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Show I ALL UKtTE FOR I mm LIE Leading Merchants of City Are a Unit in Efforts for Town. ALL REGARD OUTLOOK AS BETTER THAN EVER Concise Statements of City's Future Fu-ture as Voiced by Prominent Prom-inent Men. I "A Greater Salt Lake City" Is now the motto ami the faith of the men who do things; the men who, by their capital and ability, maintain their position amonc the business Interests of the town. There, is rn division Of opinion "n this question. The men who have Invested their money in Suit Lake are now satisfied that the era of prosperity Is dawning; that the ad-i ad-i vancemcot of the next few yearn will be I of the phenomenal order, and that the capital of I't.ih win become whal it has long deserved to be, the metropolis of I ih- intermoontatn region. Speak for Themaelves. Fi Hut I'M :i few of the representative raer- chants of the olty speak for themselves. The Tribune will p.ibllsh from duv to day 1 ! other expressions of similar import, know- ' inp ihnt th- men whose sole Interests are : liere bavo a clear understanding of the situation. . Mere an- some of the brief i ! talks secured yesterday: Full of Promise. I John Lewis, manager Kelth-O'Brten j company : "The outlook for Silt Lake Cltj Is full of promise. The new rall-, rall-, roads centering there, the erection of the I HOW Smelter and concentrating plants, ! the changing of ilv railroad to hagurjn i Into an Intcrurban line between this city j and Ogdcii and the effort that Is being , made to upbuild our manufacturing In- lj. lriestv nil point to a fast Increase in ; population. It would not surprise me to i i Ken Salt Lake attain W.tXin population be- I ' fore llw; end of the next year" City Bound to Advance. I i Claud Kreed, or Freed Furniture com- : : pany: "Certainly t h l city Is bound to j ! advance and gain rapidly In population I i from the East, Bverj one he-re is pleased j j with the outlook. Our buelnfess Is more I ' j than Lti p r c iil b- tt-r than It was a year 1 1 'a ago. and I look for a greater increase Ij-S next year. Fifteen years igo this city hp w..-. on a oar with Denver, Ws have lagged behind, but It now si-ein ertaln 111 that our day has come, and thnt we will overtake the Colorado metropolis. I We have the making here of u gr. at. r j 1 1 city than Denver, and I now see no tb- IrjJ stacle In the way of our growth." Piospeiity Assured. Louie Simon, mam g' P ruris Millinery Bfl company: "Everything points to two years Of great growth. The mines are adding to their output, the smelters are making preparations for the handling of a largely Increased t. at . Bingham alone is certain to put oui wealth enough to make a great city. I believe that Mayor Thompson will give us a good, clean and able administration, and that Vfl the city will go forward with great H strides. Every additional wage-earner jBJ adds to tiii- pnspint o, the business Bl hsen, and it is certain that the payroll H h destined to s great increase during the next year." Nothing Car. Stop Growth. r'U Louis Cohn, president L. & H. Colin's: S "I can see nothing on earth that ran stop B 1he rapid growth of Salt Lake. I base H my views ,on the experience of the past j ten month e o the future The mineral developments HHl f M that are under way will be of a magnl-H, magnl-H, i tad,' that will a-t.'idsh us all. The sinilt-K sinilt-K i I lug and milling plants now under con-bsbbbbbbV con-bsbbbbbbV ' I struction at Garfield will make of this y I valley a smelting center equal In a few J I years to Anaconda It Is In the air that I. 1 Sail Lake will make Kr.-.u city, Our I b - ho n an incroosi p i of s per ceni over the eame month for .j I the biggest month we ever had. No ' one e help but be pleased with the out- W look." IEettei Than Ever, l-i H. Crabbe, president a. ll Crabbe company: "To me the- outlook is beit.-r than ever before. While the past s. i j has been the best I have known In the r city, I antlcipati even great Improve- lii ment. it appears to met that Eaatern i peuple are j.i: t begintdug to wake up to realization of our ri sum (. There Is H ; everything here to make a large city, w , and It Is now evident that the dettrmlna- H I i lion of all classes of citizens If to get w together and exhibit some of the spirit H ; thnt has made Lbs Angeles famous I am I glad to see it and am confident that the W result will be beyond anything that we H; now antlclpie. New factories are coming j In. new capital Is seeking Investment, all v of which mean- a greater city. Our re- B M sources are without an equal let us get W In and develop them Must Forge Ahead. n i J. P. Gardner: "In a business way the city Is bound to forge ahead. The' new H enterprises that are calling large amounts i ; of capital here as-me thai. 1 Und Dial 1 i then- is a goofi fe.-iing everywhere; that H 11 e pi.ipi.- understand what Ih due the Hlx town and that we will advance steadllv Hi; from now on. 1 have not the slightest Hjf doubt. The season now on has been the i ' i ' best Salt Lake has ever Keen. I speak H from m.e own experience, but i doubt not V that the promise of the future will prove H I a surprise." I Any One Can See Pvesults. i The head rif one of the largest mercan tile bouses of the city, who makes It an '. ;j Imn-clad rule never to allow his name to ! appear In an intervli w, s aid "A child Can See that Salt Ixtkes outlook Is brighter now than ever before There Is everything to help, practically nothing to hinder our growth. Mines, smelters, mills home manufactories, added population. h good feeling among Ih. Investing e,-- H ment. a wide opportunity for labor, im- H mense undeveloped resources; all make ( the future of Salt Lake as bright as hl Hlr most sanguine could wish.' |