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Show THE OLD CITY AND THE NEW. To an old resident . of this city each day of this pleasant spring time brings now surprises. Old things are passing uwny aud all things are becoming new. On and between East and West 'J'emplo stroets somo hundreds of . vorkraeii aro busy in throwing up the earth and pulling down old rookeries, together with some lino rcsidmiipii. Tho beautiful grounds und house kuown as the "Webber place" ure in ruius, and the only consolation to the passer-by Is to know that a magnilicent hotel i to rise where once tho flowers, shrub-liery shrub-liery and trees furnished a picture of beauty to the eye. On tho comer of East and Third streets work is further . advanced on the foundation of a second Krcat hotel to rival in maguilicouce and liuish' any one on tho Pacific slopo. These two hotels, when finished, and , they will be pushed to completion with ; all possible dispatch, in connection with 1 the present well-kept public houses in Salt Lake, -will give this city a proud . pro-eminence over any inland placo ou this continent, in luxurious accommodation for ; visitors aud residents. Iu tho meantime mean-time Commercial street, on which The j Times establishment is located, is get-! get-! ting ready to become the lirst paved thoroughfare in the cify. Tho old "wooden, buildings which lined this (street , from First to Second . South are coming down, and their places aro being taken by blocks of tho liuesl nusiness sirucluivs in tho city. Nearly opposite tho Continental ' hotel, ou West Temple atruot, unsightly wooden Imildings uro leveled to mako way for b large business block. Want of bpaeo today prevents a detailed de-tailed description of improvements bc-Run bc-Run and being pushed between South Temple ami Third South streets aud an equal distance east and west. |