The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-05
AT BEAUTIFUL SALTAIR.
i GREAT THRoNG AT THE RESORT
YESTERDAY.
Every Train Was Loaded to the
Guards and the EXcursiOnists
Spent a Very Pleasant Day-NO
Special Programme.

Notwithstanding the threatening aspect
of the day, the counter attractions at
Garfield and the horse and bicycle races,
as well as the various other distracting
things about the city, Saltair did a mag
nificent business yesterday. The man
agement was more than surprised. The
crowd started 70 gather at the beautiful
resort early in the morning, but at 2:15
the grand climax was reached. At that
time the Rio Grande Western depot was
crowded to suffocation and excursion car
after car was Tiled 10 overlooking with
out causing any great diminution of the
crowd. After nine of these had been
put in service ana it still looked as
though the supply would run far short
nine closed coaches OF the Rio Grande
Western had to be called into requisition.
With the eighteen cars the Saltair man
aSement probably claim the honor OF hav-
ing run the largest passenger train in
Utah. All the cars were filled right up,
some raesanero,-- S+andi1,e be+u-aen The
seats in the open cars and in the aisles
in the closed coaches. The whole load
was pulled by one Of The Saltair engines
and only ten minutes were lost in the
trip. At the beach it was found that
the platform, SO far as 1t is built, would
not accommodate the tremendous train
compelled to file slowly along the car
platforms until they reached the boards.
The o'clock train, with six coaches,
and the next with eight were filled with
one Sweltering mass of humanity,
packed in the seats and aisles like intel
ligent and vari-colored SardineS. The
two evening trains which took out those
who attended the other attractions in the
afternoon, presented very much the same
appearance. In fact it would hardly be
striking IL too high q say that the rail-
road company handled fully 5000 persons
during the day. Fhe great jam showed
the capabilities Of the railroad company
and the handsome resort. The 2:15 train.
delayed in starting and otherwise, was
only half IN hour late in arriving, while
the others were generally within ten
Viable record considering some of the ex-
perienceS of the past.
As for the pavilion it could have accom-
moddted a thousand or two more and yet
not have been uncomfortably crowded.
On the dancing floor the chairs all
around were two and three deep, while a
crowd gathered in front of the orchestra
At no time, however, was there such a
lam" of the floor as the habitual dancer
has become accustomed to at other
ance and not even the unfaVorable wind
could make il insufficient to meet the
demands of the occasion. Down on the
lunch floor there were lunch parties ga
lore, in nearly every walk of life, all en-
iOyinR themselves immensely. All the con-
cession holders did a thriving business,
and took in a great deal of the money
that appeared to be spent with readi-
ness that augured little of hard times.
AS for the bathing better has seldom
been seen. There were just sufficient
clouds to keep the sun from becoming I'M
comfortably hot and Just enough wind to
make good stiff rollers, without making
breakers The water itself was almost
tepid, bracing and clear as crystal. All
day hundreds of bathers were in it, bat
Ting with the waves and enjoying the
pleasures that are known only in the lake.
There was no programme at the resort,
and only the class of the holiday crowd.
composed very much of laboring men and
their families who cannot leave their
work on other days. denoted that there
was anything unusual.