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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF UTERES! TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-Beeker, Home-Beeker, the Investor and the Visitor. A GUIDE TO THE TOUEIST. Salt Lak3's Location, Attractions Attrac-tions an. Climate--Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. The city of Salt Lake has fame wfclct reaches around the world. The population U about 56,000, and la increasing at a rapid rate. It Is situated at the base of to Wasatch mountains in a lovely valley, rich in agricultural agricul-tural resources and Is eighteen miles distant tram Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level Is 4,860 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 0, 1853. It Is WOxSOO feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the tow erB.when completed, will be SCO feet In height. Over KUKJO.OOO have been expended on the Temple, aud It Is now nearlng 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 clmroh, and these are attended every Sunday by immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure 1b oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and HjOxlW feet In length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 111.000 people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be the finest organ In the world. Puttl once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that Its acoustic powers are very tine. Tne uardo llous, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brtgham Young wh willed that It should be the residence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been used as the official residence ot dignitaries of the church. Hrlgham Young's Kesldeaees, known as the ne-Hlve and the Lion House 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 hands, save the large lot In which Is Brig-ham Young's Orave. This can be reached by passing through the Eagle Gate, an archway in the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brlgham's pri -vale property. One or two of the prophet's wives repose beside hie last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. - vIoeret Miimmi. 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. I Prospect Hill with Its lookout tower commands s 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 tke oity Is a beautiful resort aud can 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. Bait Lake Theater being selected. This latter place ef amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young orer thirty years ago. It 1b a large and beautiful temple and is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, is used in winter for worship by the Mormons, the tabornaole being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall is 120x08 feet, and cost ftlotXfXX). The celling Is deo-orated deo-orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place df the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The Nntatorlum In a large circular bathing house, the center of which, under a glass roof, Is a swimming pool The water is brought In pipes from Beok's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of bath rooms. Electric Street Cars connect with every point of Interest in the city. The system Is new and the appointments good. Rapid transit is assured. Camp Douglas, three miles eaet of the city and over 400 feet above it, Is beautifully luld out In the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The fiost commands a wide view of the elty and yond where Great Salt Lake lies like molten sliver at the foot of the western mountains. Beok's Hot Springs are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They iBsue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid In eases of rheumatism, dyspepsia and anrorula. The waters are used both Internally In-ternally and externally, and there Is an excellent bath house and necessary appointments for the comfort of uatlente. The Warm Sulphur Sprint are betweenjtk Hot Springs and the city, about one mile froaa the pustoftlce. There Is a good hotel and comfortable bath house In connection connec-tion with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed In magnificent canyons, and at least a dozen ot the grandest are within reach of the oity. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recoHses to linn, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers liy the sides of mossy springs, beneath the shade ot umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canyon should be seen by every tourist, Here are lake Mary and Martha from whloh flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountain are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Hosldes these are Mills creek. Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound In scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet countrv roads, and through the lanes dividing meudows of rich green alfalfa and llelds of grain; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-roBe limpes are oaught of snow.covered peaks. A rive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile farther on to the mouth of Emigration canyon is most delightful. It was here that the sight of the Mormon pioneers was llrst made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the 9lth ot July 1847. The Great. Salt Lake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons reatiae how wonderfully, strangclv beautiful this laland sea Is." and' speakin" of its sunsets Phil Robinson has said : "Where have 1 not seen sunsets, by land and sea in Asia. Africa, Kurope and America, and where can 1 say 1 have ever seen more wonderous coloring, more electrifying effects than in the sunset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake Is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a brik'ht blue or green, and as they dauce on its surface It would be hard to tell which color prevails It Is dotted with beautiful Islands, aud it affords the finest salt water bathing in the world. (inrfteld Brarh is within easy distance of the city, being but eighteen miles of a lide by tra'ln. Here is found every luxnrv and comfort for a dip la tbe mystrlous sea. and also all the things necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the Inner man The cafe afTords enjoyable meals at reasonable prices, and row boats are fo be had for a quiet pull" on the waters whlchpossess a romantic Interest for every visitor. The manaeemeut of the accommodations at G.irtleM lieach la under the direction of the TJnloa PaciUc Kali-way Kali-way company, as Is that at Lake Park nnder the supervision of the Elo Grande West, ern. This resort ia north of the citv, about half wy between Salt Lake and Ogde'n, and is much treqowned by visitors, it is similar In 1JtuoUT t Garten. 4 U wU wfci |