The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

are in course of construction at point!
nearer the city than Garfield. Notable
among these is Saltair, about twelve
miles from the business center of the city
A company with large capital has beer
formed and the railroad to Saltair is near
ing completion. Next summer the pavilion
and bath house will be completed
SO that this grand health giving spot is
brought within fifteen minutes ride
of the city. Garfield beach is within
forty minutes, and is reached by the Utah
q Nevada branch of the Union Pacific
railroad. In the seasons trains run back
and forth hourly during the day and
evening. Already enormous sums Of
money have been spent in developing the
advantages of the lake as a summer re-
sort. There is splendid pavilion, bath
over 200 additional bath houses were put
in and a fine electric light plant. Con-
certs. dances, etc. are given almost every
afternoon and evening during the season
The pier at the end of which the pa
vilion is built 400 feet out into the lake.
The pavilion is 65x165 feet. An elegant
promenade encircles the entire building,
where one can sit and watch the bathers,
and most charming sight it is to see the
hundreds OF people of both sexes in
their gay and attractive bathing suits
disporting themselves in the clear, ocean
blue waters, the whole presenting a scene
of beauty and animation rarely witnessed
anywhere else. Boats of every descrip-
ton are provided for those who wish to
enjoy row or sail on the lake.
The lake lis not a sluggish, listless
sheet OF water; on the contrary, it is a
beautiful, ever restless sea. The waves
are bright blue or green and are con-
stantly rolling and sparkling like the
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mer days the water becomes delightfully."-
warm, and a bath in the lake is one OF
those extremely invigorating sensations
which must be experienced in order to be
appreciated. Owing to the stimulating
effect of the brine on the skin and the
saline, highly ozone charged air on the
lungs, the appetite is stimulated, and
after bath the batiler is ready for a
hearty meal, and after rincing off with
the fresh water provided in the bath
rooms there is produced sensation of
cleanliness more perfec5 than any other
bath can produce.
The waters OF the lake contain % per
cent. OF solid matter, mostly common
salt, while the ocean averages but per
cent. 1t is so dense that a person
is sustained on its surface with the least
possible effort, and sinking is altogether
out of the question. A writer describes
''Men lie on their backs an the water,
quietly smoking as they are gently rocked
by the swell of the Waves. Men and
women lying upon their backs form long
professions, the leader putting his feet
under the armpits OF the next person, and
he or she in turn doing the same to the
third, and so on down the line. In this
way eight or ten linked together may be
seen floating on the water, slowly pro-
ceeding in procession as the leader uses
his arms to propel the human raft. 1t is
common Tor bathers to remain in the
water for hours without experiencing the
III effects which would follow such long
exposure in fresh or ordinary sea water. -
Besides the singular pleasure and health
fitness in bathing in the lake there are
numerous places of interest on this part
of the shores of the lake, where the visi-
tor can, while inhaling the pure, health
giving air, pass pleasant and instructive
A very delightful day can be
spent at Giants cave and among the