Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-23
KANSAS TO CHICAGO.
Interesting >igh- aud Scenes = MIS-
slonary work IN Missouri
PIdGoTT, Afkansas,
Ian. 10. 1897.


pleasant temporary home at 81. john
we called at Kansas cry, 81. Louis
and Chicago. Having letters from
Utoh representatives Of certain firms
we were kindly received. At Kensa'
City we visited the immense store
and manufacturing establishment O.
Burnhsm, Hanna, Muneer & 90. and
It was matter OF oonslderable Interest
to "mouniain -" to witness
| such display Of merchandise.
Mr.. @. A. Peake showel Us
nom top tiJjE to basement ana
also took VI tnruugh the manuiaclut-
ing estabiisumelt. On one floor We
saw i've hundred girls worklnE ~
their mechines--,here were niue LIN
dred la all employed. II was inter-
esting 20 sec buitun.holes worked anu
buttons sewsd az BY inachlnery. The
ouief articles mBuu actrreu are gents
furnishing. Wblln viewing thai large
concourss Of pGople employed,
thought how nice 1t wtuld be II we
could establish such enterprises a.
home ana be the moRu5 of employing
hundreds Of people and proVlulnK
bifbh lbl lhulgtNa L'uAus
We commenced with the biiling
department ana followed through the
entire eainblis hment OF Armour Pack
Ing Co., witnessed the niann'acturing
OF crackers Ia the American Biscuit
ANA Manufacturing q "a establish
ment, ana while tue Ellers who ac.
compauieJ rne, Jonn MuKnight, Lorin
G.. Wooiey snG Samuel Kirkham,
went 10 Inotl c iaeuco. diD.d with
Mr.. Peoke Mt nIs magnificent home,
and msae the acquhintance OF his
lAmily, all OF whom treRted me with
ths utmost consideratiol.
AT 81. Louis we vieited the Slni.
mona Hardware company anu were
kindly entertained by Mr. J. Il. Pitcher,
an oIu iriund OF many OF ouI
Utonihns. rhe first floor OF seven
stOry building was one Of marvel 10
us. Two hundred book Keepers and
lypewriters SIT az their desks. rlir-
teen elevators spipging from the cell.
Ing. Seven hundred employees operate
10 the various dedartmenls. We saw
| u show case containing $500 dliieren.
kinds OF pocket knives aud u corres-
ponding lot II other kinks OF cutlery.
1t requires 5000 turks on whaes tc
move tue stock. Scarcely pound Of
freight is moved by wagon. A freight
carrier on the pian OF mill elevator
conveys all the the oruers from thu
, packing department TO the cars, which
by the wny, Juu under the buildin.
| A complete eystem OF telephone con.
meets tue entire establishment. Five
thousand letters are sent oil daily.
We met Mr.. KoOeer, Utah's ngenl
| for the Missouri Pacific railway, who
treated us very KINDLY and we found
Two others VI our fellow citizens Ri the
Planter's hotel-Brother Henry Diu'
woodey, Jr. anu his genial vile, wht
entertained US until train time.
Awakening from our slumbers in Gu
reclining seats in the car, we fouu,
ourselves In the great city OF Chicago
Hurryiug TO and fro We cav surginl
mass OF humanity, IN this great city Q
100000 people, living on plat Q
l6x22 miles. We lost no Time IN TAX
log In the sights. Among the mos
Interesting were the slocByards
where they were ut that time handlin,
5000 head OF hogs; the art museum;
the soup factory OF Jas. s. KIRK, board
| of trade; and OF course we sscended l.
the top of the Masonic Tenn pie, ovsl
800 feet high, 81 stories aud locke,
over the great city. This remark
| able building was erected in sixteei
\ month";, cost about four aud hal
| million doliaIs, and has sixtee,
elevators with capacity OF distr but
ing 100000 people daily; tho buiidinI
| is a complete net work OF plated steel
| invited together so firmly that il coul,
bs tumbied over like wooden DO:
| with but little harm. The spaces ar,
| oiled in with bricks, making soil,
walls; floors are covered with tile. 4 Mo-
all the trimmings about the gres
stairway are marble. The material
used in the construction consisted o
| 400 tons OF steel, $4,000 tons Of torrl
Gotta and has IS miles OF electri
| wire.
| There are 2,5lS factories in the city
employing 1872, 9OS hanos,556 churches
800 miles OF paved streets, cars oil
almost every street, on the surface an
elevated as well. AS for as the ey
could reach we could see q continue
ton of streets, anu up an
down the business blochs and fiais
When we got tired OF looking, Sill
there were streets and buildings an,
people. Both elevated and Hurfac
cars were loaded with constant,
moving, hurryiDg humanity.
About six miles out in the nortbwes
we found a little hand of Saints. Ellie
John w. Davis, president OF the iii
nois conference, lives with Brothe
SoutherlapG, No. 937 North TslmaI
avenue. In that immediate vicini
~ are four Elders from Ziun, beside
President Louis Keltch whose real
dence hunter Ia the same as Eide
Davis's until he establishes his ofilc
In the city. There are about forty mem
bers OF the Church here. There ar
four young men from the mountain
studying, who associate themselves Ii
the meetings OF the Saints. They NEE
each Sunday at IL O. m. and 0 D. m.
In very nice hall, No. sol NoTtl
avenue. Il. b. Isgreen OF Tooele |
studying medicine, David Bulge O
Psrir, Idaho, g. b. Young OF Sal
Lake ana Hez. Thatcher Of Loga n
dentistry. These brethren aid yer,
much in the organizations, where
| g0Odly number attended.
1 We attended the evening meeting
which was characterized by the pres
ence Of the Spirit Of the Lofu. o.
the floor above ne. and while OH
nesting was going on, dancin,
| party was In operation. AT the clos
Of our meeting good old time han,
SHAKING was indulged in, reminding
US OF the old country meetings o
saints that we have heard Of. Eide
I =