The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-28
HOTEL GOSSIP.

81 have been on vacation with my
family. enjoying the scenery of the west
and the magnificent Salt lake" said E.
Pollak of Cincinnati at the Knutsford yes
terday. Mr. Pollak is a member of the
firm of Block, Pollak & Co, iron dealers
of the Queen City. "Of course / have
been in touch. by mail and wire. with my
business" said he and in our line ii has
never been better. The iron industry is
thriving as II never has before, and we
are away behind on orders. Cincinnati
is a very conservative city. There is i'm
mense wealth there but we have never
had a boom, and We don't want one.
Business conditions are very good and the
city grows steadily apace. Every hill
surrounding the city is covered with
splendid residences. and we are surely
| expanding By the way, l have noticed
the growth of various cities in the
I United States, and none that L know of
Is more remarkable than that of Salt
| Cincinnati folks have come this way this
year, and one thing you can depend on.
you will get our people in the future.
: know of no more charming trip than
| visit to Salt Lake.
F. C. Rutan of Chicago. a we'll known
mining engineer, has party of Chicago
and Sharon, Pa, capitalists at the
Knutsford. They are here to look into
certain mining propositions and invest
4
the properties they have come out TO ex-
anime mine, .o.o. ,u.us .,.,,
and frequently cost us great deal of
money" said Mr.. Rutan. Il have no in
| formation to give out for publication at
| present. because 1t might be detrimental
to our interests.
Asked as to who the parties with him.
and what their commercial relations were
Mr.. Ruttan declined to tell. fearing. that
, it might jeopardise important deals if
n q
whether one was capitalist or the other
a merchant
Crawford Moore of Boise is a well
known lumber man in the Idaho metrop-
oils. He is at the Knutsford and said last
night:
Boise has or will raise S25O.O0O to have
the main line of the Oregon Short Line
come through the town. We have been
/ on a sidetrack a long time, but the
exigincies of the times demand that Boise
shall not only be on the main line. but
that the main line shall run through
Boise Already property has increased in
value, and there will be no trouble in
! raising the money for the road. There IS
not a vacant house or building in town
and improvements We're never SO rushed
as now. We have all of our business
streets paved and we are going forward
at a steady pace. / look for the popula-
ton of Boise TO be doubled in the next
/ three years.
There will be a fleet of dredges on
Snake river in less than five years. work
ing the gravel bars for gold. and they will
realize handsome results" said ]. F.
Sweet of Minedoka Ida. at the White
yesterday. II am interested in a dredge.
! on the river about ten miles from Nine
/ doka. he continued. land the gravel We
/ have handled has averaged about 20 cents
per cubic yard. 1t has not been altogether
prohtable because we have not been using
the right process. We have employed a
centrifugal pump and the rocks and
boulders that are mixed with the gravel
in the river bed are a serious interference
l am down here to attend to little bust
{ ness. and next season we shall work with
a ladder dredge.'
az have sold out all nv sheen at n good
profit said Roney Pomroy of Evanston.
at the Cullen yesterday. Il was engaged
for nearly eighteen years in the mutton
| business and l have found il profitable
but l got tired of it ard l know there is
money in cattle. so l have put my ener-
gies into the latter. 1 think the Wyoming
and Utah cattle the best in the world
and shall ship large number to eastern
markets. All OF the Wyoming ranges are
In splendid grass, and the outlook was
never better.
Yes. when general business is good
our business is all right" said C. w.
Pomroy of the Western Bank Note COM
pany, Chicago, at the Walker last even
/ ing. Il have Travelled the country west
OF Chlcago every year since 1881 he
continued. and / have been an eye
witness to the remarkable growth of the
intermountain section. My business has
! Kept pace with the development of the
country. and | am pushed with orders
Inc only question with us is how we can
MI the orders that are rushing in on us
! Salt Lake City is different from what
1t was a decade ago. and if 1 live an
other decade | expect to see it more than
double its present size
Fish and Game Warden Arbuckle of
De Lamar. Ida. did not go to San Fran
cisco with Senator Shoup and Lieutenant
Governor Hutchinson to welcome the SOL
der boys of Idaho. His duties called him
| back TO Idaho.
The present fish and game laws of our
! state, said he, are working a revolu-
ton. Formerly our trout streams were
being ruined by INSCRIPTIONS parties.
| who dynamited and seined the fish and
I in few years more we would have had
none left. The law is very well observed
however. and We have had to make but
few arrests. 1t is a felony in Idaho to
use dynamite in the streams
Several species of game are protected
from three to five years. Moose and car
ibou cannot be hunted or killed for five
years. and the fast disappearing beaver
are protected by severe penalties for
their destruction"
NJ W. w Hlie. eullOT OF tle Beaver
Blade, is at the White House.
Editor c. F. Spilman of the Tintic
Miner. is a guest at the Cullen.
Watson NJ Nesbit of the Bullion-Beck
tunnel and Mrs. Nesbit are stopping at
the Cullen.
Hon. II. J. Hamline of Shelbyville. Ills,
and Mrs. Hamline are at the Kenyon.
T A. Cox. agent of the Chicago & Alton
railroad. Lincoln, Ills. is at the Kenyon.
W. J. Thompson. prominent banker
| and capitalist of Little Rock, is a guest
| at the Kenyon.
Judge c. H. Aldrich of Chicago is a
guest at the KnItsford.
Charles ]. Cutler, a representative OF
the New York Life Insurance company,
Butte, is at the Knutsford.
Dr. w. r. Pike of Provo is a guest at
the Cullen.
Knutsford.-George A. Lonsberry. Dem
! yer; John c. .Coombs Boston; Ben Miller,
Bridgeport, Conn; o. =. Posey. Los An
geles; E. Pollak and wife. Miss NJ. j.
Pollak. ]. A. Pollak. Cincinnati; f. Geist,
New Orleans: Thomas +. Day. Denver
| Maynard Darlington Idaho: Dennis
Eiornan London: John O. Slemmons,
New York; Mrs. A. II. Brown, Butte; c.
II. Bennett. Leadville; L, l.. Champire,