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Show SALT LAKE CITY. BighU and Bmimb in and Around fhaj Intermonntain MotropoliB Information Infor-mation for Oar Visitor!. i 8UIDE TO THB TOUSUT. Bait Lak'i Location. Attraotioni u4 Climate Qarflald Beaoh and Other Pkoei of Iatt reiU The city of Salt Lalrn hs a fn which re:teho.s around the world. Th populittiou is about 55,000, and is In-, cretwitig at a rapid rato. It is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountain Ini a lovoly vulltiy, rich in agricultural Ws sources and is eightoea miK' distant ! from Great Salt Lake. Its elevation! i above era level is 4,850 feoU There ar j ctanv points of intereist to visitors in the city ' aud near it. Here are soma oC them: Th Tampl. This magnitiecnt cream-white granitft strueture was began April 6, 1858. It It 100x200 feet, the walls aro 100 fe high, and the towers, when complete. will be 200 feet hwight. Over $3,500,00 have been expeudod on the teuiple, and It is now nearing corcpltitiou. In the. same square with the temjilo is the fpaf oious building called Tbo Takwraaol. Here aro held the service? of the mor tnon church and thesfl aro atteniloit every Snnday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and geu- tile. Tho strui'.tnro is oval in shape, seventy-five fret high and 250rl50 feet In length and breadth. It has a neattne capacity of 12,000 peoplo, and here may ba heard what is claimed to be the An en organ in tho world, l'atti onoeeaiig; in the talmrnaolo, and demonstrated tha It acoustic powew are very line. Tho Osrdo HoMt or AmoKa palnce, waa built by Brighara Young who willed that it could b tha roaldeooe of his favorite wife. Amelia Folama Toung, but since hi death it ha btwn used its Urn official residenc of digaitaritaof the-cbaroit. Brtffeaam Toaaaj'o Boaltfanso known as the B-Hlv nd the Llorj Houne are old-fauWoncd structures curious from assofiations. l"hee are situated in what was one Brip-harts Young's domain, all of which has passed Inta other bands, tare the large lot la iu w hich isBrlgham Young's grave. FrMfHt HIU with its lookont towr commands splendid viw of th city -and it tan roundingi. Tka TIMllBg ItmHUtac Sossetwes interest ae beirrg thfl general epot for taxes collected by th mormon church from Us diaciplfl. Iitbrr k. in the soutbeastPTB portion of the city is a beautiful reeort and can be reached by rapidtransit traiua. Tb Okaaafco f Cammoraa. on Second Sooth street it visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial staudiugof the city. There arej eoveral large cases containing specimens speci-mens of Utah's ntineTalogy whiclv attract at-tract much attention. alt Lake Thai Tnis latter YiUcw or aTrrusPnietit wa built by Briguaiu Young over thirty rears ago. ft is a large and beautiful temple and comfortably arranged. 4araaMy Hall. Bear the temple, is used in winter fot vorship by the mormons, the tabernacle taberna-cle being too large to admit of proper beating. Assembly hall it 130x63 feet, and cost 1150.000. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among Sbem the Angel Moroni disclosing tha biding place of tho golden plates to, Joseph Smith. Camp Tirlaa. three miles east of the city and over 403 feet above it is beautifnlly laid out ia the mirlat of lawns and orchards, and tho barracks and bouses of the ollicera are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake lies molten silver sil-ver at tho foot of the western uioua- tains. Baka Hat Sprlaira are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They issue from the base of tho moun tain's, ami are regarded as a Tery valuable valua-ble aid in oases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and scrofulla. The waters are usedi both internally and externally, ami there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort of patients. Tha Warm Sulpha? Bprlagi ere between the Hot Springs and th city, about one mile from the postoflioe. There is a good hotel and comfortable b'h house in connection with tha springs, and they csm bn reached by street railway. Tha Itfanalalaa re unsurpassed in magnificent conons. end at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. These invite the tourist to spend days, woeks or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by the mossy springs, beneath the shade oi umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Ilere are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian, besides these are Mills creek. Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all extromoiy picturesque and delightful! J romantfo. riawaal Drlraa abonnd in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through tbe lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields of grain; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From unoVr the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses aro caught of snow covered peavks. A drive to Fort Douglas, awl then a mils further out to tbe mouth of Emigration saoaa is almost delightful. It was bera that the sight if the mormon pkmeera was first made rlad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake vallev suddenly burst upon them, on the 31th of July. 1647. Tha Gr.al Salt Layka. "I th'mk," says Ernest IngarsoU, Ie persons realize how wonderfully; strangely beautiful this island sea ia," and speaking of its sunsets Pail Kobitt son htd S3id: "Where hare 1 not seem sunsets, by land and sea, in AfO. AN rica, Europe and America, and "where : can I say I ha ee ever seen morr won-! won-! deroiraoo1orin.moreelwrrr?yingefleota 1 than in the run m the Gre-at Salt i Lake of Utah." Salt Late is aa oeanti-fi.l oeanti-fi.l a sheet of water aa ean be found! anywhere. The wave are bright bine r green, and asthey danceon its surface It would be hard to tell which eo lor pce-) pce-) rails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and It affords the- finest -salt 1 avater in tha world. " i |