The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-02
AT GARFIELD BEACH.
THE FAMOUS OLD RESORT FORM
ALLY OPENED YESTERDAY.
There Was Heavy Attendance
Miss Russell Goes to the Beach
Today-The Road Races and Other
Attractions.

Garfield!
Dear old Garfield!
That famous old resort was yester-
day formally opened for the season.
and several hundred people went out
on the afternoon trains to celebrate IT,
Garfield never looked lovelier than it
did yesterday. Neither pains nor eX-
pense have been spared in the re-
modelling and frightening up OF things
in general, and the old resort fairly
e.owed with its punishment OF new
paint and complement of flags and
bunting decking the station buildings
and pavilion. All is as trim and rlght
as could be, and its patrons will this
season be treated 20 one surprise IN
particular that was not looked Tor.
That surprise consists of deeper water
than was known last season. The wa
ter is fully foot deeper. and it must
be taken that the wild waves are re-
sponsible for such change-that's what
they were saying. Notwithstanding
the fact that the crowd went out on
opening day to merely look about IN
anticipation of the days to come, there
were a hundred or more OF them that
took to the water, and they enjoyed 1t,
every one of them. The temperature
was all that could be wished, being 81
degrees, and is still moving up.
The white, sandy beach, that catches
the people, both young and old, is all
there. with whole lot more of it that
has been cast up in favor of the bath
ing public. Bathing without white,
sandy beach is-well, it isn't the thing.
There's nothing like it, The little tots
can disport themselves on the hot
sands the while their elders splash
about in the brine. and here it must
be said that even the grown up and Old
people are given to joining the nttle
tots. and walIowing with them in per
feet abandon, and why shouldn't they?
]. E. Market, the genial hotel man
who owns and runs so successfully all
the Pacific hotels on the Union PACING
system, was at the beach yesterday
looking on complacently while the i'm
ishing touches were being given by the
small army of worlNmen and decor
ators.
Superintendent Washburn was on the
ground busily engaged in looking after
the thousand and one little things
needing attention. and Captain Nit
Barrett, the manager of the old resort,
had his eagle eye constantly rowing
about over the busy scene. Is there
anyone in all this intermountain dis
trict that don't know Captain Barrett?
Well, hardly. And all know him as
royal good fellow and the right man in
the right place.
The hotel department is under J. w.
Latimer. formerly of the Pacific hotel
at Rawlins All within is neat and
bright as pin. and there are twelve
tables which will accommodate eight
guests at a sitting. besides a we'll ap-
pointed lunch counter. at which the
hungry may appease their appetite in
a manner that will leave behind no
regrets. If spring chicken and straw
berries are not good enough, all the
epicdrean need do is to signify his
wants, and they will be supDlied-sup-
piled, too, at figures that are modest
and within easy reach of all.
The bar is presided over by Al Dun
lap. who is known to all Salt Lakers as
being bald-headed, and is likewise
professor of signs.
J. Fred Dawson deals out the bathing
apparel. and Mr. Chase is the gentle
man behind the ticket window.
Olsen's orchestra is in attendance
and of such music nothing need be said
at this late day, as those people are
everyone of them stars in their pro-
fession.
Today will be a 'tred letter" one at
Garfield. 1t will be more than that-it
will be a hot number, and thousands
will throng the trains that will be run
every hour in the afternoon.
The carnival queen, Miss Jean 3.
Russell. will go out on the 2 p. m. train.
The observation train will leave at 4