Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-25
SALT LAKE. AND DENVER.
romparisons Made by Visitor From
Colorado.

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The following letter, emitting only the
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uoAp AvESUEs AND BEAUTIFUL
HOMES.
The first thing that strikes Denver
visitor 10 salt Lake CITY Is the great
width Of the streets. the great size Of
The blocks, and the beauty Of the shade
tr,es lining the sidewalks and the fruit
trees surrounding the homes. Public
sentiment seems TO favor one.stOty
house on four lots rather than n four
story house on one lot, aud the ten.
dency 10 closely sandwich good houses
on inside lots, like sardines III can, ~
In some parts OF Denver, has not yet
reached Salt Lake CITY, aud II The
citizens are Wise will not do 20. The
founders ofSalt Lake CITY when laying
IL out contemplated city Of homes,
and even the coulter was plated No that
each man should have over an acre,
whilejbuter tiers Of blocks gave ilve,
ten and twenty acres 10 each home.
Forty years have seen these plots
much subdivlded, but the effect Of the
original design Ia still seen In charming
cottages and villas surrounded by COM
pafntively extensive from Denver
Joint Of viewl gardens and orchards, a
class Of homes which Denver In these
DAYS Of rapid transit suburban lines
would do well 10 develop.
AN EXAMPLE IN HOME MANUFAC-
Turns.
Salt Lake City and Utah have demon.
ttrated that certain manufacturing
industries can be successfully con.
Quoted In this Far West, which Den.
yer, amongst her mauy factories, has
not yet got, but ought TO have. For
instance, the annual wool crop Of Utah
Il about ii 100000 pounds, while that
Of Colorado IL nDOut O,OD, 900 pounds,
but Utah has two old-ostablished
WOODEN mills, while Colorado has not
yet even one, eithor old or new. A
few particular. OF the Utah Mctoric 90
should therefore he interesting 10 Den.
yer and Colorado readers. In Utah
tho sheep are mostly mixture Of
Merino and CotswOld, there being few,
ifany, Mexican sheep, and the wool IL
known rs "mcdium territorial" In
securing Il shrinks from 50 10 70 per
cent, none lees than so per cent.
Wool manufacturing In Utah dates
from 1850 and there are now factories,
one nj Provo, employing 100 hands,
the other, the Deserct mill, In Salt
Lake City, employing from sixty 10
seyenty.fivs hands, and they have
mo difficulty In getting all the
shilled l.i,or they fcniiIre Tn,
Provo mill has a nay roll Of about
5000 per month ami turns out about
SaDO.OO0 worth Of goods per nnnum,
while ia, Desetet mill in salt Lake
CITY PAYS about 5000 per month In
wages, with An annual output OF about
ET5 OO1. These two mills consume
nbout /. 600. 900 hounds OF native wool
per annum, manufacturing II into a
large variety OF cheviots, cassimeres,
fiannels, lindseys, blankets, shawIs
and warns.
rtroASr stttra oy NATIVE otoru
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Hnm. IN IN. ohcviota and mani. cio,h
goods are excellent aud business suits
OF this native cloth aro mad. TO
measure In Salt Lake City at S25 each.
Three. fourths Of the product OF these
mills are sold In Utah and the States
and Territories Immediately adjoining
and the balance sent even further
aHeld. In 1890 tho Provo mill alone
shipped not less than $4,000 worth OF
goods into Colorado! The gray notified
blankets made by that MIL arc sold
from Boston to San Francisco at from
90 cents 10 20 cents per pound; pair OF
blankets weighing from Ave to
ten pounds, In straight, pure
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