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Show A UEALTHFULRESOHT. TL New i.nd Commodious Bath Housu at the Warm Springs Now Completed, " AT A COST OF OVEE $18,C0D- It i a Model Structure and Oontaini all the Latert Improvements Last Night's Opening. After hnvinfr expended something like $18,001) upon the new bath house and iho furnishings, and then bucominir thoroughly convinced .that absolulely EOthiutf remained to be doua to insure t'omfort and convenience to prospective prospec-tive patrons and visitors, Messrs ltarnen & Jiyrne, the popular managers of the new Warm Springs, extended a cordial invitation to tho mayor, tho iiimiiboTH of the city council, and a number num-ber of prominent citizens to which they Jast evening responded. Afterthe party had been nhown through tho building suid all of its liiafrnitjcent apartments thc-y were ushered into the main hallway, hall-way, where an excellent collation awaited them, comprising innumerable) delicacies, which were washed down tbuir course with the best of champaign. cham-paign. Toast aud speeches were in order, and among the speechmakers wore Mayor Scott, whose com; plinientary remarks on the able manarjement of the new establishment were highly flattering in the course of his address llui mnyor expressed ex-pressed himself as being highly grati-lied grati-lied w ith the manner in which tho new management had fulfilled their part of the contrtct with tbn city, and as far as could be observed It had been carried car-ried nut to the letter and nothing seemed to have remained undone. He was succeeded by Judge Fowers, 'Major Hird, Hank Jinnies, Colonel Byrne. Joe Walden, Charles Stanton and others, all of whom spoke in high terms ot the new enterprise and its rustling projectors. Much has recently been Raid re- f'arding the Warm springs which are ocated near the north limits of the city and at tho terminus of the electric car lino. The location is one of the most convenient imaginable and is easily easi-ly accessible by car from the heart of the city. Electric motors on this linn run twelve minutes apart, and mako a round trip to this place and return in less than ftwenty-five ftwenty-five minutes. Some time since the city accorded fho gentlemen named a ten years contract providing certaiu improvements were made and maintained main-tained and run on a first class basis. AsMuyor Scott laid, the contract has tieeu strictly adhered to. the improvements improve-ments made and now there stands as a monument to the enterprise of Messrs Barnes iv Byrne the most complete and elaborate b'atb house of its kind in the west. As a result of the labors and efforts of the large force of men who have been employed at the springs, a mag-nilieeut mag-nilieeut pavilion has been reared to tho bight of two stories and 8(1x100 feet square, fitted up with plunge baths, private baths; likewise Turkish, Egyptian, Egyp-tian, Arabian and Russian baths, all of which are new introductions by the inventor of tho Arabian bath, Mr. Hunk Barnes. Twenty is the number of bathrooms, each one being supplied Milh large, handsome, poicelain lined bath tubs, novel shower baths, etc. Then there are ten plunge baths, each one being fifteen feet square and six i'ect deep, which are set aside for the use nf the lady patrons. On the oppo- site side of the building there a"e a like amount of plunge baths of the same dimensions as thoso above described that are intended for the use of gentlemen. gentle-men. Between these two departments and almost in the center of tho massivo structure there is n huge public plunge bath for the accommodation of large parties and its si.n is no less than 4().U0 feet. Surrounding Sur-rounding the entire building are the fi.ty and some odd dressing rooms, each one of which is calculated to hold from four tn seven Imthers. It is estimated that the new pavilion can accommodate about fnur hundred people at one time without inconvenience to bathers. It has been said that tho building, which was erected by Contractor W. if;. Dyke, is one nf the very first in the territory to have been built tinder the eight - hour system. VARIOUS BATHS. Among the various baths to be given and those that w ill surely meet with hearty appreciiition by the public in f;eueral, and particularly the gentier sex. tvill be those that are known as Arabian and Egyptian or Japanese baths, the like of which are an extreme ex-treme novelty in this section of the country. The medicinal properties of these waters have worked wonders-for the sick and ailing nod the numerous and phenomenal cures that have been effected by their remarkable powers are astounding in the extreme. The y temperature of the water ranges from 85 degrees to 105 degrees, and at times i has been known to vastly exceed this temperature. Then the water is conveyed con-veyed through a huge cement pipe direct di-rect from the spring, which is located about 20'I0 feet distant from the bath house. No artificial means for heating the water is resorted to, it being in its natural condition when it reaches the pools. There will be added in a short time a large and well shaded park for the accommodation ac-commodation of ladies and children, whose patronage will especially be solicited. so-licited. Then there are arrangements on foot to open a cafe adjoining the purk, where lunches, ieo cream and all treasonable delicacies will lie served at reasonable prices. This will be sure to meet with public approval, and when the place shall linally be ready for the informal open- ing and reception of guests, which will be Saturday, May 10th, Salt Lake City will have within her limits one of the most celebrated and renowned bathiug resorts in America, the medicinal properties prop-erties of whose waters have for many years puzzled even the most abla and learned physicians, but whose qualities by them have never been disputed or s doubted. il i |