The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-14
TO ADVERTISE SALT LAKE.
a Valuable Paper Presented at
the Real Estate Exchange.
FOR WORLDS FAIR USE.
Quarter Of Million Dollars Worth OF
West Side Property Pooled.
Minnesota Capitalists viii Establish a
Bank on state street-A Company
Organized TO Handle Brighton
Property-A New Hotel.

At yesterday mornings session of the
zeal estate exchange there were several
offers of property on cali and number Of
wants.
j. Ii. Tails was present to advocate the
proprietv of inviting the Order OF Rail-
way Conductors, now in session in Cleve-
land, to hold their next session in this
city and at the suggestion of the members
present President Conklin sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Grand Chief Clark:
The real estate exchange, in regular
session, sends greeting, and gives to your
order hearty invitation to hold yonr next
convention at Salt Lake city,
Or. j. s. Wing, the owner of valuable
onyx quarries near Springville, made a
proposition to sell 80, 900 shares Of stock
IN company 20 work the property for
SIS, $50.
At4:30 0. m. the exchange held an i'm
portant meeting for the purpose OF re-
ceiving the report of the special commit
tee appointed to revise the bylaws. The
committee was not ready to report and
gsked for further time, which was
aranted.
VALUABLE PAPER.
The remaining time OF the session was
taken up by Professor Hirsching, who
SCeA oil Interesting paper on
Salt Lake City as 8 Sanitarium and its
Natural Resources. Professor Birsch-
ing prepared this report for the use Of the
Worlds fair commission, the intention
being TO print it in pamphlet form for dis
trlbution at the Worlds fair. 1t is the
most exhaustive and valuable exposition
OF the climatic advantages, resources and
natural wealth OF Utah, and the reading
was listened to with close attention by
the mem herS OF the exchange
The paper dwells on the wonderful
curative properties OF the thermal springs
near this city, and regret is expressed
that large hotel has not been erected,
in order that invalids may enjoy the
benefits to be derived from the waters.
Considerable space is devoted to the
great salt lake and as an illustration of
the exhaustive character of the whole
paper, an estimate is made of the com
merclal value of the great dead sea. Es-
hmating the average depth of the lake to
be twenty feet, the professor computes
that it contains .791, 900, 900, 900 pounds
of salt, containing 1925, 600. 000, 600 worth
of soda ash, or five times the value CT all
the precious metals that have been pro-
duced in the United States.
The agricultural, stock raising, mining
and other industries are also treated in a
most complete manner.
Taken altogether the paper is OF a
character calculated to attract the atten-
ton of Worlds fair visitors and do vast
amount of good in the way of advertising
the territory.
In response to questions, Professor
Hirsching estimated that the cost of
printing this work in pamphlet form.
embellished with appropriate cuts, would
be about 500. He understood that j. H.
Bennett Of the Rio Grande Western had
offered TO contribute $50, and Frank Knox
G like amount.
SHOULD BE PRINTED.
The exchange rendered Professor Hrs