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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : BtTffD&Y , FEBRUARY , 2. 1800. SIXTEEN PAGES " " ' I 231 Main Street , Sait Lake City , Utati AGENTS FOR I WEST DRIVE SUBDIVISION H Only 8J blocks from Postoffice H Lots $350 to $500. H * Also have largo list of property in all parts of the city H CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED T. A. DAVIS J. T. STRINGER 23 W. SECOND SOUTH STREET , SALT LAKE CITY We have a large list of very choice city and outside properties , besides several hundred acres of fine lands located within a few miles of the city for sale on desirable terms WRITE FOR PARTICULARS IlteSVIDICllElTlEITi IRIS.A.Ij estate , y ' Choice City , Acreage & Addition Properties 1 INVESTMENTS CABFf13J ADE FOR NONRESIDENTS , I f Sole Agents for "Rosedale" 1 The leading addition , only one and one-halt blocks south | of Liberty Park Lots $250 to $350 until February 10th. 9 Call on us when you visit Salt Lake _ WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE • E PO Box 1148. 279 South Main St I _ , j HARVEY HARDY , Manager J H. HINMAN , Treasurer " F. M. BISHOP , Secretary j 1 I I 1'7"7' xiisr strjuet , s XjT ij .ke : city , tjt .h : . Mm Jm BUYS and SELLS REAL ESTATE in and adjoining SALT LAKE CITY on Commission § § f Jfl ) I We have handled over $2,000,000.00 worth of property in the past 12 months , a large portion of which has been for nonresidents The members of the firm have had 10 years residence in \ mJ H I 1G C' ' , ty' , a" . , argG UXpericnCe _ ' . " . ha"dl'ng ' rCalty' a"d arG thoro"ghiy Posted on values CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED l - - . I AMERICAN I District Telegraph I company J _ _ _ | * J orricn under dkskiikt nat'l hanki I H I 7 Smith M tin Street _ [ lessened Fnriiisli3l : Day Gr Nipt _ _ _ _ H Circulars Imitations , Packages , etc . deliver _ _ _ _ cd promptly Special attention paid to tlio _ _ _ _ Sj csiortliiRof HtrniiKo" to tlio illlfereat lnstltu- H m tluiii anil jilacesof lnterostthrouqliouttlie city U I A. W. Gallachcr * , - Manager1 . H B Telephone lfO H -S R AtXXANDUU L. POMOCK E. W. Wn.aON POLLOCK & WILSON , H I LEADING I j Real Estate Agents , H 1 IO East Second Soutfi St , H SAT/T LAKE CITi' , UTAH _ _ _ _ H Wobava abundred oC the choicest loti within _ _ _ nlnohlncksof ilia postolllce.u ; feet rront , and _ _ _ _ sull them nt from t Ml to W75 each : besides Lrnsi- _ _ _ nois prqpoi ty , acreage , anil lots without num- _ _ _ _ bcr Information promply given , I Commercial National Bank , H Salt Lake City , Utah _ _ _ H IIIINJIV O. IIALCH President _ _ _ 0130UUE M. DOWNKV Vlco President JOHN W. nUN.VELLAN , Cashier H Collections Proagfy AUendea To Funds deposited with our rorrispondontsln New York , Chicago and Omaha , available lu ! Halt Late without charge for oxchauge cointusi'ONDUKOi : bOLicriKD THE WALKER HOUSE H 31T LAKE CITY H This Is the Largest , finest and Host Coni i H duttud Hotel between Omaha and Ban FranJ J _ _ _ _ 1 clsco It la llratclusa In all Its appointments , g Headquarter J for tourists , military and com f merclal men i I Rates , $3 to $ < 1 Per Day \ GEO S. ERB , - PROPRIETOR , j < j Tilt W1ETR0PQLITAH HOTEL , B SALT LAKE CITY 1 Till * Is the most beautifully located hotel 1 In Salt I.uko City Large , line nnd eUgaotly B furnl hcd rooms Kspeclally adapted to fural- _ _ _ H lies Table unsurpnstcd H Rates Only $2 Par Day H GEO S. ERB , Prop H WILL ERB , Manaqop r z g = = = - = s = ss - , y . = - _ r - s --j multho raiiROnbout COO loot above the city Stonm feTlZ _ * " P cnrs l'un to tlio fort and to the ndjsvcciit canons - ff = - i - - . - "L _ _ _ every f4 T rrt j Trrri t-wrwrr-r = " " r " X \ i J H \ U U II Tl V fBKIfiiCS - C " kte- - Z"I 1 2 71 liourin tlioday , nndti chnrmlngbird's-oyo yiowof tlio V /tilji / . . JUll.fl.A.A j Till f . g gftsy sga _ " - = = - - f - * - . - _ 2j 5 b vnlloy nnd city is obluinnblo from nny iioiut on the - UHJL J. 5 p - - , , . : I , r _ r _ _ _ - - I' jSSSa Fort DonglnB & Pnrk City railway By the latter , ono gi _ • " ' ' ' - I " - \r/ " - li - r " " " St gggg . can bo carrioa through Parioy's canon directly ever UTAH C" " - " / p& i * - * * - gDiS \ _ = r t the WaEutch range and landed in Park City , 7,500 foot ? ff C Wfs S T _ ] ZZ 3 above the Boa , in an hour or t o. Salt LnUo City is the commercial capital of the Great ir xa i t fe - . _ ZSE. Ono pecs from the city out past the silver ere smol- U.isin , and of the main valley of the Snake river , Idaho , f V n i i r W W 3 : " - tors in the suburbs to the Cottonwood mines in the a U region as vast as Toxns It is the political capital of i = S S rtSSaSBr FcfiSSgW Rfev i B Wasatch , and to the Bingham mines in the Onuirrh , in UTho lSnd oa of Utah is 52,001,000 acres ; the water W m mKmW - an hour by , ail ; to the Stockton Dry canyon and Ophir area is 1.770,200 ncros There are prchiblv : i,000X)0 ( ) Tn iVTTnilllwH S & li B districts in-10-50 miles , to tlio Tintic mines in 70 miles ; acres of irrigabio arable land , ono sixth or which is un- S WiU hU C ii iiW M WH 'T ' to the Bea\or county miles in 230 miles ; to the Park dor cultivation There is enough timber for the use of "F&Fw'gJ ' JPFp ? ? s City mines , cither as stated abo\e , or by the Union Pa- the people of the torntory , and a worlds supply on the . KS sSSS ? } ciflc in 100 miles , till by iail and somi-circllng the city Truckeo river Ilowing into the basin from the Sierra , W wWMwM cast-80Ulh nld wcst- melt io anSro ' f 8 alS FSSS&STr bSS ; BPP FlQl ra l Pt ! F'T lh T ° * th V0"1 ? " \ "W $ , - 7G' ° 00 , have been Wfflfp'l&IAiiME ' t ° "S ? „ ° V ° tll u-four l 1S , ° ' whoh , . ,9lc 13,000,000 acres surveyed and about 3,000,000 & . ! , , ; Inclusive of 15.000 and7,500 ftf \ W S0W I duccd in our own mills and , smelters ; the product at acres , acres of coal land , , mW 3 i silvoi mines , has been disposed of under various and M Wg AW mW ) O Mum t WmmK' SS , , , , ! nl ° "a "Vjboard prices in 18b9 , about $12,600 - lawq 'iipi ' PigSjn Xmveu * ffljKxz4. I J3 & K S.UwiW' wo- Besides lead silver ores the great range ovor.ook- \vith fflfc ia th ° City conUinB ° th ° r min0rnlS" a sunieioncy of water for irrigation , the land llBS illFi fO P lfe * " | produces the cereals , fruits and vegetables common to rrW'fflB ' , flI &H PEWR fS B 3&i 4B f Only once in about flvo years does the thcrmomotor the lattitudo , which is about that of St , Louis in pro IL-S\i - \ fflB&j F = fflS s | &l jS l iS ; sink below zoto or rise above 100 = Fahr The daily fusion ami perfection The plant for irrigation may liWKSf = j S Ilg HliiW \ } X $ MfM a4&Msi lange aM > ragcs about 20 = ; the monthly range exceeds oidinanly cost $ o an aero , and the watering of a crop HflfFr [ fliS'WUJP ' 50 ° in only one month out of four , for the season & 5 an acre A full crop is alwajs assured , * 2 jHgL VP8wKl IP KI B feMftfe Sf ! however There is no detention loss fiom in ! ' There is malaria asthma from or rains Burr rfiifids rs = pPK BeW pW-- no , no , no pyomia sur- bcoding or harvesting , and if the water is properly ap- i lLSt ftBM l Sw : ? Si | rtAl { • e ' operations , pulmonary complaints are staid or plied , it is held by competent authority that it imparts , f- & % tS 5 ? ifew6f * 5 l5iSHii * cured ; there are none of the moro virulent fevers , nnd as much of the dements ol plant growth as the crop ab- \ e > - Mc W ! M ? M WMI S lt iM M i diptheria takes on a relatively milu typo Tlio medical stracts While the irrigable land in Utah Is limited rT rYp ! l&35 ! & # fraternity are agreotl that Salt Lake City is nlmost an there is otiough of it to sustain twice the population of .hzn . , tixm MS-I S W' ft M U\i \ r & & ' t ideal high altitude health resort , and some of the physi- ebrnska , and the farmer and fruit grower has a homo HlJfjS ffl T M .alSMi S -p ciuns areboginning \enturo to c aim that our cli- market , cash ana good prices , in the minors and urbane i ifa * &WM'mlW'kVHi'l4fWWKl5g ' \ \ \ \ ! S S | 8 @gfM mate , nearly a milo above the sea , is favorable to the population i ij i Sg SJ 'iLyii S'UaSE ' ? ' R& &J iW IKW- cul' ° of ameliorations of heart troubles Most of The population is estimated at 225.000. The assessed : , J LKhSk\t& \ WxMi . M' ' M W MiMtMthe city lies well for ( Irainajro , and the sewer pipes for valuation for 1SS9 was about $51,000,00010 per J # ! Ewiili S { SwftI 3 llM a district comprising 271 acres are now going under cent of the real valuation Add 20 per cent for mines feflg g&jjja fr ff s5 SfKl g fca ground The whole existing sixteen miles of street ( not tnxed ) , and we got a valuation of about $155,000,000 ' 'gfeaiaKfiV' " - - - SW f- ST S S railwavs are being rapialy equipped for electric cats , as the total wealth of Utah The assessment list has In- h &SeS s sS S - Sfi S s and such cars are running upon 11 miles The present creased from $35,000,000 in 1SS7 , to $51,000,000 in 1830 ; a l O i S S Sffs mileage Is to bo doubled as fast as track can bo laid , satisfactory growth EJJiLfffo.fl ! MitfA t Sewerdistrict No 1 will bo paved , sidowalkod , curbed The annual product is not far from $40,000,000. nearly iftBJ B B9Tififfi ffJiP ( TilffftSBM SSB4ff ng ] minin and guttered as soon as the sewers are in A Gaynor equally divided between farming , mining and manufaoIsHMfilSSifaaB SilS" lsHBilBra il&5E DUBLIIBalUli fire alarm is in operation ; the flro department is well turing These industries have grown up naturally to- _ . _ _ . . . . _ . , - > , . . , . ! - - . equipped , well paid and well served The streets are | gothor , with no help from the outside , and are capable oALl LAlVC L I I Y , UTAH lighted by both gas and electricity | of indoflnito elaboration and expansion A million dollars went into now buildings in 1888. and | The territory , and every municipality thereof , is forbidden , by net of congress , to incur indebtedness - I dobtodness exceeding4 per cent of the assessed valuation of property The revenue law is j liberal and taxation moderate but 1.7 per cent for all purposes , | The territory contains about 1,200 miles of railroad , with 200 milos-under construction , g Four hundred miles of narrow guage road , partly north and partly south of Salt Lake , are in I process of being broad guaged Railroad movements are in progress of great importance to I the city Four or five roads will gain entrance to Salt Lake valley and city within three months via the Colorado Midland and Rio Grande Western There is every prospect ol a now road to the coast directly west from Salt Ltko , and of the extension of the Union Pacific to southern California via the Noodles A number of local roads to important mining and farming districts are in contemplation Salt Lake City is situated in the valley of the Gordan , where the Wasatch range towers highest , in a bolt of line land sheltered and watered by the erro.it mountains , fatrotehlng 350 milo3 south and 150 miles north Tlio Oquirh range walls in the valley on the west , nnd low spurs from the opposing mountain walls onclosu it on the south Great Salt Lake hos west and northwest , twenty to twelve miles away The city is located on the alluvial cone of City crook , which slopes gently south and west to the general level of the valley From the do debouchure of City creoit a line a milo and a half long swung from the last southward round to tlio west , would sweep ever the main part of tlio city The slopes or benches rising successively to the mountains on the north and east con stitute a vast bay or amphitheatre , opening to the setting winter sun The oil y has an area of 5,112 acres , and an absolute altitude at the corner of Temple block of 5,351 foot The streets are 132 foot wide , the blocks 000 foot square divided into 8 lots of H acres each The trees in the grounds and lining the streets fairly embower the city in the | leafy season Watur runs in sees along the streets , and it is convoyed in pipes from rosorvolrg in the throat of City creek under the streets The roborvoirs have a capacity of 0,503,000 gallons I There nro now about 30 miles of wntor mains , and they are being steadily extended Along the main liuos are 179 hydrants Throui'h those the head of the wntor forces a stream to the top of the highest buildings City crook , Emigration crock and Parioy's crook furnish 8,001,003 gallons a day in the dry est months of the dryest years Between these streams the Cottonwood and Mill crooks and i Utah lauo , the latter the natural reservoir of the city , lying about 40 miles south and 135 foot | higher , and having an tuoa of 123 square miles , the city and the valley can never lack water : The city has constructed a canal 27 miles long to got Utah lake water , hut to make a good job of I It the canal will have to bo built ever at a cost of $000,000. It will thou How , if roquiroa 100,000- \ 000 gallons a day There is no city in the arid roglon of the United States moro absolutely as sured of an unfailing supply of water , oven with a half a.million or u million Inhabitants The city is connected by rail with every notable valley and every mining district of pres ent importance in the territory , with the faVbrito resorts and with tha entlro country east and west The Warmsorincro ( sulphur ) are piped into the heart of the city for a swimming and bathing establishment The Llot springs ( also sulphur ) nro but four miles from the postoflico Tlio waters of the Hot springs especially are alleged to ho moro olllsuoious in scrofulous , rhou- matic paralytio and some ether diseases , than tho30 of the famous Arkansas Hot springs , Tlio bathing , and boating stations on the south and east shores of Great Salt Lake are about 20 miles from the city Not loss than 100.003 persons took these baths last season , and two or three regattas wore rowed The water has boon proved to bo the fastest boating wntor in the wurld , The b ithing resorts have peen Imorovod and supplied with every posslblo attraction and convenience by the raihvnv companlos In the long , sunny days of summer the water bocomo3 very warm and the I bathing has an exceeding fascination for all ages and all sexes Without doubt it is , the safest I and ploasantost out door bathing known for invalids I Fort Douglas , a well built , full regiment army post , lies on the east bench bowtoon the city ! ! ! ! . i immii iiimii liTt iiMinnMirrim wTT mmin $2,031,033 in 1833 ; at least 33.001,033. and of Silt Lake manoy , will bo so invested in 1830. I Among these will bo two 303-room hotsls , a joint court hnu33 a nd city hall , several business | blocks of lanro proportions and probably a federal ( jjvonm ent building , a union passenger station - | tion and a winar of the territorial capital I The population is about 45,033. The last city as3333Ttent roll foil but little short of $17,000- 000. The city owes $153,003 , bonded at 5 per cent , and ha ? $175,033 in the treasury The rev enues nnd expenditures for ordinary purposes run together , and are about $200,000 a year , The bonded debt was ineurrod mainly to bring in water 8ilo3of real estate in 1837 were $3,023,237 ; in 1833 , $5,333,030 ; in 1833 , $15,112,000. Prop erty has greatly appreciated in v.vluo , and continues to appreciate , although many men say it is alroaly higher than in Denver , Minneapolis or St Louis It is not only mon to buy and soil realty that wo want Ileal 03tato men do their part , but wealth is miaj only by hard , honest worth The raw proiucts are so abundant bore now , and the oppDrtunitib3so plentiful , that it is fairly bewildering I will say that there is a de mand for stores and rosideneos that cannot bo mot , and that our facilities for producing and ! I furnishing building material of all kinds are unequal to the call upon thorn . I will stiy that I our mineral output , which is in all these Rocky mountain states and territories the basis of 1 prosperity , might bo doubled or quadrupled by the application of capital , skill and ontorpiisc to the business For ji year ptst wo have sold our common lead at 3.8 cents per lb , and bought our white lead at 7.25 cents per lb Anil that is but a sample of all our shortsighted proceedings Wo bring pressed brick 1,500 miles a at a cost of $20 per thousand , when wo could bettor make thorn ourselves and keep our mono > at homo So with our tlio and sewer pipe , and iron pipe and store and morcViant iron and ulnnt everything wo use The demand and supply of labor run pretty well together in the city ana territory Trouble between employes and employed is loss froquoni hero than east of the mountains Wages for ordinary labor are about tlio a imo as olsowhnro in the W03t , and the same may bo said o ! the cost of living Wages of some kind of skilled labor rule pretty high The municipal government is vested in a council composed of the mayor and 15 councllmon Salt Lake has the advantage of Denver in every respect She has a hotter climate , moro agreeable , healthful and congenial to all animal existence and activity She has a much larger scope of tributary country , and ono moro varied and rich in resources and attractions That greater inducements exists here than there to build a great city Is an absolute guarantee that it will bo done , and there is verily no field in the union so inviting as Salt Lake City Is today It oilers a climate which of its3lf reduces the power of most diseases that aflllet mankind to a minimum , and bolng still relatively now and fresh , although long a metropolis and a capital , it ollors unlimited opportunity The writer has boon west of the Missouri rlvor since 1857. Ho has scon the mon who took n hopeful view of the future prosperity through all these years of the creation of great states Ho hns soon these who were always croaking and foreboding collapse and decrying the country as having nothing in it , fuifand dlo in penury No man can go amiss in making an investment in real property anywhere west of the Missouri rive1It la all , the whole couutry , as sure to grow as the seasons are to follow ono nnothor It is iinpossiblo it should bo otherwise The thing to | do is to jump in nnd catch on , and bo carried along by the general movement The longer it Ib | > dolaycd the harder it will bo Silt Lake has natures and mans seal as a site for a big city I ; She is just beginning to awiikon to the fact Her renl llfo is yet all before her ; still bho will j j devour the future very fast Ho who would got In on bed rock , " litis no time to lese ! O. J. IIOLLISTKR , Socrolary Chamber of Commerce \ I I Salt Lake City , [ | j 1 > . A. bllllXV OSCAltaitOsllKI.U " SIEBf.GBOSIIIiCO . , talEtt , r UNDER-THE-POSTOFFICE. SALT LAKE CITY 1 Sols Agents for Muscatine Place | The lending suhdlvlsloa lu the city J.otsjIlO I to $ V each SI70 30150 and 101511. being B larger than any other Ion now on the matket- 1 This subdivision Is hut live minutes wait from | the depots , and but 13 minutes drl\o tiom the J postolllco j BUY NOW ! I DON'T WAIT ! I Maps and plats furnished on application H Let Us Hear From You Quick ! 1 C. E. ASUZLU J. L. PEIIkEs S > jL M6ELL & PERKS , "f Real Estate Investments [ I Residences Ilulldlne Lots , llnslness Proper R M ties and bnrm IauiK Twenty j ears reshlenco B " flB In bait Lake City COKHHSlONDKNUK SOLICITED 1 &V P. 0 , Bax 1213 , • Salt Lake City , Ulah- | I AJ YAltNFV H. j. HVTTllENS I B VARNEY & MATTHEWS , I Res ! Estate Agents I I 239 Msin Street , Op Walker Hiuse , I I SALT LAKE U1TV. 1 M Make a Specialty or Investments I fl tor NonResidents 1 t/i'H M Havlngglven special attention to inside prop * * H ortles.woare thorougnly ptepaied with ciioke 9 ! harealusln mislncss piopnules that Insure a handsome prollt to thepiuohoser B | coitimsi'otjjiKxci : solicited I G. L , MtiNAMAN , I REAL ESTATE I COIllUSSrON DUNCE 80LIC1TKD. fj Roliaolo information given to inquiries M 9 W. Second South St , I SALT LAKE CITY , - UTAH fl WEBB & PiLHBRr 1 Heal Esfatd and I Investment Agesis . I Choice Cltv and Suburban Property for sale H at pilccsauU terms to Milt buyers | J COItltKSl'ONDKKCK BOLICITKD M Wh n visiting Salt Lake City , H call at our office M I C. I WANTLAND , REAL ESTATE , R. R. LANDS AND UTAH INVESTMENTS I I 201 MAIN STREET , SALT LAKE CITY I I * LINCOLN PARK-The Leading East Side Addition Lots , $175 to $400. v | . . BEXJNA VISTA The Leading . West , Side , . Addition . . . . . Lots $75 _ _ _ to $150 I - • " " ' " " * " - " > - > - - - ct m % * - H j " • * li ii nn.MiiTTnniiBMiiiMinMiiii in ilmiiinminini njninii imnnwi mii iiiiimm i im i iuim n mi I The Salt Lake Abstract , Title , Guaranty & Trust Co I I j ( orasaexl SSieux re-y , 3iTe f Sa Co , ) 265 © © "CTaTEC 2v Ii < f SarseEEIC . I I I CAPITAL $100,000. Incorporated Under the Laws of Utah Territory I I Makes Correct Alisffacis of Title Showing all Errors j iTitles to Real Estate and Mortgages Thoroughly Examined and Insured Rents Safe Deposit H I Boxes and does an Escrow Business Acts as Executor , Administrator , Guardian , Assignee , H I Receiver , etc , etc and Executes Trusts of every kind H l „ . - . - . - juB1M [ | | [ [ Holding Trust Funds Separate From All Other Assets of the company , and retaining as counsel the attorney through whom the business comes Collects interest on income and transact all other business authorized by its X , M charter Wills receipted for and safely kept , without charge cWiJ JOSEPH 11. SMITH , President , Denver , Col WILLIAM J. HARVEY , Vice President and Manager _ _ J I01IN W. NEFF Treasurer and Assistant Manager EDWARD W. GENTER Secretary and Abstract Officer THE ONLY TRUST COMPANY IN OTAH TEBIMTOBjg •