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Show REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS. The Law Itellroed Kates Ltet Saturday Brought In the Country Fop!e. The crowds of country people in the city on Saturday was sometliiug un-preoedonted, un-preoedonted, and the business done by merchants was such as to (ill their hearts with thankfulness. This concourse con-course had been brought here by the special rates given over the Union Pa-oitic, Pa-oitic, to enable people to come in from tho outsid3 preoim:!s and take a dip in the lake at Garfield Beach. Many of these people, remained over Sunday. Sun-day. They were a harvest for the tradesmen. Many brought fat pocketbooks which they emptied into the coirers of the storekeepers. It reminded re-minded one of a conference day. The counters were piled high with a confusion confu-sion of goods. Clerks were kept on the alert until late at night. So great success was the eftmmion that there is talk of trying to get the railroads centering cen-tering here to give special rates every Saturday, with the tickets good on all trains leaving here until 12 o'clock Sunday night. May Build a Jolut Building-. Since the arrival of Mr. Hyde, president presi-dent of tbe Equitable Life Insurance company, in this city, he has frequently expressed his dissatisfaction with the olliees occupied by Its representatives, aud before leaving here he wants to arrange for something better, more accessible ac-cessible and prominent than the top floor of the Progress building. At present it does not seem possible to evade Ihj legal obstacles so as to permit the company to invest its funds as a company in a territory; but there is nothinir iu the wav of the officers of the company building a block themselves and renting it for company business. To a personal friend Mr. Hyde has confided, that of all 'the locations brought to his attention, nothing suits him so well as tbe Smith drug-store corner, owned by the Walker Bros., but as it is not likely this can be purchased, some other site will be lookeit up. Mr. Hyde intimated to this frieud that ha would either make tha Walkers a proposition propo-sition to buy the corner before leaving, leav-ing, or be would enter into a plan with them to build a joint building, build-ing, with the understanding that tha Equitable was to have the upper stories. sto-ries. What the prospects for the consummation con-summation of these designs are is not known. Hpeolal Utah states. The committee on transportation of the irrigation congress are desirous that those who come to this city during that convention have special inducements induce-ments to make side trips to other places in the territory. To do this, nothing could be done to further the end would so potent as cheap railroad rates. The committee has conferred with the officials of the Uio Grande Western and Utah Central railroads, both of which have agreed to give a one-third fare rale to all who come to tbu city during the congress on excursion tickets. No answer has been recoived from the Union Pacific company, com-pany, but it is expected that road will do as well t.s tha other two. Lots of Correependeuo. Correspondence having reference to to the irrigation congress continues to pour in on tho socretary immense quantities, quan-tities, showing not only that interest in its importance is in nowise abated bnt rather that it is increasing. Ratines HrovUUs, Excavations for tha Cannon block are nearly liuishud. Larry Maroney, a heavy lumberdeal-er lumberdeal-er of Aspeu, Colo., is in the city. Carpenters on the Dooly block are layitig tbu joists for tho third floor. Hon. E. B. Norton, United States revenue collector, will remaiu in the city a week longer. The fence iu front of the Morlan block, has been turn away and a new sidewalk is being laid. The real estate exchange will meet some time this week to make arrangements arrange-ments for the resumption of the regular business of the organization. It is generally believed that W. G. Nebeker will represent the government at the Lehi Sugar Works to attend to the weights, measurements, etc. There is to be a meeting of the 'oint city and county committee tonight, when the plans and specifications for the Eighlh ward building will be rearranged re-arranged so as to include the plumbing, steam heating, elevators, etc. Palarisdapic tests are still being made on the beels grown near Lohi. These show that the percentage of sacarine is increasing and that it is becoming purer. The last determinations made show from 14 J to 18J per cent sacarine W) per cent pure. When the Lehl Sugar company decided de-cided to build their factory, they also decided it should be a monument to the system of protection, aud that everything every-thing connected with it should be of home production. Unlike most of the sugar works built in the United States, every bit of machinery used iu the Lehi factory was made in this country. |
