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Show I IN T R O D U C T I O N BY ROSS BEASON, PRESI D EN T SALT LAKE COM M ERCI AL CLU B AND CH AM BER OF COM M ERCE SALT LAKE CI TY, “ TH E CEN TER OF SCENI C AM ERI CA” N th e 4923 a d v e rtisin g ca m p a ig n th e C ham ber of Com m erce stre s s e d S alt Lake City as. a.-good p lace to play, as a good place to stop over en ro u te , an d spend p a r t o r all (of o ne’s v a c a tio n . B u t th is is m ore th a n a v ac a tio n p lace ; it is a good p lace jt o live every day in th e year, and a good p lace to w ork ! No city in A m erica of equal size com p ares w ith S a lt L ake City" as a b u sin e ss city. In its cla ss it leads every city i.n A m erica in 1 ‘b ank c le a rin g s, w ith $671,653,915.93 in 1922. iThere is h ere a d iv ersity of in d u stry , a d iv ersity of incom e from m ines, fa rm s, cattle" ra n c h e s and sheep h erd s. U tah p ro d u ces a n n u a lly ap p ro x im ately $450,000,000 in w ealth , or $1,000 fo r every p e rs o n ; p e rh a p s the* h ig h e st p e r c a p ita p ro d u c tio n in A m erica. Its p re s e n t g re a tn e s s in p o te n tia l s tre n g th lies in its s t r a t eg ic p o sitio n . S alt ¡Lake >is th e only city w ith m ore th a n 50,00(y p o p u latio n betw een ¡Denver and tSan F ra n c isc o , a d istan ce of 1600 m ile s; and betw een Mexico and C anada, in th e sam e e a s t and w e st a rea. B u ild in g p e rm its provide th e b e st index of com m u n ity grow th, L et us see, in 1921 th e to ta l w as slig h tly u n d e r $5,000,000**:: in 1922 it w as $5,081,133. tJp to O ctober 1, ¡1923, th e p e rm its a re $5,584,299. B a sin g th e e stim a te fo r th e re m a in in g th re e m o n th s conserv ativ ely a t $1,500,000, th e to ta l fo r th e y e a r will be $7,000,000* or a fo rty p e rc e n t in c re a se over 1922. D u rin g th e y e a r a dozen new in d u s trie s w ere added ;to th e 1 city, re p re s e n tin g an ad d itio n al an n u a l p ay ro ll of $2,000,000 and em ploying 1,000 m en and w om en. T h is w ork w as done by th e In - J :" d u stria ! D e p a rtm e n t of th e C ham ber of Com m erce. T h is y e a r’s city d ire c to ry show s th e g re a te s t n u m b e r of n a m e s \ in th e ¡history of th e city, a to ta l of 78,848 n am es, re p re s e n tin g a p o p u latio n of 157,696 fo r g re a te r S alt Lake City* in clu d in g M urray, Midvale, Sandy, M agna and G arfield. T h is is 3680 n am es m ore th a n 1922. In 19.21, th e n ex t h ig h e st year, th e to ta l n u m b e r of n am es show n in th e d ire c to ry w a s 76,565. S alt Lake City is th e g re a te s t sm e lte r city in tn e w e s i^ f t‘v <r h em isphere; h an d lin g m ore sm e lte r to n n a g e a n n u a l s th a n ' any o th e r d is tric t in N orth and S outh A m erica. At B in g h am , tw e n ty ! seven m iles w est, is th e U tah C opper Mine, th e g re a te s t ,o p e n -c u t copper m ine in th e w orld, and one’ o f A m erica’s g r a t e s t in d u stria l: e n te rp rise s. / T o u ris t trav e l in 4923 will to ta l 364,450, nrfore th a n double* th e 1921 to ta l of 172,000. T he b u sin e ss d one (by S a lt L ake City, due to its s tra te g ic p o sitio n , exceeds th a t of ahy city of s im ila r size i/i A m erica. T he r e tail b u sin e ss fo r 1922 is e stim a te d a t $55,705/000. T he w h o lesa le b u sin e ss fo r th e sam e y e a r w as $145,211,000, w hile th e m a n u fa c tu re s to taled $103,814,000. T he m e tro p o lita n a re a served by S alt L ake City includes a ra d iu s of a b o u t fo rty m iles, in w hich are tw enty p r o s p e ro u s com m unities: and m any th o u s a n d s . of a c res of fa rm s, an d m ore th a n seventy-five o p e ra tin g m ines. T h is te rrito ry is served by ihte.rurban e lec tric railw ays, in ad d itio n to th e ste a m ra ilro a d s , B u t m o st of all, S alt L ak e City is a good place to live. It is th e city idegl, w ith good W ater, good schoojs, a city oft hom e ow ners, w here o p p o rfu n ifie s are \§i>undant fo r I tm i,n th^'«great o u td o o rs. Je v e l, m an a rm ¿A,-300 feet abo} ^c’ity lic£*.,at an altitucfl is, overlookii ^Sale L ake apiH g r e a L W A s & ie h m e m ¿climate kt he* ¡best • to the, w e st. BI biat e s w * i n t e r § ¡¿astating s to im s l Lake Cit y i s j I |
