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Show equal to imported cokes which were used last year. The smelters Rive employment to nearly 350 men whose average wages are $05 a month. The Mingo smelter is ono.of the principal prin-cipal ones and is conducted by the Mingo Furnace company. The smelter is situated at Sandy, about a half mile south of the city.. It employs 150 men. There are in it four stacks and six-roasters. six-roasters. Last year it was in operation only about seven months and duriag that period 84,0-34 tons of ore were handled, han-dled, which was reduced' to 5,929,084 pounds of bullion and matte. The Germauia sniolter gives work to one hundred men. The output last year was 7,072,700 pounds of lead, 442,-137 442,-137 ounces of silver, 2,380 ounces of gold and 449,250 pounds of copper. The Hanauer is also south of the city. The smelter consists of four blast fur naces and five reverbatory furnaces. It has been in operation fifteen years. The works furnishes employment to 150 men, and are run by water pow er. One hundred tons of ore is daily reduced re-duced and the roasting capacity is forty tons. During the past year theHan-auers theHan-auers have built one smelting an d two roasting furnaces, making the present capacity fou r smelting- and two roast- READ' ABOUT UTAH AND ZION Something That Will Interest People Abroad as Well as Those Who Live in Salt Lake. A General Keview of All the Many Advantages of the City and Territory-One Territory-One of The Richest Countries That The Sun Ever Shon8 Upon Carefully Written Up. MINING, AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF UTAH Sot an Eldorado But Near It, Very Near It The Treasure of Ophir in Abundance. Some of The Business Houses of The City as They Appear to The Observer. across the city with its loads of humanity. hu-manity. And the end is not yet for the boom, if such bo the proper term, is not yet begun. True, immense quantities of real estate have changed hands, and in the near future it is not at all unlikely that many millions of dollars worth will be bought and sold, yet there are other things to follow which will go far toward making Salt Lake a business center, for not only Utah, but western Wyoming and Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. What more does it want and what belter town could be desired? l'l BLIC IMl'HOVEMETS. Everything is now on the eve of a transformation scene in the way of public pub-lic improvements. Preliminary arrangements ar-rangements have been made for paviug the streets"; paving districts have been created by the city council; a board of public works lias been established and its members, consisting of live, will ' be appointed lefore July 1. Then there will be grading, curbing, guttering and paviug. Commercial street lias already been ordered paved with' Utah asphalt, and never in the history of the city has there been a season in which there have been anywhere near as many important enterprises started as there have been this v.'nr and will be pushed forward with all possible dispatch. The West Side hotel company will erect a mammoth and elegant hotel, beginning be-ginning operations in thirty days on the west side of West Temple street, between be-tween Second aud Third South, on a street which will be called Pierpont The building will be six stories in height and will cost $730,000. THE (iOVKIIXMEKT HUII.DINO. , A movement is on foot to have the appropriation for a government building build-ing increased to 3500,000, and it is believed be-lieved that it will bo successful. The site is not yet decided upon. In the meantime a $200,000 building for temporary tem-porary quarters will be erected by private pri-vate capital. THE MUSEUM. The Salt Lake Literary association will begin the erection of a magnificent building on the corner opposite the Zion's Savings bank as soon as archi-can archi-can draw the plans and specifications. On the second floor will be the Deserct museum, with the upper three floors devoted to a library, reading rooms and gymnasium. The ground floor will be given over to commercial purposes. THE BOARD OK TKADK. The Salt Lake board of trade build- ing furnaces. Tho output last year was 9,882,000 pounds of lead, 522,550 ounces silver, 2,363 ounces gold, making value of $800,000. THE OTV GOVERNMENT. Last February, when, the new municipal muni-cipal officers went in there was in the city treasury $256,180.72. About three-fourths three-fourths of this were the proceeds from the sale of city lots, the balance being unexpended cash. In 1887 tho city was authorized to issue $500,000 worth of bonds. Of this amount , $450,000 have been placed aud the city is now in a position to place $50,000 wherever necessary. An inspection of City Treasurer Wal-' den's books, shows the following to be the actual condition of tho treasury at the close of business, April 30; INDEBTEDNESS. 10-30 bonds issued in 1H87 -. 150,000 HESOKUCES. Cash in treasury 1182,000 UEVENUE FOB AVRlh. Liquor licenses '. t 7.01)0.00 General 2.SM.HS Water tax 4.3IS.95 Water raaiun extennlon tt.SW.HS Hale of city lots I..X).O0 Floes and forfeitures 1 .&BH.7H Sewer I ax 10, KIMS Sundries ,Xi!.fa Total Hl.161.70 Of this amount the item of sewer tax cannot tinil place every month, so that tho averago amount of revenue for each month would bo about $30,000. BXPKNMTUKES. Auditor'! warrant, April t8O.UT7.50 From this sum should bo deducted: Sewers $2J,H.8 Streets 6,1113.68 Jordan canal 4.483.10 IrrigatiiiK ditches 2,8'iO.nO City Engineer 1,637.45 Police S,9i.0J Prison 1,073.40 Total 3,5:.t)l This leaves a balance of $20,600.89. These tables show tho finances of the city to be in a sound healthy condition. SIDEWALKS. ! About fifteen miles of sidewalks arc in course of erection at a cost of 8108,-000. 8108,-000. They are of tho best kind of English Eng-lish cement on a concrete base, arc eight feet in width and are of a splendid splen-did character. In addition to this kind of walk several miles of Grant's Slago-lithic Slago-lithic paving will bo put down. SEWEK CONSTRUCTION. One year ago there was not a sewer in the city while today there arc ten miles. The system is composed of 24-iuch 24-iuch mains, with 8 and 10-iuch laterals, and is for sewerage only, all surface water being carried off in other drains. The cost of the system up to Juuo 1, 1890, is over $300,000. WATERWORKS. The city has a good system of Waterworks Water-works upon which extensive improve mcnts will bo made very soon. There are fourteen miles of mains now in operation. op-eration. Tho water is of a first-class character and is furnished in abundance. There is no part of the union attracting attract-ing more attention thau Utah. Aud well may the eyes of the commercial com-mercial world be turned in this direction direc-tion for. while thedays of the seekers of Ihe Eldorado have faded into the dim and distant past, it is within the borders of this section of the land that the greater portion of tin riches of the country lie. The bright suu of the morning sheds his rays over mountains whose peaks, cloud-crowned, rise into the regions of eternal snow. Grand and grim they stand under the sunshine and the storm, majestic monuments of the power of Him who said, -'Let there be light." Hut under their rocky surface lie treasures treas-ures of mineral which would havo do-lightod do-lightod tho heart, yea. more, would have crazed tho brain of greedy Cor-tez, Cor-tez, the Caslilian conqueror of the Iticas. Gold aud silver! the precious minerals of earth. The metals that: form man's earthly pursuits; that were used whon the ancients builded the tabernacle; tho joy of the savage who plys Ins murderous mur-derous spear; the delight of tho cur-lined cur-lined man who uses it as his medium of exchange. Down deep in tho hearts of these grand piles of matter are these two minerals found in rich abundance. While the former exists only in the proportion pro-portion that it is fouud in the other countries where it abounds, tho latter exceeds any locality in the known world. As yet it is but a partially developed Industry. The carloads of shining bars which are shipped from this city daily ; are but a fractional portion of what may bo expected when the idle millions Df capital, now seeking entrance, are in active operation. Hut this is not all. Within the borders bor-ders of this embryo slate are mines of coal which can be easily developed. devel-oped. Coal! why, there nre millions of tons of it. It lies on tho ground In places, in others the mammoth Veius penetrate the rocky breast of our common mother, inviting the capitalist by their huge proportions to undertake tho task of excavation. So plentiful, indeed, is coal in Utah that it Is confidently expected that within one year the native product will be laid before be-fore tho door of tho resident of Salt Lake City for at least $2 per ton. Tho character of t he coal is good, in fact equal to the best quality of Kock Springs which is deserving of the des-tinction des-tinction of being classed as tho best quality found west of tho Mississippi. Hut this is not all! The list so far is but a partial one. Hidden away within the recesses of the rocks ore immense bodies of copper aud lead all easily Worked. In addition, Utah produces all tho fluxing ores which are in such great demand that an effort has been made in the cast to have them admitted free of duty from Mexico. Asphalt in i?reat quantities is found within a radius of ninety miles from the territory's capitol, and a Very superior find of lithographing Btono recently discovered bids fair to rival the famous quaries of Bavaria. I . Building stone in quantities sufficient I - to supply the world exists and enough paving blocks to put every street and highway on this ball of mud on a sandstone sand-stone basis can ho found written the Imaginary lines that mark the boundaries. bound-aries. MOUNTAINS OF UiOff. There are mountains of iron in Utah all of first class high grade ores. Marble Mar-ble abounds in immense quantities and of first class character while in various parts of tho territory are numerous bodies of gypsum . Coal oil is found in various portions of the country and large quantities of : ' natural gas are thought to exist, in fact it is known that the gas is here and it will be developed soon. As for salt, Utah could salt the earth if desired. Salt exists all over the coun-try coun-try as well as soda and sulphur. Utah is one of the foremost fruit and wool growing countries of the world. ' And the end of the description is not ; yet. Between the rugged peaks lie fer- tile valleys which arc green even in winter aud which in summer are as fcr-1 fcr-1 tile as were the vales of theCanaanof old. . Almost every knowu cereal, fruit and j vegetable flourishes in rich abundance I and us the season is several weeks in j advance of the states beyond the divide the early garden "sass"' so intensly longed for in springtime is available much earlier than in the eastern country. coun-try. The climate of Utah. is especially mild and in (he valleys the men-nry rarelv i irets below zero. And even when it 1 does the atmosphere being of a dry character, the cold is not felt as in tho damp climates of eastern river bottoms. So much for the character of Utah which is in fact but a nutshell of matter when volumes might be written. The territory is in an advanced slate of development although there is room for thousands more of people aud millions mil-lions nioro of moucy. The latter will yield immense profits to investors while the former can get more real good enjoyment out of life here than in any other portion of the country. The climate is very healthy and the contagious conta-gious diseases so common to other states are almost comparitively unknown un-known here. THE PRINCIPAL CIT1T OF UTAH is Salt Lake, whilo Provo, Mauti, Park City, Eureka, Ogden and many other towns are deserving of special mention. Park City is a mining town located thirty-two miles from Salt Lake and is at present enjoying a wave of prosperity. prosper-ity. Eureka is situated in the Tintic nuning distric, one of the richest regions re-gions in the world, and it too offers great inducements. All the .other towns are advancing at a rapid rate, aud in a very short time will take rank with many of their older sisters of tho cast. THE SCHOOLS OF UTAH. The public schools of the territory of Utah have been greatly improved of late. This month, the law passed by the legislature, providing for free schools aud compulsory education, goes into effect. The statute will greatly improve tho school system of tho territory. The public schools are about as follows: fol-lows: In Salt Lake City there are tho Deserct university and twenty-two ward schools, and in each county there are quite a number. In Provo there arc the same facilities as in Salt Lake, the Central school of Provo is a graded institution. In every county of the territory is what are called Stake academies, in which the common brandies of an English Eng-lish education are taught. In Provo there is the Brighani Young academy, and in Logan tho Brighani Young college. col-lege. Tho two institutions were endowed en-dowed by tho late Brigham Young. Tho Presbyterian church .'sustains thirty-two excellent schools in the territory. ter-ritory. Tho most important aro the Co llegiate Institute and Camp Mission in Salt Lake. The Methodists have thirty-two schools in tho territory. In Salt Lake City there are tho Salt Lake seminary, tho Eloventh ward school and the Scandinavian school. . The Congregationalists havo also a very extensive system of free schools in the territories. The Kom an Catholics have also excellent ex-cellent schools. In Salt Lake there is St. Mary's academy for girls, All Hallow's Hal-low's college for boys, and the school of the Holy Cross. They havo also excellent ex-cellent schools at Ogden and Park City. The Deserct university occupies one of the finest blocks in Salt Lake City. Tho main building is a magnificent stone and brick structure four storie s in height, and is supplied with all tho latest improved steam heating apparatus, appara-tus, water works, lavatories aud closets arranged for the greatest convenience of the students. Although its name would imply that it is sectarian, there is nothing taught or lectured on that bears upon religious subjects. The course of study ranges from the preparatory prepar-atory department to the higher branches, including architecture, chemistry, chem-istry, freehand drawing, languages, literature, aud other matters usually taught in universities. The professors aro all gentlemen of culture, and the students ineludo members of all denominations. denom-inations. It is sustained by the general territorial lax and tuition fees. SALT LAKE CITY is without doubt the greatest town west of tho Missouri river. That is what Salt Lake 5s and its future is assured. It is the city of the inter-mountaiu country and tho ouly metropolis be-tweeu be-tweeu Kansas City and San Francisco. Beyond peradventure, there was uever a city ki the union that has changed, chang-ed, as has Salt Lake, from a sleepy overgrown village to a metropolitan city, in so short a time. Where but a few short years ago tho common one-story one-story adobe or tho dingy frame dwellings dwell-ings were the only structures that greeted greet-ed the eye, today large business blocks, elegantly constructed, are seen. The dirt paths along the Street are supplanted supplant-ed hy-wide walks, and the patient horse which, a decade ago, with difficulty hauled a little dingy omnibus from place to pla-je now contentedly munches oats whin the electric motor dashes '''''$-;" '''''$-;" i Tho chamber of commerce is extensively ex-tensively advertising the city's resources, re-sources, advantages and attractions, in the eastern papers, and good results are already being produced. ' The real estate exchange, which was recently organized, is proving an important im-portant factor in tho welfare and progress pro-gress of the city. Salt Lake. City's prospects were never better, and now is tho time for people looking for new homes, good investments, in-vestments, aud first-class business opportunities op-portunities to come here. And they are coming every day. So fast, indeed, that they can hardly be accommodated with either dwelling houses or storerooms. store-rooms. There is not a vacant store or house in Salt Lake. That is pretty good evidence of the prosperity and solidity of this city. THE CITY'S BANKS. The banking institutions of Salt Lake are thirteen in uumber, with a capital stock of $3,725,000 and a surplus of $2,350,00. Tho banks are Wells-Fargo & Co.'s. Union National, Commercial National, McCornick & Co.'s, T. K. Jones & Co., Bank of Salt Lake, National Na-tional Bank of the Republic. Deserct National Bank, Deserct Savings Hank, Utah Commercial and Savings Bank, Zion's Savings Bank, State Bank of Utah and tho Utah National Bank. THE MINING STUCK EXCHANGE. The mining slock exchange, which has just been ushered in, promises to add materially to the prosperity of the city. It will insure, within tho next few mouths, tho active development of promising prospects that will cause the eyes of tho financiers and miners of the world to be riveted with attentive gaze upon tho organization destined to so largely 'benefit tho capital city and metropolis of Utah. The capital stock of the corporation is $10,000, divided into 100 shares of $100 each. The membership is limited to 100, aud now there are seventy-seven seventy-seven members. The oflicers of the exchange are: President, R. C. Chambers; vice-president, N. Treweek; secretary F. O. Horn; treasurer, J. W. Douellen. These gentlemen, with J. J. Daly, George M. Scott. A. Hanauer, William Babcock, jr., W. F. James, S. Bamberger, W. W. Chisholm, aud C. S. Davis comprise the directory. THE VALUE OK BUILDINGS. The buildiugs erected this season will in valued amount be over $3,000,000. Among them are the Kuulsford hoi el, being erected at a cost of $400,000; tho Ontario hotel, $750,000, tho Commercial National bauk, $250,000; the board o trade building, $75,000, and tho now city and county building, $250,000; on all sides greatest activity is visible. Everywhere one goes the hearing is met with tho sound of the saw, the clicking of the hammer, the tintinabulations of tho trowel, and the humdrum necessarily necessa-rily occasioned by the placing of powerful pow-erful aud everlasting foundations for the perpetual monuments to be reared as evidence of the greatness and unmistakable unmis-takable solidity of Ziou. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are now being put into buildings under way, ' anil as equally formidable figures arc apparent in those already projected, and which will be under construction as quickly as conditions will permit. The offices of the several architects present a busy aud highly satisfactory appearance and the many draughtsmen draughts-men employed are engaged well into the night, turning out plans and specifications for mammoth structures struc-tures to take the place of some inferior building, or homes to ornament orna-ment vacant spots for the capitalist, capital-ist, professional mau and artisan. Contractors Con-tractors are also crowded with ordors, and the furnishers of materials are kept constantly ou tho alert to keep apace with tho demands made upon them, Mechanics and laborers, loo, find plenty of employment, and a year of building prosperity is more thau doubly assured. DWELLING HOUSES. Regarding dwellings' the time is uot far distant when they will be s plentiful plenti-ful as desired. A local syndicate which controls nearly $500,000 of inside and north and east bench property is negotiating nego-tiating for the erection of one hundred houses at a cost of $1,000 each. Another firm has decided to erect a lot of houses on the south side at a cost of $1,200 each, which with the price of the lot will amount to $1,500. NEW HOTELS. The KnutsforJ, corner of Third South aud First West streets, will be one of tho most magnificent hotel structures west of Chicago, and will eot .;iO0.0ou completed. This hotel is now under contract to be finished by May 1, ! ing on Second South street, when completed, com-pleted, will be one of the handsomest buildings of its kind. Ahe association has a capital of $50,000. The building has a frontage of 50 feet on Second South street and a depth of 140 feet. The chamber will be 40x60. The front part will contain five rooms, which can be used as reception or oflice rooms.' In this hall the elevator will bo placed. The third, fourth and fifth stories will be divided into offices. Tho front elevation will be of Kyune sandstone. sand-stone. Tho chamber of commerce will have complete possession of the room on the second story for five years free of rent. zion's savings bank. Zion's Savings Bank and Trust company com-pany occupies the first floor and basement base-ment of one of the finest structures in this city. It is 45 feet by 165 feet. It is six stories high, and rises 100 feet in tho clear from pavement to eaves. The first story is of massive Kyuuo stone, and the other with brick and stone trimmings. The building cost $125,000. Tho sixth story has been designed for cafe purposes. There will be a model kitchen, with dining room, drawing rooms, parlors, pantries, closets, etc., all most elegantly titjed. Tho dining room will be 411x54-. feet in size, aud will be the finest in appointments of any similar apartment in- this or any other city west of Chicago. ., THE CITY'S POPULATION. Tho population of Salt Lake City by the returns of the city census, recently takeu, is 55,000. The federal census will probably show about the same number. Tho "'"city is orderly and aside from being ,a desirable placo in which to live there arc numerous business opportunities. Tho advantages advant-ages of Salt Lake arc marvelous. With the situation as it now appears it is a wonder that the rush is not greater even. The city is pretty well advertised adver-tised even now, aud tho chamber of commerce is doing more in that lino at present. For the benefit of the many thousand readers abroad who will read this issue of The Times, the following will not bo out of place, being a summary sum-mary of the advantages possessed by the city and contiguous territory. The town is situated in the midst of the finest agricultural valley in the United States, where the peaches, pears, apples and grapes grow to almost al-most fabulous size aud where almost every known vegetable in tho temperate temper-ate zone flourishes in rich profusion. Being in the midst of a great cattle country the liuest meals arc here obtainable. ob-tainable. Coal can bo purchased at from $3,50 to $5.50 per ton. It is adjacent to the richest silver mining district in the United States. It has several railroads leading to all parts of the country. It has four daily newspapers. It has good schools. It has a well organized police force. Electric cars run to all parts of the city, aud are being exteuded daily. STREET HAILWAYS. The street railway system of Salt Lake covers about seventy-five miles, of which the Salt Lake street company operates about twenty-five. Tho lines are all electric lines of . the Sprasrue system. This company employs 200 men. The Rapid Transit company which i3 now building its line will operate twecty-six miles. Six or seven miles are already laid and a force of one hundred men are engaged in completing complet-ing the work. The West Side railway will be built immediately. This line leads from Salt Lake to Brighton, about six miles. The contractors will complete the line in ninety days. TheSaltair liuo from Salt Lake to Saltair beach, a distance of eighteen miles, will be completed very soon. Work is now- in progress. SMELTING WORKS. The smelters in the vicinity of Salt Lake form one of its most prosperous industries. The Mingo, the Hanauer aud the Germauia are just adjacent to tho city. Gold, silver, iron and lead are smelted. The past year about 105, 000 tons of lead, silver and copper ores were milled :n Utah, 02,000 smelted here and 43,000 shipped to outside smelt en J- The output of the three smelters yearly is about 12,000 tons of bullion, . in value about $2,500,000. On the w ay to the Bingham or Little Cottonwood mine seores of stacks are passed. They reduce about G5.000 tons of silver ores to 13,000 tons of bullion annually, using 33.000 tons of fluxes. and 27.000 Ions of fuel. Uial, coke from Price river is used ami it is found 1 |