The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-23
AN ERA Of GREAT
PROGRESS IS HERE
Salt Lake Is Forging to the
Front With WOndrOus
Strides.
CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE
OF CITY is GENERAL
No City Has Brighter Prospect
Nor Better Reasons
for 1t.

"a want to tell you the people Of
Salt Lake have little conception of the
magnitude of the city's growth Just
now,' declared A. A Robertson, tho
real estate dealer. enthusiastically, 1t
is simply beyond the reach of the
average man TO properly estimate 1t.
T do not think anything will prevent
city within very few years. hun
dred things are working that way. This
Will be a record breaking year In real
estate transactions and in building.
This is growing sentiment in busi"
ness circles everywhere. Mr.. Robert
son is right, There is no question but
that this city is today enjoying R
greater degree OF prosperity than ever
before since its history began. and
even the old residents, the old men who
have been closely identified with its
history and progress for 40 many years,
are astonished at the transformation
which has taken place, particularly
during the past two years.
Activity in All Quarters.
One only needs to visit any part of
the city. north, south, east or west.
in order to be convinced that An era
of progress and development has set
in. and that forces are steadily and
persistently st work which promise
fairly to rehabilitate and regenerate
tho old order. and in a short time
place II III its proper rank and position
among the really great cities of this
republic.
This is visible from the great mod
crn Improvements that are being de,
noth public and private, the rapid de.
velopment of new and desirable sub.
urhs. the increase in banking capital.
the enlargement of manufacturing and
mining enterprises and the organization
of new ones constantly taking place.
Never in the history of the city -
the future looked so full of promislN
never was the country Shich supports
II in more satisfactory condition. and
never did its wheels of industry hum
more constantly and vigorously, while
confidence in the present and future
has become firmly established.
New Life Is Manifest.
1t is gratifying TO nots that of late
years younger. moro vigorous and en-
terprising class OF business men have
come TO the front, and today some OF
the greatest houses, banks and indus.
tries In the State are established here,
and have proved beyond question that
the advantages of the city are such
that its products and its merchandise
can be distributed TO all points as ad-
vantageously as from any other metrop-
oils IN the Mountain State
II is '23 in the building line for
one block a square or so east and that
distance south of the City and County
building
The particular block is bounded bv
Sixth and Seventh South and Second
and Third East streets. Twentv-three
new residences are building in this
block or are planned for Twenty are
under good headway and the founda-
tions for the other three will be started
soon. Two or three are double houses.
the, rest are cottages. The houses now
building Will be completed within
few days. They are being built by
Ashton e. Jenkins The block is hardly
recognizable since the new buildings
have gone up.
Nobody interested in building an.
pears to have any complaint over the
activity IN building circles except the
contractor. He is pretty well pleased
In every way except that material
comes little high.