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Show BUSINESS AND TRAFFIC. Another Colorado man, impressed with Sail Lake's certain advancement, inxestcd some of his money today iu city real estate. The sale was made by H. B. Kanim, who has conducted several important trades re eently, and consisted of nine acres a part of the old race track near the Jordan. It was sold to B. U. Kauu, vice-president Of the First National bank of Uleuwood Springs. Mr. Kamni will plat this ground and after improving it lay il out into choice residence lhts. This Is the fifth good sale made at the Knutsford hotel within a few weeks. It seems to be the headquarters for investors ami several eastern and western men now at the hotel are negotiating for Salt Lake property. The next throdirh sleeper from San Francisco Fran-cisco to New York via the Rio Grande Western will pass through Salt Lake at 0:40 o'clock Thursday. February -1th. S. W. Sears, commissioner of transportation transporta-tion and secretary of the chamber of commerce, com-merce, is busily encaged on the preparation of a digest of the' freight tariffs. He expects ex-pects to secure quite a material reduction on the present charges that merchants arc compelled to pay. The Colorado it I' tab. Natural das, Oil & Coal company, an organization incorporated incorpora-ted under Colorado laws, has filed its articles of incorporation with Col. E. Sells, itftrrttf rtllii jrnrtfitnry Tho trustees are U. B. Cherry, 8. 35. Spragwe, A. s. Psttfe w. .1 . Eckerly, H. L. Prentice, and P. 8. Hoy, all of Denver. The company has it superintendent superin-tendent and expert lore. Prof. M. A. Luckenbach, and has considerable land here on which it will drill iras wells. George Lcighton left the city last evening to take charge of the gtilonlte mine recentle discovered about 7.r miles southeast of Price The deposit is almost unlimited. (Hlsonitc is largely used iu the manufacture of varnish. S. C. Constant, vice-president of the American Natural (ias company leaves for the east tomorrow night. At "Chicago he will meet J. F. Woodman, of this city, president presi-dent of the company. They will visit Pittsburg and McKeesport, Venn., where they will contract for pipes and mailing", and also New VorkCltj where a large part of the stock will be placed. Messrs. Wood man ami Constant will return to Salt Lake in about two weeks. II. L. Driver, the treasurer, will remain here and attend to the development of the new well which is now down some di.-tance and is rapidly Hearing the gas strata. |