The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
SALT LAKES FUTURE
ROSY WITH PROMISE
City'S Wealth Never So Great; Prosperity Never So
Widely DifuSed as Now.
Manifold Advantages That Make the City Center in Every De-
partment Western Activity

DCrtance Of this point as a resort OF
health and pleasure been so well re-
cOgnized as during the present year.
People come to Salt Lake because It's
fame has gone out over the world; they
remain because of the many charms
the place affords. Of the constant
streams OF tourists that pass TO and
from the city throughout the months
Of spring, summer and fall there are
few who do not go away singing the
praises of the city and Of her people.
The bathing resorts in and around the
city: the pleasure grounds and parks;
the summer opera and the racing; the
glorious canyons; the rides about the
city and TO the nearby pOintS-aU
these, added TO a climate that has no
superior on the American continent, go
+ far to account for the armies of people
+ who come and come again to Salt
/ Lake. These same causes, backed by
/ the hospitality of the people, account
/ Tor the coming Of national conventions
/ to hold their sessions in Salt Lake.
/ POLITICAL CENTER.
! Being in direct communication with
! every available point in the state, as
well as with every one of the adjoining
/ states, it is not surprising that Salt
/ Lake should be the seat of political in
ftUence for the intermOuntain region
/ 10 a greater or less extent The re-
mOval to this city Of the internal rev.
enue Office for the entire district of
/ Montana, Idaho and Utah was a sur
/ face indication Of this fact The fact
/ that great wealth is centered here; that
/ the greatest newspapers between Den
/ YER and the coast are published here,
and that many of the most influential
/ mn of IA q hes
l natural THAI the influences that go out
/ from here should go far toward shap-
ing the desGnies of the whole section.
/ The fact that irrigation and the rec
lauatiOn of the arid lands of the
! west is to become a leading policy of
the federal government adds emphasis
/ to what has been stated on this point
CITY OF HOMES.
There is stir another factor greater
/ than those mentioned. The American
/ home is considered to be the corner
stone of the nations greatness; the
same statement may be made with re-
/ gard TO this city. 1t is a city of homes.
I There are few cities of equal size in
/ which there is a larger percentage Of
/ hone-oWners. During the present year
/ there were more homes bought than
T in any year in the past ten, and there
were more new homes built. Many of
/ these are small, but they are all sub
stantial, and some are very fine. Many
! OF the finest are still in course of con-
| strUCtion. Building has been retarded
/ throughout the entire year for lack of
material, but in spite of that fact
1 great activity has characterized the
: building trades, and homes have
/ sprung up in great numbers in every
/ section of the city. 1t is noticeable,
/ too that in the houses going up this
( year people are demanding more and
/ more of the beauties and cOnveniences
D that constitute essential parts of the
! modern house
/ Considered from every material point
of view, the record of the past, the
3 rapidly increasing wealth, the assur-
/ ance of important railroads, the rapid
/ growth Of trade and manufactures, the
schools, the colleges, the libraries the
! churches, the hospitals, the pleasure
+ resorts-all point in the same direction.
/ 1t is freely predicted that the pOpula-
ton Of the city viii more than double
IL ten years, and that the city viii
keep pace in every important particu-
lar with the increase in population.
/ It is impossible to paint anything Isut
a rosy future for the community. The
I pIpSitSStNe character Oh the people,
/ combined with all the advantages that
/ are afforded, win drive the city for
/ ward in the years just ahead with an
/ impetus that nothing can resist.
/ SOME PRESENT NEEDS.
But the splendid record thus far
made viii not blind the eyes Of the
/ people Of Salt Lake to the necessity Of
/ taking advantage of every factor that
will tend to keep the city moving.
+ There are needs that appeal to the
/ minds of all. Among these is a cham
/ Der Of commerce or some similar or
ganizatiOn that viii enable the business
men of the city to act in concert on
important enterprises that affect the
welfare of the community. Another
thing needed is a union passenger
DEPOT for the convenience of the trav-
cling public and for the credit Of the
city. Still another thing needed to put
Salt Lake on an equality with cities in
other parts Of the country in this re-
I specf is more street paving. A good
start was made this year. and the
+ promise for the future is that despite
+ the wonderfully wide streets this city
Will soon take the lead in this respect,
! as she has already done in many
I others Associated with this last is the
Meter Of sidewalks. The lack of these
/ is noticeable only in the winter. but it
is so noticeable then that the people of
the city cannot afford to overlook the
matter