The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
Thomas PascOe of Los Angeles
Pleased With Salt
Lake.
SAYS SALT LAKE NEEDS
MORE PLEASURE RESORTS
Advises Residents to. Get To-
gether and DO More
Building.

Thomas Pascoe of Los Angeles was
| in tho city Saturday, q guest of his
friend, Fred Wey OF the Wilson hotel
Mr.. Pascoe is an old and prominent
citizen of Los Angeles and has contrib
uted largely TO the building up of the
city of which all southern Galifornisns
feel just pride,
Mr.. Pascoe is proprietor of the Ere
mont hotel, at which many Salt Lakers
put up while in the city. He is also n
member and director of the Los Angeles
Board of Trade, and has many kind
words To say of the hospitality accord
cd its members on the occasion of their
visit here last year. The growth of
population and improvements, In the
way of building, both business houses
and residences, of Los Angeles, is sim
ply wonderful. There is, he says, q
Sl,000,000 department store in process
of construction. A hotel of several hun
dred rooms will he completed and
opened for guests By the 1st OF Janu
ary next. 1t Will be a modern, first
class establishment. the rates will be
commensurate with its attractive grand.
eur and convenience, which viii make
1T popular and insure large patronage.
Mr. Pascoe thinks there ought to be
much In common between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake, now that they are linked
one days travel apart. The two cities
are IN no sense competitors of each
other. What Salt Lake and Utah ship
in Los Angeles hasn't got, and those
things which go out from Los Angeles
ind a ready market here.
Has Much Company.
Mr., Pascoe cannot see why Salt Lake
should not become known as one of the
most attractive summer resorts in this
entire Western country. The canyons,
which look down upon the city, he
thinks could be made ideal summer re-
sorts. A few million dollars expended
III tho erection of comfortable and ar.
tractive hotels, with an electric railroad
glrdling the city, would bring people
from all over the country In such NUN.
hers that If would be perple1ing aues-
ton TO know how TO provide for them
many years ago. It took a long time
to convince the old settlers that the
building of large hotels TO meet the
anticipated requirements of visitors
could be made TO pey. Now, despite
all efforts to keep pace with the demand
for hotel and residence accommodation,
everything of the kind is continually
crowded. 1t wonld be the same in Salt
Lake If the building habit could be
made to take hold of the people Bald
houses and you will find plenty of peo-
pie to occupy them. Another thing
greatly In favor Of Salt Lake, aside
from its invigorating, cool CANYON
breezes, Is the Great Salt lake, That
body Of saline water will always be
looked upon for what it is-the finest
body of water In which to bathe TO be
found in all this round world.
Better Than Oceans.
The ocean has nothing to offer on
either shore of this continent that COM
pares with II. Mr.. Pascoe's first visit
TO Salt Lake was in 1875. It was, he
says, a pretty tough proposition at that
time. He thinks creditable work is be-
ing done this year in the way of city
Improvements, and he notes that some
steps have been taken to beautify the
city in places, Mr.. Pascoe says: GA
little pride and little work on the part
of citizens and property owners and
this could be made city Of unsurpass-
ing beauty, and certainly desirable
place in which to live. II the spirit
of progress Will act in unison, urged on
and upheld as it is by. the mastery
efforts of The Tribune for greater Salt
Lake, the city will make such progress
within the next FIVE years that the
feeble voice of the croaker will be
drowned by the hummipg wheels of in
dustry,
"We of Los Angeles feel kindly
interest IN Salt Lake. -
Mr.. Pascoe left for his home Satur-
day night over the Salt Lake Route.