The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
MARVELLOUS PROMISE
OF salt LAKE CITY
Educational, Intellectual, Financial and Business
Center of IntermOuntain Region.
Present Prosperity Widespread and the City'S Future Rosy
With Glorious Possibilities Of Added Greatness.

" - rum It's CQdTD1 is a resort
OF health and pleasure. The year 1900
Is the banner yea up to this time as
70 the patronage of the pleasure resorts
IN ana around the city. AS the pOpuIa-
ton and business of the city increases
ana more and more rains run in from
outside points, the more are the bath
ing and pleasure resorts of the COM
munity ~patrOnized. During the past
summer excursions from all over the
lntermountaln region came in. carrying
their thousands to enjoy the cooling
breezes and in~vigOrating baths at Salt
ar the beautiful picnic grounds at the
lagoon and the celebrating sports al
The salt Palace. To these must be
added Fort Douglas on the hills to the
east Of the city, Calder's park to the
SOUTH and the thousand and one beau
THU camping and fishing hooks scat
tered among the hills on all sides of
the city. A visit to the city itself is
considered a treat to people from all
sides of the globe. The city and the
valley IN which it IS situated have been
nkened to a beautiful landscape paint
nS. with q frame OF s-nONcapped hills.
Nature has indeed done wonders for
Salt Lake, and the beauty of the city
and its surroundings increases each
year as its fame attracts pleasure hunt
ers from all parts OF the country.
The man historic landmarks of the
city, the unexcelled baths and pleasure
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that appeals to the bese sentiments of
the heart; the beauty of the city, with
its wide streets, its beautiful shade
trees, its running water and its mag
nihcent outlook on all sides; h health
fulness OF the city-sll this make a
deep impression upon the mind of every
visitor and accounts IN large part for
the rapid and permanent growth Of the
city.
The natural and acquired beauty of
the city, together with its unrivaled ad-
vantages in the field of pleasure, bust
ness and education, has many other
features that appeal with greater power
to many people. The music to be heard
every Sunday and on many days in the
week without money and without price,
the fact that many of the very best
theatrical trOupes stop in the city in
transit to or from the Pacific a the
religious advantages held out by all the
/ leading denominations. the splendid
lectures 10 be heard here by many OF
the leading thinkers in b different de-
partments of human activity-al these
are attractions that appeal with great
force TO different classes OF people.
ABODE OF WEALTH.
That the city advances in wealth and
! refinement is d iaCt patent TO any per
son who has watched the course Of
events in the past few years. The
building of schools, churches and libra
rieS in different parts of the city IS not
the only evidence Of this fact. The
beautiful homes that are going up on
/ all sides, the beautifying of the parks
and streets of the city, the beautifying
of private grounds and the splendid
taste displayed in the decoration Of
private homes are all evidences of this
fact. a few years g one of the men
who had gained wealth in the mines of
Utah set the example of building a
{ fine home in Salt Lake and spending
( his money in the community in which
il was secured. This has now come to
I be the rule. and il is most highly graf
flying to note the number OF splendid
+ homes that have sprun6 up in this
way. This tendency has been more
marked during the past year than was
ever the case before. and as a result
homes are now going up that wouid
do credit to the fashionable banks Of
the Hudson.
One other fact along this same line
/ that promises we'll for the future Of
the city is that these same men who
have gained great wealth from TIE
mines Of Utah are each year seeing
more clearly the advantage o. invest
ing a portion of their wealth in real
estate in the city. 1t is a fact that
more money from this class of men
was invested in good business property
in the heart Of the city in any
previous But the buyIng or this
class of property has not been confined
to local men; investors from the out
side see IA value that is certain to
come 10 much of this property in the
near future and lose no opportunity OF
picking up bargains in the business
district. As a result Of this values have
greatly advanced during the year, and
in some cases the boom prices Of the
early eos are coming back These IN
vestments and the building of the fine
residences, churches and school houses
with the many other minor improve
ments constantly going on, are n
part of the evidence hat Salt Lake IS
now a great center Of wealth This
fact viii be %accentuE ed as the years
go by.
Much might be said IF Salt Lake as
the center of art. Many of her boys
and girls have gone out and won fame
in he world in the realm Of art. The
artistic instinct is very pronounced
among the people of the community,
and here in Salt Lake are advantages
that naturally attract and develop tai
ent in this line. until il has come TO be
recognized as q fact that Salt lake IS
a center o art and mUsic-Very mucn
more than other cities of rs same
size. salt Lake Is also coming 10 be
OOked upOn as a center OF industry,
manufacturing here is still
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should until numerous railroads fur
nish an outlet for the surplus articles
manufactured. As il is, the home mar
ket is supplied in many lines and the
tendency 10 be independent Of the out
side world in this respect is more pro-
nOunced now than ever before. The
sugar industry is a good illustration OF
the situation.
GLIMPSE OF FUTURE.
Looking TO the future, the people of
this community find nothing to give
them fear but very much 10 give them
hon and confidence. II Is now rea-
sonably certain that before another
wear rolls around one Of the great rail-
roads of the nation viii find its way
into the city from the east. II is also
reasonably certain that this road viii
be but the f0rerun1er Of a number of
others that viii radiate east and west
from salt Lake az the hub. With
these Improved railroad facilities viii
come rapid improvement il many 9TH
er lines. and the population Of he city