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Show METROPOLITAN AIRS OF MANTI, The I'reltj Ilorough orsan fete Assuming liuslness 1'rnportlous. Special to The Times. - Manti, Feb, 17. Since tha railroad has reached Manti the city is taking or , metropolitan airs. Hacks representing? ' "" the interests of tbe live leading hotels meet passengers at all trains. Hotel runners with double strength lungs thatj would put the ordinary Salt Laker to shame, greet the weary traveller with, "This way for tho Bench house," "Commercial," "Com-mercial," "Fioldinghoiise," "Anywhere in the city for two bits," etc Drays and delivery wagons, duly licensed by the city council, convey merchandise), drummers' trunks, coal and other freights to and from the depot. A lino) of street lamps, tirst lighted last night, dispels the darkness along Main street, and cause the vags and holdups to hunt more convenient quarters. Hotels, restaurants res-taurants and bakeries are springing up in all pans of the principal business center. New signs, neatly painted, in the windows, over the doors and upoa the most prominent parts of business houses catch tho eye of tha stranger ia Zion. Thousands of ties are wanted by the Rio (iraude Western and Union Pa-citic Pa-citic railway companies. Choppers by the score are scaling tha mountains, through four feet of snow, hunting suitable timber for the iroa horse track. A theatrical company is billed for ait entire week. Two nights is the longest time any troupo has heretofore attempted at-tempted to play. Business of all kinds is rushing. A new venture in the shapo of a reat estate office is on the tapis. Tub Timks, thu coming paper of tha territory, is gaining many friends and will soon roll up a good subscription list from the metropolis of San Pete, Ihegranary of Utah. Several enterprising business mea re trying to organize a stock company laioperate an electric railway. The) touto proposed is along Main street room the temple on tho north to the city frniits on tho south and on First North street to connect with the Rio Grandi) Western depot. |