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SALT LA KE CITY DIRECTORY. 29 t h o u s a n d s w h o r e m a in o v e r a t a ll s e a s o n s t o e x a m in e t h e m ; b u t d u r in g t h e p a s t fe w y e a r s it h a s a t t r a ct e d le s s a t t e n t io n a s t h e Z io n o f t h e M o r m o n s t h a n a s t h e a c t iv e , p r o s p e r o u s , b u s in e s s c e n t e r o f t h e w e s t e r n c o m m o n w e a lt h . AS A H E ALTH R E SO R T. T h e s a n it a r y a d va n t a g e s o f t h e t h e r m a l a n d m e d ic in a l s p r in g s w h ic h e x is t w it h in t h e c it y lim it s h a v e r e c e iv e d m u c h a t t e n t io n . T h e w a t e r , a t a t e m p e r a ­ t u r e o f 1 12 d e g r e e s , is d r a w n fr o m t h e h o t s u lp h u r s p r in g s o n t h e n o r t h e r n o u t s k ir t s o f t h e c it y , w it h a flo w o f a b o u t 40 0 g a llo n s p e r m in u t e , co n d u c t e d t o t h e h e a r t o f t h e c it y t h r o u g h a n e ig h t - in c h p ip e lin e , e n t e r in g t h e b a t h in g - h o u s e s a t a t e m p e r a t u r e o f n o d e g r e e s F a h r . B e s id e s la r g e s e p a r a t e s w im m in g p o o ls fo r m e n a n d w o m e n , t h e r e a r e t w e lv e p r iv a t e p o o ls a n d a n u m b e r o f e le g a n t p r iv a t e b a t h r o o m s fu r n is h e d w it h p o r c e la in b a th -tu b s. T h e m e d icin a l p r o p e r t ie s o f t h e w a t e r c o n s is t c h ie fly o f c o m m o n s a lt , e p s o m s a lt , g la u b e r ’s s a lt a n d va r io u s s u lp h a t e s . T h e b a t h s a r e a n a c k n o w le d g e d c u r e fo r n e r vo u s n e s s , c a t a r r h , r h e u m a t is m , d ys p e p s ia a n d o t h e r d is e a s e s ; t a k e n in t e r n a lly , t h e wa t er s’ a r e a s p e cific fo r a g r e a t e r n u m b e r o f a fflic t io n s : T h e a d va n t a g e s o f W a s a t k a m in e r a l w a t e r , a n o t h e r fa m o u s c it y s p r in g , a r e d e s c r ib e d u n d e r t h e h e a d o f m in e r a l r e s o u r c e s . TR AN SP O R TATIO N F ACILITIE S. N o c it y in t h e in t e r - m o u n t a in c o u n t r y h a s r a ilw a y fa c ilit ie s s u p e r io r t o t h o s e o f S a lt L a k e C it y . T h e r e a r e t w o g r e a t t r u n k lin e s , t h e U n io n P a c ific a n d t h e R io G r a n d e & W e s t e r n , a n d t w o s h o r t lin e s , t h e U t a h C e n t r a l a n d t h e U t a h & N e v a d a . A n e w d ir e c t lin e t o L o s A n g e le s h a s ju s t b e e n o r g a n ize d . T h e s e r o a d s le a d in a ll d ir e c t io n s , p e n e t r a t in g a t e r r it o r y u n r iv a le d in n a t u r a l w e a lt h a n d p r o d u c t iv e n e s s . I n a n d o u t o f S a lt L a k e C i t y t h e s e r a ilw a v s h a v e ca r r ie d fo r m a n y y e a r s t h e g r e a t b u lk o f t h e lo c a l t r a ffic o f t h e T e r r i t o r y ; im p o r t in g a ll t h e va r ie d s u p p lie s fo r t h e w a n t s o f t h e t h o u s a n d s o f p e o p le , a n d t a k in g a w a y t r a in lo a d s o f o r e , a n d a v a s t t o n n a g e o f b u llio n , g r a in , h id e s a n d w o o l, m a n u ­ fa c t u r e s a n d g e n e r a l m e r c h a n d is e . TH E M AN U F ACTU R IN G IN TE R E STS. I t is in t h e v o lu m e a n d v a r ie t y o f it s m a n u fa c t u r in g in t e r e s t s t h a t S a lt L a k e C it y m a in t a in s it s p r in c ip a l im p o r t a n c e . T h e r e a r e a b o u t o n e h u n d r e d , m a n u ­ fa c t u r in g c o n c e r n s in a b o u t fift y d iffe r e n t lin e s , w it h a ca p it a l o f o v e r t w o m illio n d o lla r s in ve s t e d , a n d a n a n n u a l p r o d u c t o f a b o u t t h r e e m illio n d o lla r s . A m o n g t h e va r io u s a r t ic le s o f c o m m e r c e m a n u fa c t u r e d a r e b o o t s a n d s h o e s , s h o w ca s e s , c ig a r s , k n it - g o o d s , s o a p , p a p e r - b o x e s , m a c h in e r y a n d b o ile r s , t r u n k s , le a t h e r ’ o v e r a lls , c lo t h in g , fir e b r ic k , flo u r a n d o t h e r m ill p r o d u c t s , t e n t s , c a r r ia g e s , b e e r ’ c r a c k e r s , s o d a w a t e r , c o p p e r - w a r e , r o p e , w o o le n g o o d s , s ilk , e t c. T h e r e a r e a ls o a n u m b e r o f fo u n d r ie s , p r in t in g o ffice s, b o o k b in d e r ie s , t u r n in g s h o p s ,'p la n in g a n d w o o d w o r k in g m ills , s t o n e ya r d s , lim e k iln s a n d b ig a s p h a lt w o r k s , a g r e a t c o p p e r p la n t , la r g e c e m e n t w o r k s , s a d d le r y s h o p s , .s a lt w o r k s , .c r e a m e r t e & ^ e a t p a c k in g h o u s e s , a n a r t ific ia l ice fa c t o r y , w ir e w o r k s , e t c . T h e r e is a la r g e p r e s s e d b r ic k w o r k s , w it h a c a p a c it y o f 80 ,0 0 0 b r ic k s p e r d a y. T h e m a n u fa c t u r in g b u s in e s s o f t h e c it y is c o n s t a n t ly in c r e a s in g . T H E M i^ r a G IN T E R E ST S. M in in g in g o ld , s ilv e r , c o p p e r a n d le a d is e x t e n s iv e ly c a r r ie d o n in t h e m a w it a in a i a t h e v ic in it y o f S a lt L a k e C it y . T h e p r in c ip a l s m e lt e r s a r e lo c a t e d vn, t h e xa lje y..a h 0 u U five : m ile s s o u t h o f t h e c i t y ; . t h e y c o n s is t o f t h e .B a n a u e r , M in g o a n d v G e r a ia n ia ,s m e lt e r s a n d .r e fin e r ie s , an d . a r e n s i i a li y ,.in fp ll o p e r a t io n ,^ s m e lt m g t h e o r e s o f m a n y m in in g d is t r ict s in U t a h a n d a g r e a t d e a l .fer c&gb t