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Show I N T R O D U C T IO N X V II S A L T LA K E C IT Y 'S 4 i M IL L IO N D O L L A R IN T E R N A T IO N A L A IR T E R M IN A L w a s d e d ic a te d J u n e 1 7, 1 961c It s e r v e s s i x a i r l i n e s : A m e r ic a n , U n ite d , W e s t e r n , F r o n t ie r , H u g h e s A ir W e s t , a n d T e x a s I n te r n a tio n a l. It b o a s t s a l l th e l a t e s t in n o v a tio n s fo r th e c o n v e n ie n c e o f t r a v e l e r s . U ta h a n s a r e th e h ig h e s t p e r c a p ita u s e r s o f a i r l i n e s in th e U n ite d S t a t e s . In 1 9 6 0 , m o r e tha n o n e t ic k e t w a s s o ld fo r e a c h m a n , w o m a n a n d c h ild . e a s te r n N evada, h a s a pop u latio n of n e a rly 2,000,000. S alt L ake C ity is p ra c tic a lly a t th e c e n te r of it, fro m the g e o g ra p h ic a l, a s w ell a s the c o m m e rc ia l stan d p o in t. Of U tah ’s m o re th a n 1,060,670 p o pulation (1970), m o re th an two th ir d s in con tig u o u s to Salt L ake C ity , and is s e rv e d by in te ru rb a n bus lin e s . S alt L ake is the hub of a i r and r a i l n e tw o rk s of the In te rm o u n ta in re g io n , and its sp len d id , sp a c io u s a i r p o rt, w ith its b eau tifu l a d m in is tra tio n building, is u se d by o p e r a to r s flying e a s t, w e st, n o rth and so u th . By a i r S alt L ake C ity is : 1 h o u r 30 m in u te s fro m San F r a n c is c o , 2 h o u rs 40 m in u te s fro m C hicago, 2 h o u rs 9 m in u te s fro m S e a ttle , 1 h o u r 30 m in u te s fro m L os A n g eles, 1 h o u r 36 m in u te s fro m P o rtla n d , 2 h o u rs and 7 m in u te s fro m G re a t F a lls , M ontana, 1 h o u r 22 m in u te s fro m B illin g s, M ontana, 2 h o u rs 4 m in u te s fro m M in n eap o lis, 1 h o u r fro m D en v er; 2 h o u rs 7 m in u te s fro m A lbuquerque, New M exico. D is t r ib u t in g T aking ad v an tag e of th is c ity ’s s tr a te g ic lo c a tio n in the c e n te r of th is m a r k e t, m o r e than 200 lead in g n a tio n a l f ir m s have e s ta b lis h e d d is trib u tio n o ffic e s o r b ra n c h f a c to r ie s h e r e , th e lo g ic a l zone h e a d q u a r te rs . T h e re w e re 1,094 w h o le sa le tr a d e e s ta b lis h m e n ts in S alt L ake C ity SMSA in 1967, w ith s a le s of o v e r $1 1 /3 b illio n , and a p a y ro ll of o v e r $87 m illio n . Such a c o n c e n tra te d m a r k e t at th e v e ry d o o rs of the c ity g iv e s lo c a l w h o le s a le rs and r e t a i l e r s o p p o rtu n i tie s not r e s tr ic te d to th e s iz e of Salt L ake C ity alo n e. T ra d e n a tu ra lly g r a v ita te s to th is c ity fro m the n e a rb y c o m m u n itie s, w hich, sin c e th e com ing of th e au to m o b ile and good ro a d s , have been draw n in to fo rm , fo r a ll p r a c tic a l m e rc h a n d is in g purposes^, one u n ified m a rk e t. In d u s tria l h o u sin g f a c ilitie s in S alt L ake C ity a r e ad eq u ate in ca p a c ity and m o d e rn in c h a r a c te r . W a re h o u se s and o th e r s tr u c tu r e s re a d y fo r im m e d ia te u se a r e a v a ila b le at re a s o n a b le r a te s and th e r e a r e h u n d re d s of a c r e s of land w ithin e a s y re a c h of r a ilr o a d tr a c k s , id e a l fo r in d u s tr ia l and c o m m e rc ia l p u rp o s e s . R ent, le a s e o r p u rc h a s e te r m s a r e a ttr a c tiv e . F in a n c ia l F a c i l i t i e s B eing th e la r g e s t c ity b etw een D en v er and the P a c ific C o a st, and the c e n te r o f th e b u s in e s s life of the t e r r i t o r y , Salt L ake C ity n a tu ra lly is the fin a n c ia l c e n te r . E x c e lle n t banking f a c ilitie s a r e a v a ila b le . T he F e d e r a l R e s e rv e B ank, a b ra n c h of th e F e d e r a l R e s e rv e Bank of San F r a n c is c o , o c c u p ie s its own build in g in S alt L ake C ity. T h is b ra n c h w as e s ta b lis h e d h e re A p ril 1, 1918, the fo u rth b ra n c h to be e s ta b lis h e d in th e T w elfth D is tr ic t. T he t e r r i t o r y s e rv e d in c lu d es U tah, 31 co u n tie s in Idaho, and fo u r co u n tie s in N evada. A g r ic u lt u r e A g ric u ltu re h a s been one of th e p rin c ip a l in d u s tr ie s of U tah e v e r sin c e th e s u c c e s s of the e a r ly p io n e e r p r o je c ts in ir r ig a tio n . C ash fa rm incom e in the s ta te in 1969 to ta le d o v e r $209 m illio n . A la rg e v a r ie ty of f r u its and v e g e ta b le s a r e grow n in c o m m e rc ia l q u a n titie s . T he c lim a te is id e a l fo r d i v e rs ific a tio n . T he s o il is g e n e ra lly r ic h , and the m o u n tain ra n g e s u su a lly a ffo rd p ro te c tio n a g a in st to rn a d o e s and o th e r d e s tru c tiv e fo r c e s of n a tu re . |
