The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-10-01
SALT LAKE
CITY AND NE1GHBoRHooD.

The State School Of Mines viii have
a working exhibit at the state far.
The exhibition viii be in charge of
some of the faculty and students from
that department
The annual civil service examination
for the positions Of clerks and carriers
win be held at the Salt Lake postofiice
on Nov ~. The examination viii be IN
charge Of Orrawell Williams. who Will
supply those who are interested with
any needed information.
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The colored people of Salt Lake Tues
day celebrated the forty-irst ami
vcrsary Of the emancipation Of their
race from slavery. They had "A parade
through the principal streets Of the
city, headed by a band. Later they
went to their hall on First South
street, where they carried out a pro-
sramme Of singing and speaking.
+. II. Callister, collector of internal
revenue, has received a sample of the
peaches and the brandy made from
them at the new Brigham City distil-
lery. The brandy is said to be of d
good quality. The first output was 50
proof and the last no The brandy is
made from the unmarketable peaches
raised i'm the vicinity of Brigham City.
When the market becomes over-sup-
piled with the fruit, to keep il from
going to waste it is made into brandy.
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A gang of twenty-eight linemen is
engaged in stringing wires for the Pos
tai company on the poles that have
been erected throughout the city. 1t
will take the men about week TO
complete the work in the city and con-
meet the wires that are being strung
with those in the outside territory.
When this is done the Postal will be
ready to take and transmit MESA ges
10 all parts of the earth in which it
does business.
City Engineer Snow has received or
ders TO proceed with the surveys for
the Brigham street improvement. The
ordinance has received the mayors ap-
proval and the bond of Colonel f. A. |
Wall for $4,000 has been executed. |
There will be considerable grading TO
be done before actual work can be be-
gun, and little is expected to be done
before spring. The city engineer has |
now plenty of work in his department |
There are vet ten miles of sidewalk to !
be built this fall. which is nearly twice |
y
f.
Timothy Kinney, the wealthy Wyo- !
ming capitalist, has just become a Salt |
Lake real estate owner by the purchase
Of A valuable piece Of business prop |
erty OH State street. The purchase is |
the Nephi w. Clayton property, on the |
west side of State just below Second |
South. The lot has frontage of ,
thirty-siX feet on State street and a
depth of 1856 feet The building is d
three-story brick and the lower floor
is now occupied by the Falstaff saloon.
This deal was negotiated by Frank
Z. McGurrn. The property was
bought by Mr.. Kinney as an invest
ment and it is now paying I per cent
net on the purchase price. This is the
first investment of the Wyoming cap
italist in Salt Lake property. and COM
ing on the heels of his fine contribution
of $4,000 toward the completion of St
Mary's cathedral, it is taken to mean
that he is becoming interested in Salt
Lake in different ways. Mr. Kinneys
home is in Rock Springs. where he is
the president of one of the leading
banks
Our old advertiser, Huddart has re-
sumed business and his floral adver-
Usement again adorns our columns
Soon the posies will be no longer WISH
bic in our gardens and nature Will put
on the garb Of the winter. But our
love for the sleeDers i'm the cemetery
10 as green as ever. and no sWeeter
thought comes to our mind than the
decoration of graves.