The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-26

I In talking of the matter yesterday
Judge Miner said;
AT Hot Springs from 100. 900 20 200.-
/ 600 people from an parts of the country
I are treated every year for rheumatism
and other diseases for which that water
/ is an absolute cure. Magnificent hotels
I are established there. but they are kept
/ open only few months i'm the year. for
| it is not practicable 10 keep them going
| in that part of the country any longer.
| There is no reason why we shouldn't
have an even better resort of that kind
right here and keep it running the year
around.
The water Of Beck's Hot Springs is
from 10 to u degrees hotter than that
Of the Hot Springs. Consequently it
is much better. for DO is the heat of the
water that is its greatest curative prin-
ciple. The water here is so hot that at
the spring an egg can be boiled iu IT,
i'm three and a half minutes This Is
something that cannot be done in the
water of Hot Springs.
Besides this the mineral ingredients
in the Utah water are better than
those OF the Hot Springs water We
know, too that this water viii cure the
same diseases that are cured by the
Hot Springs water. for &c has been
tried, and successfully. There is a lin
itiess supply OF this water az Beck's
Hot Springs, and IL would require but
little work TO fit up bath houses where
any number Of people could use the
water and be treated for their all
ments.
Build a Big Hotel
"Of course. to make the place a sue
cess a big and elegant hotel viii have
10 be established right there. 10 VIII
require not less than $500 900 20 build a
hotel that would be suitable for the
resort. The proposition IS 20 build one
OF 200 rooms and make fl as modern
and elegant as money can make 10. II
such a hotel is provided. bath houses
are made and provision Is made for
medical treatment the same as at Hot
Springs, there is no reason why the
hotel could not be kept filed the entire
year.
salt Lake is situated on CONT
mental thorOughfare, and is i'm easy
reach of everyone. If the place were
maintained as it should be, people trav-
cling across the country would stop
there for a week or two just for he
baths. Besides this. Utah has a wide
reputation for its healthfuI climate. and
this alone would draw many people 10
the resort. Then. too. If such a resort
We're open here people who would so
10 other places would come here be-
cause Of the attractions presented By
Utah besides Ats sanitarium
Must Interest Railroads.
"Of course the railroads viii have to
be interested i'm this matter. for we
must depend upon them for our patron
age. 1 feel. however, that that viii not
be a difficult matter, for IL would mean
much to the roads on account of the
travel over them.
The matter. of course. Is bat I'm en-
bryO as yet. and we have the financial
part yet to attend to. but we are I'm
hope that these matters viii all work
out right
Since the bath houses that were In
use burned down some years ago the
springs have been lying idle. Several
large pools of fine medicinal water are
untouched and no one is deriving any
benefit from them The springs are
reached by the Rio Grande Western,
the Oregon Short Line and the dummy
line to Lagoon, and If the new sani-
tarium is built it is thought that the
street car company can be induced 10
extend its Warm Springs line on 10
the Hot Springs. thus greatly faciii-
tating travel between the city and the
springs.