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Show EIGHTH SQUARE. Nearly Everybody Favors Proposed Change of Site if Present Action Does Not Mean Delay. i THE NEED OF FRUIT CANNERIES. Procrastination, That Thief of Time, Holds an Iron Soepter Over the Oonnoil. Many of the business men of the citv were interviewed this morning on the removal of tho joint city and county building from its present location to the proposed site on the Eighth Ward square. Nearly everyone interviewed was heartily in sympathy with tho proposed pro-posed change, although one or two exceptions ex-ceptions were found. These camo from thoso who were opposed to a joint building on any terms, believing that in the course of a few years it woujd prove inadeiuato to tho requirements of the city and county business. Among others, tho old taxpayer was seen and as usual he bucked and kicked like Hoyt's Texas steer. He thought the people were over burdened with taxes, and ho was opposed to any improvement im-provement that would cost anything. AJl but three with whom conversations conversa-tions were had thought if tho construction construc-tion would only commence at once, the change would be just to all citizens, ns it would equalize the value of property, the capital being on the hill, and the time would come when a fedeal building could be secured that should also bo lo- separated from tho others. Fruit Canned, Thero are thousands of dollars annually annu-ally sent out of this territory for canned fruits and vegetables, which ought to be left at homo for the reason that just as good an article can be raised and prepared for market in Salt Lake and Utah Valleys. There would be an immense im-mense profit in the business too, both for tho producer of the fruit and tho manufacturers. From a California paper the information is obtained of a fanner who netted $10(10 an acre on thirty acres of Hartlott pears. It would seem that with the surrounding markets of mining camps contiguous to this city, all of which are large consumers of such commodities, that noplace in the west offered such superior inducements induce-ments for an enterprise of this character, charac-ter, and in connection with it the tact that sugar will be manufactured next summer ought not to be lost sight of. A dealer in nursery stock is authority for the information that many old orchards or-chards are being torn up and improved varieties of fruit planted, in anticipation anticipa-tion that a market of this kind will soon be provided. MrCnrnlck's llloek. W. S. McCornick informs The Times that he has received tho completed plans anil specifications for his new block on First South and Main from the Omaha architects, Mendelsuhu, Fisher & Lowery. He has not yet determined de-termined what material he wi:l use and he will not make a decision until the bids are in, as contractors will be re-I re-I quired to submit prices for several classes ot work, suon as brick, two or three kinds of sandstone. Personally he profors the Kynne. trimmed with ' red sandstone. The plans will soon be submitted to contractors for competition competi-tion aud as soon as the bids are accepted, ac-cepted, the work of excavating will coiumeuce: Sidewalk Di.fraoe. Is it not a digrace to a progressive city government to permit such a perpetration per-petration of disrespect to a metropolis as the putting down of gravel and cobble cob-ble stone sidewalks? Such a thing is being done on the corner of Second South aud West Temple streets, and as far as learned it is not the intention of the owners to cover it with even as-phaltum. as-phaltum. Castle Get Flagstone. The Castlegate flagstone company are making preparations to open their quarry, which they believe is capable of furnishing this charrcter of material equal to anything which can be produced pro-duced in Fort Callins or Park City. They .can lay it down here for a price not exceeding 50 cents a foot. I'urcha.a on Itrlgliam, C. E. Taylor has received a letter from one of his correspondents in New York, instructing him to try and consummate the purchase of a certain piece of property prop-erty on Brigham street, fort24,0)0; and also to buy for the same party Hie forty rods frontage on the corner of Eleventh east and First South. The Ontario to Cio On. Messrs. Kelsey & Gillespie said this I morning that if good weather continued the work on the new hotel Ontario would soon be resumed and pushed rapidly rap-idly to completion. Commercial Congress. An invitation has been received by the chamber of commerce, asking it to appoint delegates to the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress to be held in Denver May 19. Want to Organize Hoard of Trade. Some people from Payette, Idaho, write to the secretary that they want to come here and organize a board of trade on the same plan as the chamber of commerce. , Real Kstate and Hall din t Clow p. The workmen have nearly finished the new front for Joslin it Parks. T. A. Wickersham has opened his real estate oltices in the basement )f Commercial National bank. C. E. Taylor sold vesterday three South Lawn lots to II. Neilsen forJloO, and four in Perkins' Grand View addition addi-tion to N. Nerwin for $1L'00. R. Kletting has gotten out plans for a stone and brick business block on First South which is to cost $i5,000. He does not make the location public. The building being erected by D. Alexander on Main street below Third South, has been completed to tho first story. He expects to be able to occupy it by June 15. Fifty acres of the Gilmer place, com mencing at tne corner of Ninth South and Eleventh East streets, have been platted and will be placed on the market mar-ket in the course of a few days. |