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Show BUSINESS AFFAIRS. The Chamber of Commerce Railroad Suits May Be Heard in Salt Lake. A TALE OF WOE FEOM THE EAST. The State Street Paving Newsy World's Fair Notes New Buildings Today's Clearings Business Briefs. Secretary Sears yesterday received a com-munication com-munication f -om Hon. John T. Caine in regard re-gard to the hearing of the Union Pacific and, Denver & Rio Grande Western, involving suits and enclosing the following correspondence, corres-pondence, which explains itself: Ifon. William R. Morrison, Chairman. Inter state Commerce Commission: Oka it Sir Tha officers of the chamber of Salt Lak City are very desirous that th hearing of the suits commenced, by them against the U. P. and D. & K. (i. W. railway rail-way company's should bo held in Salt Lake City. This, they claim, would he a great convenience to the parties to the Huit and w uld save much ex-, penno and inconvenience in the attendance of wit-mee:, wit-mee:, witness fees, mileage, etc., as tho parties would all be there on the ground. The secretary of the chamber of commerce ha requeste me to make this app ication for whic i 1 ake pleasure in doing in this informal' way, ai d n-k for its early and favorable consia eration. I h 1 eve that vour compliance with thiij reqi.e.'t wi 1 g - a If subserve the public interest. v e,-y re pectf ally, John T. Cai.nk. The following is Morrison's reply: John- T. Caine: Dear Sir Yours of the loth inst. received, requesting the commission to hear the chamber of commerce esse, in which your people are interested, at Salt Lake. After consultation we are not able to promise you that the commif sion will go out to Salt Laka to hear the case, but natm of us will go out aa soon as practicable and take the testimony, and; thus save you the expense of summoning witA nesses a long distance, etc. We hope thin will be satisfactory as it i t:i very best we can do. Respectfully yours, W. It. Morrison, Commissioner. J. E. Pilcber,vice-president of the Simmons Hardware company, of St. Louis, In a private pri-vate letter to Secretary Sears, received this morning, says : "We are having a fearful time here with high, water. It is doing millions of dollars worth of damage. There is only one railroad here out ot eat-t St. Louis, and we are expecting that to go at: any hour. It is still raining. The coal supply sup-ply is practically exhausted, and there is now great danger of th waterworks being compelled to shut down, aut you know that means all manufacturing establishments estab-lishments will have to close down, and in cuie oC re we have no means of fighting it."' The Salt Lake people, after reading tho-above, tho-above, have reason to congratulate them, selves that they live in a country where such, things are practically unknown. World's Fair Notes. Secretary McDaniel returned from Ogderj this morning. The commissioners hold a meeting at their rooms at the Continental hotel, this after, noon at 4 o'clock to transact important business. busi-ness. The commission has received a part of the promised exhibit of relics and curiosities from the ancient city of Kublick. The specimens spe-cimens are unique and interesting, and will no doubt prove a feature of the( Utah exhibit. ex-hibit. Secretary McDaniel and Commissioner Empy will leave for Chicago on the 127th of next month. The maiu object of the trip will be to obtain an accurate conception of the cost, size and kind of a building Utah will erect on the fair grounds, from which local architects can draw their plans. Tho gentlemen expect to be away about three weeks. Will Kick on Inspectors. A vigorous kick will be made on the contract con-tract system now irj vogue in this city as regards re-gards public improvements and one member of tie cottrreil promiea a lot-nf fun at a no distant session when a resolution 'covering " that point will be introduced. At present the work is done by contract under the supervision of an inspector. Tha city engineer gives grades and to his survey and according to his design the work is sup. posed to be done. But should the inspector be an incompetent man and the contractor disposed to "monkey" with him it is claimed that the city would have no redress in law for a poor piece of work, its inspector, a paid official having pronounced it all right. The New Auerbach Vluilding. A Times reporter sought out Mr. Sara Auerbach this morning for information iu regard to the proposed building on the old Eagle foundry corner. Mr. Auerbach stated that the matter had beeu talked over in the firm, but no definite conclusion had been arrived at as yet, beyond the fact that a handsome business block would be erected, and that the work would be commenced soon after Mr. Fred Auerbach's return from tho cast about June 1st. In the. meantime the work of excavating will be gotten under way, so that there will be no unnecessary delay after the plans have been accepted. Third South Street Paving. Tomorrow is the last day for the filing of remonstrances against the paving of Third South. It is quite probable that the majority major-ity of the property owners on the street will refrain from signing any protests as their own interests demand that the street should be paved at once. Third South is a business street, and when completed will be one ol the finest thorougl.f ares in the city, whilt property will advance in value 100 per cent. Basiness Itriefs. The paving on the west side of Richards avenue is almost completed. The sound of the hammer is heard in tho land, and idle men are growing scarcer ou the streets. Local architects are happy over the build-ng build-ng outlook this season, although they anticipate an-ticipate no boom. The beautiful, massive stone portico of the McCornick bank building is being placed in position and will soon be finished. The drug store cf Lawson A Nelson, on tho corner of Main and Third South (the Palace) has been sold to J. G. Jacobs for $10,000. He takes possession immediately. The work of demolishing the old adobo house south of the Tribmte, which was occupied by Mrs. O'Mill until burnt out recently, re-cently, has begun. Work will be commenced com-menced on a new structure as soon as the old one is out of the way. The old Richards block, south of the Constitution Con-stitution building, which was burnt out by the lire on Saturday last, will be replaced at once. Mr. Richards states that the contract for tearing down the scorched shanties will probably be let this afternoon and the work will be started without delay. The architects archi-tects are at work already on the plans for the new building, which will be a line brick and stone structure designed for live storeys, only three of which, however, are likely to be finished at present. |