Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-02
BUSINESS AND MINES.
Pish Industry Progress 10 tho Utah
Lake.
BLACK G,ss IN GREAT SusBsn.
iiu,lness Prospects and failures
PROF ct to ilarnc', snake River
Miscellaneous Matters.

Fish Commissioner 4. NJ. Musser
wa feeling Jubilant today, aud rights
fully o. Ills cKullatlou IL Gus that
eau be iolnei IN by tho pp3p 10 gcuef.
ally, az It arises rom the success ~ OK.
pcrimcnls In fish culture that means
grrat deal Or the Territory. Two years
geo iir Mustor Placed Ia Utah lake
1900 black baa Try, varying from
year Old down. To-day, at the request
u tho fsh c1mmhsioner, NJ. T.. AlAd.
son, Of Provo, brought up several black
bass, which he took Ia the lake Just
north o. the mouth Of the Provo river.
Tho i-l wsfs beautiful specimen Of
'uo tinuy tribe.
rAe hg protects the n'h IN the
lake for another two yeas, and
the results VI toe experiment
thus far mako V certain that by the
time tho protection IL removed tEOro
viii bua vast quantity Of the bass IN
tao lake, which MUsus macy thou.
/ lniB OF dollars u ius pobulc. Mf.
MADISON ahyH the waters % tue .Ako GU
/ tue cust eide are iaifiy tcomiug Win
/ iNH fish. Inuy u5u rsqonily caught
Z ht hiucfmun with te.nes, Out uu1er
TO law have TO be turhui
u15e. Last inli there Wss brought
up Ia ono seine over hundred pounds
| Of ii4u samples 81 block bass, which
were aguin lacrt IN to watrfy tlr-
mcnt. N0w that tlu 100 has 10 be
Ufoaun through 10y tue flshormen ihvy
nfo not ~ easily caught, "a thry 40
I NIUu#. ~ NnUAH
| nrighb0m.
There are vast quantities Of carp In
Utsh lake, but tlF uiscs bass l. superior
| "a quality huu flavor, aud this attempt
| 20 raise them has proved even more
trcct saiul than with tho carp.
| AT HAiTAiR.
ut. MOrdnunl AMI number Of
other prominent gentlemen from the
east AMI from this city, went out 10
| Saltait yesterday afternoon 10y an
error the excursion was announced for
tomorrow In yesterdays NEWS. There
was about two inches OF snow at the
place. The visitors were deeply i'm.
pressed with tho great structure and its
surroundings
fuK DAVIS COUNTY.
Ihc Davis county Copper has an eye
10 business aud puts Ia n bid for tue
| Utah UniveTeity. The location IL sug.
gests Is between Bountiiul and Center.
willie, twelve miles north Of this city,
where n square mile Of land could DO
easily obtained, with ample water
supply. The Clipper addii The climate
Is excellent fJr all kinds Of agricultural
products and cannot DO surpassed Tor
M experiment station any where In
Utah. rhIs point " between the
capital OF the Territory aud the next
largest city; the two cities contain
about Onu.third VI tho population OF
our Territory. The people living
north, east and south could easily reach
II, there being excellent railroal faoili-
urs. Students from Salt Lake could
attend tho school as choapiy a. II IL
were located at Fort Douglas or any
suburb OF Salt Lake city.
10 HARNEss SNAKE RIVER.
There h movement on f1ol 10 use
the water power u tnc great Shoshone
Falls, snake riyer, Idaho, for manu-.
featuring AMI other enterprises, among
them a railroad. The Boise Statesman
says that negotiations have buen Ia
progress Tor some tins regarding this
fOau and recently STATE Treasurer HUI
received n letter ir0m a New York
capitalist, who became interested Ia
the enterprise spmu time ago, stating
ho was satisfied money could DO raised,
not only to build auu operate tbs roau,
but 20 put IN an extensive electric plauI
10 furnish power Tor mines and manu-.
factories which the same men would
DOUBTLESS pat la operation Rs som rs
sufiitiuut power was assured. Toe
gentleman asked Mr. HIN 10 forward
I F.IuHa lfs. FFuunn mud
other Information. OF course the Gym
dictate II 10 proposed TO form will want
10 control all the water power. Other
parties claim 10 hsye rights m that
direction hut II they be Tellnqulshud
there 10 little doubt tho gigantic enter
prise would be- pushed ~ completion,
fhe lougth OF the proposed electric
railroad will be forty miles.
MR. PITTS REPORT.
Harold NJ. pltt, local superintendent
fos hraIsiTeepa agency has completed
the following statistical report VI Utah
January, 1894, ~ failures, liabilities
so7i ,ssi; a,sr,s s-l6,U7i; Dec mber,
1873, 10 .liuTes, HHuiltiss S2ni, $50, as.
seIs sli3 Ai8; January, lsbS, - failures,
l.suiu.i,s s.-2 bi3, usssts sliJ,i-5.
Tie cluttlg ui she EIuru " Gold
| srlllh auI clmlRuy ia ttsh, can
aa!diy be clsusui as a focal ia.'.r-. Tue
Gtmia headquarters arc iU hs'Hmufu,
| so. There HEe Two branches In uiar,
one IN Washington and ono Ia bu'tu.
| These dependent siDirs could nJt be
held separately rrspJr-ib!g !gr the oni-
lapse Of the house.
Eight " the total of % failures oc.
| Cured In salt Lake Oily, aud although
this number II over 3j1 irr cent Of
the whole, tho liabilities make hut lit
! tlo more than per cent Of the
| total liabilities. la Tue face OF tNu
many die predictions 30 freely inside
0f financial disaster tnRt Wiuid UOms
! with the new year, tue actual
record h ut once surprising and g'ati'
| 'yiEg.
By the utmost conservatism IN buy
ing, auu eCDuImy In business, The
m,Jority az Lea, merchants have 10.
ducru liabilities 20 probably ona'thlfi
OF what they wyts yeHr ago anu
although there Hrr yrfy few that nave
| any moro tHan hell even, stlll tao
knowledge O thalr safe ptslti0n gives
"a freliug VI gOnhleuce thHt wouli not
be- warranted ~ tho volume ~ huai-
ness available. Collections continue
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