Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-29

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FUTURE EDUCATION,
TO the right as we proceed down
the main avenue of the Brigade post
u great cluster of atone and brick
buildings with highly cultivated fields
are scientific home OF the combined
University and Agricultural college OF
Utah. II has over 200 professors and
instructors and an attendance OF about
5000 pupils. There Is IN immediate con-
nection with II an admirable botanic
garden and farther down IN the valley
series Of experiment farms. The school
of mines and the Agricultural college
as well as the Polytechnic institute and
normal training school. all richly en-
dowed by private contributions OF
wealthy Utahns, are all under the one
faculty which is presided over by that
dean OF Utah educators. DR.. j. T.
Kingsbury, ably assisted by Dr. w, j.
Kerr, Of Logan, while Hon. Waldemar
Van Colt is president OF the board OF
regents.
Descending gentle slope amid n
profusion OF brown stone fronts we
pass the Judge home for disabled min
ers so long itself disabled by non-sup-
port, which has been donated by it's
generous founder TO the public and IL
now maintained entirely by state
appropriation; and still whlrling along
We enter the spacious and beautifully
appointed Liberty park, now extending
from Ninth South to the Country club
and thence eastward to state stre0a
the purchase OF this vast tract having
been effected at a time when the land
was classed as acreage and could be
acquired at the phenomenally low price
OF two or three thousand dollars an
acre, IL may be said, however, that the
city's funds for this purchase were very
largely REINFORCED by contributions OF
wealthy and public spirited citizens
among whom should certainly be men,
toned first and foremost Mr. NJ. r
Lichtenstein, bold but highly success
full operator In real estate, now n mem
Der of the board OF city commissions
ers with the special designation OF pub
lie rark commissioner.
NEW SHELTER CITY.
The great Qulgley highway threads
It's serpentine course through this SUI
perb park TO Fourteenth South and
then makes straight for the oquirrhs
within whose shadows It halts only
long enough to cool the throat OF the
carburettor and then plunges through
long rows of cean-kept laborers' cot
tages OF the Smelter city known as
Whitleyville, now borough OF
Greater Salt Lake City, thence to
Saltair, the Coney Island OF the great
Inland sea, whose spacious pavilions,
lighthouses, hotels, etc, are submerg-
| ed in four feet of water by the unpre-
| cedented rise In the lake level; thence
| along the smooth, hard sands OF the
shore, through vistas az summer villas
! "a the Hartman Hot Springs santar-
| ium, formerly known as Beck's, where
stupendous lighthouses and hotels ac-
| commodaNng thousands OF guests have
been pay nlg enormous dividends for
years.
Five minutes more and we are back
into the heart OF the throbbing me-
tropolis where we vacate our motors
and are at once swallowed up In the
busy marts OF trade and lost amid the
| clash and clang OF the city's COM
merce.
The most important factor in con-
tributing 10 the advancement OF The
| city, second only perhaps to the timely
and splendid efforts OF the Commercial
cub, has been the marvellous develop
ment In copper. silver. lead and iron
mining In the district Of Utah and Ne
vada, the city having risen IN recent
years 10 the proud distinction of being
one OF the greatest ore markets In the
world. In addition 10 the 10 great
shelters on the west and south OF the
city the entire river front Is honey
combed with MANUFACTURES OF copper.
iron and steel and the goods made
from them. including wire ana wire
nails, mining machinery, rails, and
wheels. engines. boilers and an almost
endless variety OF hardware.
IRRIGATIoN's RESULTS.
The agricultural resources of tina
west also. under the stimulating and
fostering influence OF the government
reclamation bureau with its system OF
| impounding reservoirs. has brought
| the formerly arid sections Of the state
! into a condition OF fertility that has
| enormously increased the yield OF
| farm, garden, ranch and range, all OF
which necessarily pour their cornu-
copias of wealth into the city's lap.
resulting in the construction of great
slaughtering and meat packing estab-
lishments, stock yards, hay and grain
| markets, produce exchanges and Kim
bred industries and empoyments.
The railroads, too, havo thrown
their loving arms about us, twelve
great trunk lines converging within
the western portion Of the city, with
their intricate network OF tracks and
yards and their tumultuous hullaba-
loos OF screams and bells. The pas
senger depots. OF which there are five,
are all marvels Of architectural mag
nincence and convenience though
none OF the newer ones excel In beau.
~ and costliness those two model
union stations erected as long ago as
1907 by the Hartman and Gould
roads, these having been planned I'm
the beginning by their shrewd design
ers TO meet the enlarged wants OF a
growing and greater city.
II is with peculiar pride | am able
to report that the coal famines. which
once upon a time distressed the In
habitants. have been entirely clrcum-
| vented by the combined action OF the
| railroad companies owning the mines
| putting enormous supplies into their
| own coal bins during the summer
| months and furnishing the commod-
| ity direct 10 the consumer without the
| coal dealers charge and cutting down
| the real price delivered, to $3.50 a
| ton. Tho Commercial club. under the
conservative but persistent general
| ship Of us president. Hon. Richard +,
| Morris, again played foremost part
| IN Bringing about this most crafty
| ing benefaction.
THE LOOP SYSTEM.
The street railway system has be-
come Joy to every inhabltant The
Hartman experts who took over the
control In 1906 were quick 70 adopt
| the New orleans, or loop system.
making schramm's drug store the
base Of the parallelogram and ex-
tending in endless chains 10 tho re-
mote corners OF the city. Rapid tran
sit suburban lines with ten minute
service traverse the rich farming Sec
lions between Ogden and Provo and
extend equal facilities to Bingham and
Park City with branches running int
the restful quiet OF the many can
| -. NJ Hartman himself has be.