R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1915: 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 5 DIRECTORY “ IN T R O D U C T O R Y ” B y R. J. J E S S U P , w ith th e D e se r e t E v e n in g N e w s. T h e pa st year h as been one o f su b sta n tia l a d v a n cem en t for th is city as sh o w n b y th e nu m ber o f its inh abita nts. T h e 1915 ed itio n of th e C ity D irecto ry co n ta in s 66,175 na m es, from w h ic h it is estim a ted th a t th e p o p u la tio n o f S a lt L ake C ity and th e suburban to w n s is n o w a p p ro x m ia tely 132,350. T h e com m ercia l d ep ressio n w h ic h spread over th e U n ite d S ta tes w ith th e a d v en t o f th e E uropean W ar h as b een fe lt w ith m inim um effect at th is p o in t. T h e $2,000,000.00 S ta te H o u se bu ilt o f U ta h gran ite and to an e x te n t o f U ta h m arb le, h as been th e grea t stru ctural a cco m p lish m en t o f th e year. T h e c o s tly M orm on C hurch A d m in istra tio n B u ild in g is in p r o c e ss o f erectio n on E a st S o u th T em p le Street, near M ain, a lso a v alu ab le Sa nitarium is pr o jected for th e north ern part o f th e C ity at H o t S p rin g s L ake, w h ile efforts are b ein g m ade to ex p a n d F o r t D o u g la s in to a B rig a d e P o s t, and ex ten d ed lo c a l w a reh o u se fa c ilitie s are plann ed. T h e num ber of su b sta n tia l resid en ces as w e ll as co m ­ fo rta b le h o m e s are b ein g stea d ily in creased. S a lt L a ke is m o re than ever th is yea r a M ecca fo r T o u rists, it b e in g n o un usua l th in g to have 3,000 of th em in to w n in one day. T h e financial, co m m ercia l, ind ustrial, relig io u s, ed ucation al, so cia l and g en era l eco n o m ic in te r e sts o f S a lt L ake C ity have ta ken a step fo rw ard sin ce th e la st d ir ecto ry appeared w ith in d ic a tio n s th a t th ere w ill be n o h a ltin g in th e program o f “gen era l p r o g ress.” - ? . I ts clim a tic a d v a n ta g es are b ein g m o re w id ely ap preciated than ever, and th e e y e s o f th e co u n try are b ein g turned th is w a y w ith d eep en in g in terest.