The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-13

the honor to be received by you, THAI
when You came to Utah you would find
the latch string out on every door, and
we are glad that you have come.
Benefits From Visit.
These interchanges Of visits, aside from
their social aspects, are productive Of
substantial advantages in many other re-
spects that cannot he estimated or fully
appreciated at the time. While ] heartily
Ioiu with our Utah friends i'm extending
TO you a glad welcome, want also 10
congratulate you upon the remarkaole
progress You have made in southern tati-
fOrnia- You. too. are builders; builders
of homes and communities; Of cities ana
fortunes. Your vineyards and orchards
are expanding and growing year oy ven
until now you are shipping to the eastern
and southern markets annually %J,OOU car
loads OF fruits. The matchlesS prOfuSlOn
and ,spiendor of your flowers are IN
eqUaled anywhere in the wide world
Your homes and grounds and gardens are
becoming more beautiful and enchanting
every year. and your metropolis IS grow
ing so rapidly that at intervening visits
Of only few months apart ] am Obllged
to study my bearings from the old land
marks, so many new and magnificent
structures there are in the course OF
erection and most of them sky scrapers
al that
Prospects For Labor.
But. my friends. with all these crafty
ing conditions, your ambition will spur
You on TO greater conquests- NotWlth-
standing the local achievements accom-
pllshed. Of which YOU are justly prolId-
You viii realize that at your very door
lies great harbor, which, when fully
improved as now undertaken by the gov
eminent. will be second to none on the
western hemisphere With your magnff1-
cent San Pedro harbor commanding the
ing eastward TO the Mississippi valley.
embracing great mineral wealth whose
agricultural products viii be increased
- e nHa- -TrH
lands; with the first call on the commerce
OF the ISthmian canal. and your coast
trade extending nOrthWdrd to Alaska you
Will send comm rc1al fleets 70 the orient
to exchange your products for theirs and
share with other ports the rich commerce
Of the eastern world. This is no pipe
dream or UtOpian prophecy 1t IS merely
a faint outline of actual conditions as
they will exist during the lifetime OF
many Of those present here tonight
Mr.. Chairman. / have addressed myself
this evening to the people of two great
sections Of this country, people so dl1Ier-
ent and Yet 50 alike so near and yet
until recently so far I am glad mat
may have been instrumental in bringing
YOU together here and at Los Angeles
TO- an exchange of ideas and cordialitieS-
hitherto, although only 800 miles apart
YOU have been separated by a zone partly
0eSeGF, which was inaccessible by the or
binary methods of communication This
belt or zone fortunately not very wide
has all Of the characteristics of the great
desert of Sahara Little Verdure to greet
the eye no water except from occasional
clOudbuTstS. little animate life other than
the lizard and snake. nothing but aikall
and sand and gray. bare and rocky hills
bordering on the famous Death Valley.
where many an animal and poor pros
pectOr have been lured to destruction.
y ct all this region has untold treasures OF
mineral wealth and immense deposits of
borax and nitrate that by means of the
railroad VIII be made available TO the
worlds industries.
Effect of New Road.
A great artery. the san Pedro. Los An
geles & Salt Lake railroad. pulsating with
life. has been laid down through that
desert waste rs well AZ through the
Nevada and California on either side. and
brought together into close relations the
two great cities of Salt Lake and Los
Angeles From one end TO the other 81
traverses a country which abounds in
natural resources. whose rapid develop
ment IL will insure Branches will in due
course be constructed and the map max
ers viii for some time be kept busy The
] influence of establishments all around ia
various industries following the compile
ton OF this route has already been felt
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Mr. Chairman, ! recall with intense
pleasure the occasion of my visit 10 this
city two years ago on the 17th Of this
month, when / and my associates were
guests of this club and were given a ban
quet such as has never been surpassed in
any country. 1t was hot number. and
the memory OF Il will be a refreshing
souvenir in my heart while life shall last
7 can never forget the kind expressions OF
confidence and encouragement which
knew came straight from the heart on
| that evening ! trust that our policy and
action may ever be such that your good
viii and respect may be maintained.
What was then a question partly Of ex-
! pectanCy IL now one of fuHillment. 7 be
! lieve that al Of our brightest hopes will
BE- more than realized. The business Of
| the road is opening under the most favor
able auspices 1T Is an assured success
Some changes Of grade and curvature