Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-27
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Af-4. IT. - DftE A9l tI4f AAOss C'nA-'
FIJI and pleasantly located Of cities. II
is situated at the foot Of 2 spur Of tie
Wahsatch mountains. The streets arg
wide, bordered with shade trees, and .
laid ont at right angles. Along eaca .
side 81 the streets is clear. cold stream
Of water. from the mountain canyons, 3
which. With the humorous shade trees
ana gardens give the city an iniescTl5- .
able air Of Goodness. comfort and repoSe.
he city contains a population Of fully
5000: - the capital o. the Territory.
and county seat of Salt Lake county. IL
has tweD:y-one wards within its limits.
and II the terminus of three railroads.
II contains some a. Inc business blocks,
hotels, and fine residences a. can be
fOu.d IL any city west Of the Missouri
river. Tie church, besides its taoer-
nacle, has bishop located IN every
ward IN the city, who hold ward meet
iags regularly j he other denomiDa-
tons are All represented and hold ser
vices ia their respective places Of Tor-
snip. The Maspns have i've lodges, the
Ode Fellows four. and the other Tel
lows several. There are thirty mIn-
.ng ana smelling offices. i've sampl!ng
and smeit!Rg works, five iron fDundrles.
boiler and brass works, two Touring
mills, one WOODEN mill, nine hotels, ak
brewerIes, two extensive marble works.
and score or more of small manuf &C
turing establishments.
There are four daily newspapers. he
l.. &. NJ. l. lions cooperative Mercth
tile Institution undoubtedly have the
| finest and largest store In the city; II is
Of brick, 3l3 feet long, - feet Ia width.
| three stories high, has cellar, and II
| finished throughout in the best possible
manner. 1t also has All addition. - by
| 100. u ed "a a warehouse. II IL built OF
stone, iron and glass, aud Is now beng
| enlarged /; cost. $1,000. The Walker
| Brothers have tho largest mercantile
| business in Utah, requiring hive different
| departments each occupying a iHffe
| building.
Think of ii a, Tbirty-eight years ago
| this whole country, 1909 miles III any dl-
| rection, WAS uninhablted and unknown
| 10 the white race. The late President
| Brigham ioung's residence. tithlng
| houses, printing office and business office
| connected with the church, occupy al
entire block on the bench Of land over
looking the city and IL one OF the nrst
objects of interest. The tabernacle, AL
| immense building. is the first object o. C
ueholds on entering the city. The build
ing is oblong iii shape, having a length
| Of 30 feet from east to west, by lc IN
| width. The roof Is supported by 40
columns of cut sandstone, which, with
tho spaces between used for doors. win
dow5, etc, constitute the wall. From
these pillars or walls the roof springs ID
one unbroken arch, forming the largest
| self -supportIng roof Oh the continent,
with one notable exception, the Grand
Union depot erected by the late Com
modore Vanderbilt III New York: the
ceiling of the roof is CO feet above the
floor. In one end of this egg shaped
building il the organ, the second Iii size
| ia America. The tabernacle Is usel for
church purposes rs we'll IA other large
gatherings of the people. With the gal
iery, which extends across both sides
and one end Of this immense building,
it will seat 5000 people, and | have seen
it full uIaty times this fall. Init cen
ter Is q large fountain. with four large
lions i'll stone supporting or crouching
by it. The site of the temple IL on the
eastern half of tae same block with the
tabernacle. The dimensions of the
foundations are ~ by 1865 feet
The body of water known As the Great
Salt Lake Ii l26 miles IN length ana A.
IN width. The principal islands are
Antelope II miles long. Sleeps, Hot,
Stausbury. Darlington and Egg. They
possess many charming simmer re
treats. and many natural bathing
places, where the graveliy bays iutrude
mong the grass covered points and nil
locks. Ihei water Is SO buoyant that il
IL difficult for the bather to sink there
IN. Tie lake has no outlet for the wa
tiers continually pouring into 1t from,
Bear. Jordan, Weber and other rivers
Evaporation ibsorbs the vast vo.ume
out II Is \ noticeable fact, and one
Eorthy OF consideration. that since the
-rtti cement has been made IN the Terri
tory and the bosom of the earth has
been turned with the plpw. rendering
tte barren waste blooming and pro
| iuctlV-. The waters Of tue lake have
risen steadily, aud are now twelve fee,
ulcher than they were twenty years ago
| hs grand old mountains bear unmis
taxable evidence OF the waters pres
vnce far up their rocky sides. Al what
time the floods reached that altitude, Oh
whether those mountains were lifted
from the present level of the lake by
volcanic action and carried these water
lines with th",u, are questions no one
can answer. Rich veins of gold. silver
coal. iron. copper. zinc. cinnabar. anti
mony and nearly all the metals found il
the great West exist In Utah. Utah, il
not the richest, Is certainly next to the
richest mining country III the world
BesIdes the above, birthstone. sal;peter.
gypsum, p!umbago and soda have been
discovered, some Of which are being
worked, while ire clay, marble. granite
slate, red and white sandstone, lime
stone and kindred formations exist to
Al almost unlimited extent. Salt can
he ~hoveled mp in its crude state OH the
shores of Salt Lake. and in the south.
ern part OF The lem tory il ia found by
the mountain in "A remarkable transpa-