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Show IN T R O D U C T O R Y R. L. P o lk & Co. b egan to m ake Dir ect or ies for Sa lt La ke Cit y and vicin it y in .1890. In 1897 we secu red 24,804 nam es, and as th is cou n t was confin ed to in d ivid ual n am es (n o fir m s), we estim ated t h a t a m u ltip le o f 2 ^ wou ld give a p p r oxim a t ely th e tota l p opu lation , an d tfp fiseq u en tly placed it at 74,412. : . Th is yea r we h ave 40,430 n am es—a gain over last yea r of 3,952 n am es| and re<jucing th e m u tiple to 2^4, it gives as a t ota l p op u lation 90,967, wh ich we th in k is a p p r oxim a t ely cor r ect. It gives th e Cit y p r op er (with ", out th e su bu rbs) close lipon 80,000 people. Th e n ew citizen s are th e p ick of Surr%tm din g States and st er lin g menand wom en fr om th e East. Th e y gr a vit a t e h ere becau se it is th e best p la ce with in a rad ius of 1,000 m iles, and becau se of th e m atch less clim ate, th e superb ,'sch ools, ch u r ch esBa n d h osp itals, and becau se^ pf th e m an ifold and m agn ificen t op p or fu n lfie^ ; fo r bu sin ess wh ich th e. Cit y and its su r r ou n d in gs offer. Th e San PedrO, Los An geles & Salt La ke - Railr oad is com p leted , whibh m akes "Salt La ke a d epot for perhap^ fA^ he m ost won d er fu l m in in g r egion in th e Un ion . Th e M offa tt road : isvst r et ch in g t h iS w a y, th e n ew W est er n P a cific' is assur ed , and it is .believed th at 200 miles, of it out of th is Cit y to th e W e st , will tap Deep Cr eek and a d ja cen t m in in g ca m p sfb efor e th e ne^ct sn ows fall. Th e m in in g d evelop m en ts n ear th is Cit y with in th e p ast yea r , give p rom ise of ad d in g to th è m in in g p op u lation yjf. th ijgjvicin ity, m an y t h ou san ds with in th e n ext few m on th s, and to | ó^ | ìncrease th e m in in g p r od u cts (wh ich cen ter h er e), as to m ake U ta h th e first of m in in g states. It is exp ected th at th e area <of sgil wh ich can be cu ltivated will be dou bled in Uta h with in th ree years, bBpause*o/ f th e gr ea t r eclam a tion and ir r iga tin g en ter p r ises n ow b ein g und er d evelopm en t. Th e Cit y has voted $1,000,000 in bon d s ^to p er fect th e wa ter and sewa ge System s of th e City. Th e p r esen t Cit y Con cil has, in th e m ain, been a ler t and progressive^ At p r esen t ve r y h ea vy w o r k in gr a d in g str eets and ext en d in g th e p aved d is t r ict is goin g on. Sa lt La ke City^ fS^ the m in in g cen ter for fou r Sta tes, to su p p ly th e in cr easin g dem and, im m en se r ed u ction wor ks are b u ild in g or und er con tem p lation ; for all th is Sa lt La ke is th e Clea r in g H ou se. Th e d aily ore and bu llion p u r ch ases in th is Cit y are th e won d er of^ str an ger s, and th e d ivi dends, a gr ea t p a rt of wh ich are in vested her e, are stea d ily in creasin g. Th e ban k statem en ts sh ow m or e busin ess th an is don e in a n y oth er Cit y of th is size; a n d a t ili th e d ep osits a r e stea d ily in cr easin g. |
