Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-26
FINLEY GOSSIP
FROM CHICAGO
Baseball Comes to the Bat
Stronger Than Ever Despite
The Financial Furry.
RECORDS SMASHED FOR HOGS
Nearly Ono Thousand Tons of Porkcrs
Delivered at the Stock Yards
In Single Day.
spoeIol correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Chicago, Feb. 22--Baseball hasn't
been famed out by the financial
Aurry-in fact the national sport has
come to bat stronger than ever, ac-
cording to the jobbers of baseball
things The total of orders for
masks and mits, for bats and ding
hats OF the diamond already has
started zenitnward. like sure
enough fly over the homerun fence. In
connection with this commercial as
pect of the coming seasons sport, the
big league rumors are flying thick and
fast, like cushions from the grand
stand at emotional climaSes. Stein
feldts new contract with Prest Muir
ply permits an anxious public to re-
lax. secure in knowing the same lu-
Holders of the worlds champion
Club team will throw to Capt, Chance
on first base as threw to him last
year For the White SoN team the
signing of Nick Altrock has been
hailed rs convincing proof that the
White SoN luck IS changed. particu-
lary as the contract has temper
ance clause. The grand national ALI
American team of professional play
ers from 1871 to 1907 now has been
made up as follows: Spalding, pitcher;
King, catcher: Anson, first base;
Barnes second base: Steinfeldt, third
base; Jennings, short stop Kelly. left
field; Duffy, center field. and Keller,
right field. To the old time fan, who
recalls John Clarkson's curves and
was present when kelly came 10
the bat" these names suggest many
glorious memories.
STOCK YARD STATISTICS.
single file 10 miles long" exclaimed
the stock yards staustician, trying
graphically to convey an idea OF the
record days receipts ofporkers, So
365 OF them, and getting incoherent
at his task. Imagine that porcine
procession passing a given point, how
long do you suppose 1t would take.
line. head and tail. as or course they
wouldn't? Again. how much pork
did that one days receipts Of hogs
make? Think of II, nearly 900 tons
of pig! Made into sausages that
would be n girdle of wednwursts that
would encircle the Federal building
in Chicago 900 times 1t would be
weinies enough to extend from one end
Of Illinois to the other. If box cars
were loaded to 10000 capacity with
that amount of pig. there would be
two big trainloads." Most Of these
hogs We're brought to Chicago by
western railroads. This big record
eclipsed the best previous one by Ia
Sl4. All of the animals unloaded at
Chicago last week would have re-
CURED a train 20 miles long and all
of them netted in cash over $4,000
600 TO the shippers. Ali other live
stock markets, So. Paul, Sioux City,
Omaha, ST. Joseph and Kansas City
have had plenty of hogs and the
the shipments. You wouldn't have
guessed there We're so many pigs in
the world" sighed the stock yards
statistician, watching trainload after
trainload roll in from south, west and
north. The railroads share of the bis
days deluge shows the way various
localities marketed their mortgage
6 st. p, 20,290: c. n. |. e. p, 15.-
O22; C. B. & @, $3.50; !. c., 1910:
and Great Western. 5,71s. The weeks
arrivals amounted to over 1900 car
loads
CHICAGo's TELEPHONE co.
The workings OF municipal super
vision. adopted in Chicago. both in
the matter of street cars and tele-
phones instead of municipal owner
ship, had a practical exposition in
ths>annual report OF the Chicago Tel
ephone company In reference to tho
franchise recently granted TO that
company. The city may be looked
upon as a managing partner Jointly
Interested In the welfare of the COM
pany in all OF its relations" Prest.
Wheeler said TO his stockholders. He
added. "All questions arising as to
the application OF the ordinance are
submitted TO the city officials. Tho
ordinance provides for n separate set
of books for the city and for the in
spection and direction by the city Of
the company's accounting and con-
strucuon." Daring the last year
3l,847 telephones were added TO the
Chicago system, bringing the total in
the system up TO 202.6S1 The COM
panys surplus WAS increased by $4,-
086.60 a sum that during 10 years
had been charged off in excess of de-
probation, bringing the total invest
ment in Chicago telephone system
up to S24,324,l12 with other property
and cash that made a tote-I Of S2s,-
413.437. Against this Investment the
company has issued no bonds, ard
stock amounting TO but S1G.9OS.bO0
quite a unique fact these days In
financing
ROBINS APPEAR
Here I'm Chicago the stealthy APP
proach of gentle springtime" has
been proclaimed bY the discovery OF a
robin or robins AZ this date there
have been three discoveries, and
therefore suburban residents are ar
guing whether there were three rob-
ms or just one thrice discovered. One
discovery was In a park In the heart
Of the city, and the discoverer being
city bred, was not certain whether The
bird he saw was a robin on hum
ing bird. II was a moment of dra.
matte suspense. he called TO another
man. by name Raven and pointed up
ward.
Huh. nothm but a robin" COM
mented Raven, VINO ought To know
the names of blrdlund.
That settled il; IL was harbnger
OF spring, harbinglng. The weather
now is expected to change 10 true
wintry chill for az yet Chicago has
had only % hours Of real Wilderness.
The curious are wondering how far
northwnrd the robins now are hock-
l.ss. lifasv