| Show j KANSAS TO CHICAGO PIGGOTT Arkan arkansas Ark anaas ams 3 jan 15 1897 jen en route to arkansas from our pleasant temporary home at st joha jobs v we called at ka kaada aas city st L aule and chicago having letters leitera rom arong utah represents representatives t I 1 ves of certain firm we were kindly received at hanaa city we visited the immense beof and manufacturing establishment of burnham Burn bam hanna mun er at aco co audit was waa a matter of considerable ln terrt Z to mountain luye to WI tuese such each a display of merchandise mr 0 A peake W u from top floor to basement anad also took us through the manufacturing establish me lit on one floor we w t saw five hundred girls working at ha their ma machined chineE there wen nine mine lun dred ared in all employed it wail wag inter esting to see buttonholes button holes lurked and buttons sewed on by machinery the C chief articles manu abw red are gent SC furnishings while viewing that larger concourse of people employed 1 thought bow nice it Is be if W we 6 could establish such euch a enterprises D wg t V home borne anu anti be the be means meane e at hundreds of people and bread for hundreds more we commenced with the kaill killing department and followed through the entire of armour P ack log co witnessed the ring C of crackers ackere or in the american biscuit BI bou I 1 and manufacturing C Is a eats establish ba I 1 sh ment and white the elders eldera wh who 0 so ao J dejohn G C wooley and samuel Kirk kirklans bans went to Inde independence I 1 dined with mr booke at his bia magnificent home 17 sod made the acquaintance of blo dl i ami ij fly all of whom treated tug me with the utmost consideration at st louis we visited the siok bild A mona MODO hardware company and were war kindly entertained by mr an old friend of many of ow the first flor fijor of a seven story building was one of marvel to us two hundred book keepers and typewriters sit at their desks thiv teen elevators ele vaton spiD ging from the cello ing seven huldred employed emp loyes oDer alft in the various departments we saw a show case containing 2600 2500 different kinds of pocket knives mod and a oo borrell rrell bonding lot of other kinks of cutlery it requires turks on wheels to move the me stock scarcely arcely Bo a pound of freight is in moved by wagon A A freight carrier on the plan of a mill elevator conveys all the the orders frow from the packing department to ane by the way ruu rua under the building A complete system of telephone con too entire establishment five thousand letters are sent off daily we met mr kooser agent for the missouri pacific railway who treated us very kindly and we found two others of our follow fellow citizens at the he planters Pla oters hotel botel brother henry dla dia woodsy woodey jr and his genial wife who entertained us until train time Awaken awakening ingrom from our slumbers in out reclining seats in the oar we fount foaad felvey la in the great city of chicago to mud and fro we taw aw urging of humanity in this great city of people living on a plat of miles we lost no time in tak in the among the most interesting were the stock stockyards yards where ebore they were at that time handling head bead of bogs boge the art museum the soap factory of jae jaa B S kirk board of t trade and of course we ascended to the top of the masonic temple temie over 80 0 feet high bleb 21 stories and locked ow over the great c city ity this remark able ble building was erected in sixteen months oot cost about four and a hai bal million dollars dollar and has risteen with a 8 capacity of distributing people dally daily the building is tea a complete not net work of plated steel riveted together so BO firmly that it could bo be tumbled over ever like a wooden box wibb but little harm the spaces are oiled filled in with bricks making solid valls vails floors ere are covered with most 1 I the he trimmings about the great fairway are marble the materials ma used lied in the construction consisted of 0 1700 tons tong of steel tous of terra a and has 88 miles of electric wife there are 2618 2518 as factories in the city bando churches 00 OO 0 milem of paved streets oars care on ost every tree on the surface and iava ted so aa well wall As tar far as an the eye bould reach we could see a continuation of streets and up and blocks and flats bats aown own the business when we got tired of looking still and buildings and ebere r were streets people aeple both elevated and surface care were loaded with a constantly Z TIng hurrying humanity about six eix miles out in the northwest totted 0 ton tott r Bd d a little band of saint elder bler john W davis president of the nl lives with brother co no north tolman io in that bat immediate elders frim zion besides sire are four resident louis louia keach whose rest real dentie number lif Is ibe same bame as eider eder davis alaa until be his cafice III the te city there are about forty mem boft tt of ef the here bere there are acar you g men from the who associate in tile the of the sainta rhey irbey meet wh each sunday banday at 11 a 9 in mid 6 p m gifts n very nice nau no north Si denae venue E B legreen isgreen ot Toot leir studying adyln ir medicine david budge 0 patio ate idaho idabo 8 E young or ball bait lake ke end aad hez thatcher That cherot of logan dentistry these brethren aid very much buich ILI 10 the organizations where a goodly number attended we attended the evening meeting which mob was characterized by the pros pree once ee of the spirit of th 0 lot loi 1 oo on the e floor above esq us end and while our meeting was going ons on a dancing party arty was wae in operation at the close of our meeting a good old time hand band shik shirking king was indulged ing in reminding Q as of 01 the old country meetings oi 01 agnf faints that we have beard of elder davis took elder bider and myself to the residence of mrs M E gibbs where we met elder eider delach who had just arrived rom from Cinc InDaLl ohio where be accompanied rider filder B H roberts the former returning to Chic chicago igo while the latter with his companion compan loo elder eider goo rapal proceeded to pittsburg Pitta burg penn though the hour was late our gow good hadtke table spread with good the things of the earth and we enjoyed a very pleasant evening together monday night just juet previous ioui to our departure we met with the priesthood where a good spirit prevailed and we believe good was wag so ao complis hed at no 2631 chestnut street st bt louis louie on our return we found we the elders who were engaged in canvass ing that great city ezra joseph joeeph empey and ana M J Ballard Bellard were occupying comfortable quarters on a respectable street and have a hall ball hired at eleventh and locust streets where services servio eg are hold held at 11 am and aad 7 p m every sunday the elders have a bard took taek before them and though we aund them feeling a little despondent aade aa we parted at the depot we lecog need a more cheerful expression and felt our visit had comforted them some ome after the usual handshaking and god blese lyou we parted they return li g to their terR while the abe hurrying train wafted wafred us ua towards the state of arkansas Ar kaneai ANDREW kimbail 1 |
