The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-09
SALT LAKE ILLUSTRATED,
A Handsome Souvenir of the Gem
City.

There has just been issued from the
press of D. c. Dunbar & Co., of Omaha.
one of the handsomest and most artistic
publications ever turned out from any
establishment in the great west. 1t is
called Salt Lake City Illustrated,
and contains correct views of the many
points of interest in and adjacent to the
Gem City of the Rocky Mountains.
Among these may be mentioned East
Side of Salt Lake City; Main Street
looking South from q. G. MI; new
County Jail Garfield Beach-two views;
ST. Mary's Hospital; interior of
Grand Opera House; Assembly Hall:
St. Marks Cathedral; City Hal; Con-
tinental Hotel; Lake Park; the Cullen;
Cliff House: Deseret University; Row
land Hall; Union Block; White House;
Godbe-Pitts Drug Co.; Deseret Bank;
Auerbach's store; Methodist Church;
interior view Union National Bank;
Salt Lake Brewing Co.; Eldredge
Block; Presbyterian Church; Din
woodey's Block; Karrick Block; Gardo
House; Eagle Gate and vicinity; Alta
Block; Groesbeck Block; N. Il. Wal
ker's residence Hooper & Eldredge
Block; Raybould Block; Provo Wooden
Mills; J. r. Walkers residence: II. W.
Lawrence's residence; st. Elmo Hotel:
Thomas w. Jennings residence; Ar
thur Browns RESIDENCE D. & r. G.
depot; residence of s. P. Teasdel;
SEQ it-Auerbach Block; Hammond Hall;
Watson Brothers building; Catholic
Church; Poplar Farm; Walker House;
residences of ex-Mayor James Sharp
and Mrs. L. E. Stevens; Tabernacle;
THE HERALD Block; Devereaux House;
Utah Exposition Building; North Main
Street, and several others. The cover
is embellished with view of Salt Lake
from Ensign Peak, the Temple, Taber-
nacle and Garfield Beach. All the
pictures are strikingly true to nature,
and are very artistic specimens of the
engraver's art. Indeed, it may be said
that this is the first illustrated publica-
ton, out the many that have been pub
lished, that does justice to the subjects
handled. The letter press is equally
furnished by Mr.. r. w. Sloan.
1t commences with the pioneer
period, and gives brief history of the
obstacles encountered in the first settle
ment of the Salt Lake Valley, and
traces the history of the city FROM that
time until the present. Of course,
merely brief outline is given, as must
necessarily be the easel all such pub
locations, bat the matter is WeII-written
and proves very interesting to ell.
Then follows -" Present Development
its Causes, :" 1.-The Basis for Confidence
in Our Growth-MineraI Resources"
"Agriculture;" stock Raising"
Railroads" Manufactures" More
Capital Needed" Factories Estab-
lished;" "Suggestions for Improve
ment;" Climate and Heslthfulness;
THE City," SEWERAGE" Attractions;
1.-THE Lake and Sulphur Springs u
Each one of these subjects Is briefly
and intelligently touched upon, and
the facts and figures given are such as
must be verified by all who examine
into the same. The book contains in
all some seventy pages, and there is
not an inch but is replete with just
such information as is needed to be
spread broadcast concerning this city !
and its resources. The book has created z
an immense sensation in Omaha, where
it is having a most unprecedented sale.
1t cannotkfail to find many admirers,
and therefore purchasers, here.