Show PUTS PUT Pui SHOUlDERS TO INDUSTRIAl WHEEL Commercial Club Has Plans for Enlargement of Fort Douglas and Oi Other er Improvements BIG MEMBERSHIP MEETING Salt alt Lakes Lake's Efficient Business Organization Organization Organization Or Or- Has Great Plans for forthe the tho Future Salt Lakes Lake's ambition to become the tIme metropolis of ot the west was forcibly re renewed re- re at ut a 0 membership meeting of ot the Commercial club last nl night ht when four great s Issues that will figure mightily In lii the realization of or that ambition were taken up and threshed out to a point where definite and actual steps can betaken bo be taken towards their successful on The making of Salt lM l Lake c a military base for Cor the defense of ot tho the entire Pacific Pa Pa- title coast from Asiatic attack the en en- en of the tho city's commercial territory terri tern I tor tory the diversion of transcontinental tall uto tuto traffic through h this city and tho the of or the cost of at electrical I power for tor manufacturing purposes here her arc are the Issues on which It was decided the thc future of at the tIme city hangs hang and the tho club as a whole representing the entire I tommer commercial lal strength of the tho ell city launched Itself upon a campaign to at at- at tam tain Eatn these things The establishment of oC a brigade ade post at Fort Douglas was emphasized as tho the greatest plum Salt Lake can hope hOJ toland to land for tor the thc present Following an elaborate borate Report ort on tho the possibilities of bringing this to pass the membership membership member member- ship Instructed Its board of governors go to move er e every power at Its command to that end Tho The establishment of oC the brigade post will mean It Ills Is said the recognition by tho war department of or Salt Lakes Lake's strategic position In case of war with an oriental nation and consequently the time expenditure of man many millions b by the national nl government s The Increase In payrolls to the soldiers sol aol diers would alone alono amount to more than annually practically all of which would be spent In Salt Lake This together with Increased supplies and expenditures necessary to the en enlarging en- en of the Inn post would mean menn the dumping dumping- of man many millions of dollars Into Salt Lakes Lake's business businesS' arteries Commit too S Selection A committee composed of M M. M. M J Heber M M. Wells ells and E. E F. F Holmes reported to the meeting the result of or it Its Investigations Into the brigade e post question As chairman of the committee Colonel Kaighn declared that no more important undertaking affecting the time welfare of the tho city could be be- taken Up b by the Commercial club He lie said th the officers of ot the tho Fifteenth Infantry now stationed at Fort Douglas were cro enthusiastic over o the Idea and were confident that If properly s set t be- be the Tore war department at Washington Salt Lakes Lake's claim to a great military post time the entire Inland nd west would be bo readily reco recognized Colonel Kaighn pointed out that where here there theno are now SOO men and of officers officers of- of at Fort Douglas drawing an an an- an nual pa pay of at the establishment of a brigade po post t would mean the placing of four or five times that man many I I I soldiers here with a corresponding In Increase increase In- In crease creaso in pay Time The Increase In supplies and provisions provisions pro pro- visions much of which Is purchased I in Salt Lake would b be correspondingly corresponding correspond Ins Ins- ly Jy great the total annual expenditure being eln close cloe to aside from the millions the government would spend spendIn In enlarging enlargIng- tho the post This mighty Impetus impetus Im Im- im- im petus to the tho commercial life of the olt oily city would never vary ary he said Raid regardless of good s times or bad times Colonel Figures Figure Regarding the possibilities of ot Fort Douglas being enlarged to meet the demands of a gr great at m military III tar post Colonel produced figures showIng showing show- show In Ing that th the tho present reservation on which the fort tort lI lies s is big blk enough for forthe forthe tor the accommodation of or man many thousands of at soldiers and that the tho water supply Is adequate Colonel concluded his report with u n rousing appeal to the tho business businessmen men to greet the great opportunity that thatIs Is knocking at the city's gates ates He lie de declared declared de- de dared there was no doubt but that if It the national government o once realizes realises the possibilities of ot Fort Douglas It will willbe willbe be DC made m one of or tho greatest s military bases of at the country B By means of ot a a. chart showing the po position position position po- po of at Salt Lake In ln relation to the Pacific coast and to the time Mexican and Canadian borders Captain Thomas B. B hanker larker of the l Fifteenth infantry demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- to the meeting Salt Lakes Lake's strate strategic lc Importance from tram a military viewpoint Ie He declared that no other city on tho the continent offered such an opportunity for a military basis that would supply the entire Pacific coast const coastin constIn in In Incase n case of at war with Japan Railroads run like the spokes pokes of at tho time wheel from Salt Lake to Seattle to Portland to San Francisco to Los Angeles to El EI ElPaso ElPaso Paso on the South and Canadian border borderon on the north Between the time rising and setting of or tho the sun he lie said great bodies of troops could b be dispatched to an any of at these hese important points In time of war Tl 1 t threatened invasion As a basis for or such operation a post POt situated hero would be absolutely secure from attack Or Interruption Already steps are arc on towards toward tho the establishment establishment es- es of th the coveted eted brigade ade post Th The Utah t-on t congressional delegation has hasho tho ho matter In hand and Is u using its influence In- In fluence at Washington ton To Its efforts will be bo added the tower rower of tho the entire community through though the Commercial club As directed ted last night the tho board of governors will prepare data on which I to o memorialize the war nr department and Congress to the consideration of at the plan Salt Lake on Route W W. A. A Peck of Minneapolis told the meeting that Salt Lake could place Itself itself it- it self elf on the transcontinental highway o er which upwards of or automobile parties panties will travel in 1913 en cn route to the ho Panama exposition at San Fran- Fran o. Mr P Peck ct has hag Just completed the logging of at a route from Cram rota the Mississippi rim rh It or to te the west coast b by byway way y of Omaha Denver Grand Junction Price salt Lake El Ely Roo Sacramento to and San an Francisco r This he said offered a scenic route assed In tho world and cre JOO m milts s shorter hort r than an any other J loute oute D By co operating l-h l Denver and other cUes cities along thir onto Mr Peck Peek do- do lared cland Salt Lake ke could switch the enIre entIre en- en tIre Ire transcontinental traffic this way another thing that would mean addi- addi millions annually to the city A motion was adopted instructing the hoard board of governors to look Into Mr Ir Pecks Peck's plan and to lend all aU possible support 11 H. H L. L A. A Culmer ch chairman of oC a cial committee appointed to present the problem of or Salt Lake gaining gaining- its rl rightful right right- ht- ht tul ful ul heritage as the commercial distributing point of the Intermountain states pointed out a number of oC pertinent reasons rea rca sons nh why the tho city's commercial territory terri terri- tory ry is not as large 03 M it ml might ht be He lie said that the new now railroad rates effective November ember 1 would help solve the he but that the business men needed d to correct a number of or similar def defects In their commercial machinery the city could reach out and control control con- con rol he the that territory geographically geo lelon belongs s to it The club adopted Mr Ir Culm Cumers Cumer's rs r's report and voted that the same committee with Stephen H H. Love as chairman cl he instructed to prepare furher further further fur- fur ther her data on the tho subject for tion at the next general Jeneral membership meeting Mr Culmer asked to be re- re from time the committee ro To Invite Competition Compe On motion of at Fred C C. C Richmond a committee committee- was wall appointed to look Into the he power situation in Salt SnIt Lake Mr Richmond declared that the eft city was suffering from rein an Insufferable In n this line that Is effectively monopoly retard retard- ing ever every effort that be made e tO bring In nn much S needed factories He Tie sU suggested ested that the be It ID invited d compan company to enter the local field In competition with tIme the Utah Light Railway company compan and also that the question of at the city building munIcipal plants In City Creek canyon canOn be Invest t The question of telephone did not headquarters come before tho the foi fot lack meeting of preparation The committee commit commit- tee ln hn having the tho matter in hand report and it was decided to consider d r the matter mattert at t the tho next meetingS meeting Last nights night's m meeting Is the tho first to be caned called In iii with the do- do mAde at the eventful hoj spirit thre a ago o. o Much ruch and enthusiasm prevailed Free speech crItical and otherwise pant Was ram ram- I I |