| Show v ITHE THE HOTEL THAT i i L. L i. i BECAME FAMOUS FAMOUS' I t r To To the tho tourist t who has never hover seen Salt Lake and Is obsessed with the thc Idea that It Is a city of or wooden huts tho the Hotel Utah Is a revelation A ma magnificent pile of or stone It stands beside the famous Temple a monument to the tho enterprise and progressiveness of ot the business men of Salt Lake The Hotel Utah according according- to world worM tourists ranks with an any hotel In almost al almost almost al- al most an any city of or the countr country When the hotel was at first proposed there were ere man many who were skeptical as ns to the feasibility of at building building- so largo large and pretentious a a. L hotel in so small a n elt city as ng Salt Lal Lake r It was W pointed out that the plans called for Cor a hotel along tho lines of ot those in great cities like NewYork New c York San Francisco and London But ut the men behind the enterprise were not discouraged Thor They persisted td I In iii their Intention tl to build a a. great hotel and build built th they did Later developments lc proved the they were right in their prediction for the future of or Salt Lake Since th the thc day It was first built tho the hotel has done a a. Rood good business It I Ihas has had a stead steady trade throughout tho the year and has hns established a rop ita tion for fine accommodations and ex excellent excellent ex- ex cooking that Is enjoyed b by few Cow hotels In the country countr But It remained for tho the season of or 1915 to give the men who planned the hotel an opportunity to laugh at those thoM who asserted that the hotel was too big big- bigfor for the city Since the opening of at the San Francisco Fran cisco fair there has hns been a steady stream of or tourist travel passing through Salt Lake Laler Those familiar with good h hotel accommodations naturally nat nat- placed the Hotel Utah as one of or their heir first selections when they I planned Manned to reserve accommodations I while white visiting Salt SnIt Lal Lake e Then camo came the surprise Great as the he hotel Is Is man many though Its rooms it t was not large enough to accommodate accommodate I date late all who wished to make it their headquarters h Then came the conventions conventions conven conven- i Ions and antl the demand for tor aCcommodation accommodation dation literally swamp swamped cd the thc clerks at nt athe atthe the he hotel Instead of oC simply a hotel it became a a. hotel brokerage office Men who had tad been In ZIon before men who occasionally oc oc- oc- oc visited the city camo came to tho I hotel and ag as old p patrons demanded I that hat the hotel management care for tor them hem The house was filled but none of if th the tho old patrons were forced to look elsewhere to find Ind rooms The They could not be taken taleen In at the hotel but tho the hotel management ement found rooms Corth for Cor th there thc m and antl delivered them at tho the found places DurinG 1914 1 one great skyscraper has been added to the tho list of those already in Salt Lake Tho The Newhouse hotel Fourth South and Main street Is one of at the finest examples of skyscraper skyscraper skyscraper sky sky- scraper hot hotel l architecture In tho the countr coun coun- tr try For tho coming year ear there thero are nrc two other largo o buildings s planned One Ono Oneat Oneat at nt First South and vain Main street the theother theother theother other below the hotel besides besides be be be- sides there thero has been a n. number of at smaller buildings erected In tho the center conter of at the tho town Another splendid structure Is the now administration building of or the Mormon church adjoining the Lion house In Brigham street This building building build build- ing Is nearing Hearing completion and when finished will he be one of at the most modern modern mod mod- ern administration buildings In the country countr Tho The building permits Issued so o far tar this year show tho increase In Salt Lakes Lake's home owners JI Last st year the permits totaled something flo around the 3 mark and indications for tor the coming year show that the record will probably be bo broken before beCore tho the end of ot 1915 e I L HI HE HOTEL UT UTAH which h lies has been at nt the service of th the public bl C for about four years ears and which is declared to j T Mare no superior in il any nn city of or like size Picture shows thc southwest corner corner the hotel fronting on E. E South Sonth Temple street and the he side entrance opening on Main To the left is seen the monument erected by hy Salt SnIt Lake to the pioneer settlers 6 M M 4 Xi r r s rt r r. r fy r. r f rf f. f q M W 4 t ii i f P d 7 r I N s- s 1 i iSALT iI I 1 SALT ALT LAKES LAKE'S newest hotel tel the Newhouse erected by Samuel Newhouse New New- j I t tat house which has been in operation less than a no year ear It is located tI I I at Fourth South and Main ain and the picture shows the northwest corner corner cor cor- ner the main entrance being on Fourth South I w f. f y y s n 4 c MN f Ad n r v u 1 F n s X S SN i N t r i ir iy y nr 4 r l y n r 4 LS L'S Y tir o 4 w ti w f r roC yak 2 A iC 4 fr yip 6 i lo on y |
