Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-22
A SALT LAKE SARATOGA.
Grand Project Of the d. & r G.. W
to Establish Splendid Lake
Bathing Resort.
Salt Lakers to Survey the Beach To.
Morrow to Find Desired
Location.
Which Will Be Somewhere Near Kays-
vile, Halfway Between Salt
Lake aud Ogden.

Tomorrow Receiver w. II. Bancroft
of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway
and several other enterprising citizens o.
Salt Lake, go to Black Rock and take the
little steamer on cruise OF inspection
To a DEMOCRAT reporter Mr.. Bancroft
stated that, through the urgent demands
OF the pleasure-seeking public, the Rio
| Grande had considered the ACCESSIBILITY
Of building a grand bathing resort half
way between here and Ogden, on the
beach off Kaysville. Tomorrow, the
party OF capitalists will make a tour Of the
beach Of Great Salt Lake for the sole pur-
pose Of deciding on the best locality
for the fine project. Mr.. Bancroft's at
tention was called to the matter by the
continual cry for more commodious and
pleasant resort for bathers in the great
inland sea. For many years Black Rock,
Garfield and Lake Point have run very
inadequate resorts for the large patronage
given them, and the people of Ogden
have wanted some halfway place where
they could meet their Salt Lake friends
and join in float without it costing
them IS for each bath.
The prospective grounds for these ele-
CANT accommodations lie about one mile
due west from the Rio Grande road from
Kaysville. The shore will be sounded,
and good bottom secured for bathers,
which will not endanger the lives of
children and poor swimmers. From the
narrow-gauge q side track will be run
to the shore for the use of all
special trains, and fine bath houses and
waiting rooms will be constructed. A.
breakwater will be built ont into the lake
and boarded over, for the approach Of
visitors. This continuance will be made
by driving piles into the ground in the
shape OF letter V, with the upper end
extending into the lake, which will inclose
large portion OF the shore for bathing,
and keep the inclosure free from shifting
sand and floating trash which might
otherwise accumulate.
The natural advantages are unsurpassed
along the lake for such resort. At this
point a fine stream OF mountain water
empties into the lake, which will furnish
an inexhaustible supply for drinking,
culinary and all needed purposes. This
sparkling little stream is lined with trees
that give an abundance OF shade,
which is something the old resorts have
never had, and but lately given any at
tention to. The eating accommodations
will be conducted to the tastes of every
conner If a visitor wants 25-cent meal
he can get it. Ii he desires q fine trout,
chicken or steak, it can be had at reason
able prices. This will be q great source
of satisfaction to many who have always
prepared a basket lunch under difficult
ties, because they could not get change
OF diet at the old resorts for love or
money. The project is a most happy
one, and will be hailed by every reader
as another enterprise of the prosperous
and public-spiritet, baby road. 1t is
hoped that MIR, Bancroft and party will
put the scheme through with the charac-
teristic spirit of the Rio Grande, and fur
nish bathers with new and modern re-
sort worthy OF the fine natural advantages
held out.