The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
SALT LAKES PROGRESS
BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Every Enterprise ProsperS and New Undertakings
Are Daily Projected.
Bank C~learings Show Greater Percentage of Increase Than Any
Other City, Except New York.

iected in the bank clearings. and vet
II is a fact patent to all observers that
the city Is making a record in this
respect that Will throw far into the
shade the very best that has been ac-
co1nplished in the years that are gone.
The Knights of the Grip, with salt
Lake as a base Of operations, have been
ScOurlng the i-ntermOuntain region for
business this year as never before. they
nave been driving lei the interIOpers
from the outside and stalking a claim
Tor the JObberS of this city that would
have seemed prepOsterOus a few years
ago. 1t is safe to predict that the Job
blng trade of the cit for the fulI year
VIII be considered great when com
pared with all previous records. 1t is
a fact that the representatives Of the
Salt Lake houses have been going fur
Their out on the borders this year than
before, while at no time in the past
have they had such complete control
of the inside field. h success is said
to be due in great measure to the sell
ing of larger orders on closer margins.
and this indicates prosperity and a
greater ability TO buy on the part of the
customers.
In the realm of retail trade the city
is making even a better showing. There
was never a time since the beginning
when the merchants of Salt Lake made
so good a showing as they are making
his fail. The year with all of them
has been a great one; there has been
no failure worthy the name in the
ranks Of the local merchants; the col
l~ections have been uniformly good and
the stocks of goods carried would do
credit to q city of three times the size.
And at no time in the year up to this
time were the stocks so heavy or at
t~ractive as now at the opening of the
fall campaign Very many OF the store
rooms have been remodeled and great
" improved in appearance; many
shackS have been crOwded out to make
room for large modern store rooms, ana
the business district of the city has
been expanding in all directions
The Growth of the City.
Salt Lake has not yet forgotten the
lesson learned in the boom of the early
'9Os. The scars of that disastrous pc
are still to be seen, and they Will re-
main for many years yet, reminders Of
what folly linked with greed can do
There is no boom. nor anything ap-
preaching it, IN the splendid growth
this city is making at this time. and
yet it is a growth that in many places
would be called a boom. Houses by
the hundreds nave been erected this
year. and still there are nc houses 20
be had by the stream of people coming
in from all sides to make Salt Lake
their permanent home The records
Will undoubtedly show that in spite Of
the difficulty in getting building mate
rial throughout the greater part of the
year, 1901 viii eclipse the best previous
year in building And the fact that
there is not an empty house to be
ound within the limits of the city IS
the best evidence to be had that the
population is rapidly increasing. Nor
has the building been confined to small
homes. Work has been IN
many fine homes begun before the pres
ent year was uShered in, while many
more have been started this season.
These now stand not only as evidences
of the prosperity of the people, but as
testimonials Of the confidence of the
men who amasSed great wealth in Utah
hat Zion has a permanent and brilliant
future. With magnificent business
blocks a cathedral and university
buildings in course of construction.
with a half million dollar federal build
ing, a beautiful Presbyterian church, a
grand building for All HallOws college.
a palatiaI office building and a thor
oughly modern six-stOry fla planned
and ready for construction, ii viii be
readily seen that Salt Lake viii keep
to the front in the procession in the
immediate future
The advantages that Salt Lake holds
out to the world are not all material.
As an intellectual center her claims
must be recognized. The public school
system of the city is conceded to be
fully abreast Of the best to be found
in the country with n people fully
determined that in this respect there
shall be no backward steps The fact
thaU people are coming in from all the
surrounding territory TO give their
children the advantages of b Salt
Lake common schools is proof thar
their fame has already gone abroad.
The fine school buildings TO be found
nicely located in all parts Of the city,
with more going up and others being
enlarged, is proof that the schools are
popular at home II very close to the
hearts Of the people When to the
! common schools are added the UniVer-
sity of Utah, All Hallows college. Smell
don Jackson college. Salt Lake college.
I st. Mary's academy. Rowland hall and
the many other Institutions Of learn
ing. it viii be seen that already salt
Lake has become an educational CEN
ter. and viii become more of an intel
/ IectuaI center as the year go on and
these Institutions grow in strength and
influence. There is stilI to be added
the free circulating library of the city
that is growing rapidly in size and pop
; ularity. This must be locke upOn as
one of the educational Institutions of
the city. and when If Is housed in the
fine building that John Q. Packard, the
: philanthrOpic miner. mas planned for it.
it viii be ranked well M among the
attractions of the city