The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-25
WILL INVEST
IN SALT LAKE
J. ]. Lonergan of Los Angeles Eulo-
gizes the City.
PRAISE I'M COAST PAPER
ACHIEVEMENTS OF SENATOR
CLARK ARE DISCUSSED.

s.Salt Lake has the bone. muscle,
grit and spirit of Los Angeles and /
can assure you that It viii not be long
before I am identified with her inter
ests in a financial way" said J. j
Lonergan of Los Angeles, at the ken
yon yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Lonergan is q prominent mining
man of Los Angeles. and is proprietor
of the Del Monte Tavern re IVES
with the host of Angel visitors winch
came to salt Lake two weeks ago. buJ
instead of returning directly from this
city. went on to Denver, where ne Wis
tied friends He returned 10 Zion yes
terday morning ana left for his home
last night.
I had intended to confer here with
W : Mann. the Los Angeles realty
dealer Mr.. LOnersan continued nut
the latter was called home Friday ny
a death in the family. Had this not
occurred l would have been here seF-
eral days and would have become IN
terested in property before / left !
have been studying the situation and
intend to return here ut no distant date
and put money into realty
lone thing has impressed me since
my last visit here Salt Lake property
yields more revenue than Los Angeles
I property W < tdNE fftNBEllN LAAEA Nttf--
would bring 81 900 per front foot, for
instance. tina: brings 10 more In rem
tails than Salt Lake realty worth q
Few hundred q foot It would be wise
to caution local agents to keep their
heads. as / believe. they have thus Ear
done. A tendency to sky-sCrape prices
would retard greatly land transac-
tons
Mr.. Lonergan. in praising the enter
{ Tai inn ~ Saints said thar I'D
Lake has 400 boosters where they'll
do Il lot of good as the result Of the
hospitality shown and the Salt LdEe
Route has 400 passenger agents
Praise in Los Angeles Paper.
The Los Angeles Examiner of last
Sunday has the following by Otheman
Stevens, under the title, Los Angeles
: Comes Into Her own.
Senator W. ~ Clark. IN building the
San Pedro, Los Angeles X salt Lake
railway has by move on the railway
chess BOARD. restored "A condition In com
meTcial life that was destroyed by u rail-
/ way
/ Before the construction Of the Union
] ana Central PdCItic roads. san EeuIo
was the port for Salt Lake and Los
] Angeles WAS the source OF supply Tor
{ Utah When IN railway was built 70
San Francisco this trade was wiped out
t of existence In day
Henry Hazard. wHo was one of the
Z gECurSlUnlStS to salt Lake last week TOOK
Z part IN the fFeightIHE business between
the two cities Joseph McSmer. also one
of the eXCurSiOnistS. remembers when MS
fathers hotel. the JnItcd States. uu the
corner Of ReqUeua and Main, was con-
Stautly filled with Salt Lake merchants,
here 10 do their trading Simon Bam-
: berger. today one Of the wealthy CONNER
Z cial men of Salt Lake. in those times
! drove a twenty-mule team between the
/ two cities
+ To a very large degree this old time
traffic IS now on the point of revival
I San Francisco will maintain a share, 50
Z viii Chicago, but the major portion viii
come TO this city. while San Pedro VIII
probably receive almost All of the water
traffic destined for Utah towns.
Never again will the tiukle of the lead
mares hoop Of bells bc heard on Main
street. nor long trains of wagons and
, traiIcrs pass through the desert dust be-
tween the two cities. but there VIII bo
very large business If our merchants
reach for il.