The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
NELDEN DELIVERS ADDRESS
He TELLS WHAT ORGANIZATION
HAS DONE IN PAST YEAR.

Of The new board of governors ther
took charge of affairs. The organiza-
tlon of the new board was effected anC
the following. officers were elected:
President-ColoreI E. F. Holmes.
wee President-Joseph A. Silver.
Secretary-Stephen H. Love.
Recommendation Bamberger.
ne ADDRESS of the retiring president
w A Nelden, was then presented and
read as follows:
DS SaTt OF Go9vernors, Commercial Club.
Salt Lake City, Utah:
! Gentlensen-In closing my terr, &c e
nee as president of the Cor, snerciaI cl1b
desire, in advance OF further remarks,
70 most earnestly thank the members of
this body. and of the club genersIIV for
Iheir unfailing courtesy extended to me
| curing the past year and TO congratulate
| them upon the high character and busi~
ness ability of the INCOMING, menabers of
the board u
The club has just finished the first wear
OF ITS existence. and the detailed reports
OF It's officers indicate that it is in a
/ prosperous condition such as assures its
| success and future usefulness to the
! its incOroorators
The records in the secretary's office
snow that On Feb. Il. 1892. fifty-eight
! tlcles OF Incorporation. which We're filed
/ N the oIflce OF the secretary of state and
that since then 300 additional members
| nave been elected This membership rep-
ressnts nearly every phase of the busi-
ness, social and professional Interests Of
oi the commonwealth of Utah, and fur
nlSheS an aggregation of ability which
| when intelligently combined for the ac-
COnpLShment OF the purposes of the
club cannot fail TO be of great benefit TO
the city OF salt Lake and the state of
Utah Indeed, the club by its adver-
Using work and the labor of its various
committees has already won a right 10
! the confidence and support of the com
munity. though the past has been but
the formative period of its existence.
Work of the Club.
The active work of the club was begun
pe1ore the organization was completed,
By conferences between a special com
niittee of the club and the chief officers
OF the Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany, concerning the Lucin cutoff That
this effort was without direct benefit
was due solely TO the fact that this de-
tan IN the change of alignment of the
Southern Pacific railway had already
been determined upon and the result of
the committees work in this connection
strongly demonstrated the necessity for
the existence OF some public body charged
with the duty of protecting the inter-
In April. 1902. at the request of cfti-
zens of southern Utah. the club memorial 1
lied congress concerning what is known
as the Arizona strip and succeeded
IN awakening. new interest in this i'm
p0rtant question.
In May the club took up the question /
of the Improvement and completion of
the boulevard but owing to the con-
tinued illness of the. chairman of the COM
nlittee on public improvements and parks, |
nothing was done but preliminary work, |
though the Interest of our citizens in the |
commercial value of civic beauty was /
greatly increased by means of the public !
lecture given under the auspices of the /
committee by Mrs Austin Hamlin in the /
Grand theatre. and by the discussion |
this event caused in the daily papers.
About this time the good offices of tho !
club were offered in an attempt TO set /
tie the differences between two of our
raj ifra ha nF min
depot and a public meeting of the club i
was called TO discuss the subject. at /
were heard. The design of the club was /
not to interfere with the private affairs |
of the companies in question. but to pro- |
tect so far as consistent with the pro-
prieties the interests Of the community. /
but the affair was so involved with mu- /
nicipal legislation that the matter re-
the indications are now that the city will /
not long remain without proper and cred
liable depot facilities
Freight Rate Matters.
Our dealers in mining machinery hav-
ing been notified by the railroads operat-
ing west OF the Missouri of a serious in
crease in the freight rates on the class
of goods handled by them. the club was
urged to protest against such increase
The matter was referred to the clubs
committee on railways and transpOrta-
ton. This committee invited the trans
freight bureau to hold its July
session in this city, which Invitation was
The bureau met here on July
3. and during its stay the members were
by the committee and the
question at issue fully discussed with the
result that material concessions were OBJ
tanned by many of our merchants. and |
an important movement fnaugurated.
having as its object a general readjust- |
inent OF the present schedule.
The formal opening of the elegant
apartments of che club occurred the
evening OF July 10. 1902. and since that |
time they have been the scene of many
notable functions IN the business and So
cial life of the community. and I note
with great satisfaction the COMPLETE real
iZatiOn of the intention of the original
promoters that there should be a fitting
place not only for the entertainment of
visiting strangers, but where the busI-
ness men Of the city might gather for mu-
tual benefit. The great advantages of
such a place is aptly Illustrated by the
entertainment of many dis
-ingulshed visitors to our city during the
months that have passed since the club
opened, and particularly during the EIks
reunion in August last, when more than
ZOO delegates from other sections of the
country were extended and awaited them
selves of the club privileges
Interest in Irrigation.
1t will be remembered with what pleas
Ire the people of the intermOuntain west
eceived the news of the passage of a !
irrigation law BY which the arid
states were enabled to secure great sums
u money under favorable conditions for
nc OF ItSOTNOiTS, ana the re- /
,lamation of desert lands. The board of /
governors of this club recognizing the !
ignificance of this legislation with ref
renee to the development OF this state
Il once named special committee and
ssigned to it the duty of placing Utah
n position TO realize her share of the |
benefits to be derived from its practical
Dplica ton.
F. H. Newell. the chief photographer of
he United States government, and the
Ifacial under whose direction the avail
BILE money will be spent has since been
vice entertained by the committee and
as assured the people of his deep in
crest in the subject from local stand
oint. This special committee has. since
IS appointment worked indefatiga bly,
nd quite recently was upon the eve of
he successful elimination of its labors
ut within the past two weeks the I'M
expected refusal of the directors of the
forth Jordan Canal company to combine =
nth the other canal companies using
Tater from Utah lake in a general merger
T all the water interests in this valley
as seemed to render its great work in Il
Elective. thus deprfving the people OF | T
his and Utah county of the vast benefits e
{ the wise and beneficial irrigation law G
the present congress. q
However, this unforeseen obstacle seems \
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