Show AT THE OPERA HOUSE 1 The Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Night VERY HOPEFUL ADDRESSES The Speeches Made the Tenor Being the rtdvanooment of too movement move-ment So Well Began No meeting of the kind yet held in this city in numbers and enthusiasm ever equaled that held in the Opera House last night Kents military band entered the building at about 8 oclock and after taking up a position in the rear of the stage payed a number of lively airs in the excellent style for which the organization is noted and kept the audience from growing impatIent im-patient until the proceedings were began be-gan when every seat in the dress and first circle was occupied and many per aons were standing Among thrse present were noticed many of the most prominent prom-inent business men of the city Across the back of the stage was a streamer bearing the device SALT LAKE EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY A L Thomas called the meeting to order and invited the members of the committee appointed to solicit contributions contri-butions and the directors of the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce to take seats upon the stage which they did H W Lawrence chairman of the committee stated that they had been most cordially received by the people and had already raised between 11000 and 12000 and expected that more would be added to tue fund which would he expended in advertising tha resources of the Territory The committee would be pleased to receive further contributions in any sum from 50 cents upwards and to bear suggestions as so how the fund should be expended F H Anerbach in ved that tbs list be read but the motion was lost and GOVERNOR WEST was called upon by the chair to address the audience He said It is a pleasure pleas-ure to me after a trip to the east to return to Salt Lake and meet with her citizens upon an occasion of this kind There id a diversity of opinion as to the future of this city and Territory and there are those who do not believe as I do that this is to be the most beautiful city in the whole country Let those who doubt go back ons year when our citizens first realize that they had a work to do and when this moment looking to the development develop-ment of Utah was first started and see what has already been accomplished accom-plished There are manv who do not yet realize the excellence of o ir climate the beauty of our mountains and the richness of our mineral resources That is a lesson they have to learn We do not have to lay the foundation for our prosperity I A BUILDER GREATER THAN IIVN has done that He has given us all the material things necessary for our prosperity pros-perity and we have but to build upon the foundation He has laid 1 believe lieve our people are in earnest in this movement and that everyman intends to do his duty If they do we shall have a great and beautiful city a prosperous Territory aud a happy and prosperous people Lt our msiness men unite This unity has made the Chamber of Commerce what it is today and enabled it to do the good work it has done The sewerage question has taken definite shape and tne work will be inaugurated durine the corning year because our representatives tives in the City Council recogniza the fact that the pt ople they represent demand de-mand it Thi will be a step in advance and show that we believe in progress People are beginning to hear of our wonderful attractions and are coming to see Silt Lake Having seen there will be but one thing for them to doto invest their money and stay with us Men talk about the boom ceasingit has never begun A boom here imply means increasedprosperity and wealth Al we have to do is to invite in-vite men of wealth and nerve to come Amongst us investigate our advantages advan-tages and they will stay to develop our resources and make us great The action tion of tbe Legislature in bonding the rerritorywas not for the purpose of expending ex-pending money extravagantly but because be-cause there is a real necessity for such action and the people realize it Salt Lake in turn will undertake the improvements im-provements needed by her and carry them through therefore let there be BO DOUBTING THOMAS among us If such persons oonld only hear what those who have visited the I city are prophesying an to its future they would cease grumbling put their boulders to the wheel and help to roll on the great work There has been awakened in this community a spirit which will result in the prosperity e desire To the gentlemen of the committee com-mittee I Would say never weary in well doing The I BUILDING UP OF A GREAT CITY 1 is no small task but we have the sure foundation and in a few years we ourselves will be surprised at our growth But we must not cease our labors in pushing forward the work begun So far as the expenditure of the nnais concerned different views are entertained and we chould counsel wih each other There is no doubt but that it will be expended wisely We may differ but let us discuss the matter seriously md honestly The committee have done the work they were np pointedto they have been faithful and earnest and I think that the expenditure ex-penditure of the fund collected should be left in their hands If it is I am confident that every dollar expended will be as bread cast upon the water toe > to-e returned an hundred fold and will only be a short time when we will rejoice re-joice at Ihe result of the movement so auspiciously begun I c s VARIAS was the next speak He said he thought it was true that in the affairs of communities as in the affairs of man there was a time which If taken at the flood led on to prosperity There seemed to be a determination among all classes ot citizens to build up this city There were some who seemed inclined to holdback hold-back and doubt but they could not check the advance Some men were so bound up in themselves that they could not see what God and Nature had done for them and whose ears were deaf to the murmurs of the people who were sweeping to this Territory and would carry her to the position she was entitled en-titled to Nothing was ever dono in this world without money and if factories fac-tories and capital were wanted here inducements mast be offered Men who coald successfully manage great factories and enterprises possessed brain vigor and manhood and such men were needed here Some day all the antagonisms ot the past would be buried in the grave of oblivion and the city would march on Every man owed a duty to the Territory Terri-tory in this matter and should encourage en-courage the business men who were spenoiug their days and nights to advance ad-vance this movement R w SLOAN I was called for and in response said that he had not a reputation as a public pub-lic speaker and did not intend to surprise sur-prise them It was said of old that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country and there were many things in this Territory which were without honor because they were so near He might be considered an enthusiast I en-thusiast upon the subject of Utah but he knew of no country under heaven which possessed so many resources He had learned to believe with s eep and abiding faith that there was NO POWER STRONG ENOUGH to stop the growth of the Territory The opportunities presented were not understood by many here but persons would coma who would appreciate and profit by tbeai Wealth was not given to men for their individual benefit and it mum go sacsc to the people from whence it came No money could be better expended than in founding manufactories and enterprises which Kive employment and uothine was more necessary to the prosperity of a people Ireland with her miseries and her woei was an example of this She had no iTPHt manufacturing industries to which the people could turn and they nad fuhtr to farm to emigrate if they had i the means or starve and as long a i there was but one avocation open w the people political freedom could ii ver give Ireland prosperity England on the other hand otlered a diversity of pursuits and the people with their craft iustinct could lollow the avo ratkn which best suited them It wa Ezglanas manuae odes which bed I1111 her the power she is The speaker l1 pied this to Utah and ask d what our merchants were doing to sustain themanufac odes established here There were merchants here who were interested in the prosperity pros-perity of the Territory who were selling Denver soap against the Utah article There was also much in unity of thought and if men believed that Utah was to ba a great country and Salt Lake a great city and impressed these iaeas upon all with whom they came in contact if they would work for its advancement their hopes would I be reelizcd 1 WI YV 9 was the next speaker He said he bad been a resident of Salt Lake City since his earliest recollection and it grew more beautiful every yea The future which awaited it had been clearly de final in his mind for ma y ypr It had laKen a long time to lay tL nd ition for a great city end in lor ng bat k he did not feel like passing bj the nioneers who first cime here and he looked with pleasuie and satisfaction upon the development which had taken place and was in full accord with he sentiments expressed by the preceediug speakers What was required here was energy and work The materials hipped out of the Territory should be worked up here Our lake our climate and our unequaled resources would in sir eroic wealth to this country It was destined to be TUB SANITARIUM OF THE WORLD He looked forward to that day not far distant when Utahs advantages would be recognized and Utah built into a great State The speaker said that be heartily approved ap-proved of the improvements which were to be made and particularly the sewerage system It was the duty of the people to have a system of sewerage inaugurated so that this city might not only be the most beautiful but the most cleanly as well F H AUERDACH said that since he firtt caught sight of this city nearly a quarter of a cntury ago he had traveled all over the east and never failed to have a feeling of pleasure when the time came to turn I I his face horuewaid He had always believed be-lieved that Salt Lake had a great future and before long the city would have all those things which were necessary to build up a great and a prosperous city There had been periods of depression here but he had never lost faith People might say that the boom was ever but it was only because they were shortsighted In this movement the people were one He wns as careful with his means as any other business man but realized that there was a time to Epend as well as time a to save and this was tho time to spend HYRUM GBOESBEOK said that they had put the iron in the fire it was at the right heat and now was the time to strike and show that they were able and willing to put their shoulders to the wheel and make this a great city Factories had been talked ofthey should have been stared long ago and if those already In existence had been sustained as they deserved they would be in amore a-more flourishing condition than they were today ME SPACES a gentleman formerly of Chicago was called and said that having been to San Diego he had stopped here on his return He believed that the right course was being taken to send Salt Lake Cty to the front There was every indication that natural gas ex I existed here and if it did and was developed de-veloped it would do a great deal for the Territory Flnloy Ohio was but a village when natural gas was discovered dis-covered there and that alone bad made it a city He hoped that the subject would be investigated Governor Gov-ernor West stated that a company had already been formed for the purpose of prospecting and they were only waiting for the City Council to pass an ordinance wnon work would be commenced com-menced On motion of Mr Sells the Chair appointed ap-pointed Messrs F H Anerbach James Glecdenning K W Sloan H incas beck and W H Sells as a committee to memorialize thj City Council for favorable favor-able action upon the petition of the Natural Gas Company It was moved and carried that the committee appointed to solicit contributions contri-butions be increased seventeen and Messrs M B Sowlcs J W Young W W Clayton and S C Ewing were appointed ap-pointed The meeting then adjourned subject to tho call of the Chair I J |