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Show 1 WjTm ldjfy IS k a Great 1 MelropoIiSo " 41 k ; Prediction That Its Popula--vl ) tion in 1907 Will Be nsj 200,000. ttk j Sat lake City Stands Today Where ' Denver Did Just Before She :ynj ' Took Her Great Growth. ; to &! ''Vi There Is considerable exhilaration 'in 'ros V, tone of the local market, both fe'l Wholesale and retail, and' the exhllara-tlon exhllara-tlon Is shared by the jobbers, manu-UeitA manu-UeitA facturer3 and business men. Some Utah uifci fjroducta are being recognized as to j,cir superior qualities, such as our! ""' native brick, building materials and s Kour nLt'V0 stone nnd building enter-3 enter-3 prises In many of the neighboring ' '3 'flutes are being placed in the hunds ' 'j ht Utah contractors and manufactur- 4 Irs. fill In reta" trade the prospects for 'jifabundant -work has given a cheerful , --llltone. Even tho upproachlng confer-'"IVfcttls confer-'"IVfcttls looked forward to wltli moro jgAnVtf3t by tho merchants than hereto-'pfca' hereto-'pfca' In tn0 wholesale trado new IfieAs are being opened In new terrl-, terrl-, -j, too', jiartlcularly In the gold regions 7 tw W Nevada, and these are being eagerly '1 ibfli ilooked after and cultivated. ttfis k Mlnlnir In all parts of tho State is very active, and all Industries In the -Stale and city are enjoying great ISt prosperity . There Is no other city in ithe Union which has so many wonder-' wonder-' M resources to draw on. Mining, ng-clhl&' ng-clhl&' frlculture, manufacturing, smelting," Ti&g fraDroad center and a health and pleas- J lure resort, and all of these resources if-'Uj 'fere iast being developed. I Wow Business Blocks. 3tany fine business blocks will be ' jjbnllt this year. The Herald block, hlch Is being built by Senator "W. A. .rCIark of Montana, will bo five stories nnd cost 5100,000; the J. R. Walker Es- ftate block will be nine stories and cost S' BsO,009, a new theater, 3G0.O0O; a new paeklns-hoULe, $150,000; O. S L. and i fan Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake ' jralhvay new Union depot to cost I3M.G0O: the Rio Grande Western new itwi to coat $250,000, and new shops, &M0.0CO. Many new homes aro under .construction In all parts of the city, ! and, as stated by several contractors, 'IM' tbsre e many more new homes r Jtollt this year than In 1004. I The three new railroads now under i icosstructlon from Denver, Los Angeles I: hsi San Francisco to Salt Lake City r Jvill make her one of the greatest rail-I rail-I j.rcad centers west of Chicago, and with I i.ttr present big facilities will bring In I '.icsny n?w manufactories, which will I. '.refine the raw materials, of which we I I llave an abundance. I, S With suburban electric car lines, 1 fclch are to be built at once at a cost :i several million dollars, to reach ' frl every '"iportant town In Utah, g1'1 another great resource to our " r- Half Million for Improvements, ' Improvements to made by the I 'Cltjr this year will cost 5500,000. The i i!?bllc Horary now being complet-; complet-; H will cost $110,000: the new Presby- .i.rian churcli will be completed this J irt " a C03t oC S125.000. and the ex-' ex-' 1 of tno sewer system, together Wh connections, will be over $350,000. |