The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

I gradients as sulphur, chloride OF Sodl-
UNI, iron, lithia and magnesia- The
| temperature of some of Utah's hot
springs is 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Their
curative properties are endorsed sby
medical authorities and as their value
| becomes known. they will be utilized for
/ health purposes as the hot springs OF
! Arkansas and other eastern states are
now utilized. The Sanitarium and Hot
! Springs baths were well patronlzed
during the year and a movement was
| inaugurated to construct a large hotel,
sanitarium and park, and thus bring
the salt and hot and >old mineral baths
all under one roof. This will result in
I time in making Salt Lake one of the
great health resorts on the western
side of the continent.
City's Good Health.
The lowest death rate of any city of
its size in America; the pure water
that is kept pure by every precaution;
the pure air; the lack of crowding;
the thorough system of sewage inaugu-
rated; the carefully kept home-all ap-
peal to those seeking a place of health,
cleanliness and comfort.
A Commercial Center
The commerce of Salt Lake treated
more fully elsewhere, has kept pace
with the advance of the city in all
other lines and tells story in cold fig
ureS that will nerve the heart of ev-
cry man who has pinned his faith TO
this division OF his country. The air
was rife throughout the last half of the
year with talk of coming railroads. The
| transcontinental lines have their pick
cts out in every direction to determine
how best tC enter the city; the South
ern Pacific is debating whether to enter
from the west across the lake or
around So1lf arT1 hordar fha TTfa
& Pacific is ready to shoot off from
southern Utah to the coast; the roads
now eentering in Salt Lake have been
sending out branches and tapping new
treasures to lay at Salt Lakes doors;
the movement for 100000 union de-
TO a revolution in the year now at
hand. But with the facilities at hand,
/ Utah shipped out more of her products
and shipped in more of the comforts
and luxuries of life in the year just
closed than in any other year of her
history.
a Financial Center
Salt Lake climbed to a far higher
notch in the financial world in the year
just closed than in any previous year
and is now. recognized as the clearing
house for a vast territory that is now
making mighty strides in the business
high reputation for stability in the
crash of the early eos, when banks
elsewhere went down, many never to
rise again. This reputation has grown
with each year since, and was never
brighter nor stronger than now. No
new bank was established in Salt Lake
in the year just closed, and none went
out of business that started in with
the year; but in point of the volume of
business, the stability of the banks, or
the financial showing made for the
community, the last financial state
ment of the banks far outstrips any
other showing ever made. The wealth
coming in from the mines, the farms
and the ranches is fairly reflected in |
the showing of the banks, and the most
encourag ing thought is that this
money is not in transit for the east to
pay interest charges on borrowed cap
ital, but is here, al its home. awaiting
good opportunities for investment The
field that makes its clearances through
the Salt Lake banks is constantly
widening as the fact becomes more
firmly fixed that this is the financial
center of the intermountain region.
An Educational Center.
Along educational lines Salt Lake
made gratifying advances in 1899. The |
public school system was never in |
higher favor with thqrpeople: the work
done was never more thorough nor of
a higher order; the number of children |
and teachers was never so large and |
the outlook for the future was never |
more bright. The building of school |
houses has not been up to the standard |
of some other years. it is true-two |
small buildings representing the addit- |
tons of the year-but every child in
the city had a school home and a |
chance for a free education. The stand |
ard of the Salt Lake schools has been |
high up among those of other cities for !
a number of years-it was never high |
er than in 1899
versity on the magnificent site on the |
east bench overlooking the city were |
started during the year-the foundation |
laid for an institution that is TO rival |
ali such institutions in the west Row |
land Hall was enlarged during the |
year and has had deserved prosperity. |
The Latter-day Saints college, the |
Business college, st. Mary's academy, |
All Hallows school for boys-all have |
had a good year and offered better ed |
vocational advantages than ever before. |
The movement in favor of the Sheldon |
jackson college received new impetus, |
which promises to carry that enter |
prise to a successful ending within the |
present year. In addition to those |
named there have been many private |
schools of various kinds. and altogether |
the city offered educational advantages |
that We're never better than during the |
year Just closed. They promise to |
grow better with each succeeding year
and in a short time render it unneces- |
sary for any young man or woman to
travel east for a higher education No !
city in the land is better equipped for |
laying a good solid foundation for an |
education along any line. The facilities |
for a college education are far in adj !,
vance of most other cities; the temper
of the people is TO excel in all lines. |
This characteristic is attracting good |
people from all sides, who already
recognize in Salt Lake the. coming ed
ucational center of the intermountain
west.
Closely allied to the educational work