Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

From a seml-o official source comes the
welcome intelligence that within the
next three years salt Lake viii become
IN very deed the railroad center Of the
intermountain region During the past
few months printers ink has been laV-
ishly spent in asserting that the Union
Pacific, the Southern Pacific ana the
San Pedro roads would converge to a
common center in this city, and that
Salt Lake would thereby become the
great distributing point of the West
on top of this statement comes the
glad tIdngs that as soon as the Harrl-
man and Gould interests have per-
fected their plans and arrangements,
and the same are In good running order
the Union Pacific headquarters viii be
transferred to Salt Lake so that the
affairs of the oregon Short Line, the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
many the Southern Pacific ana the
parent union Pacific system can be
directed from central point
GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER.
A glance at the map shows that
geographically Salt Lake Is to all IN
tents and purposes the Ideal spot
wherein TO locate the general offices OF
the Union Pacific At present all ar
fairs of moment are operated from
headquarters at Omaha on the banks
of the Missouri river and at the eN-
IRENE eastern end of the big system
This site under the new order OF things
Is a growing source of delay and IN
convenience, the necessity OF moving
west has been under serious Considera-
ton for some time. Salt Lake is grow
ing every day, her clearing house re-
turns for the week just closed show an
increase of los per cent over ana above
the same week OF year ago building
is I'm progress on all sides, new enter
prises are coming into the State, ana
taken all I'm all Salt Lake city shows
solid and steady signs Of progress that
are second to none In any city of the
Great West. Her steady and persistent
growth is attracting capital and
drawing the attention of investors
throughout the country On the
other hand Omaha, as one drum
mer said in the Kenyon yesterday,
rs getting TO be a dead 'un," The
last census returns showed a falling off
In the population and the city generally
Is conceded to have passed the zenith of
her prosperity. But the relative growth
of the two cities in the past and IN days
to come, has no influence upon the
Hartman interests as before stated
It isa question OF geography The I'm
ION Pacific interests now extend from
H., II, A. as.tI "a %
co I'm the middle west land soon will
tap Los Angeles in the southwest COAST
Butte In the north clear to Omaha,
thence by its allied lines through
20 Chicago All the lines in this inter-
mountain region converge In Utah ana
from the junction here they are to be
directed, so said a gentleman this
morning.
OMAHA's ZENITH PASSED.
As an illustration Of the comparative
growth and business transaction Of the
two cites--Salt Lake and Omaha-it rs
only necessary to call attention to their
weekly bank clearlngs The former has
been going forward by leaps and bounds
for some time past, while the latter
shows a gradual and steady decline.
For instance, Salt Lake clearings this
week show an increase Of 1852 per cent
over the same week last year, while
the volume OF business transacted IN
Omaha shows a falling off Of 9,4 per
cent. II will be readily seen that this
sort OF thing cannot go on for any
great length OF time until the Utah
metropolis will entirely outstrlp her
Omaha sister 1t is further believed