Show SALT LAKE CITY AlECITY As the center oftrade for a mighty region as the clearinghouse for the i wonderful mines of Utah a the most btrlking site for I city between the seas i aim n city of schoolhouses churches hospitable homes good newspapers I and prosperous business Salt Lake in Its New Years welcome to Its people I and to the strangers within Its gates I can extend that welcome without a reservation < I servation fpr she Is all that she claims to I be Then the city is growing at a I licalthful rate The buildings arcctcd and the Improvements made last year i cost llfl702090 which was an increase in-crease over ISM of 502120990 and It i was all so quietly done that the figures I will be an astonishment to even our I own people The banks give an indication oC the place We cannot get the figures from onobank but tho others show that up to December 15th for two years past I their business has been as follows Total deposits JS80 H96L I Total deposits 1MO 16717S74W Increase In 1000 J1S010S3CO Lonnfln discounts 1S09 5iC6600tt < i Loans and discounts 1000 CMOKJOW 1 Increase for 100 14t To supplement our splendid schools Mr T Q Packard has within the year made a bequest of land to the city and has promised a structure for a public library in the near future which is to cost somewhere from 75000 up It will bo a great blessing to the city and will be Mr Packards monument as long as the city stands I The prospects for the coming year I are still brighter so much so that many conservative people are putting down 1901 as the date when the great advance In the city is to begin Salt Lake should L a great city The oky is here the air and the sunlight the great lake is in sight from the bench the springs are here and the valley and the mountains and behind JL all Is a Slate of multiplied and wonderful won-derful resources If the city had a voice its welcome the New Year today I to-day would be hearty and full and it would ring out upon the air like triumphant tri-umphant music I |