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Show SALTLAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF IHEREST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-seeker, Home-seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. 1 A GUIDE TO THE TOURIST, Salt Lak3's Location, Attractions Attrac-tions anl Climate- Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. The city of Salt Lake has a fame whlct reaches around the world. The population is about 55,000, and Is Increasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base ot the Wasatcb mountains In a lovely valley, rloa in agricultural agricul-tural resources and is eighteen miles distant tram Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above ea level Is 4,360 feet. There are many points of Interest to visitors In the city aa4 near lb Here are some of them : The Temple. This magniacent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April 6, 1853. It la 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 f oet high, and the tewers.when completed, will be 00 feet In height. Over 13,590,000 have been expended on the Temple, and it Is now Dealing completion. In the same Bquaro with the temple Is the spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle, Here are held the services of the Mormon chnrch, and then are attended every Sunday by immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gf mile, The structure is oval lu shape, seveuty-nve feet high and 250x150 fnot In length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 12.0UO people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be t he finest organ In the world. Pattl once sang In the tabernacle, and demonstrated that Its acoustic powers are very tine. The Oardo Ronse, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brlgham Young whe willed that It should be the residence of his favorite wife, Amelia FolBom Young, but since his death It has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Ilrlg-bam Yonng's Realdeaeee, 1 known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House I are old-fashioned structures, curlons from associations. as-sociations. These are situated In what was once Hrlgham Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, save the large lot In which la Brlgham Young's Grave. This can bereachod bypassing through the Eagle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall wliloh at one time encompassed Brlgham's prl -vate property. One or two of the prophet's wiveB repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there Is space left near by for the graves oi his other wives. . - Deseret naimim. 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 rly history of Utah. It Is well worth a visit. Prospect HIU 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 elty Is a tieautlful resort and 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. Salt Lake Theater being soleeted. This latter place ef amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young ever thirty years ago. It is a large and beautlfU temple and is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, is used in winter fer worship by the Mormons, the tabernaole being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall Is 120x08 feet, and oostfl 150.000. The celling is dee- i orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place ef the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The Natatorlum Is 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. lectrlo Street Care connect with every point of Interest In the olty. The system is new and the appointments good. Rapid transit is assured. Gamp Douglas, three miles east of the olty and over 400 feet above it, is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The tost commands a wide view of the elty and leyond where Great 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 esses of rheumatism, dyspepsia and scrofula. The waters are uaod both internally in-ternally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointments for the comfort of patlenta. The Warm Sulphur Springs are between;the Hot Springs and t he city, about one mile from the postofttre. There is a good hotel nnd oomfortable 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 dozeu of the grandest are within reach of the olty. These Invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to Ush, to hunt, 'to scale the peaks and ridges, and to guther wild flowers by the sides of mossy springs, beneath the shade ot umbrageous pinea. Big Cottonwood canyon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base ot the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesoue and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound in scores around the outskirts ot the city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich grown alfalfa and fields of grain ; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost BiKiiboi. rrom iiuucr ino orancnes of trees and above hedges of the wilu dog-rose Sllmpses are caught of snow.covered peaks A rive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further on to the mouth of Emigration canyon is most delightful. It was here that the sight of the Mormon pioneers ws first made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the SHth of July, The Great Salt Lake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this inland sea is," aud speakin" of its sunsets Phil Robinson has said: "Wnere have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea. In Asia, Africa, Europe and America, and where can 1 say I have ever seen more wonderous coloring, more electrifying eftsots than in tlw 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 bright blue or green, and as they dance on its surface it would he hard to tell which color prevails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and It affords lie 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 luxnrv and comfort for a dip la the mysterious sea. aud also all the things necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the inner man 1 he cafe affords enjoyable meals at reasonable prices, and row boats are to be had for a quiet 'pull" on the waters whtchpo-! a romantic Interest for every visitor. The management of the accommodations at Garfield Beach is under the direction of the Union Paoino Railway Rail-way company, as is that at Lake Park under the supervision of the Rio Grande Western. West-ern. 1 his resort is north of the ctt v about half way between 6alt Lake and Ogde'n. and la much freqtmned by visitors, it is similar in tractive u Garfield, ana to well worthy |