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Show TRADE, BUSINESS, AND FINANCE. The most important announcement over made In Salt Lake is that which officially states that the Western Pacific Pa-cific Is to be built, the news coming from George J. Gould through his various va-rious ofilclal channels. The details are printed In another part of this Impression, Impres-sion, and but bear out everything that The Tribune has said on the subject for the last year. Only last week did this paper state without reservation, on the highest possible authority, that the road would be built and work would commence at once, but now follows fol-lows the official confirmation direct from Gould, and Gould Is a man who does not make futile announcements. Therefore any further doubts or speculation specu-lation will be entirely useless on the part of the public. The road starts from Salt Lake. Its constructing headquarters head-quarters will be here, thousands of workmen will move In nnd out of this .... 1 r . . . ...ill V. each month In wages and material. It wlli be several years before the work Is completed, and in those years Salt Lake will witness such a revival of business ns has never before been seen In this locality. For the route and all Important details of Gould's plan, the reader is referred to the announcement today which covers the whole story. The gathering of the Harrlman nnd Clark people was the final one prior to the opening of that great line to Los Angeles. The Commercial club has satisfactorily arranged Its excursion, and all Is nearing completion for the commencement of actual operations. The people of Salt Lake and Los Angeles An-geles have their eyes on the Salt Lake Route and great things are expected following the opening. Work, Is being pushed on the three local lines in their Improvement and general extension plans. The terminals arc being perfected for the Short Line, and the Rio. Grande will more than duplicate du-plicate the plans for a union terminal for Its lines and those of the Western Pacific which will be a magnificent structure, undoubtedly located on Third South and Fourth West. The money for the Salt Lake & Southern has. it has been said, been fully arranged for and that road will surely be built. The Salt Lake & Ogden Og-den will continue Its extension to Ogden. Og-den. The Saltalr road, having a franchise fran-chise to cover the line to Deep Creek, Is, through Its management, keeping a sharp lookout on the local situation, with a view of itself entering Into the scheme to build the Salt Lake, Deep Creek &. Tonopah. Never- in Utah's history has there been such a bright outlook in the railroad rail-road field, and the Western Pacific will finish the picture by giving Salt Lake its first direct nnd short line to San Francisco, the port of the whole Pacific, Paci-fic, the gateway to the Orient. The storms of the week have Increased In-creased the cheerful feeling that the water supply Is now assured, in ample volume. There Is a general opinion that the State as a whole has not fared so well In many years, as this, as to water supply In every part. The season sea-son has been propitious for grain and fruits, and nothing clouds the outlook The wool clip Is well advanced, and is selling at top prices. The opening of the San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad has I awakened the liveliest Interest In the whole region lying between here and southern California. Men are flocking In by the hundreds, and every available opportunity for business is being utilized. util-ized. Especially Is the activity turned toward prospecting. The region all through southern Utah and Nevada-practlcally Nevada-practlcally the whole length of the road -has been known for forty, yetm! and more as a. mineral region and many mines were discovered In the old days at various points. the remoteness of the points frorn any reasonable transportation facilities made development develop-ment impossible, however his line unlocks the'door, and the discoveries discov-eries reported are surprising equally in number and in the richness of the ores tound The hills for scores of n les on each s.deof the line are swarming wi Prospectors, and it Is certain that the Immense region tapped win bccome 0 of the richest producers, known on tl"e cent nent-ihls say.ng nothing of he Bu" GoJ. and6 The mines ofhls State keep up and increase their heavy output, anu the smelters, their Improvement n,"d en- 1 argements to meet the stead y "n. i creasing demands made upon them. , The tremendous Increase in the out nnt of copper bullion since tne first ot ' January and a corresponding incvLZ i in the production of ore during the ame period, afford the best A . . Perhaps, of the progress tha I -debytheStateoruTasi I producer. While tho v7iw(S mighty one at this time tSHu ment now under constructfoUp which ha been projected iB. conviction that this output"? I been more than doubled beforH I piratlon of eighteen months 1 The vast undertakings 'n'u J the Utah Copper ccrr.pa.uy andlB' to be exploited to the earliea?-B' matlon possible under tho dlhMh Mr. Jackllng, Its manager; thlBfi of the American Smelting company to proceed at onco9 construction of a Copper PiJmitf. valley, to be an auxiliary toiX plant now In operation at SlurM provision made by Mr. 3amJ house for the elaborate enuirjK the Boston Con., with means reduction of Its ores, and j over which to transport thetnW plant, and other projects of rnaKjl I all foretell a season of actlvitsT the pioneer never dreamed. TJpi AM and other equipments twelve o millions of dollars will be ej I The achievements will und f find materialization In somi greatest undertakings ever at f in the Western country. W In addition to these indepen dertaklngs, the railways 'uj f" are co-operating to every cc-njli tent in their endeavors to sJni f means for economic tranBa It5 and with concessions that la r made by the carriers to the j concessions that have been pi by the smelters, and above L acute competition In the own ? at this time, he Is now plat f$ more favorable position, utifiii i thnn at any former period hr 4 lory of mining in this State, 'J pi The laborer never was proyi t more employment at the smi w' miner with employment forUf number of his craft In the dlgSb Why not a new record fofHj mines and smelters, at the cloHT In this city, (outside of thegL way news above,) the chief evK week was the purchase of tlBjl FarEO branch bank by thK bank. A number of the baalHt city entered the competition toBf, branch, but the highest blddljv The acquisition will be a de& for tho purchasing bank. 'ymt In general business, the acB fairly gnuged by the IncreasiB per cent in the bank clearancB pared with the same week In ltK Is strong, and the business MB backed by the great wealth of.HU rounding region in mines, ajrB? and stock-raising, are Jn theiM degree reassuring. tLEl The season in building bids fw' a mute to last year, when n'eiflp lngs went up by scores In alivB the city. Tho realty marketjBR most sound, it being concedsH best Judges that there was nevijR ter time to buy than now. LQBp! experts who have looked ovcrtKj ty market here consider SuV realty a snap, ns they conceiMr" every experienced observer Salt Lake Is bound to be taesH of the Western Interior. In the country at large, hHf arc active, building is brisk,H' earnings are on the increase,'!iB mand for iron and steel Is KrfjBp American masters are said to Ing on the construction of Iik steel works in China nnd the Pacific Coast," says BNBy "the outlook seems wlthautMHU very heavy export trade wIlKt looked for on the coast th'B aKfl Crop reports arc IrregularHi, variable, but on the whole 'MOE says Dnu. Much trade rfV1 cry has appeared, mercanuMHt are Increasingly prompt, lnctyH tlvity expands, labor COTt,rof few and cause little inconvenH migration Is more than'doufiH the corresponding week last-HH way earnings exceed las'trH April by 10.U per cent. For-IH City. Dun reports jobbing lr)fl somewhat better than a ve?rijHI ures are fewer than avcragefcHM nyBank clearances of the' ffm (he enormous gain In New TofH per ' cent, compared with lhdR corresponding week last "Mr'. banks outside of New York tflf ' was 21.1 per cent, a gain for alWfc. Prices on the street have blt servatlyely maintained, but PMh is repressed. Tho situation !flkA and every interest looks forwHAil season of great Industrial and'HJI clal prosperity and abiding, ' |