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Show SILT LAKE CITY. Bi&hti and Sosnes in and Around tat InUrmonntain Metropolis Information Infor-mation for Oar Visitor. A 8TJIDE TO THE T0UBIIT. Bait Lake' i Location- Attractions sad Olimats Garfield Beach and Other Places of Intareib The city of Salt Lake has a fara which reaches around the world. The population is about 55,000, and is increasing in-creasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountain in lovely valley, rich in agricultural resources re-sources and is eighteen miles distant (Tom Great Salt Lake. Its elevation ftbove sea level is 4,350 feet. There are many points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. 11. -re are some of The Tempi. This magnificent cream-white granite Structure was began April 6, 185S. It Is 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, j Til! be 200 feet height. Over (3,500,000 j have been expended on the temple, and It is now nearing completion. In the same square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called Th. Tbrnl. Here are held the services of the mop-mon mop-mon church and these aro attended very Sunday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, eventy-five feet high and 250x150 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity of 12,000 people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be the finest fin-est organ in the world. Patti onoesang In the tabernacle, and demonstrated that (to acoustic powers are very line. Tb QaTdo Bona r Amelia palace, was built by Brigham ZOUng who willed that it could be the residence of his favorite wife. Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been useaas the official residence Of dignitaries of the church. Brtckuiaa loug'i Bold known as the Bee-Hive and the Hon House are old-fatihioned structure?, purious from associations. These are gtuated in what was once Brigham Young's domain, all of which has passed Inl i other hands, save the large lot In In v, hich is Brigham Young's grave. tropcl Hill yith its lookout tower commands a s'plondid view of the city and its surroundings. sur-roundings. Tb Tlthlne; Btnldln; possesses interest as being lh? general depot for taxes collected by the mormon Church from its disciples. Llbarly Park, In the southeastern portion of the oity Is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. The Chair of Comnaerco, On Seoond South street is visited by those who take an interest in the oom-pu oom-pu reial standingof the city, There are feveral large cases containing specimens speci-mens of Utah's mineralogy which attract at-tract much attention. Bit Lab Thntir. I . This latter plae AoTamusempt was pui ! t by Brigliauiriii 8-tW thirty reins ago. It is a large and heaVliful teuiple and comfortably arranged. Aasemblj- :..-'. aep.rthc temple, is used in winter for brship by the mormons, the taberua-fcV taberua-fcV l.eing too largo to admit of proper sealing. Assembly hall is 120x8H fret, tRilcosk $150,000. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among ihi'tti the Angel Moroni disolosing the hiding place of the golden plates to tobeph Smith. Camp Douel.. three miles east of the citv and over 400 eH above it is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers aro built of stone. The post commands S wide view of the city and beyond ftrh-re Great Salt Lake lies molten silver sil-ver at the foot of the western maun- Hank'. Ilul Hprln; (ire in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center, they issue from the base of the moun-, moun-, kslrig, and are regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and scrofulla. Tho waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and Deicssary appoiutment for the comforr pf patients. The Warm Sulphur Sprlof are between tbJ Hot Springs and the city, about one mile from the postotnee. There is a good hotel and comfortable bftth house in connection with ths springs, and they can be reached by street railway. Th Moutlal are unHtirpasscd in magniGcent conons. and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to 6- . to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by she mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pinos. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from whirh flows the turbulent Cottonwood rivor; and at the base of tho mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian. Besides these aro Mills creek, Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all extvemeiy picturesque and delightfully romantic. Pliuul Drlv. abound in scores arouud the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields pf gra-lu; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above bedcres of the wild dog rose glimpses sre caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort Doaglas, and then a mile further out to the month of Immigration canon is almost delightful. It was here that the sight of tho mormon pioneers was first made glad by the vast expanse Of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upon them, on the 24th of July, 1847. Th Orial Salt Lak. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons realize how wonderfully, Strangely beautiful this Island sea is," Snil speaking of its sunsnts Phil Robinson Robin-son had said: "Where have I not seen Sunsets, by land and sea, in Asiu, Africa, Af-rica, Europe and America, anil where can I say I have ever seen morn won-derous won-derous coloring more electrifying ejleots 'than in the sunset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as oeanti-fnl oeanti-fnl a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are bright blue r green, and as they dance on itssurfaoe t would be hard to tell which color prevails. pre-vails. It is dotted with beautiful Stands, and It. affords the finest salt ater in the world. i |