Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-13
New Salt Palace Association is
Getting Things 10 Shape,
MAMMOTH THEATER PLAN.
Bicycle Track 20 be Rooted In lIlni-
ature Loke-Uorh Of Transforms
alton Under Way,

One OF the biggest muaement enter
prIses ever ialuEuatad iu the wcst viii
be lauuch. Ia th0s city carly m June
neSt when ,a- salt Palac. project. per-
fected down Co Toe smallest detail and
expanded away beyond the original
limits w.ll De opened.
There we've O. good many crudiues
about the Salt Palace last year. bat the
people realized that 90 was q public in-
sututlon. Carried out lu the face OF
great difficulties. ana were induIgent
This year there VIII be no need for
excuses.
THE NEW ENTERPRISE.
The creditors Of the ola enterprise
who some time ago. bought i'm the
Improvements. hay. been working ever
since upon plans for re-0penlng the
palace These plans have been slowly
developed aud perfected, and are now
being carried OUT With a rush 10 Is
private enterprise backed by any
amount of means necessary and VIII
be- carried on, almost entirely upon new
lines
John B Forbes. secretary OF Che Salt
Lake Hardware Company Us The prcsi-
dent of lha new Salt Palace enterprise,
and Mr. Peters. who. years ago, was
connected With Che Walker Opera
house Is the general manager
AMUSEMENT IN PLENTY.
Mr. Forbes ANA his associates. all
prominent business men and capitalists,
understand that when people go 20
such "a place as thc Salt Palace. they
go there tg be entertained. not t0 enc
terrain themselves and the idea OF giy-
ing them entertainment and plenty Of IL
is not lost sight of for am instant
A MAMMOTH THEATER.
The biggest innovation this manage
ment wilI offer will be The transforma-
ton Of the saucer shaped bicycle track
into one immense the8ter. The big am
pitheatrr win be rooted ln. and at the
bend u the track on the west side, the
STAGE is l0 bt erected. 10 win be- one
OF the largest in The country In front
OF this stage and covering pretty much
an of the floor space. viii be chairs,
and The arrangement VIII be such mat
perfect view of tho stage can be OBJ
tanned from any part OF the structure.
The attraction there this season -or at
Toast for the first part N twill De
light opera. and @ representative OF the
syndicate BE- now at work securing the
artists. Unul the contracts are signed
up. details as GO the personnel OF The
company win he withheld. but the
promise s made that the finest talent
obtunahie WIN De secured
This win. perhaps. be the chief at
traction, but there are others.
RACING NIGHTS.
The stage Is 10 be built IN such a
way that &c win not interfere In the
least with the bicycle track, and some
big meets win be arranged for variety.
Two nights O. week. perhaps. viii be de-
voted 90 racing.
THE SECOND THEATER.
The streets of Cairo section is being
made into big vaudeville theater for
which O. stage thirty-two feet In the
clear is being built
A MINIATURE LAKE.
ont An one corner Of the grounds there
viii be- a lake. The excavation has al
ready been made. and. the work OF
rocking the sides is well under way
Small boats win De used on The lake,
and this feature viii be appreciated by
the little ones.
a STATE EHIBIT
The Salt Palace building Itself IS 20
be rohahIItated at once. a new coat
of Salt win Doe applied and the painters
and mechanics VIII make of 70 a much
more handsome building than u was
when opened last year
II the plans now adopted are carried
out this building VIII pe great at
traction The intention rs Co secure
from each county iu the state the nm
est exhibit possible of the agricultural
and mineral resources OF each section,
along With manufactured products.
This exhibit Wll De arranged around the
corridor and the big ham W!Il Dee used
Tor daucug. band concerts etc.
There win bo unumerable smaller az
fractions and special events arranged
from time 90 time.
WORK is BEING PUSHED.
The salt Palace grounds already pre-
sent busy -0ana but this Is Just the
beginning a number M M are enc
gagged in making tha improvements,
and tho force WiI off course, De greatly
added fau The bicycle track VIII be
thoroughly Wrhlu'ai and placed In
FIRST class condition and then the ROOF
win la uuf ur Iha changes at the
streets NJ Cairo. section are already
WrI under way and everything VIII De
finished before tha time set for The
opening