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Show I Salt LakeThe Desert of H THE PAST. Salt Lake's yesterday is but a dream. It does not seem long, to the old pioneers and to those who H came after and shared the fruits of their toil and efforts, since streets 1 were paths bisecting meadows and when the horses and cows browsed over the hills now covered with stately mansions and on streets where now the swift electric car and swifter automobile com-pel com-pel alacrity on the part of pedestrians. Salt Lake City in 1850. As the Pincers entered the gap in Emigration Canyon, as they H gazed down at the uninviting sagebrush plain below them, not even M heir most fervid fancy pictured the busy city, populated with the thousands that were coming after them. H Nor did they conceive that their one little spring of water, their H one oasis in the desert of waste, would one day be the centering M wedge of a tide of emigration which would ultimately sweep beyond H the confines of the valley confronting them, and result in the popula- H mHes a 8 a" ara f "0t l0SS tha" ciehty-for thousand square No buffeting of fate had, swerved them from their course, and M now the time was come that the land they beheld was their own H theirs to make or mar, they were resolved that unwilling earth should H recompense them for their trouble; that where they used their brain H and brawn necessities, life, religious toleration, all the requirements H necessary to sturdy American manhood should result qi"rCmentS And so, any feeling of sorrow at leaving their old home, the old H h0 w ts sheltering shade and its comforts, was waived aside ?o"toSnn?artjtn t0 th Parted The tide of emigration came their way. The dire necessities of m former days when every car of corn, when every grain of whe?t m meant salvation, perhaps life, began to fade. God was wih Them and gf was tempering the wind to the shorn lamb. H l,nnSw 5rJ"a excitement landed many strangers in their M hospitable midst, and when these emigrants, weary with their oil- I KS.afiS a"-,OUS t0 disp,SC ?f sPer""s commodity wa It J to H trade, the pioneers saw the hand of providence, and reached forth I TfT 'r Rlea"e( . thC bleSsin?S that wcrc lowered upon them H Thus dire necessity gave way. Many comforts and luxS H came with the emigrants, life was made easier. ,M rA fc,0"$Srs did not ceasc their toil. They were willintr to M odtHlSi.Wh8' WaS din? for them- So the rk on the "fms H on the ditches, m the communities went on ' H ij ?OW"S ?."d ha,m,Ctf grcw l,P a over the state, and where the H 1 SSNStS.'.'i0!' ' !"rc lssisti". communities prospered l was meet that here should be ereetefthe emT "iir?" ," known as the centra pivot of the stite tL Z i' t Lfake was community. So the merchants from n w , tegral force of a reat merchants this state ? came Ic ZyTul SEV atlA the B as ihey met, as tiny atoms of s3 m o forces met, and a greateocean, so the advent o manvt undH,ain "J"" gradual-growth. "y peoplc reslted in the city's and with the growth strong on the people. . It was necessary fa J imP?,SeS, Were who came. So hotels, restauraiUs nllTJ r Prov,SIO for all nunity that entertained vlt?a?l f a com- But it was a long way from civilization. Two thousand miles of waste and plain ; two thousand miles of rugged hills ; two thou- sand miles of raging torrents and equinoctial storms intervened between be-tween the city and the nearest advance posts of a greater civilization. civiliza-tion. So, when the question of a trans-continental railroad came up, the people of Salt Lake and Utah took up the matter. Memorials to Congress were passed; the help of men and teams was volunteered; the choicest sections of land offered for rights of way. Then one day realization came that the world was begging at the doors of the people of this vast inland empire. The golden spike driven at Promontory told these hardy people that the weary days of want, privation and travail were over. Soon the whistle of the iron steed was heard at their doors ; the old Utah Central railroad, tapping the main artery at Ogden was soon 4 in their midst. Then again new conditions arose. Strangers came by thousands. They must be fed, must be sheltered; shel-tered; stores must provide foodstuffs, homes must provide shelter. So then a new spirit of enterprise took the place of the former contentment con-tentment of condition. Merchants awoke again. New stores, stores with more goods, of more commodious quarters, were opened, and the day came when an imperial charter of cityhood was granted. ! Men from the east and the west, grasping the opportunities vouchsafed in this land of promise, came, bringing with them new blood, new ideas, new energy. So they came, and they began to work, to smooth down the rough edges created by the first settlers. The old-time ways were gradually weeded out; old conditions were made way with. The old spirit of contentment that looked for no greater relief than the right to worship God according to the dictates dic-tates of conscience, was mixed with the hereditary spirit of con-subdue con-subdue VaSt inIand empirC WaS laid Ut fr thci" t0 confl"er and So the city grew and prospered. The old cow trails, the old corrals that took up acres of valuable land, were marked and plotted off, and soon mansions and stately buildings began to emerge from the site of yesterday's barn and outbuildings. So the good work went on and on. Trade grew and flourished mJhe vast nills surrounding the city were tapped for precious metals, and soon the browsing cow was compelled to seek other quarters. tnkPJfmthrt rai!,r.oads exna"led and enlarged, and soon the metals burnt ? S TCrC la,d.at V10 doors of Salt Lake there to be KtfbJSiif &rne.forth shininff bars of precious meta1' inrsAThti,lwal nf tluisbrought resulted in more and greater build-Si build-Si iS i T Wac h taw in Salt Lake a PIa" therein they tc l rnSh' So,thfy sp.ent their monev in business; they SSof backed sreat c,ubs -nd atherin of th?mifdLi emifirration was now set in. The barren wilderness o a Trfi ri I? &V?n, WaJvt0 th-e Rlowine Promses partly fulfilled facedRchndr Stat Cd,f,CeS' intcllectal men and women, bright taced children, graced the many miles of streets erew - unntifShfnnf ?St a"d WCSt- and ,10rth and south Salt Lake fame c?n ZrnF nua?, miles are covered bX the city, whose evTry sea th inte"eCt and proSrcss stretches far beyond Salt Lake City in 1908. the PastThe City of Today I THE PRESENT. Salt Lake's today has come. There remains no indication of the sagebrush flat and alkali plain in the city nestling at the foot of the gigantic Wasatch mountains, moun-tains, but instead stately trees, shedding gladsome shade in summer and affording relief from the cold north winds in winter, rear against the background of stately mount and hill. Instead of unsightly outbuildings, the streets are lined with beautiful homes and business blocks, calm monuments to the brains and energy of a restless people; of a people imbued with the same. ' spirit of conquest that impelled the early hardy pioneers, but whose efforts have resulted in the growth and development of a vast city, the peer in intellect and energy of any on earth. The influx of new blood and the infusion of new thoughts have resulted in the emerging of a grand city from the chrysalitic basalt : and granite; have resulted in an intermountain empire, peopled with I nearly one hundred thousand souls, each of whom sing praises, each of whom works with vim and joy for their loved city, strong in the consciousness that whatever may be said it only half expresses what should and could be said. There are so many of its citizens who have brought about the new condition of affairs that it is practically impossible to enumerate them, but there is not one who has shown a grander faith, a broader conception of a city's needs, a keener grasp on what is destined for the future, than has the Hon. Samuel Newhouse the progenitor and godfather god-father of the "Newer Salt Lake;" he who gave a fresh impetus, he who. during the days of the recent panic, held open his purse and began be-gan ladcling out millions, all having for their object the improvement and betterment of Salt Lake City and its people. But while Mr. Newhouse was impelled, more or less, by patriotic motives, yet it cannot be gainsaid that he was also impelled by business busi-ness judgment, for, appreciating the gifts showered upon him in a material ma-terial way through the riches of Utah's hills, he rightly judged that no better place for investment could be found than Salt Lake City and Utah. So he began his search for suitable places in which his money could be judiciously . spent. Two considerations affected his decision the Mining Exchange block will be erected. The erection of other ijl buildings is also contemplated. SH Announcement was made during the past week that on the cor- ner of State and Exchange Place the new Orpheum theatre will be ll In addition to the property above enumerated, Mr. Newhouse fll has also bought the famous "Walker corner" on Fourth South and Main streets. On this corner, one of the prettiest corners in the cily, will be erected a great $1,200,000 hotel. This hotel will be JH famed throughout the width and breadth of the land, for both arch- itcctural beauty and for its modernity. Every device known to as- fl sure comfort to guests and the public will be installed. fl The picture reproduced herewith of the Newhouse skyscrapers Kl gives but a faint idea of their massive beauty. E They will be twelve stories in height, fitted with every modern 11 convenience and will be thoroughly fireproof. When completed Hl they will represent an expenditure of not less than one and a quarter lUil million dollars. Not merely will they be handsome additions to the lfH lower end of Main Street, but they represent in part the business Kll acumen of Mr. Newhouse, for practically" every office is already en- Bjl gaged, thus insuring a good interest on the money he is investing. Il In addition to his Main Street and south end of the city pur- :H chases, Mr. Newhouse has also purchased Popnerton place, a sub- lil Newhouse Skyscrapers, July 1, 1908. in the matter: Investment from a business point of view, and desire to benefit where it would do the most good. So his agents were instructed to purchase ground for him. It was not a question of a few feet of frontage on which some modest building could be erected. He wanted acreage. So then, acting under his insructions, his agents went to the east and the west and the southern portions of the city. All of the sections investigated looked good, but the logical geographical deductions were that the trend of business would be south. The Federal building, the city and county Ktilding, all were in the southern portion of Main Street. So then it was that the south end was selected. He purchased hundreds of feet of frontage on Main Street near Fourth South; he bought frontage on Fourth South, on State and on adjoining blocks. The consequence is today Mr. Newhouse owns practically three- ' fourths of a mile of frontage on Salt Lake's main streets. He set aside a street running from Main to State, between Third and Fourth streets fronting the Federal building. This street he named Exchange Place. On the south side of the street on Main Street he is now erecting the Newhouse block. On the north side of the street the Boston building is in course of construction. Midway in the block between Main and State he will have another an-other street, named Cactus Street, named after his famous mine. This street will run from Exchange Place to Fourth South Street. On the west side of Cactus Street, on the corner of Exchange Place ' the new $300,000 Salt Lake City Commercial Club building will be erected. Between the club building and the Newhouse building, I division on the cast bench, just 1 above the city, and between it and j j Fort Douglas. j The location of this addition to IH the city is an ideal one, for, situated 21 as it is, it is above the smoke and grime of the city, and is yet within the city. Mr. Newhouse will spend vast sums of money on this, his latest acquisition, and promises to make it the finest subdivision in the country. Water, electric light, gas mains, every facility, every convenience that necessity or luxury calls for Rl will be installed, and the result will ffll be an addition to Salt Lake which fll will be a pride and a boast. 11 But the mere fact of the invest- IH mcnt of millions by Mr. Newhouse Hl does not tell of all the good that is B resulting. Nl Salt Lake's development had Hl been slow, but it had been sure. But 111 the needs of the city were advanc- lll ing far more rapidly than the ac- lll commodations. 11 Many hundreds of professional and office men have been com- 11 pellcd to pass Salt Lake City because of inadequate office room. 11 They had sought quarters but they were not to be found. The in- Rl vestment of money in business buildings was not commensurate Dl with the growth of the city. The result was that the city has been held back just that much. IJ But when the word went forth that Mr. Newhouse was willing to invest his millions, the courage of the" foreign capitalists was re- Hl stored. The standing of Mr. Newhouse in the financial world was 11 sufficient that his acts would be the result of only natural, logical deduction and because he knew the people and the city and the state. II Therefore it was felt that if . he was not afraid, they would not be. II It is not idle to praise the work and deeds of Mr. Newhouse. H No soft phrases, no sweet words of adulation need be offered. II ' What he has done he did with the consciousness that it was busi- H ness acumen and with a good will toward all the people that B prompted him. fi But no individual, no matter how small, no matter how narrow II in conception or execution, has been found who withholds proper 1 1 praise for the spirit and activity manifested by Mr. Newhouse. II While they realize that business sense prompted him, yet for II themselves they realize the prospect of future enhancement of a II city's values while enjoying the present prosperity he lias helped to bring. No man there is who may deride or mock him. On the H contrary all the people of this great state admire his course; they IH like his way, and today there is not, in the state of Utah, a man more II respected, a man more liked nor a man more appreciated. |