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Show X X II IN T R O D U C T I O N T E L E PH O N E S IN S E R V IC E -O v e r 302,512 in Salt L ake C ity a r e a . CHURCHES—133, 2 sy n a g o g u es, r e p r e s e n tin g 39 d en o m in atio n s and including 7 u n d en o m in atio n al. T o ta l do es not include LDS C h u rc h e s , 523 W a rd s in A re a . BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION (U T A H )-V a lu e , $292,629,000 (1969). INDUSTRY—P r in c ip a l in d u s tr ie s o f c ity and s ta te : M ining and sm e ltin g , m a n u fa c tu rin g , o il-re fin in g , m illin g , canning, liv e s to c k , a g r ic u ltu r e , d is trib u tio n , e le c tro n ic and m is s ile m a n u fa c tu rin g and d efen se in»'» >■ d u s tr ie s . TRADE A R E A —W h o lesale a r e a h a s ra d iu s of 300 m ile s , and pop u latio n of o v e r 2,000,000. N E W SPA PE R S—2 d a ilie s . H O T E L S—8, and o v e r 25 m o te ls in and n e a r downtown S alt L ake C ity. RAILROADS—4: Union P a c ific , D en v er & Rio G rande W e s te rn , S outhern P a c ific , and W e s te rn P a c ific . HIGHWAYS—U. S. H ighw ays, 6 in C ity, 8 in A re a (S. L. County and D avis C ounty). A IR PO R T S—4, in clu d in g 2 m u n ic ip a l. A M USEM ENTS—L a r g e s t a u d ito riu m “ S alt P a la c e “ s p o r ts and convention a re n a s e a ts 13,700, city (M o r m o n T a b e rn a c le ), s e a ts 8,000 p e rs o n s . 37 th e a tr e s , w ith to ta l se a tin g c a p a c ity of 30,000 p e rs o n s . 16 golf c o u r s e s , including 10 m u n ic ip a l and 6 p r iv a te . H O SPITA LS—10, with to ta l of o v e r 2,660 b e d s. (P h o to C o u r t e s y S a lt L a k e A r e a C h a m b e r Of C o m m e r c e ) A ir V ie w o f D O W N TO W N S A L T LAK E C ITY , lo o k in g n o r th . C a p ita l o f U ta h , h e a d q u a r t e r s o f th e C h u rch o f J e s u s C h r is t o f L a t t e r - D a y S a in ts (M o rm o n C h u rch ), l a r g e s t c i t y b e tw e e n D e n v e r a n d th e P a c i f i c C o a s t . P o p u la tio n S a lt L a k e C ity , 1 7 6 ,7 9 3 (1 9 7 0 ); S a lt L a k e C o u n ty , 4 6 6 ,6 7 0 (1 9 7 0 ). N o te d fo r i t s w id e s t r e e t s , i t s h i s t o r ic s h r i n e s , i t s m e tr o p o lit a n c h a r a c t e r , S a lt L a k e C ity i s o n e o f th e m o s t p o p u la r t o u r i s t c e n t e r s in A m e r ic a . SCHOOL S U n iv e rs ity of U tah W e s tm in s te r D is tr ic t D avis G ra n ite J o rd a n S alt L ake M u rra y E le m . 37 50 24 39 8 18,399 (D aytim e) 898 (D aytim e) J r . High 8 11 5 12 2 2,783 (E vening) (1970) 25 (E vening) (1969) High School 5 6 4 4 1 LIBRARIES in Salt L ake County and D avis County: L ib r a r ie s S alt L ake C ounty S ystem S alt L ake C ity S y stem D av is County S ystem 19 5 6 2,451 N o n -C re d it E n ro llm e n t p u p ils (196 9) 32,059 60,197 22,035 32,235 6,157 V olum es 500,000 plu s 404,435 98,304 |
