Show GREAT gream SALT LAKE nake CITY A bwl eme SKETCH OF off ITS A appearance IN 1852 it la Is invariably interesting to the of malory history to note the changes a few abort yeara years will effects when rhen circumstance circumstances is are MO ato ayo rabi to progress ressy reasy in the tho material and ed ad clai cial advancement of a thrifty and adolescent people A lithograph sketch of salt lake city in the year when the long since discarded adjective great held hed a conspicuous place in its alphabetic title and the paradox subsequently created crested by the city olty cites a increase and the shortening of its name was pos sibly unforeseen serves as a reminder of the good old long ago and as aa slats in me tue creation of a mental contrast between the present and bygone times which while unpleasant in some respects is in many others most moat refreshing to contemplate the sketch alluded to Is ia in the possession of don carlos carius young architect of this city and Is ia the copy of an inai by baw W W ambjor lithograph ed by A mclean of 16 15 chestnut street st louis mo and published by robent bobert williams in some particulars notably the w aspect hect of the surrounding mountains which loom up more prominently in the picture than in the actual view itself the sketch is more ideal than accurate but in the main the re presentation Is ia pretty correct es specially ally la in regard to the general appearance pe arance and location of houses many cf which are easily reco grifa il ed even at this ite ita late day as ancient landmarks serving as jinks links in the chain of architectural improvement nt to unite what is with that whiz which used need to be the city as might naturally bo be expected la Is sparsely spa bely sely settled and though spread over a considerable area is swept with a glance from the artlan artiste s point of observation viz arsenal hill in the foreground standa stands an indian clad in the traditional na ba bill ments menta of his race more familiar to admirers of fenni fount more cooper than to real ober oben vers of what he romantically tures lures and wistfully to the southeast almost on a line with the he state road which the artist evident jy chose as aa the centre of his design rhe rho moist most prominent object to the lattof lett iett of this street it we except the grand old oid mountains which frown down dowa even more est sst ernly than thi the noble red man on the attempt to colonize colonia the barrea barren nale of which they have hitherto been the unmolested joint guardians guar dlana disna and P 8 sors bors is the old lamb barn a por tion of it still stand atan diug jog the property of president brigham young xoung xoung immediately behind which and almost hidden from view juts out the western benj of the white hoube house on the hills hill hili his original residence his other and modem modern places ot of abode the beehive and lion houses house were evidently f at the date of the ketch not in existence to the tight of the picture the tempie temple block blocks without the faintest suggestion of a temple or even ot 01 a wall rounding surrounding ur the space set apart for its erection j is the cynosure of observation ber ser valion vallon A tall liberty pole tall enough to annihilate the rules ot of perspective is planted on the east bide alde ol of the block about where the th uncompleted temple now stands and from its far too lolly summit floats a national pennant emblazon ed with wilh the one word utah in letters as large as sonne some of the houses between it and the thu artis antis artista arleata ar tista llata eis ets bland stand point the old tabernacles an ou oblong structure whose sloping eloping artof almost forms forma a triangle with the earths surface stands just as it did until pulled down some yea yes years ago in the southwest corner of the equale and besides this there are several minor building in the northeast angle angie of the he block which memory alone would recognize as they have long since disa dibs disappeared speared ppe ared in its present place on the hill stands the former home of president heber 0 kimball now owned and occupied by his son heber P F and on a direct line southward within a distance of two blocks are the residence of bishop N K whitney the tithing ditore and the benton belmon house a portion of the second now the NEWS office and the last named the bho present home of general 0 H wells the council house recently destroyed by nire fire tires fires is one ot of the prominent features beholds beheld and aud the corner comer now adorned by the palatial gardo house is occupied by a building of humble pretensions which if it did not then af afterwards ter ten wards wands contained the telegraph office and squires barber barbershop shop rhu Ihu building now med led as the deseret mutum unless the eye is much deceived was then stand ingato well as the thuc dwelling just judt wesl weal oi 01 ity its it which may have then theo dbr ber blas nias it waa wms ts everal beveral yeary years later the r of apostle parley P prall pratt main bulee su kee bee the now busy commercial thoroughfare hao ha the ha appearance in the sketch of a quiet village street through which the meandering pasture boy with freck freek led face fabe a solitary suspender and a stubbed toe might go limping after his cow as she stopped to browse upon the grass and watercress grow ing upon thel doorsteps doorstep 3 of what would now be Z 0 M I 1 deseret bank banks walker Bt broth othere erb ere and the groesbeck Groe abeck building etc etc and so eo we might go on all elay day were it not that this article is already too long iong for fon the readers interest and fully long enough for the time and space at the writers d disposal |