The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-06

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! we could have furnished a certificate of
particular benefits to particular in
/ diViduals, we might have been more
! successful. Yet this is Salt Lake, the
richly endowed queen of an empire
the unrivaled city where millions of
money is invested. and the hopes Of
$4,000 people are centered. But some
! thing, after all, was gained by the inn
/ provement in the appearance of the
chamber, for it has peen visited, dur
/ ing the year, by many hundreds of
! people from abroad; its exhibits have
/ been made of service to our citizens for
! the purpose of convincing proposed
I investors and settlers of the greatness
/ of our region, and the inevitable
! growth of our city and we have had
/ the satisfaction of feeling that a visit
\ to the chamber, by either resident or
/ stranger. would not humiliate the one,
or horrify the other.
INQUIRIES RECEIVED.
The secretary has received and an
/ swered about 5000 letters of personal
/ inquiry during the last year of his Sc
/ vice. These inquiries have covered
/ a diversity of subjects. Climate. real
! estate, manufacturing, conditions of
business, educational advantages. min
I ing resources, opportunities for obtain
ing farm land, chances for employment
and the methods of irrigation being the
/ principal subjects of inquiry.
/ 1t is a growing custom for citizens.
officers of the United States land office,
! the mayor of this city, the postmaster,
I the governor. the secretary of state,
/ and other public officers receiving in
! quiries, to forward them to the secre-
/ tary for reply.
/ My familiarity with this correspond
] 49,
/ special lines of literature should be
/ pepared upon these questions and 9TH
/ ers that are liable to be made the sub
/ ject of inquiry.
/ This would tighten the work of the
4 secretary, would save the burdening
/ the mails with information not re-
/ quested and would reduce the cost of
! printing and postage materially.
/ MIR. GORDON'S INVESTIGATION.
From time to time the chamber has
| been applied to for special statistical
informa ton, and in every instance this
I has been compiled and delivered. Dur
ing the month of December Mr.. A. w.
Gordon, a representative of Scottish
capital, arrived here charged with the
duty of investigating the resources of
this state with a view of determining
the advisability OF the investment here
by his clients of large sums of money.
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Mr.. Gordon and furnished him a
lengthy report upon the opportunities
offered for investment in loans, mines
and real estate This report has recent
ly appeared in the public prints Of the
city. together with a portion of Mr..
Gordon's letter of acknowledgement
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
During the year many communica-
lions have been received proposing the
establishment here of manufacturing
institutions and requesting concessions
1t has been an inVariable custom to
invite all applicants to Investigate the
advantages we offer, but to assure them
that the giving of bonuses is not looked
upon faVorably by this community. and
that the best bonus we have to offer is
the presence of raw material the sup
port of a growing city and the trade
of a great tributary country. be
ieve the time is suspicious to en-
courage the establishing of manu-
factories. and that many large labor
employing institutions could be Sc
1 cured. if steps were taken to encourage
their coming.
The valuable pamphlet entitled
Resources and Attractions of Utah"
Of which an edition OF $4,000 was print
ed in 1894, and which may be said to
be a complete compendium of all that
its title indicates, is exhausted. This
book should be revised and reprinted.
ADVERTISING DONE.
encouragement has been given by the
board to every newspaper and publish
er DESTROYS of printing descriptive mat
ter of this city and state, but owing
to our condition of financial stringency,
this encouragement has been in the
shape of recommendations and appeals
to the public, rather than in the shape
of moneyed aid.
Through the courtesy of resident
representatives of the Rio Grande
Western and Union Pacific railways,
much information has been given by
the chamber to the public through the
medium of railway publications The
Rio Grande Western has carried, with
out cost in its time cards, special
articles descriptive of the city and
state which have been prepared from
time to time by the secretary.
The Secretary's Office was taxed to it's
full strength during the month of
December in the preparation of articles
for the Denver and Salt Lake holiday
press. And the publication of the same
simultaneously with the admission Of
Utah into the union, will, no doubt be
Of value in directing the attention Of
home seekers and capital this way.
RETIRING OFFICERS.
Too much cannot be said in COM
mendation of the faithfulness and dill
gence of the outgoing members of the
board of directors in discharging their
official duties.
These gentlemen have attended
weekly meetings throughout the great
er portion of the year. and have given
their time uncomplainingly to the bust
ness CT the chamber. They have extend
ed invitations to Industrial and
fraternaI associations to hold their con-
Venti0ns in this city; they have given
careful consideration to every com
municatiOn of Importance; they have
left their offices during business hours
and solicited public support; and
throughout the whole term of their
service have unselfshly and assiduous-
" devoted themselves to the work of
the chamber and the promotion through
its influence of the public good
Our rooms We're utilized by the dele
gates to the silver convention. called
during the summer by Governor Rick
hart, of Montana. To the efforts of the
members of the chamber, and to the
gentlemen who generously advanced
the funds expended on that occasion. is
due the fact that Salt Lakes pride was
maiatained during the period of the
convention, and that the delegates there
to left filed with praises of the city
and its people
COMING CONVENTIONS.
am pleased to report that the trans
Mississippi congress. the Ticket Brok-
ers' association and the association of
Fire Engineers. win hold conventions
in Salt Lake during the current year