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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
WOODEN INDUSTRY.
Factories In the State All Making
Much Money.

The wcolen industry in Utah is one
of the leading branches of commerce
in the state. There are six factories.
which are engaged at present in the
manufacture of wcolen goods from wool
produced in the state. Sheeo-raising
itself forms a very important industry
in Utah, hundreds of thousands of
sheep being raised eaeh year within the
borders of the state The vast ranges.
upon which the wild hay and grasses
grow so abundantly are utilized to feed
the large flocks of sheep which are
yearly herded upon them.
In the winter, when the intense cold
and deep SHOWS in the mountains drive
the sheep from them to the shelter of
the valleys in the lower country. the
Utah desert comes into use. Here the
snow never attains a very great depth,
and thousands of sheep are kept here
for the winter. The wool produced from
these 1ocl1s is of the best quality. and
commands G. good price in the market.
Last year the output was large one.
and, as the prices We're good. the wool
growers realized splendid results.
The six factories whiSa are in oper-
alton in the state. were all run to their
full capacity during the past year and
are still doing SO. The mills in Brigham
City, Beaver, st. George. Hyrum and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
STATE PRISON.
Some Facts About This Penal Insti
tuition.


The Utah state prison is situated in
the southeastern part of the city. The
prison is a large one. surrounded by
high stone wall, and every precaution
is taken to guard against the possible
escape of prisoners. There are 240 cells
for men. and four for women. These
cells are built to accommodate two
prisoners each, so the total capacity of
the prison is 500 prisoners. These cells
are all built strongly, and are kept we'll
ventilated and clean.
The number of prisoners received In
1897 was 116, but in 1898 there was a
gratifying decrease TO SO. The lowest
number of prisoners confined at any one
time in 1897 was 139, but last year II
never got down lower than 1863. The
highest number in 1897 was 172. and In
1898 was 1S9. The daily average dur
ing 1897 was $50, and in 1898 was 179. In
1887 there were 81 prisoners discharged,
and in 1898 there were SO. OF these ID
were pardoned in 1897. and IA pardoned
and two died in 1898. AT present there
are nine prisoners in the penltentlary
who are serving life sentences.
In connection with the prison is run
a farm. the water for which is obtained
from Parley's canyon. Last year the
farm, as worked by prison labor. pro-
duced 200 tons of lucern hay, 1000 BUSH
els of potatoes, LOCO bushels of turnips.
beets and carrots, 500 bushels of peas
and corn, and several tons of SQUASH,
cabbage, etc.
The cost per capita has not been as
certained exactly as yet, but it will be
something less than 30 cents. The cost
of maintenance of the prison is esti-
mated at $66, coo.
The appropriation for new building.
pipe line, maintenance. etc. was 100000.
and all of this has been used. besides
part of the cash collected from the sale
of various articles. 1t was found neces-
sary during the year to make many i'm
provements about the prison and
grounds Almost the entire prison has
undergone some repairs. The entire
length of the prison reservation has
been fenced. and the lawns in the front
yard have been put in good shape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

nine tons of hay. and as the winter or
feeding season is of short duration,
usually not more than sixty days, a
small farm in Utah viii compare fav-
oraibly with one of several times its
size in the eastern states.
This accounts for the fact that the
average size of irrigated farms
throughout the state IS but twenty
seven acres, over 90 per cent Of which
are free from incumbrance.
IRRIGATION NEEDED.
over 90 per cent of the farming in
Utah is done under some system of ir-
rigation.
That the arid desert of this state has
been made so productive in agriculture
and horticulture, justly receiving the
gold medal at the Mississippi
exposition for general agricultural pro-
ducts, is due, first, to the energy Of
the early pioneers in building irriga-
ton systems under the cooperative
plan, where water could be taken from
the rivers and mountain streams at lit
tie expense fer irrigation, and later, to
the enterprising capitalists who en-
abled lie to keep pace with the in
creased population by the building of
more expensive reservoirs and canals.
thereby opening MP large bodies of
choice land for settlement that could
not have been reclaimed by the settlers
with their limited means, and would
have remained of little value but for
the water rights now belonging to it.
About 1900 900 acres within the state
can be irrigated by the canal systems
already completed and in course of
construction. Most prominent among
those already IN operation should be
mentioned the Bear River Irrigation &
Ogden Waterworks company il north
err Utah, with so miles OF main canal,
costing over S2,OOO.0O0. and covering
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

share of the improvements.
Agents and owners are imbued with
the belief that Salt Lake real estate
has entered upon an area of advancing
values. This confidence in the future
has resulted in the withdrawal of much
property from the market by eastern.
as we'll as local holders. There is now
good, strong demand for choice prop
erty, and conditions justify the belief
that investments at the present level of
prices will prove safe and profitable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Interesting Statistics Regarding As
sessment of Property.


The report of the state board of
equalization TO the governor and the
legislature, contains most interest
ing statistics, setting forth the boards
work for the year 1898. This body has
not. by any means, been the most leis-
urable of the states employees. as the
report viii show, but probably the most
important action it has taken during
the year was in compliance with the
supreme courts decision, q reaper
tionment among the counties be made,
according to railroad car mileage, the
same being the outcome of a suit
brought by Salt Lake county, in an
endeavor 10 obtain increased revenue
from the railways. The result made
very little difference to the county. as
the table TO follow win show, but it
necessitated some work on the part of
the board in gathering data and sta
tistics from the railroads and in deter
mining amounts.
The table herewith presented demon
strateS the effect of the act on each
county, some having been benefited,
while others lost:
THE APPORTIONMENT.
Former. Present.
Beaver .................S 1921 5 1Z7S,S72
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
INCREASE OF REALTY VALUES
MONEY FOR INVESTMENT IN
SALT LAKE REAL ESTATE.
Successful Men From Inter-mountain
States Making This Their Home
Steady Flow of Money to Invest.

The noteworthy and conspicuous fea-
ture of Salt Lake realty operations dur
ing the year 1898 was the steady and
increasing flow of money from the
mines and live stock ranges to the real
estate market.
Salt Lake realty is no longer forced
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

| lard county, covering over 10000 acres,
| of which about 1000 acres are being
cultivated
Under the provisions of the Carey
act, passed Aug. 49, 1884, Utah has the
! privilege OF selecting from the public
! domain 100000 acres of land by con-
| tracing for its reclamation and settle
ment, and as soon as satisfactory proof
| is made that lands are irrigated and
occupied, patents viii be issued on
tracts of not TO exceed $50 acres to any
one person, the price of the land and
water rights being fixed by the state.
The following companies in Willard
county have recently made application
for segregation of land under this act,
and agreed upon terms for it's recla-
nation:
The Lake Bonneville Water & Power
company for 1880 acres.
The Holbrook Land & Water COM
pany, 1884 acres.
The White Mountain Reservoir com
pany, 4,979 acres.
While there are over 300 other incor-
porated canal companies doing bust
ness in the state, in addition to large
number of cooperative associations,
only about one-third of the 8, ZOO, 5000
acres of irrigable land Gncluding the
1850 900 acres within the boundaries of
the Indian reseryation), has as yet been
reclaimed.
COST OF WATER RIGHTS.
The average first cost of water rights
under the cooperative plan of the early
settlers was 5000 per acre, and the
average annual cost of maintenance
81 cents per acre. 1t is to be expected,
however, that as water for irrigation
can only be secured in future at
greater. expense than in the past, there
will be a consequent increase in the
value of water rights when the remain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

ing the year was modern brick stable,
costing $4,000, in which the thirty eight
horses owned and used by the institu
ton are housed
H. @. NJ. /. stock has always occupied
a place in the gilt-edged class of secur-
tiles. 1t is now quoted at III.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

demand for wooden goods the instltu-
ton ships out about IS per cent oil l.s
total production to other states Ihese
goods are shipped to all points potn
east and west, where they receive Sopu
nrices from merchant tailors and cloth
ing manufacturers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
A Cunning Youth.

Auntie-A penny for your thoughts.
Little Nephew-I was thinking that if I
kept quiet and pretended to be thinking.
you'd wonder what I was thinking about
and say just what you did. Gimme the
penny!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
N[PH| FORGING AHEAD
A Great Future For Utah's "Little
Chicago"
BIG INCREASE IN TRADE
ALL INDUSTRIES ARE IN A
THRIVING CONDITION.
A Livestock Center-The Nebo Salt
Company-Rich Mines Being Sys-
tematically Developed-Large De-
posts of Mineral Paint-Coal
Fields That Give Great Promise.

Nephi, Dec. S1.-Probably few, if any.
of the rural communities in the state
can boast of larger share of prosper
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

Totals ............$ 500, 2232S 4S2 800 33S, 4S2
The railroads and their assessments,
classified, are given in full IN the re
port.
part. as follows:
Number Of miles Of track in Utah,
615.13
Total mileage assessment. S5.539, $50.
Total rolling stock assessment. S551,- J
992
Miscellaneous assets, $685.
Rio Grande Western total assessment,
s4,477S27.
Oregon Short Line-Number of miles,
Mileage assessment, SO, 2S6, O4s.
Rolling stock assessment, s345,7S5.
Miscellaneous assets, $247,45S.
Oregon Short Line total, $S,S29, 292-
Central Pacific-Number OF miles,
1881.
Mileage assessment, $1.1S5,2 6S.
Rolling stock assessment, $277,750-
Miscellaneous assets, $121. 357-
Central Pacific total. 81, 534,375
Union Pacific-Number of miles, 95.12.
Mileage assessment. S65S1O9.
Rolling stock assessment. $149,240-
Miscellaneous assets, $5S,9S0.
Union Pacific total. SS61,3 $50.
Utah Central-Number of miles, 63.99
Mileage assessment, 1923, 80.
Rolling stock assessment, $3.50.
Miscellaneous assets. $3.50
Utah Central total. S139,S17.
Sanpete Valley-Number Of miles
52.O6
Mileage assessment. s127. 525.
Rolling stock assessment. $1O135.
Miscellaneous assets, SS.O96.
Sanpete Valley total. S140,15S
Salt Lake & Ogden-Numbe1' of miles.
Is
Mileage assessment, $59.759-
Rolling stock. assessment. $12,795.
Miscellaneous assets, S5,455.
Salt Lake & Ogden total, $7S,00S.
Salt Lake & Mercur-TOtal assess
ment. $57.569.
ogden Utah Hot Springs Railway
Total assessment, $S,005.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
The Western Union Telegraph conn
pany is assessed $S3, $50 on its 1.1T1.SSl
miles of wire. With other property, the
total assessment is $S5.315
The Deseret Telegraph company has
599 miles of wire. Its total assessment
is $500.
PULLMAN CARS.
The Pullman Palace cars operated In
the state are valued at SCI, 743, divided
among the railroad lines as follows:
Rio Grande Western. $40
Oregon Short Line .............. 1O,960
Union Pacific NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1O,lO9
Central Pacific ...--.......------. 1894
Total .--.---.-.---:.- ..---. -. So1''7O
The proportion of value to Utah ac-
cerding to mileage, from this source, is
ST.. Az.
The total rolling stock assessment on
all railways is 81, 40S,06O
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Personal property assessed in Utah:
Live stock 7,159 901
Rees ... 34,054
Merchandise. etc ........-. 4.312,O7O
Money, solvent credits. Judg-
ments. mortgages, etc -. 4,4S4,5
rnerated -. .........-, 3,90s s64
Net proceeds from mines. 1,343,715
Grand total .s23, ST., 500
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Total assessment on all
property .-------- S10J,5SS, 49,
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The number of acres assessed in Utah
for 1898 is 3.272.17S as compared with
3,059,61S for 1897.
The aggregate value of town lots for
1898 is S24, ACT, 301. In 1897 it was $4,1S0,-
S35
The number of mining claims asses
sed in 1897 was LILO, with assessed
value Of S96,711. For 1888 there are 2,l97
claims assessed at $1S3,599-
The lice stock assessment is CLASH
fed and the values given as follows:
Horses and mules 81. 2b3,6S6
Cattle 2,54S,9f3
Sheep 3,301,721
Swine 45,212
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. -, 1882
In conclusion, the report viii make
innunerable suggestions for legislation,
particularly upon the question of rail-
road assessment
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
GROUP MEETING.

Commissioners Present From Several
 Churches at the Methodist Chapel.
 A group meeting of delegates from the twenty-seven churches in this vicin- ity was held Tuesday at the Methodist chapel in Middletown A large num- Der of commissioners were present to discuss matters connected with the Twentieth Century Thank Offering movement
 The morning session opened at 10 o'clock and after the devotional service addresses were given by the Rev. Dr. H. A. Starks of Middletown the Rev Messrs Eldridge of New Haven and Maynard of New Britain and by Presi- dent Raymond of Wesleyan. The Rev Levi Gilbert, D. D., of New Haven, presided at the afternoon session. The first address was by the Rev. F. w. Hannah of Waterbury,
 A conference of Methodists was con- ducted by c. w. Harman of New Ro- chelle and the Rev. Dr. D. G. Downey of Brooklyn gave the closing address The conference has been very profita- ble one. The comm ssioners from the local church were c. G. Atkins, F. H. Burr, s. T. Camp, c. q. Stone and Pro- fessors Conn and Ora Nford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
TO REORGANIZE.

The Citizens Gas Co. of Bridgeport.
 Bridgeport has two gas companies, and one of them, the Citizens com pany, which has defaulted on it's bonds as some New Haven people are aware, has taken steps this week for reorgan- ization, and for this purpose there was meeting Tuesday at which officers were elected and the bondholders were present. The company reelected the following officers: President, Charles F. Dietrich of New York; secretary and treasurer, A. B. Proat of New York directors Charles r. Dietrich. A. B. Proat, Samuel Thorne and c. A. Ander- son of New York; Burdette Loomis of Hartford.
 The company decided to default the interest due on the bonds with a view to bringing about the reorganization and reduction of the rate of interest which is now 6 per cent. There were seven bondholdeIa present
 The company has $700,000 bonds, and the larger portion of them are held by Messrs. Dietrich, Proat and Thorne oe New York. The bondholders are prac- tically identical with the stockholders. A meeting of the bondhplders to bring about the reorganization will be held at near date in New York city. The company is manufacturing gas and supplying it's customers as usual
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
INDIAN COPPER COINS.
Those Received at Local Brasa Foun-
 dry as Old Copper.

Those Received at Local Brass Foun-
 dry as Old Copper.
 The Scientific American remarks as follows concerning the arrival here re- gently of a quantity of Indian copper coins in a batch of old copper consigned to a brass foundry here:
 Nearly 10000 bags, or about 25O tons of copper coins have been brought from India. These coins are shipped as scrap copper, and are worth more at the pres ent price of copper than their coin val ue. The brass foundry company of New Haven. Conn. received five tons of this supply, and they have favored us with some interesting samples of the coins they are melting. The copper is worth nineteen cents a pound in this country, but for nineteen cents in American silver several pounds of cop- per coins can be obtained in Bombay or Calcutta. Of course the coins are in common use there, but are so bulky that the natives are glad tc, dispose of them for silver or gold The coins are bigger than a quarter of a dollar and are much thicker than any of our cop- per coins. They very much resemble the old copper cent There is no Eng fish inscription on the coins, and they are believed to be coined by the Indian native government in the early part of the present century, when the price of copper was very low
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
CITY cOI1Rr rAsns

The case of breach of the peace against Ralph Manaur of No 3S2 Oak street was continued in the city court yesterday morning until the 23d of No- yember.
 Annie Parker was sent to jail for ten days for drunkenness.
 Mary Ann Mcclure was convicted of being a common drunkard and sent to jail for sixty days.
 Nolles were entered in the cases of improper conduct against Harry S. Daley and Lillian Grant.
 The case of theft against Gilbert Gan- non was continued until November 25
 Prosecuting Agent Niles nolled the case of violation of the liquor law upon payment of costs of $1756 against Maurice Crotty of 161 Ashmun street.
 A charge of non-support against John Durstin, a Ferry street barber, was continued until January 1, nisi.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
THE ST. FRANCIS ORPHANS
BIG AMOUNT GITEN ON THEyB no-
 NATION DAT.

Taken in Yesterday-The Dav {. pro.t
 successful One-Many Visitors at tho
 Asylum i'm the Afternoon.
 yesterday was donation day for the
 St. Francis Orphan asylum and as
 usual that institution was the recipient
 Of carloads upon carloads of supnlies
 and thousands of dollars in cash. Ali day long single and double teams drove up to the institution and with the as-
 sistance of an extra corps of help the drivers unloaded their teams and re- turned on their mission of collecting. Not only food but all sorts of goods, including wearing apparel, household articles and toys for the little ones were | received as they never were before. Father Corcoran said yesterday after noon that the amount of merchandise received yesterday surpassed that re- ceived last year by a good figure and that as far as could be learned the cash amount donated this year was equally as large as that of last. Father Corcoran said that from present indi- cations the amount in merchandise and cash will be about $5.O0O
 The various committees having in charge the collection of cash returned to the asylum up to late hour last night and the exact amount turned in will not be known until to-day.
 Many of the little ones at the asylum were made happy by the generosity of New Haveners in more ways than one Dolls and other toys were distributed among the orphans quite freely and from the faces of the fatherless and mo- therless it was evident that their only wish was that donation day should come tbrea or four times year instead of only once.
 The New Haven public showed their great appreciation for that noble insti- tuition and the merchants were most generous in their donations and every- body who was able helped for that worthy cause of giving a home and an education for the penniless children of the city and vicinity.
 There were many visitors at the asy- lum yesterday and all took a great i'm terest in the exercises of the children in the different school rooms. They sang, recited and drilled in manner that would do credit to children of more advanced ages and all the visitors were pleased with what they saw and heard
 The sewing by the pupils of the asy- lum has rapidly progressed during the last year. owing to the splendid instruc- tion of Miss Masses, supervisor in sew ing there. The boys as we'll as the girls have proved themselves to be excellent "seamstresses" and many of the gar- ments, mostly undergarments, were shown yesterday. These articles made by the orphans are used in the in frmary of the asylum. Samples of drawings and writing were also shown.
 The day was a most successful one and the heartiest thanks to all the don- ors is extended by the authorities of St. Francis Orphan asylum
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
AGUINALD0 HARD PRESSED
REBEL LEADER LOCATED BY GEN.
 YOUNG AT 1RINGA
Belief That He Was Trying to Get Over the Mountains to BayOmboMg-A
 YOung's Cavalry Pushing After Him.

Manila Nov. 22.-12:55 p. m.-Gener- al Young reports that Aguinaldo, with party of 200 including some women and few carts, passed Aringay, on the coast between San Fabian and San Fernando, in the province of Union, on Friday, November 17. The general says that Aguinaldo probably intended to strike inland through the Binquet mountains, towards Bayombong, in the province of Neuva Vizcaya.
 General Young, with cavalry and Macabebes, is pursuing the Filipino leader part of the American force talk ing the direction of San Fernandino In a fight with Aguinaldo's rear body guard at Aringay, one Macabebe was wounded, and the insurgents retreated. Their loss is unknown Aguinaldo is supposed to have slipped between the columns of General Young and General Wheaton, after his flight from Tarlac
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23
OBITUARY NOTES.
Death of Mrs. A. G. NettIeton.

Mrs A. G. Nettleton died early yes terday morning at her residence, 21o Dixwell avenue, after long illness with cancer of the stomach. She was one of the most prominent members of the w. c. T. U. in New Haven and her missionary work among the poor and at the jail and Springside home has made her Christian character appreciated by hundreds of people during her twenty years of service. She was prominent member of the Summerfeld M. ID. church and was the superintendent of the primary class in the Sunday school of that church.
 The funeral will be held on Friday morning at 10 o'clock It will be held at the Summerfield church and there will be special and interesting services. Il was at first intended to have the fu- neral at the late residence of the de- ceased at No. 240 Dixwell avenue, but there were so many of her friends that wanted the funeral held in the Summerfield M, F. church that the friends consented. Rev. w. H, Burg win, the pastor, will conduct special ser vices. The Lucy V ebb Hayes Temper ance society will have at the funeral vacant chair and on the seat will be the inscription, Our President, and the White Ribboners" will attend the funeral.
 The, remains will be inferred in the Milford cemetery, she being native of that town. Mrs. Nettleton was as stated above, a very useful laborer In several societies, and was especially &C., tive in work among the prisoners at the jail. Only three months ago, and short ly after she came from the hospital and was physically incapable, she ad- dressed the jail inmates. Her labors to do good were sincere, devoted and earn est and many will mourn her demise. She leaves husband and two daugh- ters, Mrs. Edson s. Pierce of 67 Greg ory street, and Mrs. Frank B. Ainsley of Cheshire