Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
\ REFLECTIONS ma de a
y year ago in the annual

~
mas News have more than
been fulfilled. From. all corners of
the sovereign state of Utah the
same slogan of prosperity and
advancement is reiterated. The
year now drawing to a close has
been one of progress in all
branches of trade and enterprise.
In no quarter of the state, how
ever, has this been more marked
than in Salt Lake City, which
today stands preeminent as the
foremost city--the City of OPP
portunities of the intermountaln
region.
Salt Lake, the capital of Utah.
is a city Of varied attractions. 1t
throws its spell over all, be they
investor, sight-seer, invalid
glohe-trotter, or homeseeller. Just
what the state of Utah at large
and the city OF Salt Lake have
to offer in the way of attractions
to all classes OF humanity on
business or pleasure bent IS set
forth exhaustively in the pages
that follow in this the annual
Christmas edition.
Here are a few facts and fig
ures regarding Salt Lake City.
Which has a population OF 1oO,-
900 souls:
a splendid and mistaken busi-
ness record which has been the
prime factor this year of stup-
enuous Investments in real estate
and the commencement of the
building of what might be called
a new business district where
skyscraners are now rearing their
heads; il mining stock exchange
with a splendid record even dur
ing the panickS times that spread
over the country and left Salt
Lake unscathed II little over a
year ago: thirteen banks with
deposits of nearly S31,000,000, and
five daily newspapers.
To the man concerned about
his rising family Salt Lake Of
rers exceptional educational adj
vantages With its unexcclled free
system which is devoted TO a.
school population of 10000 child
rem between the ages or six and
Is. and Represents $2,000,00o of
school property. To the indi-
viduni :tnxious about his health
stb;e civ hns the lowest death
rat.. ~ nnv ~ Tie larger ones.
onIv nine nor thousand, The
climate is idenl and is I; great
factor in preserving the public
bnalth The nights arc cool in
SIMMER and in winter the
,,a,,.,,,,,- rarely roes ia zero. A
wear tamnerat ,,re of al 2-1O de-
grnos il rerorde1. extreme high
Ia,n,1e,.,ture NJ az degrees. and
~, ,,,To,, ye,.o record fo,. the low
oct ana an average Of n per
.on, ~ nnes;bjn sunshine. Fam
49,. ~ srr.;,,gs solt water and
-, hnth.. a., ,lso numbered
i,nann a. live health nro,uot-
~. fe,t,,ros rhe CITY further
NC Ne s,,landid waterworks sys-
tn,n fed from the CANYON streams
lvhirh derive their flow from the
eternal SHOWS at the summit of
tbn Wasatch range. An up-to-
d.,t, n,,hIir library with numcr-
ans literary and social clubs. and
~, eorieties arc also numbered
), n,nn, The advantages. When it
non,ns ia HIGHER education the
University Of Utah is located on
80 e,st bench overlooking the
valley of the Great Salt Lake.
N stands on grounds spreading
ovcr392 acres. and the college has
al ,nrollnent of over 1000 stu
dents. Under a recent decision
nj the siIpreme court of Utah, tho
university. under the enabling
act comes in for its share Of the
immense saline deposits in the
western portion of the state.
providing the salt taken from
these deposits We're sold for 10
cents a ton experts estimate that
$1,000, 900 represents this grant.
For The traveller Salt Lake
is the hub of the transconti-
mental railroad systems, win 8
fourth now building to the coast
and the promise of being com
pleted within the next Is months.
Right in the city transportation
is afforded by a splendid street
car system with more than leo
miles of heavy steel track afford
ing easy and rapid transit to thu
suburbs. During the past year
hundreds OF thousands of dollars
have been spent bringing TINS