The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Insurance on resorts is. as a rule.
classed by Insurance men a dangerous
risk. said B. B. Broomen of San Fran
cisco. the special western agent and ad-
just of the Phoenix Fire IN urance COM
pany or London, at the knutstord yes
terday.
Our company. which has done busi-
ness in Salt Lake City for nearly twenty
years, is carrying a risk on the Salt Pal
ace. When application was made 10 our
agents here for Insurance upon the
building, l came 10 Salt Lake and ex-
amined it carefully. 1t was a peculiar
TO make. The structure is of wood en-
tirely, with a thin veneering of salt.
Sun. with proper precautions. 1t is COM
paratively free of any danger L accepted
policy for one year.
Resorts that meet with extensive pat
ronaSe are pretty safe risk. because
there are so many employees about,
night and day. that. with the usual pre-
cautions. fires are infrequent, but the
public is whimsical. and a resort popular
for the moment, may be superseded Tor
the public favor by another. and become
comparatively deserted. 1t is then that
expenses are curtailed and watchfulness
relaxes. and when such is the case, IN
Surance men with policies on them are
Salt Lake City risks are regarded
highly by insurance men all over the
country and are considered among the
very small in this city
John W. McLoud of South McAlester.
Indian Territory, general counsel tor the
Choctaw. Oklahoma & Gulf railway, is at
the KnutsfCrd- Until recently this rail-
road was a local coal road of that ter
ritory, extending from FL Reno, in Ok
lahoma, TO Howe, in the Indian Territory.
but its purchase of the Memphis & Little
Rock road. its extension west TO weather.
ford. o. T.. and its construction OF a
line between Howe and Little Rock,
where il will join the Memphis division,
has developed it into quite system. Inc
section between Howe and Little Rock
opens up a rich, thickly settled section
without railroad communication, ana
will be completed about Oct i.
THE Indians in the five civilized N;
tons have not taken their alIotmentS
ably be fully five years before the terri
tory will be thrown open TO whites. Al
lOtmentS will be slow. Some or the lanu
has been highly improved, and some has
not: portions are very rich and other
sections are not so good, and the INTENTION
of the government is to equallZe Vaiua-
tons in the allOtments- To TINS end a
commission is at work appra1sing all Ianu
values and it will take a long time 10
complete the work Those who have set
tied upon and improved their holdings
the appraised valuation such land as IS
in excess of the value of what tney are
entitled to under the allotment act.
There is a new patented process for
the. making of chlorine gas for the de,
sulphurization of refractory ores. sald
+. D. Ciprico, a member OF the New
York stock exchange. at the cullen yes
terday. 1t is the invention of Professor
Charles Hornbostel German scientist
and chemist of distinguished ability. ana
| believe ii will revoiutionize the treat
ment Of this class of ores. l shall draw
the attention of the mining men OF this
state and Colorado TO this new process
Mr. Ciprico is a member OF the nrm OF o.,
Broadway, and 40 New street, New York
City.