The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-29
HOTEL GOSSIP.

1.-The combination of certain interests
has greatly reduced the number of COM
ence is being felt by the hotels,' said
Daniel J. Lyons, rooming clerk of the
Kenyon, who for a long time was con-
nected with the Baldwin hotel in San
Francisco. 1.-The effect is not yet felt in
Salt Lake City, but ii is gradually being
felt throughout the country. and must
soon reach US. | fail to see many of the
familiar faces that formerly made their
semi-annual or quarterly trips to the
coast. ana VINO stopped over at Salt
Lake going and returning. When num-
managed by few individuals; conse-
Quently. this displaces large number of
commercial tourists, and this decrease in
travel of course affects the hotel inter-
ests. but not so much now as il evil
IDENTIFY viii in the future, if these combi-
nations shall continue"
Andrew Orr and Humphrey Francis
Fry of kilkeel county Down. Ireland.
are at the White House. The gentlemen
are making d tour of the United States.
Orr. yesterday: Just before We left
Ireland. about a month ago, an election
took place which gives local government
10 the people. The new law gives to the
masses enlarged powers. They will here
after vote on matters of taxation all
county councillors are to be elected by the
people; heretofore they were appointed
by what is known as the grand jury
composed of wealthy landlords appointed
by the government. The district of each
county attends to its own poor. In short
the grand jury system is practically
abolished by the new law. Rents have
recently been reduced about % per cent
The country is prosperous antNunder our
local government will no doubt become
more prosperous than ever"
George Gilchrist of Cripple Creek is reg
istered at the White House. There is
probably enough gold in sight to last for
fifty years. The population of the camp
has about doubled within the past three
months. and they are still rushing in"
said Mr.. Gslchrist.
NJ. Perelson. II. Blumkin and Sigismund
yon. They are connected with various
business enterprises in that city, and visit
Salt Lake partly on pleasure and partly
on business. with a view of investigating
, has contracts with the St. Lawrence and
Anaconda mines in the separation of con-
per. lie thinks the copper mines of Butte
are the richest in the world and the indi-
cations of the Anaconda at a depth of
LEO feet are still promising. They can
so much deeper with the present improv-
ed machinery, and work the mines profit
ably. Mining machinery has improved
very much whiting the past few wears
and these mines can be prospected just
deep as the managers want to go and
at a profit. 1t was not so in the early
days of Virginia City. which made tha
great Sutro tunnel a necessity. That tun-
nel tapped the mines a a certain deptb
as you know, and. besides. there is no
trouble with an overflow OF water in the
Butte mines, said Mr.. Perelson The
party. of capitalists viii remain here sew
eral days.
1.-THE excursion business is better this
season than ever before" said H. c. Wag-
ner of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway. at the Kenyon. THE cheap rates
of an excursion season increase the ten
dency 20 travel. For example we take a |
train load Of Utah school-teachers east