Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

With the increasing installation
comes the urgent necessity for more
switchboard space. Each new circuit
must have a number on the switch
board. The talking current Is metallic.
In other words, the line has double
wires, but the signal or ringing cir
cult has return through the ground.
This is an age of scientific progress
and telephoning Is not lettering behind
the universal prosperity, The popular
$500 per year rate has gained for this
office over 50 instruments in the
month OF November and the field Is
still fresh. Eight operators are ne
cessary to manipulate the board, The
installation OF another section Is Sc
riously medltated upon At present
the management is doing all that Is
possible for the publlc's welfare, and
W. ID. Crossman, the manager Of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany In Ogden, Is a brigt, energetic
business man and always looking after
the interests Of the company and It's
patrons.
CANNING INDUSTRY.
The canning factories throughout the
county have not had very successful
season this year The tomato crop
was only about half what It was last
year. this is accounted for because Of
the severe wind storms which passed
over the county this spring and swept
away and destroyed at least one-half
Of the tomato plants. Some OF the
factories have canned fruits, peas
beans, etc.. this year TO occupy the
seasons run, The price Of canned
goods is about % per cent higher than
they were last year, which helps to
make up for the great amount Of loss
through storms, cts.
FRUIT EVAPORATION,
An enterprise that has been ests-
llshed In Ogden during the past year,
which promises to be of great adyant-
age to the fruit growers, Is an evapor-
dting plant, owned by r. O. Lamoreaux
and family, The company IL known as
the Utah Fruit Eyaporating company,
The building used for the evaporating
plant was built this year on the corr
ner Of Grant avenue and Fourteenth
street at cost of about 81, 500 The In
terror consists Of sixteen towers or
evapOrating chambers Each one OF
these towers has place for eighteen
trays, and each tray will hold twenty
five pounds Of fruit for evaporating, 80
that the entire plant will evaporate
at one time 100 pounds Of fruit. The
total capacity OF the plant. as II Is at
the present time after being greatly
improved during the season, for a sea-
sons run, is 1000 pounds of fruit
An kinds Of frmt can be eyapOrated
in the plant. and the flavor of the same
Is not diminished 10 any greut extent
through the evaporatlng process,
During the past season Mr. Lam
oreauy has used a total OF 209,500
pounds of fruit in his evaporator, d.
Wded among the different kinds OF
fruit as follows: Peaches, $1,000
pounds; pruncs, $4,000 pounds, pears
$4,000 pounds, apples, $4,000 pounds,
apricots 1900 pounds. The company
has on hand $4,000 pounds of dried
fruits, 100 barrels of fruit vinegar, and
1850 pounds of peach, prune and apple
hutter. They anticipate during the
next season to run the plant at its fun
capacity which means the evaporatlng
q 100000 pounds Of fruit.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE
BLIND.
The present school for the education
OF the deaf was established in 1884,
as a department Of the University OF
Utah, and remained as such until 1895,
when Utah was admitted into the I'm
ion, at which time II became a separ-
ate institution with a land grant Of
100000 acres and a governing board OF
Ave trustees.
The establishment Of the school wes
due TO the efforts Of Mr.. VIM Wood
and Mr.. John Beck OF Salt Lake City.
both Of whom were parents Of deaf
children. A daughter OF Mr.. Wood.
Miss Lizzie Wood. was the flrN pupil
enrolled, August &C. 1884. Since that
time one hundred and eighty-nine deaf
children have received the benefits
offered by the school OF this number
fourteen have graduated and have been
awarded diplomas. Three OF these grad b.
yates are now In Gallaudet college,
Washington, ID, c., and are three of
the brightest students in that lnstifi-
ton They are Miss Elizabeth DeLong
OF Pangultch, Utah, Miss Lille swift
Of Salt Lake City and Mr.. John n.
Clark Of Pangultch. Utah.
The enrolment Of the school this
year is eighty-one. as Compared with
seyenty-eight last year. end all IN ante
Of the loss Of fifteen pupns from Idahu
and as many as eight from Utah. Tha
influx Of new pupllg this year eNcees :
mat OF any previous year in the HE
tory OF the Institution. due to an extra