| Show THE destruction OF SALTAIR world famous bathing and amusement resort saltair Sal tair was nearly wiped out on the afternoon of the 2 d by fire entailing a money loss of over a half million dollars plans are mal maturing turing for the reconstruction of the main pavilion an and other dother structures destroyed and while it I 1 is not known whether the entire plant will be brought up to its previous magnificent ant proportions and splendor there is no question but what it will again be made to serve the public and inte interest rent tourists and travelers much in the same way that it has done in the more than thirty years that have elapsed since its first opening day and that is as it should be during theotime the time which has elapsed since the fire there has been more or less les stalk itala of reviving a scheme discussed for twenty years of securing capital to purchase antelope island in the great greal salt lake five or six miles north of saltair Sal tair and making of it the greatest pleasure and health resort in the world such a plan is perfectly feasible and without wishing to detract in any any way ivay from the value and importance of rehabilitating salt sali air it is respectfully suggested that figov now Is the psychological 10 9 ial time to start the bigger undertaking this antelope antel ape island is about twenty miles S long g and an average of something like four or five miles wide the eastern tern shore line is a natural boulevard for nearly its entire length the west shore line is more rugged but there are beautiful bays and facilities for building bathing resorts dancing pavilions and other places of pleasure and amusement that cannot be excelled on ithe shores of any inland body of water anywhere here is presented present edan an op port unity to build more than a resort hotels cottages and home sites for those who would live in the fhe most echil draling atmosphere inthe in the world where the saline saturated air air fills the lungs and makes robust human beings out of physical wrecks inno in no time can all be provided the motorist tori stand and the lover of horseback excursions excursions into the mountain tops of the island would find his innermost hearts desire gratified on this island paradise made so mostly by nature and susceptible of any degree of refinement by and through the expenditure of money this island retreat is blessed with an abundance of pure water that may be diverted and piped to any part of the island to reach this wonderfully endowed spot in the middle of the greatest inland salten sea on earth requires only y the building of a few additional miles of automobile and electric railway to reach a point on the lake shore fifteen miles from salt lake where about three miles of vile pile daiv ing would carry the road and highway across the water and connect it up with the world somebody one of these days will buy antelope island spend a few million dollars to make it what it is capable of being made the greatest health healt hand and pleasure resor resort t or on chis this continent |
