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Show sale February in, and are good for return j passage until February P.I. Superintendent s, hmidtt says "the railroads rail-roads arc deriving all of the revenue from the natural gas welle They carry lots of people out to see tliem every day. and are inakiug money out of tho attraction. Q TIMELY TOPICS. An Interacting Budget on Nalur.il Gas -Heal Estate, Etc, Preparations are being pushed for a grand display of the natural gas at the Lake Shore gas wells on Sunday evening and the Union Pacific has arranged a mammoth excursion for thai occasion. Prof. Eliot, who has had extensive experience in natural gas illuminations has charge of the display aud aided by the Union Pacific railroad rail-road people, and Superintendent Schmidt of the American Natural lias company, he. proposed to glvo people of gaii Lake such a display la the way of illuminallon, us they never saw. He is having a pipe laid from the large Hani beau that stands alongside of the Kio Grande Western tracks to tho I niou Pacific tracks. One of the designs that he will use will be an immense circle of pipe, fully forty feet in diameter, with small jets at regular reg-ular intervals. Inside the cirelo will he plieed cross pipes similarly arranged w ith jets. The gas will be turned ou full force and the effect will be something iudesi rib-ably rib-ably grand. 'I he Union Pacific will run i special train, Which will leave the depot at 7 o'clock. The low price of fifty cents for the round trip ill be changed. The real estate market is not by any means letive, but dealers arc not depressed because :jf the confident, feeling possessed by both wners and prospective buyers. Yesterday as an off day, every body being more or ess interested iu polities. The real estate raternity arc not ollice seekers and wen: not ut with their lightning rods yesterday, but it gathered in force to help uouiinatu good men to office. Wuntland, the liberal lioinl-dec lioinl-dec for councilman in the tirst precinct stands 'or the real estate men. and they are satisfied with him. They know his record as a hustler, hust-ler, born not made, aud will sec to it that he will get a majority that would tickle many a bigger man than the energetic little man who has done so much for Salt Lake's prosperity. pros-perity. Frank T. Hialt, who recently purchased f.om Hon. Frank II. Dyer twenty acres in Hie old race track, has had the same platted into lots. The whole tract has been cut up into choice residence lots with streets sixty-six sixty-six feet w ide, nndsixteen-foof alleys through each block. There are iW4 of the lots which w ill not be put on flic market until the improvements im-provements have been completed. Colorado capital still lingers at the Knuts-foid, Knuts-foid, and its owners arc looking about for snaps in Salt Lake realty. J. W. Hamni. has three or four trades in his pocket, and can cdose them up any day. It Is only a question of price, but llamm insists they arc good "buys" at his figures, and stands "pat" on them. David Swickbimcr, the Rico inillionaire, likes Salt Lake, so doi s his estimable wife. They slill remain at the Kniitsford, and are proud of the bargain they s, cured when they purchased the corner opposite the palatial In, tel. Mr. Stt ickhitncr has an abiding confidence con-fidence in real estate values here, as Is proven by his heavy purchases when here before aiid he is trying to gel certain other holdings here. Tho new office building that he will erect at the corner of state and Third South will be one of the finest aud costliest in the city. Out towards the new Union stockyards is a part of Salt Lake that promises to speedily become a manufacturing center. It is handy to railroads, water, natural nat-ural gas and every other desirable feature that would induce the location of factories. It Is just outside the city limits, bin will be brought in nt no distant day. North Salt Luke City, a new townslte, is the name that has been given this section, and a union depot will he erected. Water bus been brought down from the mountains and there is tin abundance of it. The city is platted nnd laid out in lots, and strong inducements in-ducements w ill be made to companies that contemplate locating in Salt Lake. The Saginaw Salt company at Lake Shore has largely Increased its facilities by the Hililition of extensive machinery. Over 5000 m been expended and the outputttis year will largely exceed that of MM i The Ilio Grande Western has Issued circu. lar No. 1 93, dated January Lit, announcing fj , m ril" id one fare frusn ell statiuns to Den . ::nd return on February 111. the occasion of Ctre lir.-t annual fan of "the Denver Trades sud Labor assembly. The tickets will go ou |