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Show On Wednesday next hero will j; nmrch through the streets of Salt Iiilko l': City nn nriny of men. It will bo a h) great army. It will consist of a rogi- ' merit of regular soldiers, ihn national U , guard of Uiali, veterans of tlie civil (' war. Tlicro will bo in tho line about 5000 men. It will be an imposing sight. Ij This great army comes from nil parts , of the inion. It will bo directed and ' commanded by a grand marshal nnd II., nn nssistnnt. It will, as said, bo n I Y Inrgo bodj-, and to witness this parade I ' , at least, 75.000 poisons will congregate h along tho line of march. The parade .; will give this great throng of people i. nn idea of what an army is ana how Jonff 5000 men will renu'ire, marching hi ' in a parade, to pass a given point. i Of tho 7:1.000 persons who will wit-ncss wit-ncss this arade, not one per cent of k them knows ilia I one .great, railroad m system which centers in Salt. Lake, r were it to assemble its employees in llie state of Utah alone, in Salt Lake M City, and havo those employees march U in "j)arado through the streets of this i Capital eity, thai the muster roll would, rf .' show an army of 0200. or more than J ' , Fix full regiments. It would be a tro- u,; mendous army, and it would be made ' ' up entirely of citizens of the stato. Mi This is what the llarriman system fl'jj eouJd do did tho managomcnt. oi that i. system, the grand commander whose headquarters are in Salt Ij.'iko, so or- x ' dor. The fact that such an army of "Utahns could be nspoinblcd will, as said, (j- astonish UtnhiiB. as it will likewise !jj visitors, and will give all an idea of industrial conditions in the state. M To pay this groat army of railroad ; men the sum of $4,S-15.00'0 is required V' every year. In other words, there is ! disbursed and paid' to this army of ij(j men, who pursue a peaceful vocation, i- $40'5,750 per month, or more than $1 . :. , each for cver.y man, woman and child in Utah; $9.1,000 every week, or 75 r,f , cents for every man. woman and child ! in Salt Lake. 'or $13,000 every day in f, ; the week. I'li' Ijake City more than 500 persons arc r, ' employed in the general oftiees of this ', j big railroad system, i In addition' to the annual payroll of ' the llarriman system, there is expend- r'l ! cd in Utah, mostly in Salt Lake, about j $3,000,000 every year for supplies. 1 This means $250,000 per month. Be sides this, there is paid in to the several sev-eral counties in the state the sum of ! $303,S34 in taxes, or more than $2.1,000 i per month. Bear in mind that this big sum is paid out every year in the state, f and that it is constauth' increasing. In addition to this expenditure, during dur-ing the past year there has been expended ex-pended in betterments that is, in double tracking the system between Salt Lake and Ogden, in terminal fa- oilities in Salt Lake Citv. in improve- incuts in Ogden about $3,000,000; or. v in all, this railroad system lias poured out into the business world of the state, during tho past year almost 11,000, 000, or 30,000 for every dav in the year. Utahns will be astonished uc iH this statement, likewise visitors. To this expenditure of this corporation corpora-tion in Utah in the state alono during ; the year ended .lune 30, there should j be t added the hotel department, in I which there are about 1000 emplovees, A with a payroll amounting to $50,000 or $(50,000 per month, and which department depart-ment expends annually for supplies approximately ap-proximately tho sum of $900,000. This will likewise bo news to Utahns. Then add to this the expense account ac-count for laundry. This would scorn to most persons a liLtlc thing, and it Is when compared with tho other expenditures: ex-penditures: yet the laundry of the system, sys-tem, which is located at Ogden, turns out every working day in the year 12,-000 12,-000 pieces per day, or 3,(55G,00O per year. Those figures pertain to tho steam railway system of tho llarriman system. sys-tem. In addition to this, the traction system of Salt. Lake City is owned and operated by tho same management that directs tho steam system. This traction trac-tion eastern, which is tho pride of the managonlont. nnd the admiration of all Salt Lakers, has been brought up lo its present efliciency as good, by the way, as any in tho country, with equipment that is modern and up to date since the llarriman management took con- trol. Tho system has been entirely reconstructed. re-constructed. lOightyeiglit miles has been rebuilt, hvdra'ulic and electrical equipment has Won installed, in Weber We-ber canyon a new plant has been built, great pipe linos havo been constructed, niagiiilicent car barns which cover ten acres of ground have been erected, modern shops and ollice buildings provided, pro-vided, underground conduit system put in, since the llarriman management ; purchased the plant three years ago. And this traction system of "Salt Lake in 1908 expended in improvements $S24,3(57t in 1909 the expenditures for improvements will aggregate $970,857; the iaxes paid to the city amount approximately ap-proximately lo $100,000; tho employees' number 1-192, and the company pays Lhis army on its Salt. Lake traction system $825,000 annually in wages. These ligurcs are printed so that not bnly visitors may know, but also that Utahns may know what one great railway rail-way system is doing for the eity of Salt Lake and the stale of Utah. of Mrs. Krumholr. and Mrs. King, formerly for-merly of tho Wilson. . Tho .Luxor,, in which there are fifty rooms, is thoroughly modern, and up-to-the-minute in every detail, and has for the convenience of its patrons soruo lato innovations not met with in other hotels in this city. Among theso are the shower baths and tho cedar clothes chests, there being ono of these chests in tho clothesclosct of cvory room. All of the rooms aro light nnd airv, and wore elegantly furnished by tho Grcono-wald Grcono-wald Furniture company of Snlt Lake. Tho building is handsomely tinted throughout, the walls in green and tho ceiling in light yellow. Business at this now hostelry opened up briskly, every room therein being ongagod jit, t lip present time. |
