Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-30
Wen. II was a hummer!


All the rolling stock OF the street rail-
way was engaged In hauling people to
the trains. All the Saltair company'a
cars and engines were overtaxed for
the entire day All the employees OF
the beach worked to the point of ex-
haustlon and all the bathing suits were
I'm use continually. Had there been
enough suits, the lake probably would
stli have lacked sufficient area for the
bathers. 1t Is now only 70 miles long.
II WAS sure enough record breaking
day The attendance was--pefhaps--
14,sl7, which was about 5000 more than
the next largest day in the history Of
saltair And more than 10000 tickets
were actually sold, The bathers num-
bered more than 5000. Tnrty-eight
trains Of from Ia to II cars each were
sent back and forth, ana on the 7
o'clock train, the largest of the day,
there were $50 passengers.
The enormous crowd represented a
half dozen or more counties In Utah.
Every train arriving at the stations car
rled It's contingent OF out of-towners,
bent on winning prize or two, besides
having the fun, The exodus from the
city began with the first morning
train and continued until the last train
at night. II was throng that crowded
the pavilion TO its uttermost, and the
usual disagreeable features under these
conditions were In evidence though no
serious accidents occurred. II was such
great crowd, In fact, that the COM
mittee decided not to attempt the pro-
gram of speaking In the dancing pa
yilion. Originally II was merely put
over for few hours. until the big
crowd was TO arrive, bur after that oc-
Cured II was impossible to secure eth
er space or attention, and the dance
went on
DRAWING TONIGHT.
Nor did the drawing OF prizes take
place. 1t was postponed until o'clock
this evening in order TO give everybody
q fair show. The object Is to give
holders OF unused tickets q chance TO
get the stubs into the big wheel from
which Mayor Morris will draw the
numbers, And this Will take place at
the saucer track In the Salt Palace to-
night. The gates and track viii be
thrown open to the public without
charge.
The real estate men were pleased
down to the ground" with their outing
and why not, after such magnificent
success? II is unquestlonably the
greatest thing ever accomplished for the
advertising of salt Lake, for the money
viii all be used for that purpose The
association realized something over S.
900 from the excursion, This win be
the nucleus OF a fund to be increased by
means 10 be decided upon at once. Salt
Lake has every reason to be proud Of
her realty husters and they. In turn,
must feel sense OF gratitude for the
magnificent way In which not only this
city but the whole state, upheld them
EVERYBODY ACCOMMODATING.
In one respect Yesterdays excursion
was vastly different from any other.
II seemed that every person at the
beach constituted himself committee
OF one TO help the others have a good
time, The realty men themselves work.
ed like the proverbla TroJans 90 this
end. There were fellows chasing around
with megaphones. trying TO locate some
mothers child that had strayed from
the apron strings. And upon finding
"the kid" and seeing that II was safe
ly deposited In the mothers arms, the
rescuer would jump half way across
the pavilion to assist somebody else,
The "spielers" were hard az work on
all sides. helping the management Of
the resort, counting tickets, keeping the
crowd scattered as much as possible,
clearing passages for the tremendous
throngs newly arrivng-ln fact, per-
forming a hundred aud one services
that made the day seem brighter,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The early crowd, naturally was large
~ made UP OF women and children and
there was plenty OF amusement FOR
them. Held's band was playing down
In the lunch pavilion, Auerbaoh's or
chestra was blowing It's lungs out on
the dance floor above, automatic pianos
We're killing time, the shooting gallery