The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-14

chant in Salt Lake for over halt cen
fury Il feel sure it would have result
ed in the tearing down OF a lot Of old
shacks we have downtown and In the
erection of modern substantial business
blocks They will be forced 10 II even
tuaIIy, but they ought 20 get the spirit
now"
Shipping Ore and Oranges.
4 resident of Riverside was Boosting
during the trip that MS city shipped
900 carloads of oranges a year. and
that the citrus fruit output brought III
GOO annually.
DO you know" replied salt I.aker.
that just one mining company iii
Biugham-the Utah Copper company
is preparing to build a mill which VIII
handle 1000 tons of copper ore day
In a little over two weeks it viii snip
as many cars as you do i'm a year, and
in three months the value of its out
put viii be far greater than yours for
the year. Another mining company
the Boston ConsOlidated-is preparing
to ship almost as much. and this repre-
sents only Il small part OF the mining
development of the state now IN prog
ress-"
Talk along these lines opened the
eyes of the people or southern Calif0T-
MIA The result was that nearly every
real estate man in the party received
commissions TO look out for bargains I'M
Salt Lake The prediction Is freely
made that fully $1,000 600 of Los An
geles money viii be invested i'm SAT-
Lake within the next sixty days The
only fear expressed was that holders
of property might prevent this by be
ing not content with fair profit holding
their realty at pTohibitive prices
Utah's Great Latent Wealth.
The general opinion was that Utah
had greater latent wealth than south
eTn California There every opportuhl-
ty has been seized and booming has
been carried to an extreme a certain
amount of revenue comes from fruits
and other products of the soil conf
merce affords "A profit. great harVeStS
are reaped from the tourists. but the
principal speculative income Is from
advancing the values of real estate III
dUCing outsiders To buy II at advanced
figures Utah has enough coal to sup
pIv all the western states and the
Orient It has the iron 10 afford basis
for the employment of many thousands
of men and to have almost a monopoly
of the same market The mines Of cop
per lead and tn epTeCiouS metals are
pouring out AN increasing volume OF
wealth. The three new railroads VIII
/ omen no new tributary country and en-
/ pIoy large mum aeTS Of men, The local
/ itv is filed with attraction for tourists
! Having all these and other natural adj
/ vantagps. salt Lake should make enOr-
nous strides. in the opinion Of the
/ Commercial club men. if the citizens
Z would show as much enterprise and d'
half as much concerted boosting as
do the people of Los Angeles
Senator CIark's Good Work.
Every man declared that to Senator
| w. A Clark was owed q deep debt of
/ gratitude for bringing the two cities
| into closer touch. thereby calling at
/ teution of the moueye1 men I'M Los An
| geIes to the great opportunities III salt
/ Lake.
| Jobbers were impressed with the inn
pOTtauCC of the mining camp trade
/ pouring to and from BUlIfrog and other
| districts through Las Vegas Con-
/ fdence was expressed that the freight
rates would be adjusted to give SAT-
/ Lake wholesale men free access to that
! region. 1t IS conceded that freight
/ rates being equal Los Angeles has the
| advantage in certain commodities. but
! in others. esceciaIly mining machinery
and supplies. salt Lake should have
| the cream of the business. amounting
| prospectively. to many millions Of dol
| lars annually
| A travelling salesman for a salt Lake
| hardware house returned from Las
! Vegas yesterday morning with orders
| for $500 worth OF goods taken in q
dav. and this with the freight rate OF
| certain lines Of goods ten cents a hun
| dred in favor of Los Angeles He said
| he found a big demand for wagons and
/ general supplies, and expected a heavy
J general business would be done after
! the opening Of the townSite there to-
morrow Not less than half a dozeI
sfx-horse teams left Las Vegas with
freight every day last week, according
to statements made there.
Nice Place to Visit.
The mild winter climate of Los An
geles and the numerous surrounding
resorts and other places Of amusement
offered aliurementS which made tht
visitors say they would like to return
for longer stays and send their families
But not a man said he would like Il
live there the year round. Many ideas
were obtained as to how to beautify
the city and make it and its surround
ings more attractive. 1t was pointed
out that the bulk of the money in
vested in Los Angeles came from
tourists who remained there Ions
enough to investigate opportunities. II
Salt Lake little is done to hold tbs
tourists here and interest them in the
business opportunities. One suggestion
was that a big sanitarium should bt
built. giving baths in water from tht
various warm springs and from the
Great Salt Lake, which have as grea1
| curative powers as do the waters a
Hot Springs Ark. The belief was sN
pressed tina; this enterprise, If carried
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