Show SALT LAKEi A Cursory V V Glance at I the City PAST AND PRESENT Marvellous Resources in Every Line of Activity QUEEN OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN MinIs Agriculture Climate Scenery Health and Pleasure Hesorh Unsurpassed in Their Grand Combinations For the benefit of the multitude of strangers in this city and the delegates to the Irrigation congress THE HERALD presents pre-sents a few facts and figures in regard to Salt Lake City compiled with the assistance of Secretary Meloy of the chamber of I i commerce PROGRESS Salt Lake City and county will commence this year tho erection of a joint publio building to cost when completed 545000 Salt Lake City has appropriated and will but into public school buildings this year and part of next 700000 Salt Lake City is now building a conduit this year six miles long costing 150000 Salt Lake City has built this year over eleven miles of sidewalks of cement es phaitum brick and flagging principally cement Salt Lake City has now laid fiftyfour miles of water pipe has fifteen additional miles partly laid and will lay thirteen miles more before January 1 1S92 On January 1st Salt Lake will have in opera ion eightytwo miles of water pipe Salt Lake City has a better tire department depart-ment than any city of its size west of the Missouri river Salt Lake City will pave State Street from South Temple Street to Fourth South Street this fall Salt Lake City Street Railway Company has 30 miles of electric railway and 30 elec tric cars in operation V The Rapid Trsnsit Street Railway Company Com-pany has 30 miles of electric railway and JO electric cars in operation The Great Salt Lake and Hot Spring Railway Company has built and equipped 4 miles of road this year operated by steam motor and are extending to Bountiful Bounti-ful a distance of 12 miles The West Side Rapid Transit Company has 7 miles of railway operating with steam motors and will complete their line to the Great Salt Lake this fall |