| Show THE NEW SALT LAKE CITY IN THE camden new jersey courier of the let dinst appears the following graphic picture by a special correspondent of salt lake city as contrasted with its condition in the old times A afefa s SALT LAKE CITY utah aug SO 80 the reputation of this city so widely known throughout the country was acquired originally from the fact that it was a point of great interest to tourists and curiosity seekers who desired after a transcontinental trans continental trip to be able to say that they had visited the headquarters headquarter a of the mormon Chul church reb the peculiar beauties and attractive features of the city and her climate made this rest of a day or two in the long tiresome journe journey across the continent a very pleasant and advantageous feature of such a journey U up U to within two or three years about all that anyone had any idea of doing when making this stop at salt lake lak ec city t y was to visit the points of interest associated socia ted with the history of the mormon church about that time however there was a wonderful transformation of public opinion regarding salt lake city gradually the public began to learn that there existed in salt lake city not only things of interest to the curious tourist but that there was something of greater importance associated with salt lake city and her surroundings every form of the progressive and ambitious american began to see in salt lake city indications of a wonderful future the result of this was that the tide of immigration grew imperceptibly but rabidly rapidly idly until it suddenly dawned upon rag t the e whole people of salt lake city and upon the country as a whole that this was to experience a most remarkable degree of prosperity and advancement THE NEW MEW AND THE OLD within the past eighteen months there have been erected the first buildings which indicate the line of between old salt lake city the tourists resting place and new salt lake city the mecca of the business man investor or the seeker after health or pleasure the miles of buildings erected in salt lake durine the year vear 1890 but presage the unparalleled gra era of development and growth which is to continue contin me uninterruptedly and in a remarkably short period of time so change the appearance of salt lake city as to render it practically all y unrecognizable to those thoe who knew it only as a pleasant city with broad and shaded trees lined with streams of sparkling water as a city where one could tarry for a few days and dreamily wander from ohe ofie of its peculiar points of historical interest to another gazing and wondering at the foresight of brigham young when the they compare the elegance and symmetry of this cites t s plan with the stingy and cram cramped pe proportions of their own east towns town or gaze in unexpressed admiration of the he ambition which suggested the magnitude of the new lake cit cites Is architectural tec tural wonders NO NOW ALL BUSTLE AND ACTIVITY A new life has imbued the entire populace and immediately becomes contagious to the now new comers her broad elements pavements ments present a rapidly changing Eve kaleidoscope leido scope of moving humanity her streets are scenes of active life instead of poor shaggy street car mules tug tugging in g away before a dingy street car while w bif its it little tinkling sheep bells attract attention to his doleful condition and to the 0 lack of ambition evidenced in the entire arrangement there are today on nearly e every prominent street elec electric trie cars the noise of whose alarm bells is scarcely heard before the cars are passed andare and are out of signalling sign alling distance thousands thousand 4 of people have come and thousands more are coming ten million dollars have been expended within the last year and increasing sums of millions of dollars will be expended in succeed succeeding iu 9 years in a similar manner new railroads are extending from salt lake city in all directions and the trunk lines of the country are eagerly reaching westward tor utah its trade relations are being strengthened in the states and territories alread already y covered by its business b harness men and are being extended in the sections heretofore controlled by older and larger cities its facilities ind and advantages of every character have been vastly improved its railroads its manufacturing its smelters shelters sm elters its mining its financial its educational its religious and all other features have been vastly improved THE GREAT irrigation CONGRESS the grandest opportunity to visit salt lake will be during the ireat great irrigation congress september 15 16 17 when all railways will grant halt rates salt lake hotels are giving reduced rates and a series of entertainments and festivities will be inaugurated in fact every possible preparation has been made to make this occasion the most noteworthy in the history of the place and what might be truthfully prophesied of salt lake city in this connection would indicate for it such a prosperous and brilliant event as aa to give to such truth almost an air of incredibility |
