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Show SALT LAKE CITY. Sights and Scenes in and Around the Intermountain Metropolis. PLACES OF INTEEEST TO VISITORS. A GUIDE TO THE TOURIST. j Useful Information for tho InTeftor, the j Home-Seeker and the Visitor. Salt Lake's Location. Attraction and CUinate. Garfield Beach and Other Sumner Fesorts. ThB iy of Salt Lake hag fame whlcli baches around the world. The population ia j about 65,000, and ia increasing at a rapid rate. It Is situated at the base of the Waian h mountains in a lovely valley, rich in agricnl- i tural ""sources and is eighteen miles distant fram Great Bait Lake. Its elevation above ea level is 4,350 feet. There are many points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. Here are some of them : The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April o, 1853. It is 100x300 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, win be 200 feet In height. Over Kl.NJO.000 have been expended on the Temple, and it is now nearlux completion. In the same square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle, Here are held the services of the Mormon church, and these are attended everv Sunday jv Immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile. The structure is oval lu shape, seventy-five feet blgh and iifOxlSO feet m length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 1S.00O people, and here inav be heard what is claimed to be the finest organ in the world. Patti once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very flue. The Gardo House, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brlgham Young who willed that It should be the residence of his favorite wile. Amelia Folsoni Young, but since bis death it has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Brlgham Young's Residences, known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion Bouse are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated in what was once Brlgham Young's domain, all of which has passed into other handB, save the large lot in which is . Brig-ham Young's Grave. This can be reached by passliur through the Eaicle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brlham's private pri-vate property. One or two ol the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers the ftrave and there is space left near by for the graves ol his other wives. Ileseret Museum. This Institution Is situated on South Temple street, directly opposite Temple square. It contains a large number of interesting curiosities, curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early history of Utah, It is well worth a visit. rrospect UI1I .with its lookout tower commands a splendid view of the city and its surroundings. The Tithing; Building possesses interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from its disciples. Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and van be reached by rapid transit trains. The Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial standing of the city. There are several large cases containing con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract much attention. Tha Grand Opera House, on Second South street, is under able management manage-ment and is handsomely and comfortably fitted up. Some of the best talent in the country coun-try Is constantly passing between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and Salt Lake City is always made a stopping place for performances, either the opera house or the Bait Lake Theater ' being selected. This latter "place of amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young over thirty years ago. It is a large and beautiful temple and is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, is used in winter for worship by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall is 120x8 feet, and costllfiO.OOU. The celling is dee-orated dee-orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place f the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Tha Natatorlum is a large circular bathing house, the (tenter of which, under a glass roof, is a swimming pool. The water is brought In pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of bath rooms. Electric Street Car connect with every point of interest lu the citv. The system is new and the appointments good. If apid transit is assured. " Camp Douglas, three miles east of the city and orer 400 feet above It, Is beautifully laid out in tha midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The poRt commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake Ues like mnltn silver at the foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are In the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They Issue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid in cases of rheumatism, dyspepsia and scrofula. The waters are used both internally in-ternally and -externally, and there Is an excellent bath . house and necessary appointments for the comfort of patients. The Warm Sulphur Springs are between the Hot Springs and the city, about one mils from the postontce. There Is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connec-t connec-t on with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway.. "' The mountains are unsurpassed In magnificent canyons, and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. "These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses- to lish, to bunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers DV the sides of mossy springs, beneath the ohadeof umbrageous pines. Big tlottonwood canvon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Marv and Martha from which flows the turbulent. Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche. Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City creek . auyons. all extremely picturesque and delightfully rtmanttc- . rieasant Drives abound In scores around the outskirts of the citv along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich m-een alfalfa and fields of grain: while the malestic mountains are never entirely lost iht of From tinder the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further on to the mouth of Emigration canyou Is most del ihtfnl It was here that the sight ol the Mormon pioneers was (Iret made glad by the vast expanse of Bait Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the Mth of July, m7- . The tireat Salt Lake. I think." sajs Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realiie how wonderfully, snangely beautiful this inland sea in. " and speaking of lis sunsets Phil Robinson has saitf: -Where have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea. In Asia Africa, Europe and America, and where can i fay I have ever seen more wonderous coloring, more electrifjing effects than in the mnset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah.'' Salt Lake is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anvwhere. The waves are a bright blue or greenand as they dance on its surface it would be h?.rd to tell which color prevails. It is dotted wnh beautiful islands, and it affords the finest salt water bathing in the world. Garfield Beach Is within easv distance of the city, being bnt eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here is fourd every luxury and comfort for a dip i the mysterious sea. and also all the things necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the inner man. The cafe affords enjoyable meals at reasonable nricw and row boats are to be had for a quiet -null" on the waters whlchiMwess a romantic Interest for every Tisitor. The management of the accommodations at Oarneid Beach is , under the direction of the Union Pacific Bail-way Bail-way company, as is that at . -Lake Park under the repervislon of the Rio Grande Western West-ern This resort Is north of the city, about half way between Salt Lake and Cgden, and Is much frequented by visitors, it Is similar in SuacUvineM to Garfield, and it well worth 1 iri.lt. ' - : - ' ' ! |