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Show • 187l,August 25 The following was published in t he "Salt Lake He r a ld" of t his date: THE GROWTH OF SALT Lhl{E The growth of Salt Lake city for the first twenty years was ·af a steady,, permanent char a c t er . The bui ldings were in proportion t o ,-the a ctual wea lth of the people , i.b size and appearance , and were mostly built of a dobes . The mu..nicipa l i mprovements Kept pace vv i t h the rrrunici·pa l reve.nue , so as to keep ·the city free fr onl debt. Quiet , order , and sobr $-ety rei gne d , exce pt a few times wh en a disorderly b ut ~~~~p s i ent element sought to make trouble f or t he citizBns . Bht ~ there has a wonderful change commence d . Buildings are being rushed up· by the score . Frame structur es and wooden shanties are becoming n1J.merous . What ever · ob jections may · exist against adobes on the score of their melting away before r ain and sn ow, when unplastered outside , the y are not so inflammable nor so liable to sudtien demolition by f ire as l uJnber buildings • .A.nd t he fac t ' of the l a t t er ma teri a l being so much in demand re t1ders the danger f rom f ire and t he urgency f or effecti v e ~ means to suppress it , so much the· gre ~t er . · W ith ~,:th e .Pre s ent r apid gr owt h of t he city certain adjuncts of' so - ca lled ~:civili zati on" are becoming apparent . Dr inking pl a ces have multiplied 1to ab out six times t he number that could be found here a tw elvemon t h ago. Groups of be er and li quor guzz lers make mi dnight hid~ous with maudlin singing . Gamb lers pl y their busi ne ss; and places where lewd women .are 'to be f ound exist in Sa l t Lake City. Change ha s come , some of its p~ a ses far from b eing· pleas an t · on e ~ ; and the i mportance of meet ing those ~han g es is dai l y becoming more urgent . A speedy re vi si on of t he munici'pal ordinances , to meet the existing and prospec t ive exig enc i es , is desJ.r··ble ;· with t he lJassage of suc h measures as may be necessary in vie ~if of our present and cl:ose f \).ture . vVe are brought face to f a ce with the evils o.f the ag e , and must gr apple with t h em; a tas'k easier ac c o~p1is h ed to - day th an · i~ will be a few months fr om how when they have a c qui red increased strength . Salt ' Lake City is destined -to be a gre a t r atlroa d , manufacturing , G:!-gric ultural and mi ning centre ; in other words , a great city , t he most p opulous and inf lue nti a l between Chicago and San Francisco . Its business is r ap idly gro·wing , its i mp ortance is da ily increas i ng , and we look f or its high char a c t er f',or ot..aer , safety an d t he ab sen ce of i mmor a l i t y being pr eser~ed as much as possi bl e . For it s hould b e t he pride of all high:;1minded citizens of Salt ,Lake to have the wors t abused city in t he Uni on se t an example , as h eret ofore , worthy of copy ing by a l l ot hers . |
