Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-08
OFF THE PRESS TOMORROW
Folks New City Directory Almost Ready for
the Public,
Gives the Population Of salt Lake
Ciiy A. $4,000 p Much Other
Valuable Information,

The new city directory Is about ready
for delivery TO the public. The vol
ume will be of the press tomorrow. and
binding viii commence Thursday. In
its introduction the publishers say;
We present herewith the ninth vol
ume Of r, L. Polk & Co.'S Salt Lake
City Directory. IL is the result OF q
personal house 20 house canvass Of
every home and place OF abode, Of every
office, store and workshop, within the
limits Of the city and the suburbs The
volume contains 2S,202 names-an in
crease Of l.7i2 names over the number
contained in our 1899 Directory The
population Of salt Lake City including
the suburban towns. we estimate TO
be- $4,000
salt Lake City was founded by
handful OF Mormon pioneers on July
a. 1871 The nearest eastern settlement
was on the Missouri river and all to the
west belonged 10 Mexico.
The founders were soon Joined by
a.
the little city had "a population Of over
1000 Then came the discovery Of gold
I'm California and the great wave Of mi-
grafton with the pony express the stage
coach ana the railway train at inter-
walls IN It's wake. The city rapidly in
creased In Importance on account Of
these influences and because Of the
stream OF Mormon immigration which
flowed TO II increasingly from all por-
lions Of the world
when the Union Pacific was complet-
ed In 1865. salt Lake had become the
most notable center OF trade and pOpu.
lation between the Missouri valley and
the Pacific coast Ia IL was planned the
redemption Of the surrounding deserts
from dcs0lation and from IL migrated
the thousands who. unmindful of pri-
vations and dangers, accomplished the
work OF reclamation. In lS6i-68 the
miners Of Nevada and California began
To- search I'm Utah for the precious met
ais and as the great mining Industry
developed the city responded In wealth
and growth. Thus by steady strides
has Salt Lake advanced 10 IT'S present
proportions. It's history reads Ike a
romance. Some OF the most eminent OF
the worlds writer's and travellers have
visited II and IL has come 20 be rec
garded as one OF the most quaint and
beautiful cities IN the United States
Today salt Lake has a population Of
81 Cos, cosmopolitan and progressive.
AS a measure OF its business the record
Of It's clearing house for lS99-si260O0, %
10000 Is offered This was an Increase
OF nearly NO0000oO over the record for
1898. Il is the active center OF the
whole interm0untain region, covering
the states Of Wyoming Idaho. Nevada,
Utah and Montana. and Is the home
place OF many great mining companies.
In manufacturing it is pre-emnently
the leader OF every interior western
city. The people were early driven 10
the utilization of local raw materials %
supply manufactures otherwise unob-
tainable, and from the small begin
pings Of frontier days has developed
many important manufacturing ihstl-
tutions.
OF railroads. Salt Lake has two main
lines 10 the East-The Union Pacific
and Rio Grarde Western. The oregon
Short Line opens 90 q the trade Of the
Northwest and the Puget Sound coun-
Try The Central Pacific connects it
with the coast and the steamship lines
leading 20 the Far east, and almost ev-
cry mining camp and agricultural town
IN Utah is reached By the side lines Of
these systems
AZ this writing the coming OF the c..
r. q @, IS confidently expected and a
Short Line TO Los Angeles seems GER
tain
with churches and schools the city is
wen supplied. In addition 10 the Tenn
pie and Tabernacle the Mormon re-
llpionsts have many meeting houses
and almost every other creed of Chris
tendon IS represented by church edl-
fees. Within the past decade $1,000 NVO
have gone into now and modern public
school buildings and the public school
system viii compare favOrably with
the best I'm the United States. over
70 600 Salt Lake children are IN at
tendance and the rapid growth Of the
city win soon require additional stfuc-
lures.
The limits OF this discussion win not
permit a detailed statement ~ all that
marks Salt Lake as a modern CITY,
Elsewhere IN this volume "A list OF con-
veniences win be found which entiue
it 10 be considered up-to-date IN every
respect.
Add 10 these things: 4 low tax rate
q low death rate the unrlvaled at
fractions of &c dead Sea" end hot
springs its beautiful environment and
picturesque mountain scenery, rs
broad-leaf empowered streets rs love-
ly homes, It's genial climate, its great
tributary country, an empire In eN-
tent. filled with a diversity Of rich re-
sources and you cannot frame a future
for q any more splendid than time VIII
unford.