| Show i HARRIMAN HAS AS PLANS FOR RESORT Story tory of Scheme of Wizard Not Known to Local Agents That Saltair Salta-ir beach is to be he taken over within a short time by hy E E. H H. Harriman who will expend more than in converting it into a western rival to toConey toConey toConey Coney island with the addition on of a fine hotel and immense health resort is a astory astory astory story appearing in the New York Commercial Commercial Com Com- i mercial mercia 1 under a Salt Lako Lake City dateline dateline date dateline line but which is all news to the local officials of the tho Oregon Short Lino Line railroad railroad rail rail- road and of the Saltair Beach com com- pany Local officials of the Ore Oregon on Short Line declare that if such a plan were under consideration they would have some knowledge of it They declare that no such plan pIau has been broached to them by the tho railroad ma magnate nate and that t the e story is in the vernacular a a pipe e J. J J. J E E. E Langford vice president and mana manager er of the Saltair Beach company said when asked concerning the a au authenticity authenticity au- au of the story The resort is not being operated under lease but by b- the Saltair Beach Boach corporation We have had no lle negotiations negotiations otia- otia lookin looking to the transfer of Saltair to Mr h Harriman nor anyone else If Mr 11 Harriman has planned d to take over o the resort we do not know anything about it We Re have haye heard of no plan to turn the resort over to him nor any anyone anyone anyone one else As Mr Andrus Sees It Following account given i en in tho Kew ew York Commercial oyer over the si sig signature signature sig- sig nature of S. S Glen Andrus It is full fun of inaccuracies as s will be bo readily reco recognized recognized by those familiar with Great Salt lake and the n surrounding in territory but nevertheless makes interesting reading for Utah residents Salt Lake Jake City Utah July 10 Two facts have haye r reawakened awakened general interest interest interest in in- terest in in the Great Salt lake the deaden dead pea Fea of America which has furnished more salt than any mine in the world whose whoso waters in which there is is practically practically cally cany no living thin thing arc are said to have moved back to health and strength moro morn people than all an the doctors Two Great Facts One of these facts is the return of high water which has brought the tIle level of the lake back to that of 1807 its highest known point and which has lIas setto setto set setto to rest whatever er fear remained that in inthe inthe the a ages es to come evaporation e would remove re rev move ove the waters and leave a sunbaked plain The other fact which has caused causa renewed interest t is s that Edward II If H. H Harriman is rie negotiating of ting with the elders of the Mormon church for a lon long tern term t nn Jea lease e upon Saltair the famous Salt SaIt Lake Lako resort with a view to spending At nt least in making it the fin finest t bathing bathing bathing bath bath- ing and water yater side resort in iu th the world Should the Harriman plans be carried carried car car- ried out and there seems little doubt that they will be the Mormon church burCh churchwill churchwill will wm have ha its income considerably increased increased in in- creased and Salt Lake will have hae a health and pleasure resort the like of which h hb has h b s never before been conceived The rhe plans which Mr Harriman is aid said to have ha in view comprehend the enlargement enlarge ment meat and the tIle rebuilding of Saltair the construction of a modern trolley lino Jino the construction in the face of the bald hills of a wonderful automobile road r leading from the city to the lal lake e the redemption of at least acres of the shore of Antelope island for summer homes which shall shaH be reached by au an electric line running eight miles across across an arm of the lake lale This road if it be built will be every bit hit as wonderful as the Lucin Lucia cutoff which Harriman built at a a. cost of to avoid the grades rades Of the tIle Union Pacific line which ran around the lake to the north Conceived Plan Years Ago The of Saltair in possibilities the lines tines of pleasure and health u. u appealed tl to Mr j Harriman the first time he saw the the- lake lale and he has had it in mind for many years to make malo it what it should be The invigorating and curative properties properties properties prop prop- of the water are undeniable and vet yet no effort has been made to use them for the benefit of mankind with ith the exception exception ex of course of the benefit derived from cursory b thing in the lake It is Mr lr Harriman's idea to establish a mod modern modern ern em pleasure resort of high class with facilities fa for remaining at the lake and to also estabI establish sh separately hud find distinct from this a n huge sanitarium where the salt waters may be used for curative purposes especially in nervous and neurotic neurotic neurotic neu neu- cases Story Etory of Island The island upon which may be es established established es established one of the tho finest suburbs of the future Salt Lake City is the one ono General Fremont visited visite in 1843 driving driving in ing to it from the main land so 80 low Jow was the water of the lake that year Jear Regarding Regarding Re Re- garding arding it there are ar armany many interesting stories Years ago there lived ed in Salt Lake a man who was never known to work and yet who seemed always to have hanl a generous supply of money People People Peo Peo- eo pIe came to be very cry curious re regarding him and it was fin finally discovered that lie he made mado his living bv by robbin robbing the graves of the dead It was decided that he must he hEl dealt with severely Accordingly According a committee of cit citizens zens went to his ho home ne in the dead of night took him out of bed permitted him to get a few belongings together and took him to the shores of Salt Lake Once there they rowed him in a boat over to toto toto toto to Antelope island where he lie was left marooned There is not a living thing I on the tho island and no fresh water The I chances are that it would be impossible I for him to reach the shore without a boat However this ma may be the ghoul was never heard from nor nor seen a again ain so far as known by any anyone one Lake at High Mark Another interesting island is if called Gull or Bird island which is located about twenty miles from the tho north shore It contains about three acres of land and is the home of millions upon millions of sea gulls Two men own Gull island one of whom is P. P W. W Madsen ladsen It i is the purpose purpose pur pur- I pose of these men to market the fertilizing fertilizing fer material tons of which have been deposited b bv by the birds There are arc eight islands to Tn rn Salt lake the lar largest st of which is Antelope AntElop It is fourteen miles long and four miles wide Th The level le of the lake varies aries varies greatly with the varying cycles of time There are what some people term the wet and the dry Irv cycles During the dry cycles the tho lake recedes owing to lack of of rain rain lack of snow and the operation of rapid evaporation It is during these cycles that the rumor spreads that the lake is rapidly drying up but the wet cy cycle ic soon returns and the waters of the lake take rise again The wet cycle is now at its culmination and the waters of the lake arc as high as they were in in 1867 which is the highwater mark in its history his- his tory Low in 1843 The waters of the lake were probably probably ably at their lowest point in in 1843 1813 when General Fremont drove to Antelope Ante Ante- lope island from the main land The Theis is island and is now ei eight ht miles from shore rl The Tx waters t of nf the 11 1 lake liVa rai noll r rose t n i from t that iu period eri d t to 1867 when I th they reached their highest point At that time the lake lak was l O miles long and fOlt four forty four miles wide covering on area of about t twenty five square miles In 1002 and 1903 the Wat waters ril receded receded re re- ceded to almost th the low water mark oi of or 1843 1813 Just before the waters bl began an anto to rise again tho the Mormon church was seriously considering the abandonment of the tIte present Saltair resort buildings and building new ones fully one mile farther out Had this been done the now resort would have been under water wat wat- er PI by this time Where There there was shore two years ago there is now fully six feet of water Only On a short time timen n ago o bathers Lathers were compelled to walk out fully a mile from the bath houses in order r to get waist deep water Now ow there ther is five or six feet of water under the Saltair pavilion Gradually Grown Smaller The geological predecessor of Salt lake was Lake Bonneville ilIe which was about 30 miles long and covered Utah from Arizona to Idaho The valleys of Utah were the bottom of that sea which is supposed to have had the salty alty consistency of the ocean which is s about three and three tenths per cent On some sonic prehistoric day the thA waters of the sea broke brok through the the barriers on ou the he north and flowed to the nest through what is ia now known as the Bear River canyon anyon and ana thence on through Snake r river er canyon to the ocean That re 11 reduced reduced duce th the area of the sea 58 to what is isnow isnow isnow now known as the Provo Shore Line Lin which is about feet above abon the pres present tres- tres ent nt level Ip-el of the lake Both the Bon Bon- Bonneville neville noville and Provo Pro o Shore Lines arp are plainly plain plain- ly h. t lail that Fiore line lin In the th lake has bas gradually lly been reduced by evaporation and other means of its present present pres pres- ent dimensions Tho Mormons first saw the lake on July 24 1847 1841 but it iti itis itis I i is pretty well weB authentic authenticated tod that that the I discovery of the tho lake was made by the I famous scout Jim Bridger er The water of the lake is about 19 per cent salt The statement that it is 2 23 25 per percent percent percent cent salt sat is is incorrect as 21 per cent is saturation Size of That Shrimp The only living thing in the th water ater of the lake is a diminutive e shrimp about the size of a pin head which Is to be found In large numbers The salt industry of the lake Is world famous One On enterprising st statistician re recently recently recently re- re figured it out that the amount of salt in the lake would fill a train of freight cars reaching from the earth to the moon and then leave eavE plenty pent of cars to fill the sidings In this connection It Is ls Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting to note that on th the tho west shire ts is a aea asea asea sea ea of pure l glistening l salt fourteen miles long and eight miles wide This strange sea probably made by the washing up of the sea Is of unknown depth and as as level eve all ab a floor and as white as the driven snow There is no vegetation around It and the exact amount of salt has not been determined Engineers estimated however however how how- ever that it would take freight cars to transport it to market Makes Maltes University Rich This magnificent sea of salt is the property property prop prop- ert erty of the state university of the state of Utah which Is located on one of the hills of Salt Lake Cit City The university secured it under the grant of saline lands and in prospective it makes that Institution Institution institution tion one of the richest If not the richest In the United States Railroad transportation transportation transportation tation facilities will soon be available to market this salt which will furnish an endowment for the state institution of learning which will be safer surer and more unfailing than endowments of ot multi multi- millionaires Surrounding the lake are numerous salt farms provided with ponds which are area area a afew few feet below the level of ot the lake and Into which the water of or the lake is either pumped or drained to a depth of two or three feet After each evaporation a de deposit de- de posit of severa several Inches of salt remains This This ts Is shoveled into piles for tor use In s sll- sll 1 vr ver mills mill for salting the stock on the for tor table and ranges ranJES or 01 to be refined packing parking and dairy purposes The value of the annual salt product probably does dos not exceed 1 OOOO The refined product is about 99 per cent pure It Is a curious fact that at times Umes during the winter season season sea sea- son when the right temperature and the right wind prevail the lake a e. e by the force of Its own waves separates the chemicals from Its waters and deposits thousands of tons of soda upon the shores where it H remains until later when the waves ago again n seize it and return it Into solution The wonder onder is that man has not long ago availed himself of the assistance of the lake ake In gathering this soda for Industrial uses Short Line Railway At present the famous Saltair resort resorts is II s operated under the lease leas from the is far from Mormon lormon church hurch Its operation what it should be but despite this fact large arge crowds s seek k pleasure and refreshment refreshment refresh refresh- ment daily in the waters of the lake The only means of reaching it H Is bv by the trains of the Oregon Short Line which gives frequent and rapid service The great feature of the resort outside of the bathing bathing bath bath- Ing ing is the Immense dancing pavilion which n is built exactly like the Mormon tabernacle but which i Is s feet longer than han the tabernacle The dancing floor floors Is s of the lie finest the music is excellent and the privilege of using the floor door Is free freeto freeto freeto to all who enter the place It is the great ground of Salt Lake City and is play unique in every e res respect ct e Saltair together to- to with the Mormon temple and tabernacle tab tab- cether gether the latter with its matchless organ or or- provides an attraction for tourists gan which seems to be ever vero Increasing in popularity |
