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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF INTEREST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-seeker, Home-seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. I A GUIDE TO THE TOUBIST. Salt LakVs Location, Attractions Attrac-tions an ' Climate-Garfield Beach ; nd Other Resorts. Ths city of Salt Lake has a rams whtci reaches around the world. The population is bout 55,000, and is increasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of to Wasatch . mountains in a lovely valloy, rioh in agricultural agricul-tural resources and is eighteen miles distant fram Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above aea level is 4,350 feet There are maay points of interest to visitors in the city ana near it Here are some of them : The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April 6, 1853. ttls MOxMOteet the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers,when completed, will be 209 feet In height Over 13,500,000 have been expended on the Temple, and it is now nearlnx completion. In the same square with the temple la the spa-clous spa-clous building called The Tabernacle. Here are held the services of the Mormon chnroh, and these are attended every Sunday by Immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure Is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and 850x150 feel in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 18.00Q people, and here may be hoard what Is claimed to be the finest organ In tho world. Patti once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very fine. The Oardo House, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brigbam Young whe willed that It should be tho restdence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death It has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Brigbam Young's Residences, known as the Boe-Hlve and the Lion House are old-fashioned struct ures. curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated in what was once Brigham Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, Bave the large lot in which la Brigbam Young's Grave. This can be reached by passing through the Eagle Gate, an archway in the old mud wall i which at one tlmo encompassed Brlghiun's private pri-vate property. One or two of the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. Tleserct 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 Prospect Hill with Its lookout tower commands a splendid view of the eity and its surroundings. Tho Tithing Building possesses Interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from Its disciples, i Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reachod 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 oases containing con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which Attract much attention. Salt Lake Theater being solected. Thts latter place ef amusement amuse-ment was built by Hrlgham 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 la laixiie feet, and cost fllfiO.OOO. 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. The Natatorlum Is a large circular bathing house, the center of which, under a glass roofT is a swimming pool, The water is brought in pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. Thore are also a large number of bath rooms. Electric Street Cara connect with every point of Interest in the city. The system Is now and the appointments good. Rapid transit Is assured. Gamp Dong-las, three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above It, la beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Oreat Salt Lake lies like molten 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 aud 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 betweenjtke Hot Springs and the city, about one mile from the poslomce. There Is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection connec-tion with the springs, and tuoy can be reached by street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed in magnificent canvons, and at least a aown of the grandest are wltliln reach of the eity. These Invite the tourlBt to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild tlowere by the sides of mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canyon should be seen bv every tourist Here are lake Mary and Martha from whloh flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are MlllH creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely plcturesaue and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet, country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields of grain; while the majestlo mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-roso Sllmpses are caught of snow.covered peaks A rive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further ou to the mouth of Emigration canvou Is most delightful, l:- was here that the sight of the Moimon pioneers was flrst made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the 84th of July 1847. ' The Great. Salt Lake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this Inland sea is," and speakln? of Its sunsets Phil Koblnson has said: -Wner have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa, Europe and Amerioa, and where can I say I have ever seen more wonderons coloring, more electrifying effects than in the sunset ou the Great Salt Lake of Utah" Salt Lake is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or greeu, and as they dance on lt surface it would be hard to tell which color prevails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and It affords he finest salt water bathing in the world. Garfield Beach is within easy distance of the city, being but eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here is found every luxurv and comfort for a dm la L?JT . .lL8 sea' aud a", a11 tne things nec-S-hL.'- emfOTt of the inner man. 1 he cafe affords enjoyable meals at reasonable f,"; 2a.'w 8ta are to b had for a quiet pull on the waters whtchpossess a romantic interest for every visitor. Ae manaBnent of the aocommodaUons at GarBeld beach ii under the direction of the Union Pacific Rail-way Rail-way company, as is that at " Lake Park Sm erTSr."S2S??on Llbe Rio Grande West, era This neon le north of the cttv about half way betwosa Salt Lake and Cgden andis D1 ? vlsl,,r8- "is slmUaTii ttractlvokaa le Grtt.id. and i well wonbri |