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Show SILT LAKE CITY. flights and Scenes in and Aronnd j Inturmountain Metropolis Iiifor-: Iiifor-: mation fur Oar Visitori, A. GUIDE TO THE TOTJBIBT. Bait Lak'i Location. Attractions and Climats Garfield Beach and Other Placoi of Interojt. The, city of Salt T,iiko has a fam which reaches around the world. The population is about .Yj.OUO, and is increasing in-creasing at a rapid rate. It iasituato.il at thn base of the Wasatch mountain in a lovely valley, rich in agricultural resources re-sources and is eighteen milca distant from Crest Salt Lake. Its elevation, shove sea level is 4.3"0 feet. There ar0 many point of interest tovisitors In the city and near it. lit re aro some oj them; Tha Tampia. This magnificent crcam-whitfl-pniati Structure was began April ft, 1853. It U lUO.tllO fed, the walls are 100 fet high, and the towers, when completed, i will lie i!00 feet height. Over M.fiOO.OOO ' hare been expended ou the temple, nod It is now nearing completion. In tbe lame square with the temple is-thetpa-i cious building called Tha TltWlHlk Horn are held tho sen-ices of the mor' tnon church and these are attedet every Sunday by an immense c agrega tion of people,, both uionuon and gen-i tilo. The structure In oval in shape, seventy-tiva feet high and lifiOxMiO feeC in length and breadth. It has a dentin)?; rapacity of 12,000 people, and here may1 j be heard what Is claimed to be the tin-1 tin-1 est organ in the world. Patt.1 onoesangi in the tabernacle, and doruonxLraU thai its acoustic powers are very line, Tha Garda Iloiu or Amelia palace, was built by Brighara Young who willed that it could be the residence of bin favorite wife. Amelia Folsoin Young, but since his death it has been usea m the oruciul residence of dignitaries of tho church. Unchain loui'l ImUhm known as the ReeHive and the Uori House are old faahioned Htrueturen,, curious from associations. Theae ara situated in what was cmr Urighan Young's domain, allofwhk 1 baspastied int.) other hands, save the large lot li in Inch Ulirigharn Young's grave. rmpHt Hill with its lookout tower commands) splendid view of the olty and its sjuim roundingg. Tha Tltbtaa; Bmldlac Sossosses interest as being the general epot for taxes collectod by the mormon church from its diseiplos. IJbarty tmik. in the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort aud can be reached by rapid transit trains. - Tha Chimbw of Comnutflt. on Second Sooth street is visited by those who take an interest in tbe commercial com-mercial stanrlingof the city. There ara overal largo cases containing specimens speci-mens of L tun's mineralogy which at, tract muck attention. alt I.k Thaatar, This latter place ofamuBement wai built by Iirighani Young over thirty pears ago. It is a large and beautiful temple and comfortably arranged. mblr Hall. Bear thei temple, is used in winter for worship by the mormons, tbe taherna- sle being too largo to admit of proper beating. Assembly hall is 120xfl8 feet, aud cost 1150,000. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among '.hem the Augel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Camp Doaelaa. three miles east of the city and over 403 feet above it is beautifully laid out irn 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 beyonoj where Great Salt Lako lies molten silver sil-ver at the foot of the western mountains. moun-tains. Kaok'a Hot Spring; are in the northern part of tho city about j three miles from the business center. j l'hcy issue from the base of tho uioun-! uioun-! tains, and aro regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspep-i dyspep-i eia aud scrofulla. The waters are used ! both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for tho comfort of patients. Ta Warm Salphar Springs are between the Hot Springs and th city, about one mile from the postoffioe. There is a good hotel aud conifortabla bath house in connection with tha springs, ami they ci Ix reached bj street railway. Tha Moaatataa ' are unsurpassed in magnificent conons. ; and at least a dozen of the grandest ara j within reach of the city. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or j months among their wild recesses tfi I fish, to hunt, to scale tha peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by I the mossy springs, beneath the shade ot umbrageous pines. Hig Cottonwood i canon should be seen by every touru-t. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; aud at the base of the mountain are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian. Besides these are Mills creek. Parley's Immigration, and City Creek canons, all extremely picturesque aud delightfully romantic?. Plaaiaal Drt aa abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lunes dividing : meadows of rich given alfalfa and fields i of grain; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. i'roin under the branches of tree and above hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses j are caught of snow covered peaks. A , drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile ! further out to the mouth of Emigration : canon is almost delightful. It was here I that the sight of the mormon pioneers was first made glad by the vast expanse I of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upon them, on the 24th of July, 1347. Tha Oraaa Sail Laic "I think," says Ernest Ingorsoll; "fV, persons realize how wonderfully, straugely beautiful this inland sea is'," aud speaking of its sunset Phil Kobin-sou Kobin-sou had said: "Where bve I not seta sunsets, by land and sea, in Aaia, Af- I rica, Europe and America, and where can I say I have ever seen more won-derous won-derous coloring, more electrifviugeeots than in tho sunset on tho (jrett Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake Is as oeauti-f oeauti-f nl a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves ara bright bl or green, and as they dance on its sorface it would be hard to tell which color pre--aila. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and it affords the- finest salt avatar in the. world.. |