Show Salt I Lake ae Will ave Boulevard fU r r r l d r s t r l Paved I dd M 1 r J It r Iv- Iv M 1 Ct I rr Y r i y te N t MS' MS r r YM w r 1 f t it p 0 V La r v d V t f r j r j Qt r Ez SY t d Jf i'd M i I 4 N b WI 1 r fi t t Y s I i t f ft t i a. a dM t r 4 i it 1 t l r rn V VI S' S p I n s C r r lv f 1 Q tt t v 1 e A Y 1 t l p By GORDON PLACE JAs As a m means ans of giving s delight to thousands thou thou- sands ands of rc residents ot tic city and as asa as asI e ea I a means of ot advertising ad to 0 the world he the beauties of or which Salt Sall Lake Lalic City Is Iso Isto to o Justly proud tho Wasatch boulevard will ha have havo 0 no equal q al r As a a. scenic drive of an hour and thirty mInutes a at al l a pace which will not nol conflict con- con Iel with city ordinances and which will h j he the Ii ample mple 3 time to to drink into In 1 to of or nature and of alt aft that will pass Mass In gorgeous or review rc before his lils yeti veil af lJ boulevard ulC will offer an opportunity op- op that cannot be equaled In an any they thel city of Jf the United States Ay a meant of ot df the pros- pros ty and anil of tho city to show shows s the beautiful 1 valley hi in which It lies like i a em to display at nt their their- best In an l view the wonders o of the tottering lowering crags rat of tho the Wa alch mountains Wasatch a a itch t boulevard will bo the na natural path of oi th the sightseer Ight lr The passing student Interested In the they tory y and development de of this city will gave ac opportunity to compare on n Wa Wa- ratch bo O th ard t the h primitive ti tie e homes of l the c o of which a R a few still aWl re- re with filth tle 1110 Ild mod modern ern homes built hullt b by bl trios 1101 who hD hav carved i-arved out their fortune in ul silt Salt Lak Luk Lake or 01 who alto have haw come ollie hero here to spend spend- the remainder of ot their 1 after having looked tho the world over for a site for their permanent home From Eagle Gate out City Creek Creck canon canyon canyon can can- yon on o cr over the high his line drive through the fine residence district on tho the north and east cast benches past tho University of or Utah and out Thirteenth Dust Dut thence south to tho the district westward 1 to any anyone one of Dt tc several fine modern thoroughfares thoroughfares thoroughfares thor thor- and back to tho the city every city every foot of ot tho the drive gives a now view of natures nature's charms and tho the city's beauties Close to State House Ass one drives through El Eagle tc Gate date northward past tho historic Lion and Bee Beehive hive houses one ono posses passes Into a beautifully shaded paved pa thoroughfare Towering high above ones one's head held rl rises es the stately domo of ot the capitol which when hen completed com com- pitted will be one of the wonders onders of ot the West cst and one of the most beautiful structures In America Passing ct veteran ran volunteer firemen's hallon hall hallon on the left lett the vl visitor will learn of tho the primitive methods that thal were em employed In 10 Inthe inthe the early arh days to protect the dt city from destruction by fire tire and perhaps if Ir one Is fortunate one may see a few of the gray ray halted old men who pave gave ave their time and their labor Ibor freely t h to the public good goodIn I In the days a- a before the adv advent nt nt of the thc motor driven n apparatus high pressur pressure pressure pres pres- sure sur sure water water systems and other sa safeguards of ot today oda Behind the Ule capitol rising hl high h and In solitary state is 18 Ensign peak silhouetted d da a against the tho sky k the flagpole on its crest plainly visible from front tho the boulevard Turning into Canyon road ono one will lJ see bits of the famous old stockade wall built by tho earliest pioneers to protect their families and their cattle from flom the depredations of ot tho Indians Vino Ino clad and crumbling the tho ancient wall 1 has the venerable ap appearance that adds to its beauty nn and 1 to its Us historic Interest Rising high above the can canyons canyon's rons ron's crest Ht creston on the right IS 13 the old observation tower picturesque and alone like JIke an old man the last of or his race friendless s in a wil wIl- On the hel heights above are beautiful i homes of those to whom the magnificent panorama of the valley valle is a constant In Inspiration In- In an ever changing delight Playground for Kiddies On tho the right of ot the road beside tho boulevard Is the Moran loran pla playground ground In progress of preparation for public use Here re within another year car the tho children who live IIvo In the downtown district distrct and andIn andin in that section nearby will find recreation recreation tion and health while at their pIa play under the supervision of trained Tho The high line lire boulevard has been under tinder consideration consideration for or twenty one years Work Vork rt has been carried on Intermittently during all nil this period The prisoners of the th elt city serving fier time In tho the city Jail have done much to make this section of or the boulevard boulevard bou bou- i levard lc a Ii perfect summer Bummer road It Is being widened and Improved In mon many respects by br prison labor That portion of or the work Is caring for itself Driving back on tho the high line boulevard boulevard bou bou- levard one rh rises steadily s tead I on an easy grade with wide 1 curves above City Creek canyon whose beauties spread below one like a scene cene from the brush of or a master As ono one gains the tho crest of ot the boulevard boule tho the whole elt city bursts upon the view tho the tall steel structures structure In the business district district dis dis- making making- a u. skyline klIne all nil their own the residences clustered In inn a forest of or bril bril- brilliant green and antl the streets stretching faras faras far faras as tho eye ere can con sec see In lines as ns straight ht as tho the surveyor can lay out It Il Is a n be beautiful picture and gives one ono onea a true conception of ot tho the extent and geographical geographical geo gee graphical location of ot the city At Eleventh Ele avenue and B street one emerges again to the regularly platted streets streel The scene thero there becomes In lri- lri Looking downward one sees SOP the thecil cil city stretched at his feet teet At Al the rl right ht rises Red Butte and at its Us base Is Fort Douglas whose whoso lawns J and fountains graveled drives and substantial structures have havo an air all of or peace and permanency that seems to belle the purposes to which they are arc put City at His IDs Feet Driving Ing eastward on Eleventh aW avenue ono one passes the great U IOU on the mountainside mountainside moun moun- and with the homes of or the well to do and the wealthy on either Ither hand one Kots gets an excellent idea of the tho wealth of the city which 1 gives to Its residents such prosperity In Federal I Heights and nd POPperton place are combined the view of the Valley val Val- valley JO ley and the tho art ut of or the landscape a gar ear ar- ar defer and the architect to make make malc the scene ccone delightful Passing then Into Thirteenth East street at nt U street stroet and ancI Brigham Br one drives southward past tho the city re reservoir which holds Its store of or water for its Us section of or the city service A contract has been let b by tho the city for paving this thoroughfare from First South street where here tho the paving now ends end to Fifth South street As AB one between First South and Second South streets other beautiful homes with their velvets velvets' I h lawns vm ornamental ornamental orna orna- mental gardens and fine line evidences e of nf the architects architect's art are seen In bewildering number Then nt t Second South street looking eastward e on ono sees fleM the classic outlines of the Administration building of the University Uni of or Utah Like Ilke a a. great fat Gr Greek cl temple it clo closes the street Its air of or state state- stately 1 ly Jy elegance r. and substantiality making It R R. beautiful monument to education In Utah A ride of or two tono city blocks block blockon on a paved thoroughfare takes take one to the th university site wh rc a a. perfect view ma may be had of all tho the gr great at buildings D of or that 5 scat at ator of or learning This side trip off orr the thA boulevard boule bouls- yard vard is well worth any persons person's time a as atI the distance Is short hort the road perfect and the grade easy Then one paN passes asses es southward having returned re returned returned re- re turned to the the boulevard boulo on Thirteenth East street past hundreds of or beautiful homes and humble cottages each with Its ItH p perfectly kept lawn and Its attractive flower Mower garden arden skirting the heights to the east cast of and above c the city After traveling tra for or several fe blocks past such fluch scenes cen s of peace and industry one sees upon the right the Sarah Ann Daft Memorial olf Home for the aged aed where the benevolence of a a. big hearted woman oman has provided a refuge refuse for or aged aKed women who without this refuge might be forced to accept a home at ut the county count farm fann But Bul the attention Is directed more earnestly to the ma magnificent high school e east st which Is 11 on the tho west side of the boulevard This classic structure lust Just completed Is 18 said to be the finest building of Its kind In existence The campus upon which th the school activities will be conducted with Its unique and wholly accommodations for fol tho J thousands ands of spectators Is another feature that thai will excite the unstinted admiration of the home dweller and the visitor alike i Then Thel one will have hn a it sharp sharn contrast In Inthe Inthe Inthe the view Crossing over o Gilmer gulch which bisects bisect the one will trill s spa see o spread b below tow him a shaded dell den with precipitous sides and a a. a trickling stream winding its tortuous way far below A little further further Is Red fled Butte Butto hollow where trees planted a half halt century ago by LeGrand Le LeGrand LeGrand Grand Young has grown rown to beautiful I proportions and mighty size with a brawling braw bra I ling quarrelsome brook shouting Its way around around the tho stones that would block Its I path Sees Westminster College I This hollow wild and beautiful glorying glorying glory glory- ing in its freedom from the restraint of ot mankind is one of or the tho most beautiful little showplaces on the boulevard I beautiful I II Perched upon its edges edge are homes which have ha for their back yard an I undefiled corner of Natures Nature's playground und As 8 one drives south on on the Thirteenth East Easl se section of the boulevard the thc mighty Wasatch range ranse snowcapped Inspiring I rises to magnificent heights The crags crabs I and cliffs of ot this bit of ot the American Alps Is at all JaIl seasons Masons of the year ear of wonderful beauty and rugged grandeur I Dark shadowy can canyons ons wind 1 mysteriously mysterious mysterious- mountains in inviting inviting In- In ly Jy bet between een the frowning one to wander in their silence and absorb the new life that communion t with I nature can bring ring At Tenth South street the main road to the new nc Country club branches from the Wasatch boulevard ard and at Eleventh Elc South street In n the vicinity of which splendidly built modern and comfortable cottages eg are being built hullt In great numbers with its One tine is 18 Westminster college central educational building and Its commodious commodious commodious com com- and homelike dormitory A little HUle further one croe crossed ed the estuary of T Emigration canyon canon through which another brawling mountain stream chatters chat chat- tern and sings on Its itA way towa toward rd the Jordan river A little further city and country seem to meet In n friendly There arc are the modern cottages and the but the latter rambling rambling- country countr houses modern modem but are being displaced b by more not less JESS beautiful structures Down VU to Twelfth South Then one reaches Twelfth South street and it is to this point that 90 per cent of the property owners and taxpayers in pang Thirteenth East East- street streel demand paving pa that this thoroughfare ma may v be the great highway for the thousands of ot tourists who will come here next year rhe They want wan it paved d. d too b because auBe of or tho the delight that th the he residents of the city may have in n tra traversing such a thoroughfare At Twelfth South street treet the boulevard turns to the west although a f detour of only two blocks will ill take the visitor past the state prison whoso whose red walls and watchtowers covered with vines whose beautiful lawns and gardens and rich fertile farm are well worth the tho few minutes' minutes extra time that would be required to visit them Twelfth South street Passing through one tray may see the historic beet sugar ugar mill built b by Brigham Young Youn to foster Industry and develop lop manufacturing This is said to have havo been the first beet sugar su ar mill In America Though Tho It now Is put to com com- mercial uses it still sun possesses its historic interest At the tho sugar mill trim one comes comes' Into a a thriving commercial section Sugar Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Sugarhouse house now a part of th the x city proper but having its own commercial community There are mercantile establishments a drug drut store lumber yard jard substation substation substation sub sub- station and other needful enterprises enterprise Continuing westward the view changes again to beautiful homes and well 1 kept lawns and wardens gardens and rows of stately trees Twelfth South street Is to be pa paved cd from Ninth East street to Twelfth East street this work having already been authorized Returning to Business Center Within a n. city block on T Twelfth S South uth street ma may be bc seen the modern homes of ot those who seek the d delights lIghts of or I country countr atmosphere and the conveniences of or city life Ute and pioneer log cabins cabin These homes ar arg are examples of or the latest In theart the art of or the builder and their grounds ground show ho the s that ml may bo bA developed with a 8 little HUle labor Jabor and nd little lIlUe care The The log lot cabins are a marked contrast and sug sUg- suggest gest est the hardships experienced b by tho the hardy hardy h rd men and women who took upon themselves es the task of oC conquering the wilderness From Front Twelfth South street ono one may return to the business district by several routes Ninth East street is paved to Twelfth South street Fifth East street is paved and State street Is paved One may take his choice of ot the returning route Each has bas its own delights its own n beauties On the Fifth East drive ont ono mav ma pass around or through Liberty park rk which is another of or the city's showplacE showplaces and on State street one may maysee see how 1101 the business life me of or the city is Is Ja so 60 great gnat that It must crowd its Us stores stores and factories I far tar out Into the country country- The paving of ot Thirteenth East street will throw all aU of or the boulevard system into an unbroken chain accessible from Crom any part of the dt city and combining in its Ill attractions the greater number of or the city showplaces |