Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-07
BUSINESS NOTES

Thomas d. Lewis, the deputy
internal revenue collector, has pur-
chased house and lot on
First South between Eighth and
Ninth East streets from Mrs. Jen-
ME Howe for $500. The house Is a
modern 7-room cottage and the lot has
frontage of thirty-sIx feet and
depth Of 1865 feet with a right Of way to
an alley, A. Richter made the deal
J. +. Dunn Of the Oregon Short Line
has purchased for 5000 lot 4xlO rods,
on the south side Of South Temple
street. The lot Is located at 654 east,
South Temple street, and has four
rod frontage.
DR.. L. w. Snow has purchased the
corner on First North and West Tenn
pie streets, Just west OF the Mccormick
residence, for $3.50 The lot has 2l2
feet frontage On First North and is 100
feet deep. II was owned by the James
Thompson estate. II is stated that Dr..
Snow contempates the erection of a
terrace on the property.
Excavation was begun this morning
by means OF plows and scrapers on the
new l.. d. s. College building, the Sam
uel NJ. Barratt memorial hail. Owing to
the fact that the level for the first
building was placed so high, the second
requires very little eXcavating, the
deepest cut being only three feet
Today's clearings amounted to
1904, 53l.0s, In comparison with 1854 500 %
for the same day last year.
The Edredge Bros. Live Stock COM
pany filed articles OF incorporation this
morning TO carry on a general live
stock business principally In Utah and
Canada. The capital stock OF the COM
pany IL $50 600 divided into 800 shares,
and the general office is TO be at Woods
Cross, Davis county. The directorate
Is made up OF James A. Eldredge, pres
ident; Clarence Eldredge, vice preSi-
dent; A. A, Eldredge, secretary and
treasurer; Horton A. Eldredge and
Ben Argyle.
At a meeting Of the creditors OF the
American Fork Coop late yesterday
afternoon at the q. c, NJ. l.. 1t was an
nounced that a majority of the out-of-
town creditors have been heard from
and that they are favorable to the
proposition made by the American Fork
people to pay 60 per cent Of the indebt-
edness In cash in full settlement OF the
several merchandise debts. This VIII
now be done and the company viii re-
build their store and continue the busi-
ness. They are at present doing bust
ness IN n small store owned by them,
- II ed lao
everything looks favorable TO the
American Fork Coop and that he sees
no reason why the business should not
be carried on most successfully.
The board Of public works met this
morning and opened bids for the ma
terlals and construction of sewers for
| the year 1901 and for the construc-
ton Of headgates and intakes and lay.
ing OF vitrned supply pipe for the
tanks In City Creek canyon at the head
OF the main supplying distributing dis
| tricts Nos. 3 and 4. The clerk was
instructed 10 make an abstract Of the
| bids 70 be submitted to a meeting Of
| the board at 1880 Monday evening. The
| board will recommend final estimates
| submitted by City Engineer l.. G. Kel-
| sey on Waterman extensions, construc-
ton Of tanks, repairing of Eagle Gate
and on cast iron pipe. The only bid
der on the headgates and intakes was
/ Keller & Rush on the sewer con-
strucuon Keller & Rush was the only
| bidder on the complete work, The y.
p. Clam Construction company bid on
the construction, and the Red Wing
Sewer Pipe company, the salt Lake
| Hardware company, the Blackmar &
Post Pipe company and the Union Sew
er Pipe company bid on the pipe alone.