The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-29
rsxogPERous AND PROTECTIVE.

Tsae drawing to a close of the year
La q good time for reflection, and this
Aexds to the conviction that Salt Lake
EXaS never been more prosperous than
ST present. II Is not experiencing q
46s7em." but its people all are feel
T1g In a substantial way the iorerun-
E1ezg of one CT those vaguely defined
sssais3s which used to be called flush
rEsues. The unexpectedly large in-
crv&gej IA bank deposits over those OF
81 year ego, the lower rates OF interest
,sEzd the ease with which money can
esa Borrowed, the increased shipments
nj bullion, the advanced prices OF
GaxE. and the rapid appreciation of
zeal estate, are factors which cannot
GGzl to give Salt Lake an impetus that
aE4st prove more than ephemeral.
The prospect of early communication
xEh the east by competing
raitgoad must necessarily add to her
ce1sperity, increase her commercial
dmportaDce, cause the agricultural
s&Ed mining interests Of the surround
ling eoautEy to receive fresh attention
axmd stimulate the Development OF
manufacturing possibilities that new
az dormant, because there ere no
q@sapetitiVe transportation rates 10
erpake them profitable. At this point
e1aay be INTERCEPTED suggestion. Salt
&lake should take warning from San
francisco, and encourage the estab-
Ggishment of manufactures, and be-
&zame, or at least retain her proper
szos;tioa az the metropolis of this
Sage belt of territory between the
Socky Mountains an. the Sierra
Eevadas- region rich in everything
needed to build up a magnificent city
Gssnue, filled with life, hustle and
f6usiness activity. Possessing every
Natural facility for manufacturing
sxaany gpecialties, she will not lack a
market in the broad field that must
axlways be tributary to her. Besides
she agricultural, horticultural and
eat0ek-raising resources of this empire
AZ territory. which must acknowledge
salt Lake as its central depot and
zgppiy store, she has surrounding he:
mining industry yet in It's infancy,
sUhich cannot fail to be the sources of
~ steady flow OF riches into her purse.
ESsRow looks as though in the near
duture,, five competing lines Of fail-
toad TO tie Pacific coast would be
contributing more or less to the pros
gpecity of this city, and that she was to
6e as hub to a wheel, whose iron
gnokes would stretch in every direc-
Gaz opening markets toher merchants
sand her manufactures throughout
6ae broad west. We believe
Salt Lake has greater promise OF one
day being the western inland me-
4ropois than Denver, and that in the
yaext three years she will be enjoying
fully as great prosperity as the young
giant OF Colorado, which is lacking
in many natural advantages posses
.,sed by this city. and which are es-
aential to permanent prosperity. In
order TO utilize these advantages and
qgeap the benefits to be derived from
them there must be made some i'm
pgoTements in our ways and methods.
Salt Lake is sure. bat could she not
be just as sure without being 30 aw-
fully Glow? Not a few of our citizens
eGtill cling TO the slower methods of the
,etage coach days. They know they
will get there in time, and prefer
what seems to them the safer, and
lazier pace. When the railroads
entered Denver she forgot that there
were stage coaches. She boarded
the train and drove ahead, in one
year covering the ground that for
ysnerlY required ten to compass. ThG