R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1914: including, Murray, Sandy, Midvale, Garfield and all the suburbs and suburban towns. Containing a complete alphabetical list of business firms, corporations and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city, county, state and United States officers; churches, clubs, colleges and schools, hospitals, labor organizations, libraries, secret and benevolent societies, etc. Also a complete classified business directory.

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TH E 1 9 1 4 DIRECTO RY B y W . C. S T A R K , S e c r e ta r y C om m ercia l C lub o f S a lt L a k e C ity. T h e D ir e c to r y is a b a r o m e te r o f th e c ity ’s g r o w th . T h is 1914 ed itio n o f th e C ity D ir e c to r y c o n ta in s 63,034 n a m es, fro m w h ic h it is e stim a te d b y th e p u b lish e r s th a t th e p o p u la tio n o f S a lt L a k e an d sub u rb an to w n s is n o w a p p r o x im a te ly 126,000. T h e 1913 e d itio n o f th e D ir e c to r y c o n ta in e d 61,654 n a m es. A c o m p a r iso n o f th e fig u res s h o w s th e ste a d y o n w ard m ar ch o f S a lt L ak e C ity. T h e r e is n o th in g se n sa tio n a l in th e s e fig u r e s; S a lt L a k e h a s n e v e r b e e n sp ecta cu la r in its g r o w th . I t is n o t th e te m p e r a ­ m e n t o f th e to w n t o b e sp e c ta c u la r ; S a lt L ak e m in d s th o s e to w n s w h ic h are p r o n e to b e, and h a s s e e n a g o o d ly n u m b e r o f th e m Hash in th e p an. D u r in g th e p a st y ea r, fo r in sta n c e , w h ile a so -c a lle d “b u sin e ss d e p r e ssio n ” h a s p er v ad ed th e c o u n tr y to a co n sid e r a b le e x te n t, S a lt L ak e h a s g o n e ab o u t h e r b a rterin g an d tra d in g , h e r d istr ib u tin g , h e r im p r o v e m e n ts an d h er a m u se m e n ts. N e w b u s in e ss b lo c k s h a v e b e e n ere c ted , n e w a p a r tm e n ts an d d w e llin g s p rep a red fo r n e w c o m e r s an d th o s e e sta b lish e d c itiz e n s w h o s e su c c e s s h a s e n a b led th em to h a v e n e w an d b e tte r h o m e s. O n a b r o w o f th e m o u n ta in s, o v e r lo o k in g th e c ap ita l c ity , a m a g n ific e n t n e w sta te h o u s e h a s r ise n an d in a sh o r t tim e w ill b e co m p le te d . V is ito r s fro m o th e r c itie s h a v e n o te d a ll th is an d h a v e rem ark ed u p o n th e c o m m e r cia l so u n d n e ss an d a c tiv ity o f S a lt L a k e at a tim e w h e n o th e r c o m m u n itie s w e r e d r a w in g in th e ir b u sin e ss h o rn s. S a lt L a k e h a s n o t d raw n in h e r b u sin e ss h o rn s, n o r h a s sh e b lo w n th e m lo u d ly . T h e c ity h a s ju s t k ep t on d o in g b u sin e ss. T h is D ir e c to r y , la rg er and m o r e c o m p le te th a n a n y o f i t s p r e d e ­ c e s s o r s , fr om th e h o u se o f R . L . P o lk & C om p an y, is th e h a n d b o o k o f b u sin e ss w h ic h w e n o w tak e up fo r a tw e lv e -m o n th o f b ig g e r ord ers, m o r e d e v e lo p m e n t an d m o r e p eo p le .