Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 32 | Growth Very Rapid at Soldier Summit

GROWTH VERY RAPID II SOLDIOMMIT Many New Industries Are Opening at Railroad Division Town. i Completion of the : ta te road through colrjiftj- Sumrr.it, the laying of the foundations founda-tions for the hip nv roundhouse and similar work on th big- ne -.v hot el and depot are some of (lie swift developments iti the rapidly jrowi n? railroad town of f-oldler Summit during Ihe pa.?t we-sk-Th'.;s and scores of other activities have been initiated as y result jf the- decision of the Denver A Rio lira "de ra ilrnad fo srnhliM, division irmin;! ;i r Soldier C-ummii. and to rixn.-.nd J?"'"),!)'""1 in improvements. im-provements. Business houses are iTHdua'l;' open-In open-In i?. hu t many more are needed. Sror-e?. i amusement places, cr a ra us . a. ha n k , in 1 fact, kind of business, ir is de- 1 cHrf-i). has an excr-lleni opportunity in i Soldier Summit at thit-: time. One of the most, recent organizations to open for . bu.sfne?a is the Soldn-r Summit Lumber company, a corporation capitalized at $.".000, with W. H Burton of tlift Burton - Investment company as president. This firm will operate a lumber yard and hard-1 hard-1 vare store, which is now mocking ready to meer thf bis? dema nd for these ma- tprlals i hat is-assured for Soldier Summit this fall. i A lart,-e hod- of railroad men. officials , of the Denver & Rio Orande, spent a con- side rab e time in Soldier Summit last week, Kolnpr over the situation. The. party ' consisted of Vice President James Russell, ! A . i3. Gwyn, chief engineer: J. T. Slat- tery, superintendent of the Salt l.a.ke di- vision; H. O. Whitney, general road master; J. D. Thomson, superinten dent . of bridges, and H. W. Mi:-i Mi:-i A fee, superintendent of the dining ear and hotel department of the road. Mr. Slattery was especially optimistic re-, re-, sardine Soldier Summit. As superinten dent of the Sail Lake division, he spoke with accurate knowledge of Ihe number of railroad men who will reside at Soldier Sol-dier .Summit because of Us being made a i division point "I can state positively that between 500 and 600 railroad men will reside at Soldier Sol-dier Summit with their families after December De-cember 1. And it is safe to predict that the population vill be at least U000," he i taid These railroad officials showed great Interest in the plans now beinp; projected for the construction of numerous houses tills fall. They are very anxious to see residences provided for the railroad . men who will live at the new division point. Plans for fifty houses have already been completed and It is estimated that a to-; ta.1 of more than 200 must be finished by i December . Mr. McAfee said that th new hotel t would be completed and in operation 1 within ninety days. Interest is gradually quickening in the purchase of home sites at Sold ier Summit, according to reports from the TT. C, Means Investment com 7 pany, which has the sale f the Soldier Summit. home sites In charge.