The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24

Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
had been to Salt Lake City a number
of years ago. Expressed themselves rs
surprised at the great changes that had
taken place since their previous visits.
The member of the New York delega.
ton, about 100 strong, were rendered a
o clock, at which a number Of speeches
in happy vein were delivered. President
Joy H. Johnson OF the Commercial club
acted as master Of ceremonies.
Mayor John S. Bransford welcomed
the hotel men 10 tho city in short but
pointed address in which he called at
| tentton 10 the wonderful resources of
this section of the country.
eve have city here Of from $4,000
! TO 10000 people, said tho mayor,
and with an area of fifty square miles.
| We are surrounded by vast territory
of great natural resources, Our valleys
are as beautiful as any the sun shinos
on and our plains are covered with the
richest of grasses on which thousands OF
cattle and sheep Craze.
fWe have a superb climate here and
we are all healthy. We have the low.
est death rate per thousand Of any city
in the United States. We have one of
the greatest natural summer bathing re-
sorts in the world on the Great Sail
Lake. The city owns ITS own water
works system, worth $10,000,000. The
street railway company has spent mil
lions of dollars in improvements here
and we can now boast Of one OF the FIN
est systems in the country.
"This city with its waterworks sys.
tenn has power sufficient to generate
electricity for its own lighting plant,
and within short time we will most
likely have such q Lighting plant. Our
waterworks system viii generate some
thing like 5000 horsepower, and this
viii be sufficient for all lighting and
power purposes for city USE
New York Man Talks.
Many kind words for Salt Lake City, |
the state of Utah and the west were
uttered by Il. NJ, Tiernay, proprietor of |
the Marlborough hotel, New York City. |
ex-president of the Hotemen IS Mutual |
Benefit association. cit was my pleas |
ure fourteen years ago to come here and |
take in the sights Of your beautiful
city he said, "Since that time ! have
noted great improvements in the line
OF progress aud municipal development.
L have looked with wonderment once
more on the notable landmarks that
mako your city unique among all the
cities of the whole world
we hotel men of tbs east mark
with credit and appreciation the two
great hotel buildings now in course Of
erection IN your city. All over the
west, in fact, there is great progress
being made IN the class Of hotels Being
built for the comfort OF guests, Start,
ing with San Antonio up into beautiful
Los Angeles, and along the coast into
San Francisco, we noticed over dozen
magnificent hotel buildings, as good ms
any In tho country, in course Of CON
struction. Now. it romans for Salt
Lake to build two great hotels which
VIII be credit to its citizenship.
'Our visit to the tabernacle was one
Of great interest. This building is a
most remarkable one, and | have no.
hced that many OF the great auditor.
lums of the country are being modelled
after 1t. The recital was magnificent
and the melody which came forth from :
the great organ was heavenly in It's
nature -
Judge Colborn Talks.
Judge +. /. Coborn OF this city, who
was formerly engaged in the hotel bus.
ness in New York, made some pood.
naCured and humorous thrusts at the
expense OF the visiting hotel men, which
were productive of repeated laughter.
Judge Colborn also took occasion to
speak III boosting vein of the wonder
full resources of Utah and the great
west.
My experience with you bepan
many, many years ago in tho state of
Kansas, - ne began, ''and there / gained
ny first experience in hotel proprietor,
ship. Later, | went to New York. 4
where ! was in charge of hotel lib
lad the honor Of meeting many famous
men, and even presidents of the Unit
I'd States have done me the honor fo
invite me to personal conference. Bnt
ne greatest man / ever mot was the
lead waiter In that New York hotel
ie observes you approach table with.
'ut concern; he examines your attire |
'rItlcally, as you come forward, and
yhcn YOU take your seat he assumes an
lir or arrogance and self-sufficiency
h%' VINO is this person that / must
)e serVitor to?'
Ioe waiter In the east and the
waiter IN the west are two different in. s
IlvIduals, however In the west we T.
peak TO them just as freely as we z
peak TO our most intimate acauaint n
nces If we should order cup of Il
nd a plate of cake, he bawIs ont in ~
loud voice, so that everybody NAV IA
ear. what you arc ordering, Draw
ne IN The dark, Adam and Eve on a II
ant and bunch of rolls II
Talks to Headquarters. IA
" In the past I have ALWAYS bad n III
ak to the clerk, now 7 have tho N
nlque privilege of talking to the pro. u
rletors. 1t is indeed a rare priyi- n
age And while I am talking TO Won IA
mere are few things that | want to H
IMPRESS upon your memory, In Los III
!ngeles they likely told you that the n
Y nro was inc center OF the world, but E
Gro IN salt Lake we have our doubts N