The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
RESORT SEASON
BREAKS RECORDS
Greatest Summer for Recreation
Comes to Close Today.
BIG GAIN IN ATTENDANCE
COOL SPOTS DREW CITY CROWDS
DURING HOT MONTHS.

q ALT LAKE never did have the
y reputation of being slow when it
came to patronizing resorts. and
the records for this years season.
which comes TO a formal close today
show that the number of those who
sought recreation this summer is Tar
in excess of that of any previous year.
In one way or another, in dancing
swimming or simply "resortin'." some
thing like 80 per cent more persons
were at the various TesOrts-LagoOn
Saltair or Calders-during the season
beginning May 80 than during any pre-
vious year.
From the lake. from the gFeenest spot
in Utah and from the little park in the
south end of town, which has sought
10 redeem its reputation under tenn
perance management, come reports OF
steady patronage during the hot sum
mer months.
Labor day has for some years marked
the closing Of the resort season for
Salt Lake City just 20 Memorial day
has marked its opening. Interviews
with representatives of the various re-
sorts developed an ability 10 produce
figures showing for this city a record
breaking summer Of recreation.
Big Gain at Lagoon.
Travel to Lagoon has been % per
cent better than during any previous
resort season. said Alfred d. Pierson.
passenger agent for the Salt Lake &
Ogden railroad, last evening.
For the months Of June, July and
August the paid fares We're in excess
of 100000. and when the resort season
ends tomorrow evening our total viii
probably be close To 125.000 The sea-
son has been characterized by the
large number of outings of fraternal
and social organizations and by the
utter absence Of disturbances at the
resort
The resort opened this season with
many improvements to offer the pub
lie. BY next year if present plans are
carried out. there will be electric serv-
ice 10 Lagoon.
We shall FUH six trains a dav during
me winter, leaving for Lagoon an "A. m.
d =, m a., u a. m m. D. m 4 p m. and
J. m 3 p. NJ, Q p. IN. and Z p. m.
Many Dipped at Lake.
We have carried something like 40
per cent more people this year ihdn dur
ing any resort season heretofore" said
Manager j. T.. LangfOrd of Saltair fast
evening.
During the month of June something
Ike $1,000 persons visited Saltair. in july
there We're about S0,e09 and the attend
auce IN August was a tFifIe in excess of
THIS. When We close the resort season
Monday night our total attendance viii
aggregate something like 259088. The sea-
son mas been practically free of acct
dents of any kind,
Bathing has been made feature
throughout the season and We have al
all times had as many as we could ac-
coInpodate. There viii be arrangements
for those desiring to battle after Sept. g.
as there will be two trains "A day one
al 10 a. m. and one AT p. M The re-
turning trains viii leave at J. and p. m.
giving bathers about an hour and "a half
The Saturday night dances viii De
continued during the winter season spec
lal trains being run for these occasions
caIder's Success.
I'VE have two reasons for feeling that
the resort season as far as caiders park
is concerned has been a success" said
Manager Ed Mcclellan last evening.
In the first place the park has been
we'll patTonzed under the new manage
ment and then the effect of the restTiC-
lions placed on those attending has been
felt for the good by residents OF this Vi
cinity- The leasing of Calder's by the
Granite Stake association was mission
airy effort We desired to take off the
name of Calder's park. the stain caused
by beer drinking and FOWdyism last year.
Early this summer an offer of 5000 for
the privilege Of selling beer for fourteen
weeks was refused.
AS soon as the undesirable element
learned that no beer was TO be sold we
had no difficulty ia turning il away and
as a result there has not been fight
on the grounds between adult persons
Another new feature was the closing NJ
the park Z 1880 o'clock. There has been
none of the complaints formerly regis
tered about acts OF roWdyism on street
cars.
Il am not prepared at this time to give
exact figures on the attendance large
proportion consisted Of women and chill
dren You may say that We have been
paving our way right along and that the
park has been financial as well as
missionary success