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Show PROGRESSIVE SALT LAKE. It is a common remark by visitors, both from ISastnnd West, that Salt. Lake City shows more signs of prosperity than any other prominent city in tho country. We hear this constantly, and constantly our news columns convey the same sentiment sen-timent as expressed by visitors. Salt Lake is a surprise to all' by reason of its evidences, of progress, of thrift, of advancement, and of increasing population popula-tion and wealth. The building. activity here is phenomenal, and every one ree-i ree-i ognir.es the fact who sees the city. T( j is well known that last season Salt Lake achieved the proud pre-eminence of hav-I hav-I ing throughout the year a greater ratio, j j of increase in building activity than in j j any other city in the country. And j i no. present season is luaiiuaiuiug uwn, ascendency in splendid shape; the building activity being this year far in advance of oven that of last year. Yesterday morning's Tribune had some evidences of this prosperity. To go no further than a single day. there was the Xcwhonse project for his big eleven-story hotel on South Main street, the permit for which covers a million dollars. The work is to begin at once on this hotel, and to be pushed with the utmost vigor. j Then there was the settlement of tho i West Side sower" question, wherein tho j Board of Public Work's is to uncover j the pipe, find out precisely what . is wrong, aird see that, the work is put in condition Tor approval by the City Engineer. Wherever differences arise between ihe Board of Public. Works and the Engineer, the Mayor is to arbitrate between the two. and make the finding unanimous. Wherever the contractor is at fault, tho amount required to repair that fault is to bo laken from h.is pay. Wherever the city is at fault, through tho specifications, alterations ordered, or otherwise, the city will pay the costs of thp repair or the change. And the understanding is that the work shall be pushed wih the utmost energy and with the least possible dcla-. This work, so long hanging in an unsatisfac-toQ- shape, will now bp forwarded with the energy commensurate with its importance. im-portance. Two good building projects were also announced besides the 2sewhotise hotel; one to erect a Danish Lutheran church at a cost of $12,500, and the other the move by the ladies in charge of the Orphans' Home and Day Nursery to build a new building for an orphan; age in a better location, as soon as 'possible. P.oth of theso are eminently good and worthy propositions. The-work on the North Temple street aqueduct is also proceeding in excellent excel-lent form. It is gratifying to sec that this aqueduct will probably be completed- in lime for the spring, floods; the work being pushed with such rapidity ra-pidity as to give promise that the district dis-trict which has heretofore been most damaged by the spring high waters will be relieved of their troubles in that respect re-spect this season. Considerable difficulty has been experienced ex-perienced by the contractors i'n getting a proper start on the work, but having hav-ing once got under way, and now under: standing the obstructions to bee overcome, over-come, they are able to go along with measurable speed under the circumstances. circum-stances. They appear, too, to be putting put-ting in a good piece of work, .and one I hat certainly will prove to be of great benefit to the properly alone the route of (he aqueduct. It is slated that, from the intake near Fourth West, where the big tube joins with the work done by the Oregon Short Line, to the point of "discharge in Ihe .Jordan river, there is a fall of about eight feet. This insures in-sures proper clearance of flic aqueduct, as the manholes along the route aro to be double covered, the lower plate fitting info the frame with a water-tight gasket. By this means the wafer will be confined in the tube, just as it is in Ihe waterworks system, except, of course, that the pressure will be vastly lower, while being sufl'mioiit io insure clearance of the stream at high water. The aqueduct, is seven feet in diameter in the clear and is coustrncfed of steel reinforced coiu'rete. with a smooth coat of cement on the inside. Another point of value lo property owners a'long the aqueduct is the fact that the top of the tube is made flat, and is placed 'just Ihrce ami one-half inches below the city grade for the street, leaving proper space for asphal-turn asphal-turn when it shall' be deci'ded to pave. Knowing this, residents along the line may grade (heir lots to conform to this right now, if they so desire. Ifc is a good move in Ihe town's cam paign of progress, ' |