The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-10
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.
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CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
The latest from the meat trust is the
raising of the wholesale price of eastern
hams to 1872 cents. word of which has
been received in this city. This means a
] cent raise in the retail price. Utah
hams, however, will probably remain
tie same, selling at 1904 cents a
pound for the whole ham.
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Plans are being drawn for a $4,000
addition to Holy Cross hospital, the
building of which has just been sane
toned by the mother superior, Con-
tracts viii be awarded soon and the
work probably completed by Nov. Is.
A three-story addition on the west and
a one-story chapel annex at the rear
of the central section are the improve
ments planned.
A Tonopah visitor says that there is
much ore of the lower grade sacked at
the camp that is being used for foun-
dations for cabins. A lows grade ore
there is worth 5000 to $500 a ton, and it
costs $3.50 a ton to get it to market.
Senator Kearns was asked concern
ing the status of the SAN Pedro q Los
Angeles railroad. He said that matters
were not YET III SUCH shape lBdl uG
cared to be definitely quoted upon the
subject, but that he expected eastern
connections would soon be effected and
active work begun at this end of the
line.
A contest is now on to decide who is
the handsomest Norwegian girl among
the many in Salt Lake. A vote will be
taken, and the successful young wo-
man will be the May queen at the
eighty-ninth anniversary of Norwegian
independence. to be celebrated at Chris
tensen's hall on May H.
The will of the late Mrs. Matilda
Moorhouse Barratt. who passed away
in this city on April IA, was admitted
10 probate by Judge Hall. The estate
of Mrs. Barratt is valued at $4,000, and
OF this amount more than one-half goes
TO the Mormon church.
Since his arrival in Salt Lake, Sen
ator hearns has been very busy with
his new residence on East South Temple
street. He has taken the house over
from the architect, c. NJ. Nehausen,
and he expects within the week to re-
ceipt in full for the work of decora-
ton, etc, performed by St Louis
firm. Senator kearns is greatly pleased
over the work of Architect Neuhausen,
and states that it meets in every re-
spect his wishes and ambitions, and
that Architect Neuhausen has been
faithful and efficient in his duties. 1t
is not expected that the residence will
be furnished until Mrs. Kearns returns
from Switzerland next autumn. The
work of clearing away the debris and
identifying the grounds around the
hOTg1n haC a ,saa ylx 1a-
the intention of the senator to raise
the lot some two or three feet above |
the sidewalk, and to ornament it with |
shrubbery and fountains.
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j. H. Mease was at the Manitou from |
Fort Duchesne. He says that it is still |
wintry weather in that country, and |
that the mountains are so full of snow
that plentiful supply of water for the
summer is assured. Half of the sheep
We're sheared recently during a warm
spell, under the impression that steady
warm weather had set in then, and /
now the remainder of the shearing
must be done on the summer ranges
after Landing. The wool so far sheared ]
Us OF good quality and is being hauled to
the railroads.
w. j. Halloran and F. D. Gift have
taken a lease on two valuable pieces
of land on the south side Of Third
South street, beginning ISL feet east
OF West Temple, and having a total
frontage of 104& feet by 165 in depth.
The leases run for twenty and twenty
i've years. respectively, with options
10 purchase, and it is the intention of
Aessrs. Halloran and Cliff to improve
the property by erecting modern bust
ness blocks thereon
Julia McFadden is the lessor of 57%
feet. for which she win receive a
rental of $50 SO for the first
two years and 500 monthly thereafter. [
but the lessees have the option to pur-
chase the land at any time for S25.- ]
$50, or $3.50 front foot. The re- ]
mainder Of the land is owned by Emma
n. Davis who, by the terms of the
contract. is To receive a monthly rental
IF $40 for her forty feet. At ariSN
time within ten years she is obligated :
10 give a deed to her property unon $
$21,15O, which is at the same (
rate per foot as Mrs McFadden has t
given an option to buy. I
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The executive and finance committees
u the ElSs decided to let contracts for |
ilectrieal illumination of the city dur s
ng the coming carnival only to firms e
long business in this state The two /
committees will meet every Monday / {
hight for the present to facilitate bust i
ness. The new club house is so far adj r
'anced in completion that committee /
can be held there. u
Reports from up Ogden canyon saw a
hat an immense quantity Of water is
to waste because there is no
means there to impound it. With a C
lam, all this waste would be saved. o
The safest way to invest money is in a
irst mortgage on real estate. and the t
affect place to get such mortgages is d
through McGurrin & Co, Salt Lake a
fty- This firm has been in business
or many years, and understand the
business thoroughly Each investor