Show april 17 A HOMELY PARALLEL tho al docs not express its disappointment wilh th alick of enterprise manifested by the ease living citizens of capital the approach of the bion from denver lends a peculiar i ling to aliis disappointment and it gives the editor an opportunity to compare tho growt hand development of alie two cities much to alio irjary of hid own town nature has done much for salt lake be admit but lie wishes that man wag doing a little more the city is pursuing lie old pro gramme not a walk or drive or park is improved etc lie goes on to lament alt at liala a dozen loen of capital did not exert them eelores years ago to push salt lake to the front for if aliey had they would have had roads running north neet and booth as tho spokes of a wheel extend from the hub considering all things ve are inclined to think the 3 diun writer grieves too much salt luke had dono pretty well if there lias not been the enterprise which he would like 0 o leavo seen have been other advantages which no possible lack 0 enterprise could keep concealed the american mecca as tourists all it lias been epou the lips and in the mind of every transcontinental traveler other utah cities which leavo beau far more enterprising have been passed by unnoticed because salt aake B aa the only one mentioned by the press and OH the As lor lack of railroads if there was a way of reaching and leading the city without loo much inconvenience the travelers all took if because crossing the continent visiting salt lake was like going to the bircus and omitting the elephant ft is the fact eliat salt lako has now a lively the held which worries our friend the dew n below nature has been e en more lavish in tier lioun lies to oilen than to salt lake and man has done a great deal more this city never baa biad A same old pro gramme she always has been to ftp alio benefit of every advantage courageous courage oua in averting lier reglita ri glita prompt in the display ct energy liberal in inducements to capital and labor and now aiho bertins to reap the bc nests it cannot be oden that not a walk or drive or pirk is being im proud adea and miles of sidewalk improvement is under vay tho drics and thoroughfares are being graded and travelled gravelled gravel led as fast as man and horse and can do it one of our parks comparatively newly improved is alie finest in utah another lias just been put in form for the gardener another is adorned by a city hall which li a rival in the m then as to railroads hie enterprise of man lias done tho very thing for ogden aich tho tribune complains lisa not been done for lake wo have roads running north south east and veat eoven in all and more coming radiating from the city as spokes of a wheel from he hub when ball lake editors next seek comparisons to cliame ali cir city they do not need to go outside of our own territory |