The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-14

cities in the states said a much Travelled
Britisher yesterday. THE most striking
features to an observant mind are the ex-
/ IRENE width of the streets and the regu-
/ larity with which they intersect at right
angles. | think. however. the town would
I appear to much better advantage to the
average visitor if some other geometrical
I figures than rigid 90 degree angles had
/ been inserted in the pattern when 1t was
woven such as q few circles. with now
/ and then triangle interposed to vary the
! monotony. No doubt the plan as carried
! out y more convenient from business
| point of view than would be the case
! otherwise, but the sacrifice of the artistic
! TO other considerations condemns the
! town in that particular in the eyes of one
/ who finds enjoyment in contemplating
I the regular irregularity of towns like
Boston and Buffalo.
! Electricity seems to play an important
! role in daily life out here At least 1
( should judge so by the forests of tele-
graph. telephone and other poles that dis
! figure the otherwise beautiful streets.
never saw such cross-armed, wire
strung town in all my days. There is a
sort of cObwehby look to the place that is
/ hard to pull away from. What the place
seems to need is thorough busting by
the municipal authorities and the dis
cOrdant wires put under ground where
they belong The trees are in themselves
| beautiful. but the lack of variety and
the method of stringing them along like
beads on thread is an idea probably ex-
tracted from ancient Autographs of towns
in Holland-its essentially Dutch and
very Dutch at that. Lombardy poplars
are picturesque in small quantity, but
they give little or no shade compared with
the elm. chestnut oak, locust willow
and other trees to be found in the eastern
cities.
'Irrigating bitches are i peculiar fea-
ture. but | suppose the climatic conditions
require them; and the ceaseless flow of
water through the city streets is nee essary
10 preserve the shrubbery. owing to the
scarcity Of rain and absence of humidity
III the atmosphere. The atmosphere is de-
hgntfully cool and dry compared with the
mtolerable conditions that prevail east
OF the Rocky mountains: the air is inyiC-
Grating and quite q tonic in itself, and /
nave never enjoyed anything so much as
the daily Tubing I've treated myself to
in the waters of the Great Salt Lake
I've left town clean tuckered out with
business cares, and distressed beyond
measure by social demands and after a
dlp III the salt water, followed by a cold
shower and good rub down. felt ten years
younger. l think that Salt Lake people
owe 1t 10 themselves and others to ad-
Nertlse much more literally than they do
the marvellous properties contained in this
odd bit OF ocean set off by itself away IN
here on top of the mountains. l can't I'M
derstand why western people should
choose 10 travel 1000 miles to the eastern
ana Californian coast resorts when they
have the ocean right at their doors.
The scenery. TOO. hereabouts, has a !
grandeur and inpressiVeneSs that exceeds |
even that of Colorado Springs The view |
from Fort Douglas of riggid. snow-tipped |
city, and the sun glimmering on the sur |
face of the vast sea that reaches out to |
the horizon is one of the most picturesque !
bits in the world. not even excepting the |
panorama of mountains and lakes that |
ones sees from the top of Mt. Palatus !
near Lucerne in Switzerland
Inc city appears prosperous but to a |
casual observer the industry seems TO be
by mine owners. miners |
brokers and railroad men. suppose thai
IS because II a mining town. but / should
think. considering the railroad facilities
and the number of tracks that mass
through the town that there is a good
field for manufacturing. Why shin Vour
wool. iron ore and other things thai are
native TO the east? Why not corpefe !
With the east for local trade? The cost of
manufacture might be n triie more bilf
hat would be offset by the saving on
ton.
Il have not seen a bit of rodyism nor
L begSar on the streets since / came here
which is a highly commendabIe virtue
possessed by few American or European
OWLS. New York and Chicago seem he
iet by outcasts who wander through the
streets by day and sleep on doorsteps
Empty trucks and park benches at nighr
md when they weren't sleeping they were
owing it hight merrily but Salt Lake
eems singularly free from it,"