The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-04
RESERVOIR FOR
SALTAIR BEACH
Pavilion in the Center Will Give
Room For Boating.
CALVIN WILL NOT CHANCE
NORTHERN PACIFIC SHOWS IN
CREASE IN EARNINGS.
CALVIN WILL NOT CHANGE

Until yesterday there had been
some doubt regarding the plans
TO be adopted for the Improve
ment OF Saltair While the company
has manifested its preference for re-
tanning walls. it is understood that
the engineers have questioned the
feasibility of this plan as the most
desirable. In discussing the various
plans submitted, the matter OF expense
has also been taken into consideration.
! II is now stated that retaining walls
will be built. The executive board has
/ not yet formally adopted the plans and
| until this IS done there can be no.
| official announcement, but the infor-
nation comes from an official source.
| Manager Langford when seen yes
| terday said the retaining walls
| seem TO offer the most feasible solu-
| ton of the question. He said that
while the matter of expense has en-
! tered into the question, il has been
a subject Of secondary consideration.
and that the first question considered
| involves the comfort and convenience
of the public. The success of the re-
sort as a financial venture depends up
public must be taken into considera-
ton when Improvements are under dis
cussiOn.
The question of moving the building
farther out into the lake has been
| carefully Investigated. but il has been
a serious problem whether this could
be done before the beginning Of the
season next year. 1t is also under
stood that the cost would be nearly
| as great as a new building, and il is
a question whether the building could
not be duplicated for the expense of
moving it. Any plan which involves
the question of bathing houses erected
farther out in the lake carries with il
the expense of a tramWay and the
increased operatiLss expenses. To move
the bathing houses and leave the pa
vilion where 1t is removes one of the
attractions of the resort.
The only successful plan is to sur
round the pavilion with water, and
this plan will protect the management
against all emergencies. A reservoir
will necessitate the operation of a
pumping plant. but all the necessary
facilities for operating such a plant
are already on the ground, and the
cost Of the changes Will be compare
lively small. The pavilion viii be in
the center Of the reservoir, which win
contain seventy acres. The immensely.
of the reservoir is appreciated when
1t is understood that il covers as much
territory as seven Salt Lake blocks.
Each Of these blocks contains ten acres
of ground and if punched together
would make quite an imposing dis
Play.
1t will give the reservoir a diameter
of 1000 feet and this will be large
enough for boating and other pleas
ures. The pumps will carry water
enough to keep the supply in the lake
fresh and at any depth desired. 1t
will also be possible to draw off the
water in the reservoir If at any time
II is found desirable TO do So The
walls will be constructed OF concrete
and the work will be completed long
before the beginning of the season next
year. There has been some fear that
retaining walls will be unsightly and
will not permit of a fresh supply of
water, but Mr.. Langford says that the
public will be thoroughly pleased with
the result of the plans now outlined.