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Show SILT LAKE CITY. If Sight) and Scene in and Around the Intsnnounuin Metropolis Information Infor-mation for Our Visitor!. A GUIDE TO THE TOTJBI8T. I EsJt Lake'i Lcoatioa. Attnot'oas tad Climate Garfield Beaoh and Other Fi&oei of Interesd The city of Salt Lake has a fans 1 irhiclvreaehes around the world. The population is aliout 50,000, and is in- ; ereasimr at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of ihi' Wasatch mountain in j a lovely r alley, rich in agricultural re- 3 sources and is eighteen miles distant j from Great Salt, Lake. Its elevation j above sea level is 4,350 feet. There are 9 many points of interest to visitors in the B city and nyar it. Hers are some of 9 them: : Tha Tempi. ' This magnificent cream-white granite Structure was began April 6, 1S53. It ' is 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 feet ! high, and the towers, when completed, j will I feet heght Over S8..r00,0(KI j have expended on the temple, and It is now ncari ng completion. In the lame square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called Th Tabaraaela. Here are held the services of the mor- ; mon church and these are at'.ouue.i ; every Sunday by an immense congrega tiou of people, both mormon and gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and 250x100 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 once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very fine. Tha Oardo Hoaaa or Amelia palace, was built by Brigham Young who willed that it could be the ; residence of his favorite wile. Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it j has been used as the official residence I of dignitaries of tho church. , ltnEBam Vouai'l Raaidanae ; known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures 8 curious from associations. These are I situated in what was once Krigham B Young's domain, all of which has passed fl I Into o! her hands, save the large lot in j i in which isBrigham Youug's grave. Iroapoot i! ill with its lookout tower commands a S ! splendid view of the city and its sur- I roundings. Tbo T. thing KmtrttBC ! possesses interest as being the general I depot for taxescolleeted by the mormon H church from its disciples. Liberty Park. in the southeastern portion of the city I is a beautiful resort and can be reached j E . by rapid transit trains. Th - Chamber of Commerfie. on Second South street ia visited 'by ' thoso who take an interest in the com- . mercial standing of the city. There are 1 several large oases containing speci- mens of Utah's mineralogy which ai- ; tract much attention. j Halt Lake Thatp. This latter piaeo of amusement was built by Brigham Young over thirty ' pears ago. It is a large and beautiful temple aud comfortably arranged. Aaaomhly Hall, soar I ho temple, is used in winter for i worship by tlie mormons, the taberna- jlo being loo large to admit of proper heating. Assembly ball w 120x6S feet, ' and cost $150,000. The ceiling is dec- j rated which church pictures among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Camp Daaglaa. three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above it in beautifully laid out in j the midst of lawns and orchavds, and the barracks and houses of the officers i are built of stone. The post commands ; a wide view of the city and beyond j where Great Salt Lake lies molten sil- ver at the foot of the western mountains. moun-tains. Daek'a Hot Springa are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center, i They issue from the base of the moun-tains, moun-tains, and are regarded as a Very valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and sorofulla. The waters are used both internally and externally, and ! there is an excelleut bath house and necessan appointment for the comfort f patients. The Warm aolphar Springs are between the Hot Springs and tha I city, about one mile from the postoffioe. ! There is a good hotel and comfortable bath bouse in connection with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. Th Monatalas are unsurpassed in magnificent 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 fish, to hunt, to scale the, peaks and ridges, and to gather wild Bowers by the mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood Canon should be seen by every tourist. Here are hike Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; aud at tho base of the mountains are l ikes Blanche, Florence ami Lilian. Besides these aio Mills creek, Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all i xtremely picturesque and delightfully romantic. riaaaaat Driva abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields of grain; while toe majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above hedges of tlie wild dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further out to the mouth of Emigration Dftnon is almost delightful. It was here that. ; lie sight of the mormon pioneers was first made glad hy the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley Suddenly burjt upon them, on tho 24th of July, 1647. Tha Uraat Salt Laka. "I think," s-ivs Ernest Ingersoll, "fn, persons realize hew wonderfully, strangely beautiful tiiis Island sea is," and speaking of its sunsets Phil Robinson Robin-son had said: ' Where have I not seen sunsets, by land and soa. in Asia, Af-tica, Af-tica, Europe aud America, and where can I say I have ever seen more won-derous won-derous coloring, more electrifying effects than in the -uiL- t on the Creit Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as oeauti-ful oeauti-ful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are bright hlue er green aud as they dance on it surface It would bo hard to tell whioh color prevails. pre-vails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and it affords tho finest Malt water in tho world. |