Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-14
THE NEW BATHING RESORT.
A Detailed Description Of Its Nag
nlaCcnt and Costly Buildings.
MAMMOTH DANCING HALL,
Spacious Promrnadcs, Elegant P"r
Tors, CIub nnd hath noons'
Pure water aud
SANDY shore.

Utah In general and Salt Lake In
particular hive long offered innumera'
BILE attractions to tourists. A trip across
the continent 70 considered incomplete
by the traveller unless this IN At inter-
esting city is visited. The mountains
which surround this valley are as rug.
ged, rich and picturesque rs thosp OF
any state; their streams are ~ clear
and pure M bowl forth from the earth
in any part Of the world; moro produce
tive valleys, varied resources and thrifty
neople cannot DO found than those
within the rocky Businesses OF this
region. Utah is everywhere written
and spoken OF as q most wonderful
Territory. What her people do Is
usually done well, and In no one thing
can this truth be more correctly or
appropriately applied than to their
erection Of buildings which are not
only often original and novel In
architectural design, but the admira-
II II OF all Whose pleasure II IL 10 see
them.
In the respect mentioned Utah win
soon have added another laurel " tho
many she has already won, and that,
TOO, with total absence OF tie
"brnss band" business which genet
ally accompanies this accomplishment
OF any extraordinary enterprise. So
quietly has the contamination Of this
project been carried on that many poo.
pie In this city have barely heard OF II
and II they have learned of 1t tho in
formation mas come to them In such
roundabout manner they have not
attached much Importance 10 It.
Toe fact Is salt Lake will soon have
another big bathing resort open to her
citizens anu the travelling puOlic. One
that will spread her name aud lame as
sanitarium wherever newspapers
are read or words transmitted
oy lightning. Bathing In tbs surf In
Americas Dead sea has already bu-
come world renowned, but no such a
watering place has ever been erected
ON IT, shores as the one whicl will he
formally opened at Sallair beach on
Decoration Day In May next.
The Salt Lake X LIS Angeles rail-
road OF which Geo. q. Cannon,is pfesi.
Dent Joseph +. Smith, vice President;
WiliOsj Woodruff, James jack nud
Nephi w. Clayton, directors, with the
last named gentleman general
manager and Isaac a. Clayton
secretary anu treasurer ~ now
completed and In good condition t. the
lake. The line leaves this city ON
South Temple street and runs directly
west Il distance OF fourteen miles.
In conversation with General Man.
ager Clayton last evening n NEWS
reporter ascertaiuei that the rolling
s.Och-which is all Of the mcsl modern
type-has been ordered and will soon
be here ready for use. Trains will be
run to Salinir ut least once an hour
and probably every forty minutes
during the bathing season. The
trip Will be made to tho lake
In twenty minutes and the re.
turn IN sixteen minutes, The road
being broad guRge anu the base very
solid and smooth u higher speed than
this even can no attained n desired,
with perfect safety. But Il is not be.
lieved the public will care 10 ride at
rate Of more than iluy 10 iity.hve |
miles mn hour.
The beach property Is owned by an
independent company which, however, |
cOnelsla OF the same gentlemen occu. |
pying the same relative positions to |
each other an In tho salt Lake Il Los |
Angeles company with the exception |
oi IL. j. Nutall and George II. Smell, |
who are added to the board OF direc- |
tors, The company owns 1li acres OF |
land skirting the shore OF the lake. !
This tract Is two and three quarters OF |
a mile in length, extending from a |
point directly west of South Temple |
street 10 Crescent Beach.