| Show SALT LA ae 11 a queen city cill of the he tain region I 1 AND improvement twelve months of absolute indisputable progress FUTURE FULL OF PROMISE 0 trade has Im increased creased the population has grown and the city has fully recovered covered ne from tho depression r eaford cord of improvements for the year new million illion SI dollar home of tho the city and county the building statistics statistic lc s A school system which has attracted many people gravity sewer bawer find amol other municipal Kuni Nuni cipal improvements complete pl leta review revie v for tho year alon still the tha year 1891 has gone into tile the lumbering lum Mum berine bering past but salt lake city awakens into the morn mom of a new jay ard and greets the coming years with a hall fellow well met for on out I 1 of the hard experience or of the elgh t eart months which have elapsed place the panic by which many cities hav been precipitated into virtual euln till she bile ti nerges actually er cr and 11 better equipped for op future advancement vance and growth national legi in ilal i l to tier her chief industry deprived tho cit city ty of 0 of money find and left I 1 her almost air last stranded en cn the financial hoa rhoa r s hut vau that pu pluck lc void anil una rii mity ity or of spirit which a provi bla r of western coarl ct all a hands took to the he email boats and palled her out to the open sea ca a seala ain so that n not dt it bank was v acied during the th whole storm and antie fal failures lures were as one to t ten en I 1 in ri other cities that waa in tin the closure cloEl lrE rc m inoel V hoof 3 of 3 and the story of 0 t 13 now become so old a one that its tame fame has spread beyond the seas and made the whole world aware of the virtues of the staunch and steady gem bern city of the country try at no time during the past year has salt lake city been on the retrograde fortified and strengthened after the reverses of the panic year the comment ity ty has made twelve months of absolute and indisputable progress that can be said in ili calm and dispassionate truth statistics bear out the fact that the y population x has Ini increased created that test rest dence and business improvements have multiplied that trade has enlarged and I 1 that so sanguine has been the temper of the people that several new enter prisca involving iorge outlaying outlawing out laying ot of capital has been inaugurated there has haa been no spasmodic pas nodle boom no sudden inflation of prices or phenomenal increase in activities the steps of the year have been taken slowly sometimes almost painfully to so for minds of oc western people who have been accustomed cus tomed Lomed in the past to the feverish rush and irrational profit making of speculative times but the slowness has been wholesome and the public at large begin to accept it as such buch beyond question the vast majority joi ity of the citizens enter the new year with a better cheer and more substantial faith in the future of the community than prevailed among them at any time since the first fric friction tinn between church and liberal parties in the years long Song gone by A practical measurement ot of the real changes chan cres of the year Is afforded in the returns of the clearing house they provoke a little disappointment at first sight because the total is only a a trifle river over a million in advance of the figures for 1891 yet fully con co they should should olter offer nothing but encouragement the year began begam with the enormous mont lily aggregate of business being then in its full awing totally oblivious of the impending dl disaster aster that waw was to tall fall in the middle of tile the succeeding june ind and for no month up to the first of july did the clearings fall below five million dollars dollard dol larg on the contrary the year just closed started oft off with clearings nearly two rA lIllon less than thop e of januar january WS and though handicapped by the retarding influences of a 4 depreciated price rolce for silver ind and a much demora general industrial situation in consequence must have had to more thlin outstrip the decline in the last six months of 1893 in order to off offset set the large business of the first six months february clearings clearl nga tell fell oft off one million and a halt half from those of january in march tile the total increased as it did again in april as it probably would have done in may but for the disturbance caused by the arrival of the industrial du army from the west and the heck givan to everything by the temporary unrest the city was not at that time entirely rid ot of the socialistic and inheritance left over from the unfortunate I 1 of the ding summer and tall fall in june clearing q revived again when the army was finally sent upon its way and I 1 the city apparently rid of of the worst I 1 it if not most of the idlers but that 0 scare had hardly passed cout of mind when tho railroad strike ensued and I 1 business fell oft to a point very near to that reached duang the worl wor l of the r panic ot of 1893 for the month of july f f th ih cle cleamins arIns aggregated only 3 thit n arld the lowest point of 0 activity reache 1 l during the entire year bothin could bettor better Illus illustrate I 1 tile buoyancy liuo yancy and courage of the poola D 0 ant the rabidity ity with re f overy was made clearings for au eust cust advanced over five hundred thousand bollam do llara and it mity may be sald sad adly made no further declines dur I 1 inythe entire year fron from july stoa steadily dily on ard until De december rember each months I 1 total the of the i 1 ti tino c ot of the army and tb the c strike seemed tn to complete the reaction from the panic 0 with t heir fo forna m r conditions to vanish v pd nd nw ones to ta be ba inath d e As early va ca in tile the first art part ot of au all gust cown iclal tra trav eclet operating from rolt biake began bot an to report an II am n til aneal ino chants i A t alo same kame then abc n ett lo everybody e to to tak ault of it tho ti pulse of till beat more t t guiti lr ir airn earne caw tit in 1 1 freedom with which taxes were being I 1 paid and they ran so far above the figures ol of 1893 that people could scarcely attribute the change chance entirely to that cause many were inclined to imagine tho the approach of a new boom in general business in the way of a boom however nothing ensued As eoon booi ns as the time for or tax settlements expired the clearings declined and with difficulty held their own with the figures fig let ures reg for or december of last year ye ir the holidays ensued and christmas clearings clea rines went nearly alty fifty thousand above those of christmas 1893 the irreasa Ir rease was not large but merchants merc lants throughout the city reported a general ln increase rease of from 20 to ZO SO per par cent in the trade and a condition obtaining wherein where ln cash sales of were to those of as contrasted contracted with credit sales in ili the proportion of one to ten lell that may be considered one of the henIth let diglis of the year if the clearings i have not increased as largely as it was hoped aber the would the inside character or of trade has changed chanced to a reliable and healthful basis people are arc iving ing nearer to their means merchants ire are buying and selling closer yet the amount of 0 business has actually increased comparative figures of the bank clearings ot of the year will tin be found in n another column outside of the straight financial aspect or of the cites growth there are elements ments to mention without which no adequate picture ot of the years advance can bs be reflected most host of them ahem have contributed in some manner or other to bring about the conditions above described first and foremost among them is the growth of the public school system it can bo be said cald of them that during the past year they have been of distinct and material advantage to the city the repute of their excellence having spread abroad has created an actual increase in the cites population no estimate his has as yet been obtained of the extent of that increase but some indications of it have been given in the tribune from time to time during the year la in the statements as to new residents who had come in both from utah and elsen elsewhere bere to PLACE PL k CE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS A large movement in that line tand and wm something ething entirely new in the history of the territory took place in the tall fall when dozens ot of miners from the interior from idaho nevada Nei iada montana ard and western colorado came caine to the city and either purchased or rented homes rr or did the latter and purchased lots with the intention if f erecting homes in the near future hitherto these men had either sent the ir families camiliea fa ast tast t or 2 had I 1 ad kept them hiber hi her rat rating ing in the little villages 1 I of the interior this year their action makes make it c evident beyond doubt that salt alt lake city has stepped forward once and for all time into recognition as the tha metropolis and chief city of the intermountain region it is a little early as yet to look for the practical influence of the prospect of statehood in the way of stimulating the cites development thus far its effect has haa been manifest only in tile the spirit of the public who begin to tel feel like the youth on the verge terge of manhood halt half rejoicing halt half with a sense of the responsibilities that must follow with the assumption of independence one must rather to internal improvements for any causes of 0 actual advancement mav made next to the school system in stimulating an increase of population lias has been perhaps what are known as city improvements chief among which Is the great city band and county building dedicated last week A full and gi graphic abble description of tho tha hand handsome earno structure Is given elsewhere in to days tribune one of its most mast material contributions to the tha cites welfare during the past year has haa been in n the employment it has bas afforded to hundreds of the mm men loft left idle by tho the disasters of ninety three another material b liMiel lt it may confer tn in the future will be the of the center of tile city prophets look to sea EC buz business iness houses drift in that direction 7 2 main dain street and rl farat zt and second south streets to bo be left probably to become the exclusive locality of banks and business offices another feature that has served to advance tile the population find and bettor better the tamo fame of 0 tile the city alty during the year has bee been the prosecution of 0 work on the ral 1 ity sewer like the county building it I 1 his h aas is afforded employment ment to many y laborers and so 0 helped to relieve the ruhh unhappy apt py congestion of tile alie labor mar market ket taken together with the county building and the comparatively elarge larce amount of resi residence delice building that lias ihas lyeen bison going on during the year for tint lias has been by no means niggardly ait it lias has effe effectually rc lc ildved cleved tile hip city 0 of UK the majority of the suffering poor who otherwise hll 1134 been a welchel eyo siri rf during rim in this winter vinter on the faca baca of I 1 n 1 11 1 1 ill miria Miri 1 astonished at the revelation in the way of new nev residences that would bo be made to them on oil a trip around the city and they would bo be still more astonished fit at the quality than at the quantity 0 of them very few homes bornes havo have been built at so low an expense as 1000 the gibat majority have cost from to llO GU a few running emay away up toward the figure the bulk ot of the real estate development has been east ot of main street the tendency of that portion ot of the city to become the fine alno residence quarter becoming more pronounced alth ith each succeeding year street mr car lines have not been extended but tn in the very heart ot of the city six business blocks have been either entirely or almost completed and some of them occupied while work has just been begun on another large block on first south street A now theater with witla a permanent stock COMPY company has been added to the city during december the entire bus business lileas portion of tile tho city Is now paved and this winter will be clear of snow and slush october brought the regular period tor for the annual biannual bi bl territorial fair A I 1 I 1 singular r success attended the occasion both from the point of view of the exhibition hibi tion itself and from the numbers in attendance and the general enthusiasm provoked unusual was added by tile participation of the militia in the ceremonies of the brening day an extra three days had bad to be added to the duration of the fair because of its popularity ul arity the general good spirit which the public manifested for that week seemed to be the last thin ahlas necessary to demonstrate the I 1 imel was waa i ilpo ip 0 tor for a I 1 I 1 11 V I 1 I 1 r I 1 al V NF I 1 I 1 i A W F 1 1 Z t 1 1 I 1 I 1 xa 11 6 1 4 A P 1 1 11 A lil ak I 1 1 f I 1 Y aa A wl I 1 it I 1 fa i J Z I 1 1 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 4 A x i t 1 1 I 1 4 1101 11 1 h P 1 11 tz I 1 si 1 ill I 1 I 1 i rl I 1 J 11 1 31 J I 1 I 1 I 1 A A 11 1 I 1 J it I 1 74 mi I 1 A 1 I ell I 1 v 7 I 1 11 P f fill i I 1 I 1 0 or j statue ot of Lili orty general revival of trade enterprise and hope in ili No november rember the chamber of commerce comme me ace which tor for two years had been dorn dormant yant and lethargic in its sleepy looms in the goard doard ot of trade building awakened suddenly and called torather ther a public mass meeting to consider means of advertising the city and promoting its growth an enormous attendance was vouchsafed to the tha meeting and was imparted to tho the chamber that promises to operate to the distinct dla advant advantage aga of the city during the coming cominar year that was waa Bc arcely ore off the I 1 boards when announcement was made of what may yet prove to have been I 1 the most important event of tile tho year namely the successful of the tha I 1 new ce w american A r alcan natural Katz iral gas caa fuel company in for the purpose of connert connect lug the city immediately v T the immense natural gas wells which were wera opened nearly two years ago so within I 1 th tivo months that sina ln confidently be expected that the pr present month will not elase elapse before the gas S 13 will be distributed throughout the entire city already the coal combine hoa has bobin begun to back water before the competition of the new factor in tho fuel supply and rumors have been current tor for some weeks of 0 a prospective e reduction tion in the price of coal another winter will not pats pass without some come material changes irv in that line inc therefore salt lake looks forward to the passing months of 1895 with pleasurable lanti anticipations cl pat ions she gow over into tho the new year with the mountain ranges full of snow with aromi promises pes therefore of abundant crops next year with unlimited water supply inviting the tha citizens of the east and of the drouth ridden plains to come and settle upon the thousands of acres acrea of land covered by tile the incomparable irrigation la systems with the assurance of hundreds ot of thousands of acres of tree free homes to ba thrown open in the indian r reservations erva during the year with countless inducements Induce menta to conservative capitalists and industrious men ill means to take up their abodes within theroun daries of the territory end and thus to contribute to the material and immaterial enrichment enri climent and enlargement of the queen city of the in ter mountain country A magnificent BUILDING NOW new nillion illion BI dollar home of the city and county first and foremost in the record of 0 |
