Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-26
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SAIL LAKES POPULATION.
The figures given by Che census
cnumcmi9r aa tho population Of BAL.
Lake city In February, 1925, mo- doubt
will provo disappointing to some po5-
PIC who have boon accul,omoi 60
claiming that tho city contained $1,000
t07O,oOl inhabitants. The bulk % the
clliz11s, tine conservative element, will
feel, however that tho recent onumora.
ton 10 approximately correct, mud win
be- satisnoi that the showing % ua
thoroughly hrn'thiul Hs could be- de-
alfcd In Wow Of all tho circlmsancos.
Tho total population now IFS placed at
1880, or gain over 1890 OF nearly
per cent IN four aud % half years.
Three years ago tho number Of tho
clly'a inhabitants was perhaps three
to four thousand more than Il BE- at
present, but u cannot BIO 6all That
this larger population was benefit
from the fact that a oonslisrhbl6 plr.
ton was Of tho Transient class that
drlilod In here merely 10 htt8n ON the
expenditures Of public money. Oar
iug the years succeeding the opening
Of 1900 there we're millions of dollars
distributed by public officials, much Of
Il ex1ravaganlly; tho city aud county
were burdonod with debt to the extent
Of their credit for borrowing, ana tax
payeu will groan under the load iur
years to come. This eEtravagant ez.
ponditufo was the opportunity Tor c0r-
mOrants who had no Interest iu the
welfare OF this locality except fIr the
individual benefits they might receive
and that made Il an easter fold Of
operations than elsewhere. Now that
public finances arc no longer playing
fact anu loose, these ttanuonts
have departed 10 other climes;
and while bona hdo Salt
Lnkea recognize that they have some
valuable public Improvements In lou
Of the cash expended, they also realize
that they have paid a very high price
for the temporarily augmented popu-
lation.
Under such circumstances, therefore,
II 10 a source OF Qualification 10 know
that tho ialling.0T In numbers has
been very LARGELY Ia that class which
the city eau 10 without 70 advantage.
Az tho municipality STANDS today, the
increase has been 10 boHEhdo rrslion,s
whose desire and intention h 10 make
this their home, aud 10 devote their
energies for rs prosperity. while the
Increase over the census OF 1870 tupru.
sont only per cent, it should Uy
remembered also that thucrusus In that
year was largely inflated by tho influx
OF the floating element which has slnco
departed. Considering this, tue iu-
crease Of substantial residents actually
has been a higher percentage thsn the
bare figures indicate.
There Is another avenue Of reducing
the oity'HpOpulatlon which, however,
has carried outside OF tue city llmitb
most desirable class OF people WHO
have shown themselves frugal, Undue.
trous, and possessed Of o. s,toug attach.
mont Tor the surroundings OF ptfma.
nUut homU8. Thcue are business men
and mechanics who have located boo
vasIous suburban aIuil1ug wuluA
place them outside OF the city geuaua.
taE,r. The number of former resident.
Of this city VINO have passed through
that avenue during tho pst
hyo years TO escape Gig bur
duns OF dilelcut Eiuds wall
reach Into tho thousands. Thcao u.u
not included iu tine enumeration,
though they arc all intimately con.
uec,od with tho city'5 iuIyss. nd
there Is any regret associated with o.
falling on 10 population, &c DO because
Of policy that has impollyI lhgsu
people b so ouaiie Of tie corporate
lni,g.
In tho comparative figures OF paau.
lau1u, ana the VOL known oausrs
affecting thum, are augge dose which
should afford opportunity Tor u,gp
thought among thosu actively engaged
ia directing ,ho municipal policy.
Our business men, promoters, Cham.
blr OF Commerce and others All may
combine ia Efforts 90 secure an iuhuN
u capital anu bona hlo residents g..
tho city; but while there Stands
before the country tlu unveiled
object lesson Of tho past four or i've
years. level headed people afc going Co
nghtBhy. Onls lace that o0lsa, los.
son presents two prominent fuGtlIgs;
NJ That when there arc public fund.-
goezpond. nOu'toGpayeu and transient,
reap tho benefits, while property
owners have to foot tho bin; % Thsl
heavy general lsxor, augmented by
more excessive special ussesgm0uts on
Grgo dlGIicts, where the benefits arc