The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-09-16
SAL LAKE
cITY AND NEIeHeoRHooD.

CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.
out of the six bids submitted to the
board Of public works for the con-
struction of the Big Cottonwood con-
duit, Z. J. Moran Of this city submitted
The lowest one by $17,S25. His bid was
S2365l5, and he viii be awarded the
contract. The next lowest bidder was
D. b. Brinton of Murray, whose bid
was 1854. 400.
By. series of lectures in eastern cit
les illustrated with stereopticon views
of mines, farm lands and buildings,
Salt Lake is being advertised in eastern
cities. The Real Estate association has
secured the services of John T. Dale
in this work.
one hundred lantern shades have been
sent back to illustrate the lectures.
They show the principal buildings and
industries of the city irrigated lands,
and crops among other things. The
series Of lectures is now in course of
delivery.
The Salt Lake route has perfected
plans for inaugurating new time
schedule between Los Angeles and Salt
Lake, beginning Nov. !, when it viii
double the service by adding new
fast train on a schedule of twenty-Sev-
en- hours between terminals.
This train is to be one of the finest
in the west in point of equipment, and
it viii clip eight hours from the pres
ent schedule. 1t is also planned to in
augurate at the same time a schedule
Of seventy hours from Los Angeles to
Chicago, via the Union Pacific and
Northwestern roads.
Former Senator Thomas Kearns re-
turned Monday from his California
ranch 10 spend some time in Utah. The
ranch is located in SOnoma county, and
with Mrs. kearns and the children the
senator has spent the hot weather there
1t consists of 1900 acres of fruit and
stock land, and is readily approached
from San Francisco, from which il is
about forty miles distant. Senator
kearns came in over the Salt Lake
route.
Senator George Sutherland states that
when the official appointments for An
napolis and West Point are announced,
the name Of Charles Hines will be found
among the appointees. either to the ma
val academy or to West Point. Young
Hines passed the examination success
fully this summer. and While he is only
l6 years Of age. he has shown marked
liking for military life. He was form
erly member of the Salt Lake High |
school athletic association team. and
president Of the sophomore class last
year. He is a son of Frank L. Hines. /
superintendent of the waterworks sys- |
TEN, and brother Of Lieut.. Frank I. |
Hines of the army.
At a meeting of the board of direct |
ors of the free public library it was |
decided to close the library on Sept. -. /
for the purpose of taking an inventory |
and moving to the new Packard lib |
rary. The doors of the library will be |
opened TO the public. 1t was decided I
TO install an art room and reference /
reading room on the second floor of the |
new building. The report of the librar- |
ian, Miss Sprague. for the month of |
August, was received, and shows the |
total number Of volumes in the library
on Sept. 1 to be 6,1O6, a gain during the |
month of 295 volumes. The total mem |
bership is 1920.
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The city council now has another |
proposition before it. in connection with
the proposed development of the Liber-
" park artesian wells. George H. /
Nichols the contractor, who made an
offer some days ago to put in a pump I
ing plant, furnish the city with water
"a ~ = NSlANH q AllpuSdllQ SdllOiS. ana sell
the plant 10 the city at any time for
100000. has made new offer. in which
ne agrees TO develop the wells. sell the
water TO the city at 80 cents a thou
sand gallons, and present the plant to
the city at the expiration of ten years.
The matter is in the hands of the sDe-
cial water committee.
The Citizens Heating. & Power COM
pany, after several weeks of waiting
got a favorable report from the council
committee on streets and municipal
laws Wednesday night on its applica-
ton for a franchise for the construc-
ton and operation Of a steam and hot J
water heating plant in the city. The |
only material change in the PROPOSE
ton was an amendment, agreed to by /
The parties asking the franchise. pro
'ldlng that instead of a franchise tax I
u per cent on gross revenues for the
lie of the franchise, fifty years, the
company shall pay l per cent for the
lrst i've years, IL per cent for the
leXt five years and per cent for the
'emaining forty years. The company
also agreed to commence work on its
)lant on or before May l. 1906 or for
cit the franchise
The police and prison committee of
he council decided to recommend
covered patrol wagon, as urged by the
ladies' Literary club and also the pur-
.hase Of another team of horses for
he police department at total cost
IF not more than 81, 900.
Action on the proposition to pave
state and Main streets was postponed |
~ the street committee because of the
protests of d number Of property own
RS on those thoroughfares
The attention Of our readers is re-
pecuully called To the statement of
he Salt Lake Security & Trust COM
,any, on another page of this issue.
The steady, solid growth of this com ]
amy shows the result of correct meth
dis and sound investments. Those hav-
ng money should write to them or I
all at their place of business. Every t
Investment is dOubly secured and 10 {
INVESTOR has ever lost a dollar of prin- '
ipal or interest placed with them. {
FEW CAN KEEP MONEY.