The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-02-25
Impressions Of a Traveller.


+. frame last summer. lie has return
ed to his Australian home and the fol-
lowing article is taken from his cores
pondence to a Melbourne paper,
Though we arrive at Salt Lake City
late at night, yet there is such a hustle
and animation about the place that
makes one wonder whether he is really
in the heart Of the American continent,
or whether he has been dropped sud-
denly into the Place de I Opera or the
Boulevard Haussman' Paris. Salt
Lake City is generally associated in the
minds OF most English speaking people
which polygamy, and all the worst
wees and traits thet Il christian but
unkindly age can heap upon the heads
OF those unique people, the Mornons.
The visitor who comes here under the
impression that he is going to see queer
people living strange primitive modes
OF life. and every man with dozen or
more wives, will be sadly disappointed.
On the contrary, he will fnd an up to-
date race of people. healthy, vigorous,
thrifty, clearly, moraled, and perhaps
holding higher position in the van OF
progress than most other English speak
ing peoples. The position OF the city is
uniqu ly beautiful, being bounded on
the one side by the mammoth Wasatch
mountains, capped in eternal snow, on
tie other bv that lusus nntura the great
inland sea OF Salt Lake, and on u third
by the level plain as far as the eve can
reach. Too much piaisc cannot he
lavished OH the forethought OF Brigham
Young, to whose genius the city owes
its origin and splendid disposition.
The skill and wisdom he displayed in
planning 1t out has contributed in 10
small degree to its being to-day par
agon of municipal management. Its
wide rectangular streets planted with
magnificent shade eesand wei lighted
and deep severed, all have given to the
city in less than so years slateiness
which other cities have not attained
after centuries OF care. The buildings,
too, are on a grand scale. The Temple
Square containes Two buildings, the
equal OF when cannot be seen in
America, viz:--thc Temple and the
Tabernacle Each OF these buildings
constructed by volunteer labor and re
fleet the greatest credit vn the artistic
architectural tast OF the people, and th'
self-sacrillcing devotion OF those Nor
mon builders. who created this com
mon wealth in the far-away mountain
Businesses of Utah. The temple is verl
pr)minent--in fac, the most prominent
feature IN the landscape OF the city
Its six spires and the large golden ange
"Moioni', which surmounts the largcs
one, being visible from great distance
We were not permitted TO enter THU
building. 1t is the "lloly Of Holes
Of the Lstter-day Saints. 1t contains
the mysteries Of their religion, and
have bean told that IL has never beoI
desecrated by the foot OF unbelieyers o.
Gentle Close by Is the Tabernacle,
structure covered over by gigantic
domed roof, whose arch spans vas
auditorium without u support, save the
outer walls. This is capable OF seating
10000 people. Here every Sunday
afternoon the followers OF Joseph smitl
and Brigham Young I'LL the place t.
overlooking, and it was our good for
tune to be ptesant AT one OF those ser
vices. The choir consisted oi u l00'
W ices, and the organ is the largest in
the u. s. So you can imagine what al
enthralling sensation all that makes oil
u visitor. The system of electric
trans in Salt Lake City is perhaps tho
most perfect in the world, and for
few cents one can ride TO all parts q
the city ly means of these "rapN tran
sits" which oftimes run with yelocit
of b miles an hour.
one OF the great attractions to tour
lists is the bathing in the lake Wit
the exception of gay Manhattan, in n
Y. there is no bathing resort through
out the length ana breadth OF the con
tinent so sought after Ms this. Durin
the summer months tens OF thousand
of people come here TO battle an as
consequence one sees at Garfield am
Saltair beaches some Of the finest bati
ing houses in the word. Indeed IL
safe to say that the great Moorish dc
sigued bathing pavilion at the latt,
place is the most luXuriant thing Of i
kind in existance, The waters Of th
lake are quite as dense as those Of II
Dead Sea in Palestine, and owing TO Il
amour: OF solid saline matter in it I'll
salt seams to ooze out Of one for day
, after. Drowning here is utterly impoi
, sible-a bad place for suicides to repa
, to.
(To be continuad.)
A New Way,