and quality with that used Ia the wash.
stands. lts high polish ana transpnr.
ENJOY are not In the least Inferior.
The difficulty with most Of tho Utah
onyx has been that II Is too much
broken up In the deposits, ~ far as
examined, to be- worked by machinery,
anu hand working is too cxponslv.
In this instance, however, there In no
such difficulty, as by investigation a
short distance below tho surface Of the
muuntain II was ascertainod that blocks
three by ok feet, or ovon largar,
could he taken out and handled.
Vhe onyx depOsiI Is about six miles
rom the railway aud IN convenient y
situated for working. The deposit Of
Jasper Is In the came vicinity, and ensy
Of access. IL IL chiefly OF a bfownlsh
color, ranging TO black, and Ia OF tho
same variety rs that obtained la the
Ural mountains. Siberia. Its use IL
Tor ornamental work, come OF the
nnett pieces being used for settings In
eweify. IL has been too expensive 20
Incorporate to any great extent In the
ornamentation Of houses here, but In
the location made by Mfr. Hitcsman
there IL such an abundance that its
price will be easily within reach 40
that It may be used In the embellish.
ment Of the interior OF buildings.
DR.. Ialmage and Mr.. Kirkman will
go out to the quarries In few days,
ami upon their return tho company
Will determine just what steps will DO
taken for putting In machinery an d
commencing work.
now A GAS MAN LOOKS AT IA.
"If Wendell Benson or Mr.. Gray
wOul make their propOsltiOns little
more definite, In their request Tor n
franchise for gas company, we
might know what they are
getting at" said representative
Of the Salt Lake gas aud electric
light company today. "rhey
talk about cheaper gas, and offer IL for
$3.50 and sl.75 per thousand feet, but
In their applications they fail 10 specify
what kind OF gas thoy mean. II they
will furnish coal gas they ought 10 say
80, but neither OF them offered bond
TO do any such thing. No doubt n
franchise would be n snug thing II II
allowed them TO locate In the most
populous part Of town, cut up the
streets for pipes and put In more pOoa
ana wires, then leave the less thickly
settled part alone, or furnish to them
water gas Instead Of that which is
made from coal as by tho existing
company.
"If they intend putting In coal,
water, or natural gas, they should lot II
be known. The present gas company
would furnish water gas for not ~ Ca
coed $3.50 per 1000 feut, and natural
gas for not more than 80 cents. We
have got plant hero worth more than
halt million dollars, aud when Others
decide 10 spend three or four hundred
thousand In a new gas plant they will
be able 10 specify Just what limo thoy
propose to work on" From this Il
may be readily concluded that the
present fuTnishers Of gas and electric
light for the city believe the later
apI locations for franchises to have been
made merely with speculative object.
ONYX AT sALrEA.
Representatives OF New York capl.
talisls nTe al Slllna, SeyleT county,
examining tho onyx mines. The
stone Il said 10 DO VI fne quality aud
easily obtained In large blocks. II IN
vestlgatiou bears out this claim the
New Workers viii put In u mill for
working thu onyx.
THINKS n A GOOD PURCHASE.
Andrew Ross, Of Joseph, came home
on FrIIay from Baker CITY, Oregon,
where he and Frank Dalton anu GINS,
Caldwell, OF Salt Lake, aud MI.
Drskey, VI Baker City, have Just pur.
chased, at $1,000, the Shelton mine
aud mill and group Of placer claims
near them, says the Richheld AduO.
cate. The mine Ia one that has been
worked Tor years ana In now looking
well, there being more orc In eight |
than the price paid Tor the property,
and with splendid mill located at the |
mouth Of the tunnel, the mon think |
they have "a little bonanza,
THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE.
There was "A good attendance Of the
committee Of 400 at tie Chamber OF |
Commerce building last evening. J.
II. Bacon was In toe chair, and q. H.. |
OBLIGATED as secretary.
Rpp0f8 were received showing that
.hu subcommittee were Visiting the |
various wards aud pushing the work Of
ranvassing. There WAS some discua.
sion ns to whether donations should be
asked fJr, and the majority opposed
The idea Of requesting anything but