R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1926: including, Murray, Midvale, Sandy, 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, fraternal and benevolent societies, and a unique map of Salt Lake City and surrounding territory. Also a complete classified business directory, householders' directory and the buyers' guide.

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INTRODUCTION By M alcolm A. Keyser, P reside nt C ham ber o f Com m erce. S a lt L ak e C ity is th e tr a d in g c e n te r fo r th e g r e a t In te r m o u n ta in B a sin . A ll o f th è e le m e n ts th a t are re q u ir e d in th e field o f co m m er c e and w h ic h w e re fir st e s ta b lis h e d in 1846 are c o n tin u in g to fu n c tio n ând grow . Our b u s in e s s in s t it u t io n s ^ f in a n c ia l, m a n u fa c tu r in g , d is tr ib u ­ tio n and tr a n sp o r ta tio n , se r v e a v a s t te r r ito r y o f 400 m ile s r a d iu s. F ro m th e p io n e e r d a y s S a lt L ak e b an k s h a v e p la y ed a d is tin c tiv e p a rt in th e g ro w th o f th e In te r m o u n ta in ter r ito r y . Our m a n u fa c tu r in g in s titu tio n s are b ro a d e n in g th e ir lin e s o f p ro d u c ts, m a k in g m o re w id e th e ir m a r k e tin g a r e a s and b u ild in g fo r th e m s e lv e s a A tab le in c r e a s in g o u tp u t. U tah m a n u fac tu r ed ' g o o d s are e x c lu s iv e ly in th e q u a lity c la s s . D is tr ib u to r s and jo b b er s o f all k in d s and ty p e s o f m e r c h a n d ise are r e p r e se n te d h er e e ith e r t h r o u g h -lo c a l c a p ita l or o p e r a tin g th e ir ow n b ra n ch h o u s e s ’. A m p le tr a n s p o r ta tio n f a c ilit ie s are e s ta b lis h e d and in c o m in g or- o u tg o in g traffic to th e n orth , so u th , e a s t, or w e s t is p ro m p tly h a n d led by c a p a b le tr a n s c o n tin e n ta l s y s ­ te m s. In ie r u r b a n e le c tr ic lin e s a c t a s fe e d e r s fo r th e s te a m lin e s and ca rr y a g o o d ly p o r tio n o f lo c a l traffic. T h e m o to r tru ck and im p ro v ed h ig h w a y s are h e re d e v e lo p in g in th e ir p ro p er a c tiv itie s . T o th e b u s in e s s m a n s e a r c h in g fo r n ew lo c a tio n are o ffered a ll th e fu n d a m e n ta ls r eq u ired . N o c o m m u n ity w h ic h a b so rb s it s e l f e n tir e ly in th e c h a n n e ls o f c o m m er c e can p ro d u ce a w e ll ro u n d ed s u c c e s s . W e h a v e b een v e r y h a p p y in g iv in g s e r io u s th o u g h t to th o se fin er e le m e n ts o f h o m e life , e d u c a tio n and r e lig io n . S a lt L ak e m u st be a lw a y s c o n sid e r e d a c ity o f h o m e s w h e r e n a tu r e h a s b een k in d in h er tr e a tm e n t o f tr e e s, g lo r io u s flo w e r s and g r e e n la w n s fo r th e g r e a te r p a rt o f th e y e a r . P u b lic s c h o o ls , h ig h s c h o o ls , th e U n iv e r sity o f U tah and a sp le n d id g ro u p o f sp e c ia l in s t it u t io n s o f le a r n in g o ffer a ll th a t co u ld be d e sir ed in th e e d u c a tio n and d e v e lo p m e n t fo r y o u n g p eo p le . C h u rch es o f all d e n o m in a tio n s find a p la c e in o u r c o m m u n ity life . Y a lu e s h ere are c o n s e r v a tiv e b u t th e y do in c r e a se a t v e r y r e g u la r in te r v a ls . Our g ro w th is c o n s is t e n t ev er y y e a r and m a y be d efin ite ly m ark ed by th e s e n ew s ig n s in th e p a s t y e a r . B a n k d eb its in c r e a s e d o v er p r e v io u s y e a r $ 8 1 ,4 4 7 ,7 8 5 .2 3 . G as in s t a lla t io n s in c r e a s e d 1307. N ew te le p h o n e in s t a lla t io n s in c r e a s e d 1 504. E le c tr ic H om e S ér v ic e c o n n e c tio n in c r e a s e d 1383 . T h is d ir e c to r y c o n ta in s 8 3 ,5 5 6 n a m e s and is th e la r g e s t e v er p u b lish e d fo r th e c o m m u n ity . T h e in c r e a se o v er la s t y e a r is 1251 n a m e s and r e p r e se n ts an a p p ro x im a te in c r e a se in p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 0 2. N a m es «in. th is d ir e c to r y in c lu d e M urray, M idvale, S an dy, M agn a and G arfield — r e p r e se n tin g a to ta l p o p u la tio n o f 167, M2[. In S a lt L ak e C ity and in th e S ta te o f U tah , áre g lo r io u s o p p o r ­ tu n it ie s a w a itin g th e 'en ergy o f c le a r th in k in g and q u ick a c t in g m en and w o m en . T h e la r g e s t s m e lt in g f a c ilit ie s in th e w o rld are to be fou n d in S a lt L ak e v a lle y . C opper, lead , silv e r , g o ld and z in c are th e p r in c ip a l U ta h m e t a ls . T h e h u m a n m in d c a n n o t c o m p reh en d th e to ta l r e s o u r c e s o f c o a l. T h e iro n and s te e l in d u str y are n ow e s ta b lis h e d are g r o w in g c o n ­ s is te n tly . Our a g r ic u ltu r a l r e s o u r c e s are v a r ied to a h ig h d e g r ee in th e p r o d u c tio n o f h ay, g ra in , v e g e ta b le s o f u n u s u a l q u a lity ,, fr u it s o f e s ta b lis h e d r e p u ta tio n , and a p o u ltr y in d u str y th a t se c u r e s p r e ­ m iu m s fo r its p ro d u c ts in h ig h ly c o m p e titiv e m a r k e ts. C attle and sh ee p h ave a lw a y s b een im p o r ta n t fa c to r s h e r e ; s in c e th e c o m in g o f th e p io n e e r s. T h e S a lt L ak e B a s in h a s r e c la m a tio n p o s s ib ilit ie s th a t w ill be so o n d ev elo p e d and th u s add to o u r p r o d u c tiv e a b ility . In a ll o f th e s e p r o b lem s o f c iv ic and c o m m e r c ia l d ev e lo p m e n t th e C ham ber o f C om m erce h a s b een h ap p y to p la y a p a rt. T h e C h am ­ ber o f C om m erce w e lc o m e s an o p p o r tu n ity to be o f s e r v ic e to th e c o m m u n ity and to th e S ta te .