The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16
In RAILWAY CIRCLES.
CHANCE FOR A GREAT GATHERING
IN SALT LAKE.
May Get Thousands of Christian En-
deavor Delegates to Stop over
Here Next Year, if the Proper
Move is Made-Latest By Wire
Railway Notes.

This is the age of conventions and
Salt Lake city seems to be awakening to
the fact. We have every requisite for the
holding of large meetings here and there
IS no reason why we should not be in the
fed to secure many tnat are yearly gOlng
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climate; we have wealth OIL historic IN
lerrsl; our lake ana not Springs a4one
would attracL people mere; Lne Oll.y reason
.ney 40 not come Is because Cney are not
asked ana because our peo+Ie IAN 10
sui1IcIenliy appreciate me Cn<al tne1r
own CITY. Prdcucany ali the advertising
lndt Tan Sot@ILS IN the tdSot is Tue
work OF the p4 os resslye RIO GraAde west
ern passenger department. w nLIe me
ondnluer commerce, that ought 10 be IN
the lead III this respect, is cr4pp4ed and
SlrdnSled Dy me apatny or business men
VINO seem ANXIOUS 10 be assured OF 1,UvO
per cent ON tnelr 50 or S1U SUBSCRIPTIONS
within thirty days before they viii loosen
the purse surlngs TO That extent.
we were very successful last year in Sc
curing humorous OF Delegates TO the Edu-
catlO1ldl association meeting In Denver,
VINO came over mere Tor couple OF days
ana We're Gengnted with what they saw
! The fire chiefs have just lett us singing
the praises OF Zion, and will have good
word TO say for the city from now on.
Next july the great International con-
ventlon OF the Christian Endeayor Will
meet IN San Francisco. 1t Is Impossible
just now to say now many peop4e Will at
Tend outside OF California, DuL as there
were 1900 IN Washington this year, and
as hundreds OF young people have been
saving up for the trip for some time
past, we speak conservatively when we
say that from 1900 TO l5,OUO people Will, IN
ali PROBABILITY, be crossing the continent
at that time. There is no reason in the
world why Salt Lake city should not
capture the vast army for couple OF
days EN- route. The members of the
Christian Endeavor Union in this city
who attended the Washington convention
this year brought with them 5000 copies
OF an invitation to stop over in Salt Lake
city Sunday on me way, and the re-
spolSeS of hundreds were very favorable.
The city union is suppiementing this
work by the appointment OF various COM
mittees which will have in charge all the
arrangements for the reception and en-
tertainment of the crowd. AS they viii
leave q, vast deal of money IN the city, it
is eminenTIy appropriate that the business
men and CITIZENS generally put some en-
thuS1aSm into the work OF securing their
presence here. Seattle is already making
desperate efforts to turn the tide Of
travel to the northern route. while New
Orleans IS Just as anxious to secure them
and is working to that end. Neither of
these clues possesses one-haif of our at
tractiveness, but their business men have
the faculty of seeing that what advertiSeS
and benefits their city of necessity helps
them individually, and so are enthusiast
tically aiding the EndeavorerS of those
cities with their moral and financial sup
port.
When the finance committee of the Salt
Lake Christian Endeavor Union presents
this matter to the citizens, it is to be
hoped that the chamber of commerce, the
mining exchange and similar public bodies
will be in position to give material as
sistance. AS a preliminary the Endeavor-
ers have arranged for an excursion to
Garfield next Tuesday in connection with
the Y. NJ. G. A. and Epworth league. and
the proceeds, so far as they are concerned,
will be devoted to the fund for the enter
tainment of the visitors in 1887.
We bespeak for them large turn out of
citizens of all faiths or no faith at all;
the object they have in view is a com
mendable one and should enlist the CO.
operation of every man, woman and child
in the city