The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-21

mite announcement about the railroad has
changed the situation. however. and az
the meeting tonight "a new plan of cam
palgn VIII probably Doe outlined.
To Raise Big Funds.
A special publicity and promotion fund.
Go Doe raised among the business mon.
real estate 0Uuprsraud citizens generally.
was fayorably discussed yesterday by
number of men. The fund would Doe exc
pended under The direction of the Conn
mercial club, 10 was suggested, and W0ulC
give that organization greater facilities
than IL possesses while relying ON mem
bership fees aud dues alone
81 am heartily iu favor of raising such
a fund. said Senator simon kdmnDrgcr.
and ] VIII contribute my share if 4 car
know that 10 viii Doe properly expended
10 10 is expended ludiclousiE 10 ought fl
bring millions of dollars into the state.
81 m lu favor of getting manufacturing
Industries here said Mayor EZTc
Thompson, discussing the same subject
'Eut we don't want 90 encourage "a lOf
of spectators 20 come, or people who are
simply looking for work What we ueeC
here is capital and manufacturing. We
don't want a boom. We're just getting
over the experience of 1880. and We don
want amy more of it,
Factories Are Wanted.
"Nhen the boom lu 1890 1aueued." said
John O.. Lynch, these people that had
come in as boomers left lJ and we haC
nothing JO show for what they had done
except a lot of second mortgages. VIVA
Salt Lake needs is manufacturing indus
tries. that have pay rolls and produce
something and add 90 the wealth. We
have cheap coal and we ought Go have
factories. and 4 m ln favor of going after
them
salt Lake is bound 20 grow now that
the San Pedro railroad is finally assured
and we have the practical certainty that
e.
W. S. Mccormick. The coming Of the
railroad means the development of the
country. and with rthis Salt Lake must
grow. IL Is the natural center and the
distributing point There are other fac
tors which Iend to make the future
bright There is plenty of snow in the
mountains. and the agricultural prospects
are good The prices of metals are inn
proving. and eastern people are beginning
TO recognize the substantial character Oh
mining in Utah. on this point the out
put and the dividends speak for them
selves. On the whole, ] have never seen
me future look $50 bright for Salt Lake,
since have been here. end thaT ls thirty
years. look 90 see the city double u
size ln the next ten years. at least reach
a population of 10000
Advertise the City
Real estate men generally favored the
idea OF establishing FUND for adyertis-
ing the city bringing lu outside capital
ana industries. and establishing the
growth on a firm basis.
''l believe that such "a fund would do
great deal of good, said Glen Miller,
president of the Home Investment a. Saw
lngs company. 81 say that with the pro-
VisO that 10 Is judici0usIy expended. The
Commercial club is the organization that
should handle such propaganda. and "a
bureau Couid be established under the
general direction of Mr.. Harris, with some
competent person 90 look especially after
this work. ] would De- ready 90 contrib
ute under those conditions.
IF the money was spent 10y an adyer-
Using expert, and spent right DC WOulc
bring millions of dollars iu here said
j. DOuuau EeaEls. ron the 0Jher hand,
it would be absolutely wasted If it WASH {
spent by "a man who knew his business.
such advertising should Doe done a!Oue
systematic lines and should Doe followed
up carefully To would Dee six months be-
I fore results would begin 20 come in, but
when they did come they would DE I'M
mense N the work was properly done
/ The thing 20 do iu the first place Is &C.
get out a handsomely illustrated boob
ON Salt Lake City, telling actual facts
about it's resources and its future. Their
a series of articles on this hne lu lead
ing magazines and In newspapers at the
great Centers of population would at.
tract wide attention. The suggestion tina
/ by sending the name and address hand
sOmely Illustrated booklet could be SCI
cured would enable getting into CORE.
spondence with people interested, ant
this could be followed up successfully
Pennsylvania Of the West.
IF Clark Will keep this road indie.
pendent" said Walter O.. futile cit viii
mean n wonderful thing for this cOun-
try il viii mean that this state will be.
come the Pennsylvania of the west The
principal trouble is now that people viii
try 60 boost real estate too high, as thcH
I IUnFe 10 Nna fHIHHIH. UN HUa .|H|
Real estate prices are high enough
now. as a rule" said A. Richter "Stll
more ready sales win ha made, and prop.
/ crty eventually viii increase in value
| DAY that the city would have from 100 90
/ to 10000 population in ten years. This
1 feeling leads real estate men 10 look Sol.
] am exceptionally busy time from now on