Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1904-08-19 | Page 2 | Thanks to Council

Thanks to Council Tile The delegates are pleased pIea with the action f the city council in its mani unanimous moos mona offer earn 0 of a building site sUe upon which to erect the permanent home of the congress congre in edse e Salt Lake wins the contest The T site offered is a most eli eligible eligible gible bIe one on OIl South street dl di directly scram across the street reet north from the city and aDd county count building From the new DeW federal feden building it Is distant only two ke while to the principal hotels of tbt t tb cHy cit it is Ie from one on to three blocks bIeck I 1 The ground covers a sPAce apace of or 0 feet f and in la ca case e the congress votes otes to come colas here and make its home there will be no fla trouble in raising the money meney to erect a splendid SP building Colonel Thomas Swing Ew vice president of th tb congress while wilDe not actively pulling for Salt Lake owing to his position po is known to favor this city In fact he declared when here a few f w months mont s ago that in ca case e Salt S Lake was selected he i would himself agree a to raise MM SeN to toward toward ward the erection of a suitable build lug ing The colonel coN Jel also promised to pre present sent a cabinet t of rare e mineral sped specimens mona mens that he be had bad been many years in accumulating and which was representative ef af C nearly all ad fl lag taig sections of the Ute world wid