Show GEOGE A SNOW TIn our resume of prominent businessmen business-men or this i Intermountain metropolis we jnuot neccbsailly devote but brief apace to those whose business career is I irccpali hly linked I with thc plowing history of the upbuilding of Salt Lake City and Utah We therefore aim to speak only of those who by reason of their shrewd business ability and unremitting unre-mitting energy arc In every way representative repre-sentative of the beat Interests of our commerce and Industry Answering all these qualifications Is the abovenamed gentleman who by the way la a product prod-uct of this new Western Empire haying hay-ing been born In this Stall In 1SC3 He was Identified with the Z C M I In this city for a time and later accepted thc position of manager of thc Southern Utah Forwarding company at Milford Utah where he remained for acw years and then came to Salt Lake City and In l company with several prominent prom-inent business men here organized tho Consolidated Implement company Alt Al-t oush but 21 cars of age at that time Mr Snow had developed such traits of administrative ability and business ca prvcJijVjthat he was Intrusted with th gcnyraljjreanagcn cnt of this corporation corpora-tion which he was chiefly Instrumental Jin getting under way and he has held the position of general manager from its commencement For several years Mr Snow and two of his associates have practically held all the stock of this company since which time he has served the Institution as president as well Mr Snow will serve as a director in the new company and be a large holder of its stock Salt Lake Is not only the railroad and mining center of this Intermountain region re-gion b tIt is also thc base of supplies for the whole section From year to year Its jobbprs have steadily extended their territory enlarged their business and established branches so that now you see the Salt Lake brand from Alberta Canada to Mexico and from western Colorado and Wyoming to tho California line Salt Lakn has many large business enterprises but chief among these are thc vehicle and Implement houses This Is the natural center for a vast agricultural agricul-tural district which receives all Its supplies from Salt Like City Utah may now proudly boast of Its now organization or-ganization CONSOLIDATED WAGON MACHINE MA-CHINE COMPANY Which is conceded by the more prominent prom-inent trade Journals of tho East to be the largest wholesale and retail vehicle and Implement house In the United States This mammoth institution has a total capitalization of 1500000 and is the result of the consolidation now being be-ing formed by the Cooperative Wagon Machine company and the Consolidated Consoli-dated Implement company These two Institutions separately were the largest larg-est of their kind In this region each maintaining branches throughout Utah Idaho and Wyoming with numerous agents and travelers In the field The arrangements for the consolidation were finally perfected the latter part of the year and the resulting company commences the year 1902 with the brightest possible prospects under the general management of Mr George T q QlItj rhfl I Is 1 pqijceflcd to be one of thc t p6sd riridf t 4jIknown J implement men In the West These two companies have heretofore held the exclusive agencies for tho most popular vehicles Implements and farm machinery of all kinds Including special spe-cial lines of hardware harness and strap goods nnd many other auxiliary linesvjialdng most complete stocks for such establishments Each company has been doing a very largo and approximately ap-proximately the same volume of business busi-ness for several years past but this being the epoch of community of Interests Inter-ests tile Cooperative and Consolidated companies realized that by merging their business into one these agencies could be controlled and the business carried on at an Immense saving and expense and still maintain and possibly pos-sibly lower the low level of prices now prevailing This mammoth Institution will maintain main-tain branch houses at the more promInent prom-inent trade centers throughout this In termoun tam region with bright Courteous Cour-teous and aggressive men in charge teach t-each while the Increased capital coming com-ing to It nnd the large force of capabh men to select from will admit of tho company covering more territory Thus It can be easily seen that the consoli llatlon of the two Institutions here referred re-ferred to will prove of great benefit not only to thc stockholders but to the public pub-lic Tho proposed officers of this corporation corpora-tion arc Joseph F Smith president Mel W S McCornlck vicepresident via D Wells secretary Frank R Snow treasurer George T Odell general manager I The board of directors Is to be composed com-posed of Joseph F Smith W S McCor nick George Romncy George T Odell George A Snow Hebcr J Grant H B Prout L S 11 Ills G G Wright John Henry Smith Frank R Snow Charles S Burton and James H Moylc Mr Snow is regarded as one of the most capable and energetic businessmen business-men in the c awl SUiic |