The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-31
TOWN TALK.

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The Y. NJ. C. A. will move to its new
quarters over the Utah National bank this
week.
The newly elected and qualified district
school trustees will assume Office on Mon
day noon.
Neil Rasmuss. Thirteenth West and Sec
ond South, had his Union bicycle stolen
O'Clock
Y NJ c. A, % West Second South
street. Young mems meeting today at 4
p. m. Practical talk by Rev. Richard
Wake, All men are invited and VIII be
Cordially welcomed.
During the past week the surveyor gen.
eral issued orders for the making of pat
ent surveys of the Mutton and Exchange
lodes in West Mountain district. Applica-
Iion made by :. b. Quinn through his at
torney, c. w. Parks. Charles Wilkes.
surveyor.
Yesterdays bank clearings were 1923 7SS
as compared with S254, 106 for the same day
of last year. The week clearings showed
$l,445,926, as against 81, 449, 932 for the same
week d year ago, and the clearings for the
month footed up Sc, 839. 113, as compared
with S6,541,0S2 for July of 1897.
The suit by A G. Earl, as assignee
against Martin McGrath and John Beck
was continued by Justice Nielsen by
agreement of the parties interested until
next Saturday at p. m. The suit is for
the payment of about 800 for work and
debts contracted by McGrath with Beck
as gUarantOr.
The board of education committee on
buildings and grounds last evening award
ed the contract TO z. J. Moran for fur
nishing the heating and ventilating appar-
atGs Tor the new school building at the
Intersection of Eighth South and Sixth
West His bid in the sum of Sl947 was
oeemed the lowest and best.
BY depositing a security of 1900 in the
Deseret National bank, p. T. FarnswOrth
secured from The Nevada company a re-
lease OF the attachment on the Folsom
properly, on First West between South
Temple and First South. The agreement
was Med by Glen Miller III the United
States clerks office yesterday.
State Superintendent Park of the de-
partment Of public instruction announces
that counties whose school suDerintend-
ents are delinquent after next Monday in
the Hing of annual statistical. financial
and population reports in his Office run
the risk OF being denied participation in
this years apporuonment of state school
funds.
State Treasurer Chapman is making a
public call for the presentation on Sep
TENDER for redemption of the $50 81 600
per cent lawful money bonds issued ten
years ago by the territory of Utah. After
that date the bonds Will cease to bear in
terest- The proceeds of the sale of an
equivalent issue of 81 per cent lawful
money bonds to Thomas Kearns will be
used Tor the redemption of the old issue.
AT IEe close OF business yesterday in the
city IreaSurerS office footing was made
OF the increase in license collections for
the month of July. The increase amount
ed to I,Sl1-65 compared with the cores
ponding month of last year, and for the
seven months OF City Treasurer Morris
administration the increased license col
lections for liquor. merchants and miscel-
laneOuS nave amounted to Sl4,926.53. The
showing IS most praiSewOrthy, especially
considering that business conditions gen
orally have not improved since last year.
The vacancy in the office of private sec
retarv TO the attorney general and clerk
% the state board of pardons, caused by
the resignation Of Charles S. Hills has
been nliea by the appointment of Stephen
Council. rising young member of the
bar. who until recently was associated
with Stephens 4 Smith, attorneys. Dur
ing his lnclmbeucE IN the Office hir. Hills
has made many warm friends on account
of his genial conduct and efficient services
10 the public. Mr. Hills leaves next week
for Seattle to engage in the practice of
law. His hosts Of friends wish and pre-
dict for him great success in his new field.
While they would have preferred gold
bonds because OF the promise of larger
profits in transferring them to others sew
eral of the local banks have given init
nations of their intentions TO bid for var
ious portions of Salt Lake City's issue of
$500 900 worth of lawful money per cent
20-year bends, TO be sold on August 16.
AlgSady there is no dearth of inquiries
f-r the issue from intending purchasers. /
Rnc without doubt all the bonds VIII be
sc,d at q premium. As long as gold is the
standard of values a lawful money bond
Is equivalent TO a gold bond and this AK
ION intending purchasers seem TO know
fun well.
Whatever may be thought OF City En-
gineer Kelsey's plan to run 12-inch pipe
IinesfFOni the Emigration canyon stump TO /
the tank. in order TO increase the city's /
supply of water II IS predetermined I
whether the finance committee viii au-
thOriZe the expenditure OF the estimated I
5 900 for the work. The delay in procur- |
lrg the pipe would prevent the possibility I
of getting the increased flow until we'll /
toward the end OF the dry season. Pres i
dent Barnes yesterday suggested to his I
colleagues on the city council finance I
committee q modified plan that promises
immediate relief. HIS idea, which is con /
carried in by several members of the COM I
Iaittee. IS to run tunnel of 100 or $50 (,
feet in length to let the water IN the Sump |
discharge into the creek or hume. The I
cost would be but a few hundred dollars 1
and all or nearly all the stump water I
would be available without the expense /
and poor results of pumping. The half /
million or more gallons Of water addition Z
al VTeuld be. on account Of It's undeSira- 4
bllItV Tor domestic purposes. SGrVlcea bic J
for irrigation. thus enabling the use Of the (
satire citg share of PaTley,s creek for the
water works system, through the Parley's
conduit The finance committee. with the \
city engineer and the water committee
via exploit President Barnes scheme, ana
II on Investigation II is deemed practical
bic ana indicative of the best results de-
sired fer the least money and in the short
est possible time, X viii likely be adopted
as enc of the plans for increasing the
eity's depleted water supply.
Utah Co1nmercial anc Savings Bank
General barking business; interest
raid on savings deposits F. Armstrong;
president: J. Z. Jennings cashier: "a