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Show LEADING CHICAGO BUSINESS MEN-ARE MEN-ARE ENTHUSIASTIC IN PRAISE OF SALT LAKE CITY AND HER FUTURE "Oh. wad some power the glftle g-Ie us. To see oursel's as ithefs see us." It Is' a good thins; that Salt Lake has awakened to the fact that she is a city. Salt Lake knows what she is. in a measure. , - Opinions' Carry "Weight What these men say of Salt Lake is not tainted by partiality: It Is not influenced in-fluenced by an object or interest; It is not to be bought by entertainment and xpendlture of time or money. These men are men of business, men of standing;, each of whom has made his mark in his particular line of endeavor. en-deavor. They have been visiting the Northwest, North-west, leaving Chicago April 12. and will return there next Friday, May 6. They are not "out for a good tm4," but are out to better establish themselves them-selves in business, to promote a personal per-sonal bond of Interest and acquaintance acquaint-ance between themselves and their patrons. They want the business. They are expanding their field. They want to know about what we of the West, have, and what we need and they are learn-j leg. " v""" ' -V nTal ln,Zlen. ..t , The delegation arrived here at 7:30 o'clock Saturday nlghCfrom Portland and Seattle by' way of Ogden. Upon their arrival the visitors were met by a delegation from the Commercial club, including Gov. Cutler, former Gov. Wells, Mayor Morris, Prank Knox. G. S. Holmes, John Dern, John P. Crltch-low, Crltch-low, Fisher S. Harris of the Commercial Commer-cial club and others. . . , The members of the party went at once to the Commercial club, where they were to be entertained.: There the party registered, as follows: fol-lows: " . John H. Hardin, chairman of the delegation; he is a member of, the firm (of F. A. Hardy A Co., wholenale opticians op-ticians and manufacturers of oDtical instruments. He . Is also secretary of the Chicago Commercial association. James K. Defebaugh, secretary of the delegation: editor of the . "American Lumberman," the foremost lumber trade publication in the world." ' W. T. Hypes, sales. manager for Marshall Field & Co., one of the largest lar-gest firms of importers, Jobbers and retailers re-tailers of dry goods In the world. . Ferdinand P. Ambruster, secretary and treasurer, of the pioneer crockery firm of Burley & Tyrell. Frank Hlbbard.' fourth vice-president of Hiftbard, Spencer. . Bsrtlett Co., one of the largest wholesale hardware houses America. TvSfca-X.V.v.A--x - E. U. Klmbark, vloe-psesident and manager of the Paper I Ills. Co.: executive ex-ecutive committeeman of the National j Paper Trade association, and secretary secre-tary of the Western Paper Dealers' association. as-sociation. J. O. Miller, senior, member" of the firm of John G. Miller & Co., manufacturers- of clothing, One of the largest clothing manufacturing concerns in Chicago. . , . . . . ! . John McCarthy, " assistant cashier Continental : National bank, the second largest bank In Chicago, and eighth In the United States. James Mac Velgh, Junior partner' in the firm of Franklyn Mac Velgh & Co., wholesale grocers and manufacturers. Frederick Bode, . president of Gage Bros.' Co.. wholesale milliners, whose business Is $2,500,000 annually. He is president of the Millinery Jobbers; association. as-sociation. . W. D. Haynle. general attorney IUI-nols IUI-nols Steel company, with plants and factories at South Chicago, Jollet, Milwaukee Mil-waukee and In Indiana. An unofficial member of the party is Nell Satterlee, a Chicago newspaper man, who Is the official reporter for the delegation. Eepresentativs Men. " " ' ' All the members of the delegation are leaders in their respective - branches of trade and finance, and their minds are , . stared -wtk h iuHir primrwn' ' ' 1 After the Informal entertainment planned for ' them st the Commercial club Saturday night; the guests went to the Knutsford, where preparations had . been made for them, and-rested from their travel. In preparation for the entertainment In store . for L them Sunday. - At li o'clock a number of 'automobiles 'automo-biles were' taken to the hoteiranji, the guests, "clceroned" by F. C. Sofrranwn, C. S. Burton, Joseph E. Cainr John Dern, George D.' Alder and C. P. Mason, Ma-son, were. taken for an hour's ; ride through the city. The Temple grounds were visited; the Brlgham Toung monument-was viewed, and the business streets were taken In. Then the guests were taken into the residence district, out Brlgham street past the fine residences on that thoroughfare, thor-oughfare, and back. through the humbler quarters where the great middle mid-dle class makes Us home. After an hour or two of sightseeing the guests were taken to the hotel for a brief stay, and thence to the Saltair depot, where they boarded their Pullman Pull-man car, "Sunbeam." preparatory to the run out to the world-famous Salt-air. Information Given.' The local men who accompanied the visitors on their automobile -trip were well selected to answer the cross-fire of questions hurled at them by the Chicago Chi-cago men. They Inquired and insisted on detailed de-tailed information and statistics, concerning con-cerning the population of the city and of 'the State; the percentage of Mormons Mor-mons and Gentiles; the wages and salaries sal-aries paid; the cost of rent and living; the prices of coal and flour; the number num-ber of miles of street car tracks In the city; the manufacturing industry; the mining and smelting Industries; agriculture, agri-culture, Irrigation, rainfall and reservoirs; reser-voirs; immigration and growth, and thousands of other questions pertaining to Salt Lake, Utah and their relations to other cities. Not one man of the half-dozen who went with them but was a , veritable encyclopaedia Utahnia, Trip to the Lake. The trip to the lake was a novel one for the Chicago men. who, with but one or two exceptions, had never been there. They noted with interest the route of the Salt Lake, San Pedro & Los Angeles An-geles railroad, the tracks of . which could be plainly seen winding out past. Garfield beach and Black Rock, and around Lake Point, where It was lost to sight. The local men who took the lake trip with . the Chlcagoese were Fisher S. Harris of the Commercial club. W. P. Read, superintendent of the Utah Light and Railway company; John Dern. C. P, Mason, J. A. Foley of the Illinois Central railroad: D. S. Taggart of the Oregon Short Line. E. D. Miller. C. D. Rookledge. H. M.'Crowther, C. N. Stre-vell, Stre-vell, for?r Gov. Wells. C. S. Burton. Joseph E. Calne and others. As the train rolled over the- bridge spanning the Jordan, the Chicago men, a Jolly crew, began the old nursery song: "The elephant said to the kangaroo. There's one more, river to cross," and the old plantation melody, "Roll, Jordan,' roll." l View of Salt Beds. The salt beds were a source of wonder won-der to the visitors. Each one had his particular question, and each wanted some special Information on the question ques-tion of salt making, the uses of. the salt. Its marketability, and Us value. Every detail of .the salt business was explained by the local men. They told of the dyking of areas in which the water was allowed to evaporate; they were told of the pumping stations out in the lake where the water Is raised - (Continued on page 2.) ' i - , . LEADING CHICAGO ; : BUSINESS MEN " i i . r (Continued from page 1.) 9 i - into th flumes, by which it is conveyed to', the' evaporation beds. Then they were shown how when -the water had been drawn off by: the rays of the1 sun, a .crust. -of salt remained. They could sea from the car windows how the salt is piled Into huge mounds, whence It is taken to the refinery and prepared for . market, - -They desired to. visit the refinery. which could be seen from the car window, win-dow, - but the .time at their -disposal I was too short for this. Then the train struck the trestle work leading to Saltair. This reminded some of ,the Lucin cut-off, and volleys of questions concerning that great engineering en-gineering feat -were asked, concerning its cost, the amount of material used, " and its utility to the company that built It. -There; was not one of the guests who . did not exclaim with wonder when he first saw. the great pavilion, onoe a mile out in the Inland sea, now high and dry, standing like a huge crane, with Its feet burled in the sand and its head high in r '. profound Impression In'my mind. Every one Is a boulevard, and, flanked as they are by those sightly shade trees, they are fair to look upon. . Those trees the air. -Uie visitors were impressed with the -size, of the structure and its architectural architectur-al ieauty... The great dancing pavilion, thelargeerfloor unobstructed by pillars - and posts in the world, charmed them. "Oh, Tor a. woman and an orchestra! Then for the dreamy waltz and a romance!" ro-mance!" laughed one. Floor Catches Them. . Staid, sedate men of business and affairs af-fairs as they were, they could not resist re-sist the temptation to skip and slide on the floor of hardwood, polished like a mirror. Here and there they skipped tor waltxed In pairs, tuneless, until their - attention was attracted to a group at the north westend of the pavilion, who were llsening to the story of Antelope island. . , . . ' ' Then they heard of the great stock farm on the island; of the herd of buffalo buf-falo that wanders at will over a part of the island; of the farm and its tenants, ten-ants, and of the fortunes that have been spent in the development of copper mines that have never yielded a copper to those fortune-seekers who had been Interested there. Then they. were told of' Gunnison Island Isl-and and Its guano deposits. . Sfry by Harris. This was FTaher Harris' opportunity to tell a story. He related tje legend of the sea gulls saving the first year's cropYor the pioneers; and how the scav- enger birds had since then been "sacred," "sa-cred," protected by law. "A few years ago. gentlemen." he said, "I learned how tame and how wise these 'blrds become ty reason of .their constant association and intimate relations rela-tions with our educated agriculturalists. agricultural-ists. - . "I had occasion to go into southern . Utah, and to see the man whom I desired de-sired to see I had to go to the field in which he was ploughing. Those birds, gentlemen, followed the plough in my- riads. picking up the grubs, worms and larvae, as they were uncovered . by the plough..' - ' "At 12 o'clock the farmer -took his team from the plough and we went to the house. The sea gulls flew to a nearby near-by fence In the field and waited. "We were a little longer at dinner, discussing my business, than was his custorn.. " "Atl c'clock, gentlemen, I heard a . great eommotion at the door, and running run-ning there, I saw that the yard was filled with thousands of gulls, crying as these are crying now. . .- "They were calling the farmer back to the plough. He had been at dinner more than an hour, and they were calling call-ing for his return. "There are some," he said, senten-tiously, senten-tiously, ."who seem inclined to doubt-this; doubt-this; but, gentlemen, upon my honor as a gentleman from Virginia, it is true." v Photographer Gets Busy. Then the guests and their entertaln-- entertaln-- ers were photographed by Harry Ship-v Ship-v ler. The Sa'-t Lake men Insisted that the Chicago men be photographed In a group by themselves, and this was done. Then ' the Chlcagoese patronized the "lightning photograph" machine, at a . dime a- "throw," and much amusement - was caused by the caricatures that resulted. re-sulted. . JL,unch was served during the trip to the lake, and while the tourists were Inspecting Saltair pavilion the car was cleared of the debris. The return was made Interesting by the guests, some of whom expressed their views of Salt Lake City and her people. - f J. E. Defebaugh, secretary of the delegation, del-egation, gave the following expression of Als views and impressions . to The ' Telegram representative who accompanied accom-panied the party: Praise for Salt Lake. - "There are three metropolitan cities; of the Northwest. Salt Lake compares most favorably with the other two; they are Seattle and Portland. "Salt Lake is distinctively metropoll-" metropoll-" tan in appearance. I was deeply impressed im-pressed last ' night by seeing .your streets, wide and commodious as they are. crowded with hurrying traffic. Vehicles Ve-hicles of all descriptions crowded the ' main thoroughfares; that was a sign of business.-. . . ' "Your stores were filled with purchasers- your sidewalks were almost impassable. impas-sable. Business seemed brisk and the conditions seemed good. Tour stores are modem; their stocks up to date. There seemed to be a great deal of money in circulation. Tour magnificent streets created a : ' " . . t S should be preserved at all cost. "Biit the great -rows of telephone, telegraph, tel-egraph, light and power and street car poles in the centers of the streets should go. ... - . "Instead of these, your streets should be parked. A row of trees or, a hedge, or a neat flowering hedge up the middle of every street would make Salt 'Lake the prettiest city in America.' -. ' Homes, Admired. . "I was Impressed by the nurfiber and evident luxury of homes of the middle class and the working class. The laborer-here seems more comfortable than does the laborer In the average city. "The Industry of the people is a keynote key-note of - their success. . Every ne -seems to be busy, and busy doing; something, accomplishing sbmething ; definite. I have heard the story of the struggle of the pioneers. Their industry seems to have been handed down to this generation genera-tion a priceless heritage. "The hospitality shown us here has impressed me-most favorably. It was not a mere cold-blooded dollar and cents hospitality, but it savored of brotherllness and we know how to appreciate ap-preciate it. The warmth, heartiness and earnestness of your welcome to us has certainly pleased us. It is a Western characteristic, but nowhere more pronounced pro-nounced than in-Salt Lake. "Your people are progressive. Your streets are clean. Your cement sidewalks side-walks cover a large area. You have fine 'water and sewer systems. Your buildings are modern, attractive, convenient con-venient and artistic. There is a great deal of building' going' on. It looks like a. healthful growth, not a mushroom 'boom' growth. y. . ,. r .''. Natural Advantages. , "Your natural advantages are many. Your geographical situation should make fialt Lake the market center for a great area. Your mines are producing great wealth; and more mines are being be-ing opened. This will add to Salt Lake's Importance as a commercial center. "That railroads are building toward Salt Lake is an indication that others, not residents of, your beautiful city, appreciate ap-preciate it and realize its importance. "Your climate is delightful and. I should say, -healthful as well. "The agricultural area .in this. and other States of this region will expand as the Government's irrigation and reservoir res-ervoir systems are put into service. "We of the -East who do not know of your needs might think that the Government's Gov-ernment's land reclamation and forestry forest-ry projects savored of paternalism. We who have been.,to the West -have seen your conditions ft nd needs, know that these policies .are not of the paternal kind.. They are necessities. But They Are Healthy. "Your manufactories are still in their infancy.' Wlth the unlimited . natural resources ' at your command,, at your very doors, manufactories should spring up on every hand." You should produce for home consumption apd for export. "Wherv,the Yailrokds come and put you in closer touch with the markets, you will be better able to manufacture your raw products and sell the finished goods. "This is a region, and Salt Lake is a city, of absolutely unfathomable possibilities. possi-bilities. Your cjty is up-to-date, progressive, pro-gressive, filled with live people. "Why should you not succeed? Why should you not forge txAhe front? Why should you not become the metropolis of the intennountatn region?" "It all seems a dream to the most of us. We little dreamed before this, trip of the wonderful things -we were to see in this region. "And our greatest surprise was to find Salt Lake City what she is and with a future such as she has!" ; " After the party had returned to the city the members went to their hotel in a special car furnished by W. P. Read of the Utah Light and .Railway company, com-pany, tendered .with Mr. Read's compliments. com-pliments. A banquet was served the visitors in the small dining-room of the Commercial Commer-cial club, beginning at 7 o'clock last night Today's Programme. During this morning the visitors. became be-came acquainted with ' their local patrons, pa-trons, and at 12.30 o'clock an organ recital re-cital was given for their benefit at the Tabernacle by, Prof. J. J. McClellan. - At 1:10 o'clock this afternoon they left in their private car "Sunbeam" over the Oregon Short Line for Ogden, where they wtli be entertained this afternoon af-ternoon and evening.- - - 9 |
