Show OUR LAKE AND CITY ITY FRANK G CARPENTER the facile washington correspondent ol of toe the new york world and of a journalistic syndicate which has sent him aim on a trip to asia to write up its countries and their resources has given to the world a long and splendid description of salt lake its bathing attractions etc with which he was gr greatly batly charmed during daring a recent visit we e clip the following from his letter salt lake city the capital of utah has an area of nearly ten thousand acres and a population of it is laid out in 10 blocks of ten acres each streets which TUO run to the cardinal points sidewalks talks being tug feet wide including the side sidewalks which are twenty feet in width nearly all the streets are bordered with shade tres and running brooks ond the building lots are large enough to afford ample room not only for buildings but lor for gardens orchards and ornamental grounds the foliage here is so profuse that the city viewed from akright has the appearance appe arace of an immense and beautiful garden wf qt salt lake cites commercial importance 1 1 shall have hav something to say at a future time just now I 1 am giving pleasure preference over business bustness and find that I 1 have taken a contract of no in consid erable magnitude to te take in all the sights and wonders that I 1 discover here and in the immediate vicinity if I 1 devote the time necessary to a full fall appreciation of them all life is short and I 1 feel that I 1 should like to live here and drink in for the remainder of my days the beauties of this fairy like locality who has not heard of salt lake city I 1 venture to say that there is not a place on the civilized globe where the a spot pot in which I 1 pen these lines is not familiar by name but beyond the fact of the cites existence and some of the circumstances connected with its founding and its have become matters of doubt if very much of a general character is known the idea that I 1 do not mistake in this respect is the only thing which has caused a pang of regret during my visit to this gem of american cities nature has here here lavished her choicest gifts whereby the eyes of her devoted followers shall be made to sparkle with delight and to linger in loving devotion upon the magnild cent proportion and sublime effects of divine architecture the beart thrills the pus pulse e quickens as the settings of this gem are studied from different vantage points and lie he whose soul goal will not respond in iwans of praise to the power whose creations are stamped as infinite in these surrounding snow capped towering monarchs is unworthy of manhood the great salt laketha La kethe dead sea bea of the continent into the briny waters of which the mountain torrents pour their burdens of melted snow this vast interior sea with depths walled la in by mountains of granite and tile the waves of which break upon the sandy beach at their sloping base the broad expanse of water ever receiving in g tribute from the reservoirs above b but ut having no outlet which the most diligent dilie ent explorations have located or discovered is one it not the c hief chief of the many scenic splendors and attractions of our country it cannot be contemplated with feelings other than of astonishment wonder and delight delig bt when brigham young with his handful of followers first gazed in bewilderment on the ludis indis cri bable and unequalled unequal led loveliness of this valley of the lake bordered by the grandeur of the mountains mountain which bound the horizon on every side a local historian credits him with having baving wy g V voiced the sentiment expressed by byron r 0 n it is a goodly sight to see iee what heaven hath done clone for this delicious land III 1 I doubt it if there is anywhere a scene that can equal this picture am amone on 9 the hills the silent snow t topped mountains inspire awe the contemplation of the luxuriant valley v ley bathed in varied oun sunshine and sha shadow d ow is suggestive of peace and happi happiness n egg it is certain that nowhere in t this h Is country is the climate more deli delightful hatful than here in summer the mean temperature is 74 degrees but the dry atmosphere practically reduces the effect of this several degrees the nights are always cool it t is to me a very strange thing 1 in that this bright spot one of the fairest arest upon american soil should have been so lone drawing that attention of the world at large which its natural beauties and attractions so 00 justly demand and will I 1 know eventually command 11 |