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Show I' ! tllimmiMIlllltnllHMlllIIMMIlllIMIIIllllj H SALT LAKE J il l 5 j . f CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. ! ' . j,! .; The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt '; Lake Railroad company is apparently ( not letting" the grass grow under its feet, judging from a letter that has (been addressed to every big railroad contractor in the west. The letter calls for bids for 100 miles of construction, : ' ' with the intimation that as soon as 1 ' , the water problem on the deteert has I ; -. been solved that there will be 200 I j ! ' more miles of construction work to bid on. J? i . Editors from all parts. of the east It and south, to the number of about 140, enjoyed the many interesting and I pleasing sights of Zion this week. The I visitors are members of the National . Editorial association, which recently held its annual convention at Omaha, J Neb. Senator Kearns returned home Mon- ? day night from a trip of about three "J weeks' duration at various points j east. The senator said that his trip !tbe interest of the San Pedro road, and had no political significance what- t's i' ever. H i f - -- fi I Work on the new shops for the f Rio Grande Western is to be com- Jj )y menced in this city in a few weeks. 1 1 j The shops at Denver are in about the it : same condition as those in" this city, and will also be enlarged. The only t j ' question is whether work will be com- f menced first on the shops at Denver I i or here. r '' ' Fort Douglas will be one of the! I ( largest and prettiest posts in the west v when the construction work now un- i ' der way on the reservation is com- f pleted. Not only does it contemplate 1 1 making the fort sufficiently large to if accommodate a regiment of infantry, If but provisions are made for the en- i V - r - larging of the quarters of the cavailry I ') , and battery Besides all that, the government has just begun the expen- II ' diture of thousands of dollars on the I! L improvement of the streets in the f j reservation. t I The committee of property-owners j I j . having in charge the proposition to I f " pave Brigham street have finally I agreed upon a plan for the improve- I . ment of that thoroughfare, which they ? 't think will be satisfactory to all of the ji abutting owners. In the new plan, I which was largely suggested by City I 1 Engineer L. C. Kelsey, there are re- I tainqd many of the best features of I 1 both the J. J. Daly and the Colonel ) v all schemes of improvement. I - Considerable enthusiasm was awak- " ened in St George, Utah, on the sub- ject of growing raisin grapes as a ( specialty. This industry, if systemat- I ically followed, it is said, promises I the quickest apd best returns of any f , that now offer in "Dixie." Much land I there, well adapted for grape grow- (N " ing, is now occupied with alfalfa, pro- ' ducing a maximum annual cash return of $35 to $40 per acre. The same land on alfalfa, will bring in return's, after three years planting, of $100 and more per acre. Six ministers from eastern states, j . representing six different denomina- t ', , tions, have located in Lehi and are f j carrying on a vigorous campaign of J s converting the Mormons. They de- , clare their mission is not to tear down ; any religion, but their sermons are on subjects upon which the Mormons and non-Mormons differ. j Henry Wagner, an old resident of i Utah and for many years president of I the Wagner Brewing company of this I ; j city, died at his home Sunday evening '1 from a complication of dropsy and I ; Bright's disease. Mr. Wagner was 65 ; ' years of age, and leaves a wife and r seven children, all of whom were pres- 't ent when he passed away. |