Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-05

there has been great Advancement In
| New York City during the past year; In
fact, II is astonishing how rapidly the
city is growing There are now 80
great hotel and apartment houses
planned for immediate building In the
town, and In addition TO the rapid
transit tunnel now well advanced to-
ward completion, there are four or five
great railroad tunnels projected. Mr.
Lewis said business was very active,
and good times were In evidence every
where. He reached Gotham immdi-
ately after the decent weather set In,
and had an easy time getting about
Frank f. McGurrin has returned to
Salt Lake from the Pacific coast where
he went with Mrs. McGurrln for her
health three weeks ago Mr.. MeGur-
rim says San Francisco now reminds
him very much OF New York because
OF the enormous Increase In all kinds
of traffic due TO the Philippine and
Alaskan trade. Al Los Angeles Mr.,
MeGurrin says he fosnd Gus Holmes
making $1,000 a day from his new ho-
tel, the Angelus, where the terms per
diem are at figures that make the Wal
dorf- Astoria look like 80 cent joint.
There will be several more big hotels
built In the next two years, and prep
arations are already being made TO
entertain tremendous rush OF travel
for the next winter season.
The six local ice companies are said
10 have Just about enough TO I'LL the
demands FOR the coming season, which
VIII be 5000 TO $4,000 tons-lneluding
the railroad consumption. and the
manager Of one OF the companies stat
ed today. that prices would range
from 81 TO $40 per ton OF 1000 pounds.
The local factory Will turn out % tons
per day Of artificial ice, The disposal
of the question Of Ice cut from the
ponds In the vicinity Of the city Is still
before the city council. Some OF these
pond owners want the council TO allow
Impurities TO the amount OF .25 part
per million, which the regular ice men
claim Is far too dangerous TO be al
lowed, and that 10 part per million IL
"A large figure.
r.. c. Lund OF ST. George who Is a
guest at the Cullen. said today that
the spring In Washington county Is
about two weeks behind this year,
which is. after all, a good thing for the
local fruit crops. as II has held them
back. 80 that they were not so likely
10 be affected by the late frosts Mr.
Lund says that Dr. Pike, formerly su.
perintendent OF the state insane asy-
mm, is now resident OF ST. George
where he Is conducting a drug store,
snd not making much attempt al prac-
ticing. The doctors health has great
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roads are reported In good condition,
but people down that way are still hop
ing against hope for railroad TO run
in there.
The schedule OF an examination for
the Philippine service was received
this morning by Civil Service Commits
sioner Williams The examination will
be held in this city May e. next for ag-
ricultural chemist, analytical chemist,
physical chemist. physiological chem
list, and parmacologist. The salaries
for the two first positions are 81, 500,
and for the remaining positions, $1,000.
For agricultural chemist II will be
necessary for the applicants TO show
the Bachelor OF Science degree; for
analytical chemist II will be necessary
20 show the degree Of b. S.. or Pm. b.,
or b. A., while the degree Of Pm. D.. Is
desirable The latter degrees are
requisite for physical chemist. also, the
degree OF NJ D., and for the position
Of pharmacologlst baccalaureate and
medical degrees are necessary.
A disastrous fire was narrowly es-
capped last evening, at the residence Of |
j. a. Anderson. 254 west Fifth South
street Mr. Anderson's servant girl
was sewing with the machine and a
Rochester lamp TO see by BY some
mischance the lamp was upset and the
oil catching fire as II ran out OF the /
lamp set fire TO the carpet and 20 the
curtains OF the window close by. Mr.
Anderson was In the yard at the time |
and seeing the glare suspected fire. and |
ran In with the garden hose lie found !
the flames making considerable pro-
gress. and the girl so paralyzed by
fear that she was incapable OF uttering
a sound, although her apron had caught
fire, and she was IN danger OF being
terribly burned Mr.. Andersons ar
rival was just in time. and with the
hose he not only extlngulshed the fire
In the room. but eNtnguished the
burning apron. The damage Is about
SIS.