The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-18
DENVER PAYS TRIBUTE
To Sale Lakes Resources
and Advantages.
SALTLaKE AND UTAH VALLEYS
Arctic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Scenery
The Wasatch Rsnge-The City
Our Country Towns

The following communication ap
peartd IN recent issue OF the Denver
Neecs. Coming from paper pub
; lished in city that has always inclined
to look untavorably upon US, it is
worth more than passing notice:
"Wbile many objects of interest may
attract the attention of the stranger
and the tourist in his first visit to this
the most remarkabl, city aud the most
beautiful valley on the continent, that
great enterprise which has opened it to
the ples sure seekers should be noticed
first and that is the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad. tits the only
transcontinental route passing through
Salt Lake City connecting the Trunk
lines at Denver and Pueblo with the
Central Pacific at Ogden. While its
branches form a vast network over
Colorado and Utah, the maiu line has
been extended westward over snowy
heights, through sbadowy gorges,
across plains and up fertile valleys to
the City of the Saints. A profusion of
grand and
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
exists along its entire length. Arctic
heights this hour, summer lowlands
the next, tiny streams become wide
rivers, and changes are wrought as
quick as though while moving swiftly
from town to city. The road opens to
civilization some of the finest country
on the continent. The eastern confines
of Utah, the wealth of the Wasatch
range and the prolific Utah and Salt
Lake valleys are brought into direct
communication with the east and placed |
within reach of the capitalist and the |
settler. In coming west the space of |
over 100 miles intervening between the |
Grand aud Green Rivers resembles a |
biilowy desert, and yet the most unin-
teresting section of the route is far
from dresry or monOtonous. Beyond |
Green River and Castle Valley com
mences the steep ascent of the Wasatch
mountains and the master hand of
nature again appears in Castle Gate,
which guards the entrance to Price
River Canyon, and through which the
river runs into the very heart of the
range. Still pushing westward, the
road reaches the Summit, glides down
Soldier Canyon, through the Red mar
rows and into Spanish Fork Canyon
with its fresh foliage, charming con-
trasts and whispering waters. Suddenly !
the train darts out into Utah Valley, a {
well cultivated park in whose centre
rests lake of great eXpanse and sur
passing beauty, and in the shadow of
the range near by the lake are the towns
of Provo, Springville, American Fork {
and several smaller villages. all noted !
for their choice fruits. Their orchards I
are now breaking down with their pre- I
cious loads. This valley is like a well l
kept garden, for its fertile soil and de- (
lightful climate make it the most ia t
vored section of Utah, aud fruit trees s
and grapevines are common as hay
and cereals elsewhere. Passing Provo,
the railroad leads along the bank of the
river Jordan. This stream flows from q
Utah Lake northward into Salt Lake
through a narrow channel which it has g
worn among the mesas separating the s
two basins. But at last the hills recede r
and stretching out its broad length be- b
lore us is t.
SALT LAKE VALLEY, b
fertile as garden. Northward is Salt e
Lake, from whose waters rise solitary ?
islands. Along the entire b
ength of the valley there are countless
arms. Hardly a foot of ground re- "
mains uncultivated. None of your b
heap western buildings. but good and a
and much of the farm 81
ng resembles gardening. In this Eden
# the West there is a subtle charm
hat we have not found anywhere
lse. At the upper end of the valley lies
'alt Lake City, overlooking the lake and =
RESTING close to the mountains, on b'
whose lower slopes it stands. Straight al
p this little valley OF beauty runs the m
Denver 81 Rio Grande Western. Along al
copied by farmers who have planted
hady groves about their homes, and
ext place with huge smelters and
furnaces, whose tall chimneys send tn
orth volumes of fame and smoke. CT
GRADUALLY the lake is approached. To tr
Is right is Salt Lake City, so located as VT
D command view of the entire valley,
9th ranges of mountains and the south
ortion of the lake. The aspect of this
harming city is captiVatin., alike to
esident and stranger. Broad streets er
ned on either side with avenues of ga
lade and fruit trees, modest and pala- ms
al residences alike, begirt with lawns lie.
nd trees, long, parklike vistas stretch
* away toward the cool canyons
hence never-failiDg stream of water
esceDds to the town and ripples mer-
ly by the side OF every sidewalk. Fe
hese and kindred advantages combine -,
make Salt Lake City one of the most IA
elightful places of residence in the ma WI
On. v"
A much noted summer place is the
axe Park Bathing Resort, under the
engagement of the Lake Park Resort
0mpany. This new and elegant resort be-
situated on the line of the Denver & po
10 Grande Western Railway, on the ~ ~
lore of Great salt Lake, sixteen miles '0-
ON the city. 1t is as yet
YOUNG ENTERPRISE,
aving only been started in the summer To
1886; yet it seemed to spring into life or
rer night, and to leap at once into me
e very height of popularity. The re- lik
TT contains extensive grounds, over ms
0 bathing houses, almost fifty boats he
different sizes and patterns, pier g
ming into the lake, an eating and an
nch house, a handsome dancing pa is
lion and an orchestra of twenty int
acps IT ia the headoUarters of tbo IN