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Show SALT LAKE CITY. Sights sun Scenes in and Aroa:.d tt Intflrraonntan MetrtpoliB Infor- " mation for Oar Visiitorii A GUIDE TO THE T3TJSI3T Salt Laks'i Location. Attritions sad! Clitcate G&rSeld Beaoh and , Other Places of IuUrut. '' The city of Gait Lake has a fjimal which reaches around the world. Tha population is about 55,000, and is iiH j creasing at a, rapid rato. It is situated! at the base of the Wasatoh mountain it J a lovely valley, rich in agricultural rn sources and is eighteen wiles distant L-uin Great Salt Lake. Its elevation! above tea level is 4,3.50 feet. There are! many point of int erest to visitors in tha city and near it. Here aro some ofl them: i Th Tempi. This magnilicent cream-white granite structure was bewail April 0, 1853. It is 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 fectt high, and the towers, wbon complutedj will be COO feet height. Over $.M,r00,000( have been expended on the temple, aud) it in now Hearing completion. In tho s:iciie square with the temple is the spa cious building called Ths Tsbrnael. ITorp. n'ro held the services of the mow mnn church and these are attended) every Sunday by an immense congrega- tioti of people, both mormon and gen- tile. The structure is oval in shape, aeventy-live feet high and 250x150 fees in le.ijjth and breadth. It has a scatingj capacity of li.OOO people, and here muyj be heard what is claiiuod to be the tiin est organ in the world. Patti onoe sung) in the tabernacle, and demonstrated thatj its acoustic powers are very line. Th Qardo Unas or Amelia palace, was built by I5righatn( Youug who willed that it could be thul residence of hie favorite wife. Aracli s Folsom Young, but since bis death ia hns been used as the official residency of dignitaries of the church. Brl(ham Young-' RMlflenM 1 known as the I?eo-Hive and the Lionl House are old-fashioned structuieHj curious from associations. These anil situated in what w:is onco Brighauij Yonng s doirain, allofwhioh haspiissedj into other hands, save tha largo lot in which is ilrighiun Young'n grave. PraciiaUlIl I wih its lookout tower commands of splendid view of tho city and its sia roundingd. Tha Timing BnildlBV ' Sossesses internet as being tho general eput for tuxes collected by the mormoii church from its disciples. Llbaarly rul, ' iu tho southeastern portion of the eit v) is a beautiful re-iyrt and can be reached) by rapid transit trains. Thr Chamber ! remniprite. ' on Second Houth street is visitod by those who f ake nti interest iu the conn aiercial staiidiugof tho city. There are, ft'veral huge cases containing specif n't'us of Utah's mineralogy which at tract muoh attention, ' Tti TUsat r. . This latter place ofamtiBemont was) built by Brirhaui Young over thirtyi fears ago. It is a l.tre and beautiful lemple aud comfortably arranged. ( AsMinblj TTmIU dear the temple, ii used in winter for aorthip by liio mormons, the taberna-i 5I0 being too lai sre to admit of proner) fieating. Assembly nail in 120x03 fcetj , mid cost $lr,0,0(H). The ceiling is tied D ntf'.l which church pit t '.ires among-;hcta among-;hcta tho Aiifcl Moroni disclosing tiu hiding jiluce" of the golden plates tu Joseph Smith. fjamp Iooflai. three loiles eat of the city and over 405 feet above it is beautifully iaid out in the midst oflawi s aud orchards, ami the l"wracl;s end houses of the officers' are built of stone. The post command-! a wide view of tho city and beyoivj where Great Sait La'' lies molten tiU ver at tho foot of the wesLc.ru, liiouuW lauiM. Rock's Hot Springs are in tho northern part of the city abouQ three miles from tho business center They issue from the base of the mouu tains, and aro i t garded as a very vultias Lie aid in eases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and hcrofulla. Tho waters are use-J both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house ami necessary r.ppoitttmrut for the comfort of patients. Tho Wtoj Snlplmr Bprln(ri are between the Hot Springs and tha city, about one. mile from the postoflioo. Tbre is a good hotel and couilortabla bath house in connection with tha springs, and they can be reached bj btrcLit railway. Tho Mountain are unsurpassed in magnificent cononsi in -I at least a dozen of the grandest ara within reach of the cily. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or mouths among their wild recesses to 63b, to hnut, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild Cowers by the mossy springs, beneath tho uhade of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tottristi Hero are lake Mary atid Martha from which tlowa tho turbulent Cottonwood river; and at tho base of the mountains) are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian Besides these aro Mills creek, Farley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantfo. PloAsaat DrWos abound in scores around the outskirts' of tho city, along tho quiet country toads, and through tho lanes dividiu meadows of rich ereen alfalfa and fields of grain; while the majestic mountains) are never entirely lost sight of. From uudor the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-rose glinipsts are caught of snow covered peaks. Ai drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mila further out to the mouth of Emigration canon is almost delightful. It was here that the sight of the mormon pioneer, was first made glad by tho vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upon them, on the 24th of July, 1S17. Tho Grot Slt Latt. "I think," says Ernest IngersnlL "fov persons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this island sea is and speaking of its sunsets Phil Robin, son had said: "Where have I not seen situseU, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa. Af-rica. Europe aud America, aud whnra can I say I have ever seen more won-ttorous won-ttorous cwloring.more clectrifvi ng effects) than in tho sunsot on the Great Sale Lake of Utah. " Salt Luko is as oeauti-ful oeauti-ful a sheet of w ater as can bo fouml anywhere. Tho waves aro bricht blue, orgrepn.nnd as they dance on itsstufacd It w ould be hard to toll which color prevails. pre-vails. It is dotted with lteautiful l lands, cv.d it affords thu Cuest tall water in the world. |