Show V The State of Utah and Its Capital Q o p i Facts re and Figures Worth ou Quoting L I I 9 TIRING the year now drawing to its close Salt Lake in particular i J ular l ar and the other 1 cities and towns of the State of Utah generally have en enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed joyed an era of f marked prosperity p ritY Notable in this II direction has been the erection erect ereck t k tion of modern mo lern business blocks and imposing structures tures until the building b trade journals and the news newspapers newspapers papers of the country have frequently commented on the wonderful growth of the city and the words Utah and Salt Lake City have been in the mouths of hun hundreds hundreds residing thousands of I i miles away aay who have been led to comment on the print printed prints s ed accounts of the develop development 4 ment of the natural metro metropolis metropolis polis of the thc intermountain region rY Outside capital has in consequence con COll consequence COllI sequence flowed to Salt Lake for investment in realty and I I business blocks until at this j time new retail and whole wholesale wholesale 4 N Q sale districts are in course of 1 construction 1 Told rold each cach in in its appoint appointed j a ed classification on the j pages that follow is the wonderful de development story st ry of the of the year not only in that of building and realty transfers running finning in into into into to the th millions for a single singled deal d al but the growth of the v fanning farming pursuits ing mining smelting and manufacturing ma ring enterprises of the state generally v F J iP t tL tI I I l f fI fI I I I d I vs y yi I i l I J 1 c shoo 2 e Je e y d 3 ff Celle e 4 oy h 1 4 h e h rd o o r r 25 JV Jon C Q b 7 OJ LRI 11 rn n r h Zt Q e t G Go Goa fotel ro e n t r it 1 t t 1 1 27 P y J Jrr 1 o IB 1 f 7 tr t 28 CSC oo 8 JY o rl l c t 2 29 9 J i e Cai e LJ I s 30 J 10 0 P LJur r 4 31 DOf oer eli V Gov ace ll InDex J I J b 1 lr 3 2 l f dud 2 CorY J 33 D 9 Dt fJ 13 Hb 3 F umber 4 r HI 35 Hiller 5 J m fo I Il Ifa ll l b 37 III n i iia yn i f J IT 17 hP b t f OF 13 Te b j jod 19 A f od B Ili l l ZO c b l lZ ZI Z Jl r r f T Tp r 1 p t Rt 6 1 4 N k rf 7 ti 1 l 4 fr I l vi i it t 1 4 lull p o q y r 1 1 II Ii f ill r i 1 rl ITI I li r j I r aw rl pl 1 t rt a aJ J LP 41 al rd A 1 t ALT 1 LAKE CITY was founded by the Mor Mormon Mormon Mormon mon pioneers pione rs who led I r by President Brigham I I I Young Y tend entered en the Salt I n I Lake valley on July J l Y 24 1847 1547 In the original corn com company pany y were souls SOl S of I whom three were women In Inthe Inthe Inthe the fail of 1847 the population population population tion had bad increased by im nn nn to about 2000 souls Treaties Trea ties were promptly made with the various tribes of Indians and settlements were founded in all parts of oi Utah and with the application of that thrift that has made Mormon Mormonism ism synonymous with industry in industry industry the world over an era of prosperity was inaugurated I aced On Aug 7 1848 a count was as made by br which it was ascertained that there were Mere r then in the city build buildings buildings buildings ings many others were in course of construction and many families were living in intents intents tents and wagons In 1849 the city was divided into 19 wards ward s and a bishopric was established over each These FI bishoprics were the thc source of local government in their respective wards secular as l luvell Yell vell as religious They rhey col collected Ii S and disbursed taxes I and generally looked after public improvements in ad addition addition addition to matters pertaining b 1 to their religious office t 1 Great Salt Lake was in incorporated incorporated incorporated Jan 9 1851 with I IJ i Jedediah J ded iab M lI J I mayor 1 i mayor r i i r 7 1 of t |