Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-01
SALTAIR ISLOOMING
Crowds Daily Visit tho EtR Mammoth
"COley Island Of tho Vest"
WORKING on THE PAVILION.


The public feeling over tho OF y
Councils treatment OF the Salt Lake
and L1s Angeles railway is fast
mounting up TO the boiling point.
IL would not take much now for the
Chamber Of Commerce aud the Bus.
iness Mems association 10 inaugurats
aserlos Of Indignation meetings tina,
would raise such a hue and cry about
the cluucllmun's cars that they would
be glad to take heed OF tho public
demands.
The situation would be farclcal II IL
were not 30 exbspufnting. There IL
tue city raising bonuses for other
projects, and loading citizens giving
thuir time and talents 10 nfOusing the
public TO sense OF the Importance OF
our securing copper plants aud Deep
creek railways. Yet homo enter
prise, asking not cent from any man,
repfeHentinR an outlay TO uato OF
about six hundred thousand dollars,
which goes TO build a railroad, n salt
plant and mammoth bathing resort
thnt VIII not only 10 credit TO the
CITY, Tut one Of tue wonders OF tho
West, stands outside tho city gates
knocking In vain for ndmissionl
Saltair Beach Ia now daily visited by
crowds OF people who 20 TO SEQ the
great editice being built nearly mile
out In the lake. Needless 10 say, every
one Of these crowds returns with but
two xpresslons-onu Of marvel ut
tho extent OF tho enterprise and
the other OF evaporation that
the company should bo barred
out Of tho city. On Sunday 100 10 200
people who took the train at Filth
Wet and south Temple were amazed
to find the only depot In tho middle OF
The street. Manager Clayton cheer
lully told them that there was no
'icket Office ut present, but that ho
rested In hopes sometime Of having
one; no tho crowd bundled into the
two new aud handsome broad gauge
coaches anu 10 Rislcy took up their
money with a smile as no went
through.
There are at the present time about
100 men at work on the pavilion. In
order TO gain n clear Idea OF It's Inn
meneity ono who has not seen Il
should imagine the Tabernacle, set on
high wooden pliers, out In the lake
$500 feet from the shcre. Imagine the
corners ornlmented with eight tail
towers; imagine the vast interior cut
into two floors, tho upper one u
spacious ballroom, the lower one vast
space set with tables and benches for
family and picnic purposes, In
the upper floor baud OF from
twelve 10 twenty instruments playing;
all the sides Of the building open 30
at a 4 M
out upon the expaiise Of winters. Two
long Hemi.circular arms stretching out
from the building aro promenades with
myriads OF bash houses, the latter
opening directly on tho water. The
great arches that support the building
are all Of steel, anu nothing short OF an
earthquake and cyclone In unison
could impart 30 much M tremor to
the structure.
The Chicago house which has the
contract for the iron ana steel work IL
now putting the vast steel arches into
place. There are thirty.iour Of them
IN all, stretching over tho whole area
of the pavilion, and II II one Of the
most interesting OF speotacles to see the
great spans lifted Into plpce and tho
riveA driven by the vuloan-like blows
OF the expert woikmeu.
The contractors ARE under n heavy
daily forfeit TO have the place In readi-
ness for the opening on Decoration
day THE 80lh Inst. and Manager Clay
ton says tnat depot or no depot the doors
OF Saltair shall be swung open TO tho
public ON that day. The track is rap
idly getting into fine condition, IL In
Ms level AS a carpet all the way, and
almost Az straight as an arrow; the
Temple can be seen from the beach,
and the railroad line looks almost like
II was bee line cont uu ation Of South
Temple street. The run back from
Saltair on Friday last, when the Trans
Aiississlppi congress made the trip, was
done In eighteen minutes. Mr.. Clayton
says II viii not bother them ut all on
NJ eral occasions 10 10 the fourteen
miles In twelve minutes.