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Show AND STILLWEIWER The Real Estate and BuIIdiuR Interests of the City Continue to Rapidly Advance. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ZION? A Meeting Tonight for the Organization of the Long-Needed Mining .' Exchange. The wheels of progress still revolve on the axle of the. wagon of commercial activity, ami lots of grease in the shape-of shape-of easli is being fiirnishtMl by the people. Tho transfers of veal estato yesterday footed up $M3,0U0." This is a good showing. THE BUILIUXU BOOM. The building boom will soon be commenced. com-menced. Plans' fonthree oi" four new bloeks are now in the hands of architects. archi-tects. G. S. Holmes is , making arrangements for a three story structure on tho'lOO feet of ground he leased a feV days ago just south of the Singer sewing machine building. Adjoining tho Holmes lease E. M. Higgs, a lumber dealer of Chalmer, New Mexico, has leased ninety feet south of Mv. Holmes' ground. South of the ninety feet a leaso for 50x90 lias been procured by AV. H. Sells and other capitalists. cap-italists. It is the intention of these gentlemen gen-tlemen to erect blocks immediately for store room and ollieo purposes. THE MIXING EXCHANGE, It has been definitely settled that Salt Lako City is now to have a mining exchange. ex-change. For some time the scheme of organizing lias been talked of among tho mining men. of the city, and tonight, a meeting will bo: held for that purpose... The' mining men and thoso interested in the formation forma-tion of tho exchanged will assemble at 7:30 o'clock in Colonel Murray's office. No. 58 West Second South street. About a week ago a preliminary meeting meet-ing was hold and arrangements made for the session to-night. At tho former meeting officers of the exchange ex-change wero elected; 'and they are: R. C. Chambers, president; N. Trcweck, vice-president; C. T. Stevenson, secretary, secre-tary, and J. E. Dooly, treasurer. The executive committee is composed of C. W. Bennett, Joseph II. Young and John Condon. "Tho meeting tonight," remarked Secretary Stevenson to u Times reporter, re-porter, 4,will bo to organize a mining aud stock exchange, and as it is a matter mat-ter of vast importance to the progress of this city aud the mining districts, I have sent out invitations extending a cordial welcomo to everybody interested in mining to attend the lueetiug. Tho committee on constitution and by laws will make a report ou the organization. I expect to see a large number of names placed on the membership roll." THE ALTUKAS JUNES. Since thoAlturas Land and 'Irrigation 'Irriga-tion company has incorporated a meeting meet-ing of directors has been held and elected elec-ted the following officers of the company: com-pany: X. Treweck, president; William Babceek, vice-president . and C. 'J'. Stevenson secretary and treasurer. The properties . are up in Idaho and the company, has just engaged en-gaged Charles Levings, an engineer from Chicago, to go upon the grounds. Active workjwHiie properties will soon lie inaugurated, arid tho people interested inter-ested in the mines expect great developments. |
