Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-21

necessary legislation for the govern
ment of your society.
| Again with the hope that you VIII en-
| joy the hospitality Of the people of this
| city. and that when you leave you will
have nothing but kind words for us, !
| will now leave you to deliberate for
your future welfare.
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT HAL
| LORAN.
President w. j. Halloran of Salt
Lake City, next addressed the consen-
ton in behalf of the Commercial CLUB
| Mr.. Halloran spoke as follows: a
81 have the ehonor and esteem II
a pleasure on behalf of the CONNER
cial club to bid you welcome. the
| quarters of the club are at your SER
vice and the service Of your friends,
use them to your hearts content
with pride point to you our beau
tiful city and the evidence of Industry
and enterprise to be seen on every
hand. We have here q very prosper
Gus and growing city. our population
Is increasing at the rate or 10000 per
year; nowhere else in q city OF thls
size Is there so much building going
on, both public and private. 1t may
be interesting for you to know that
Salt Lake City leads every city in the
United States this year In building OPP
erations, measuring its population with
ours, according to records kept OF o4
cities by eastern trade Journals the
percentage of gain IN improvements
Is decidedly in this city's favor. over
S3,000,o00 have been spent In public
improvements in the past three years
on the water system, streets, sewers,
and sidewalks, 90 miles Of sidewalks
have been completed And IN a few
days the city Is to let one OF the larg-
est cement sidewalk contracts ever
LIT" 4, f,,1-
city Is also laying several miles OF me
street paving. Go where you VIII
around the city and YOU will see new
ly paved streets and Sidewalks ana
every evidence of prosperity Is fast Pc
VIII be told that this city Is fast Pc
coming an educational center of note.
Its school system is as fine as Is to be
found in any OF !, the older cities.
UTAH'S MINERAL PRODUCT.
you will see around lis mining on
a scale or magnitude not elsewhere
to be found In the world. Titan pro-
duced over s5O,000,000 In metal In
1907. the dividends from the n mines r.
/ for tho same year amounted to Sl,-
4 100000. Salt Lake is fast becoming
Fl railroad center, in addition to all
the railroads here at the present time.
The Western Pacitlc's new road from
here to San Francisco will be COM
plelGu III OIlt tit aiih =. -.
Is crowding his road from Denver
here, and at the present time me
Union Pacific has engineers in the
field surveying short cut to this CITY
from Peterson on the main line OIL
the Union Pacific down Weber can
Lake, thereby bringing passengers and
freight direct to this city without
having to change at Ogden. This
move on the part of the Union Pa
cific will greatly benefit Salt Lake.
With these projects in mind, together
numerous to mention, will make this
city, as Z. II. Hartman has said, the
largest city between Omaha and the
Pacific coast.
81 am indeed proud to tell you how
Salt Lake is hourishing and that this
can we'll be called the City of Oppor-
tunities. But must not linger longer
upon the greatness of our city and
state. You are here and Will note
these things for yourselves. Livery
avenue, street, door and park are open
to you; enter them and enjoy your-
selves. And again let me remind you
that the Commercial club Is at your
service
Z PRESIDENT HUBER RESPONDS,
Mr.. Gray then introduced William D.
Huber general president of the United
of America. President Huber received
an ovation from the delegates; and
bowling his acknowledgements made
brief speech in which he expressed APP
probation for the magnificent reception
accorded the carpenters by the resi-
dents Of Salt Lake City. II find 1t
difficult to find words in which to re-
ply to the kind addresses of welcome
made by the governor of thee state,
the mayor of the city and the president
of the Commercial club, said President
Huber. II have been here few days
found that the people of Salt Lake City
and of Utah are the most hospitable
people of any city where we have yet
held our conventions Not only have
the people welcomed us, but the busi-
ness men are all doing their best to
make us welcome, and assure them
that their hearty welcome Is appre-
ciated. We accept their hospitality, and
assure them that 1t will not be abused,
GREATEST IN THE WORLD.
.Tha organization of carpenters and
joiners is the largest organization of
mechanics in the world. TWenty-sepen
years ago it had it's beginning, with
only handful of men and dozen
local unions, but now 1t reaches out
until it numbers over 10000 men in
it's ranks, and we do not propose to
rest content with that record; we Will
continue until we have secured the as
sistance and membership of every car
penter in the country who is eligible
to become affiliated with the brothers
hood
II desire to again thank the people Of
this city and the organizations of the
city for the words of welcome and the
good time which is being shown us,
and l hespeak in return such conduct
on the part of the delegates to this
convention that they. too, will leave
pleasant memory in the minds of the
people Of Utah for their having been in
attendance upon this conventions"
GENERAL SECRETARY DUFFY.
Frank Duffy, general secretary OF the
brotherhood. was then introduced, and
he made an address containing statis-
ties OF The order and presenting ques-
tons which will come UP for discussion
during the sessions of the convention,
Mr.. Duffy said he had visited Salt
Lake City twice before the present oc-
casion, ana had been surprised by the
whole-souled hospitality with which
he had been treated each time. -Four
years ago he passed through on his
way to San Francisco, and again ne
was here last April for the purpose OF
making preliminary arrangements for
the convention. mot only WAS l sur
a. ls,t,1 o,,tf tod