The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-01
mid FOOT OF HORN
NEW YEAR is BORN
Old Men and Boys Fill Air With
Noise.
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BELLS RING; PEOPLE SING
ALL GLAD TO SEE YOUNG NINE
TEEN TWO.
BELLS RING; PEOPLE SING

For some reason everyone seemed to
be glad of It. No one mourned old 1901,
but hailed young 1902. The old fellow
packed his grip and turned his face to
the west to join his millions of fellows
in the great shadow land Of eternity,
while the new danced in like a newborn
JOY, with cheeks aglow and eyes full
of mirth.
Nineteen hundred and two was greet
ed in Salt Lake City. with a great deal
of noise and racket. The stroke of u
found every one in apparent expecta-
ton, for whistles blew and bells rangs
and cannon crackers exploded and boys
yelled and girls cheered and sang, and
old men whoOped and all who were
out on the streets Joined in wishing
each other the compliments of the sea-
son.
There were no particular set features,
everything was spontaneous. OF
course, it is a custom here to blow
whistles and ring bells, and the en-
gineers and sections were on the qui
vive for the moment when the hands
on the dial marked the passing of the
one and the coming of the other. The
Oregon Short Line shops were the first
to announce the dawn of the present
and the l1nell of the past. But not by
any considerable length of time. for in
less than half dozen seconds the bal
ance Of the city was joining in cho-
rus.
Cheers For New Year.
Uptown everybody gave the new
year a cheer, from the small boy out
late, when ne should have been abed,
to the policeman on the beat Who was
moderate in his transports. There was
quite a bit of powder demonstration,
too, by the youth of the town, who had
forearmed themselves as it were with
ammunition from the Chinese shops
where cannon crackers and wicker
bombs ere to be had. John Chinaman
himself entered into the spirit of the
occasion, and Plum alley and other
places where he exposes his wares and
merchandise for sale, resounded with
explosions for a half hour or more. The
motormen on the street cars. for want
| OF something better to make a din,
rang their gongs furiously. A few tin
horns were heard on the street, but this
kind of serenade was not as plentiful
as usual
NC WHICH MeOLluSS-
various portions of the city there
were a few meetings at private resi-
! dences. but there were none of the old
/ time watch meetings. so far as could
be learned. The nearest approach was
that of the Salvation Army which
| concluded a series of meetings held on
| the corners in various portions Of the
| business districts. The army was out
( In, "a TIr-
/ earnest and the eXhortatiOns more than
| ordinarily effective. At the conclusion
/ Of the street meetings a large attend
l ance was present at the hall. where
/ the closing hours of 1901 were spent in
/ religious exercises
Skaters Welcome Year.
! The skating ponds within and with
out the limits were well Datronized last
night by young people. who skated the
/ old out and the new in. These gay
/ young people came in on the late cars
/ and made the welkin ring with their
| cheering. The Fifth North street line
/ did an exceptionally heavy business.
/ carrying about 400 boys and girls TO the
/ terminus near some splendid ice on one
[ Of abe small lakes near the end of its
/ line.
/ Upon the whole 1902 came in under
/ suspicious circumstances. The ather
I was perfect, the people seem TO be
/ happy. and if everything goes as we'll
I through the twelve months which will
/ comprise the career of the youngster
born last midnight. there is no doubt
| that the public viii be equally happy
when the new year just born takes IFS
/ place in line and makes way for its
| successor. 1903.