The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-23
In the matter of
LIGHTING FACILITIES

the city may be said to ba we'll provided
for. She has extensive gas works a,
we'll as both the arc and the incandes
cent electric lights. The latter are
largelyiused in combination with gas il
business houses, and on principal
streets, but the streets generally are
lighted with gas, there being several
hundred gas lamps in the various parts
OF the city. The total length of the gas
mains laid is about fifteen miles, and
these are being constantly extended as
the occasion requires. There is every
facility, at moderate cost, to render
this one OF the best lighted of cities.
STREET CARS.
The street Car lines are at present
about eleven miles in length and, prac-
tically. take in all parts of the city. On
these lines the customary fare is five
cents. Extensions are now making in
several directions.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
There are quite number of chart
table institutions among US, and
the various churches have organized
systems OF aiding the needy ones of the
committee. Among those worthy of
note may be mentioned the three hos
pitfalls. the ST. Marks, the st. Mary's.
and the Deseret.
EDUCATIONAL.
AS to educational facilities the com :
munity has no reason to be ashamed.
There is general district school sys-
tenn throughout the country, and there
is one of these schools in each ward of
this city. Besides this general system
there are quite number of denomina-
tional schools, some of them of a very
high order, besides private seminaries.
academies, etc. There is also situated
in the city the Deseret University
which is largely kept up by Territorial
appropriations and is an institution of
superior grade,
NATURAL RESORTS
as a means of recreation and the pre-
servation of health Salt Lake
enjoys advantages, perhaps, beyond
any other city on the continent.
These as yet are only par
TALLY taken advantage of, but the lime
is coming when Salt Lake and its
neighborhood will be recognized as one
of the finest resorts and sanitariums in
the world. In the mountains surround
ing, whose summits tower to the
height of 1900 feet, there are lakes,
streams of Gear water and
sylvan retreats. The famous re-
sorts of the Adirondacks pre-
sent no batter opportunities than
these, where Natures scenery is seen in
all its grand and rugged dress. The
mountain streams are we'll stocked
with trout, and the wild deer is not
uncommon, so that the sportsman may
here find his paradise.
On the outskirts of the city are the
famous Warm Springs and the Hot
Springs. The medicinal virtues Of
these are highly priced, and many
people visit them annually for their
curative properties. They will help, in
time, to make this city one of the great
watering places of the continent.
Besides the foregoing, there are III
the Immediate vicinity and in the city
itself number of gardens and resorts,
which, as the city becomes larger will
become of Increasing Importance.
Among these may be mentioned Calder s
Farm and Fuller's Gardens.
In the matter of public
parks. the city is not yet we'll
supplied, although an excellent begin
ming has been made. There are several
squares in the city set apart for that
purpose, and they will be so used when
the proper time arrives; but better than
all is the purchase made several years
ago, by the city corporation. of
what Is now known as Liberty
Park. The tract OF land consists of 11o
acres, bordering the southern part OF
the city. 1t is now pretty we'll sup
piled with trees, while the improve
meuts that are going on every year in
this and in other directions will render
it one of the most pleasant places
of resort.
Extending past the park is the Drive,
splendid roadway of several miles in
length, where on summer afternoons
may be seen scores of buggies, car
riages and equestrians, embracing the
opportunity to 60 abroad and to see
and be seen. No place has better adj
vantagss for drives than Salt Lake. The
country south of the city is smooth and
level for miles, while the fine prospects