Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-23
Al 50 A NEW COAT OF PAINT.
directors Meet and Appropriate
$4,000 for improving Utah's
Chief Pleasure Resort.
100 of Present Season Vastly
Larger Than in Any Previous
Year and sdll Increasing

II
-,r NJ helping along the work for
-.ssisr Utah. will be begun next year,
Tsis wear the season opened without
..r.b primming or fixing OF feathers
- the reason that the sale OF the re-
.,r, WAS in progress through the win
=. and funds were consequently not
.,arable for the improvements that
vll be made next season.
vow. however, action has been had
~ the case. and next summer those
,-bo take their recreation in small NOR
,.is out where the lake beezes blow
Nm ind a much larger pavilion, 5Oo
new bath rooms. a double track all the
rsv out on the platform, and an I'm"
uense new area added 10 the loNer
ecor OF the pavilion. ana as an a1ul-
tlonal play ground for children ana
lunch room for families.
The Improvements were decided on
al q meeting OF the board Of directors
held on Saturday. at which Sz5,OvV was
set aside 70 be invested in repairs at
the lake. one item Is n coat OF paint
over the entire pavilion.
The board OF directors took up the
items Il was deemed were necessary,
one al a time. and disposed OF them In
their apparent order NJ Importance.
Manager j. Z. Langford, who Is vice
president'of the new company, and also
a part owner in the resort, is response
bic for most OF the practical sug-
geIions. for Improvement, and he
states that had funds been available
several 81 these Improvements would
have been made before this time. AS
II is, work Will begin with the closing
Of the summer season In september,
and will be pushed to an early compile
ton.
FOR FASTER SERVICE.
In the department Of transportation,
a big Improvement is planned, TO fur
Their protect the public safety and give
more rapid service. The road will be
double tracked over the presen; plat
form space, and people VIII not be al
lowed TO board the train from the same
side as they unload. Instead gates
viii be provided on a new platform
area, north OF the present track. and
people desiring 10 return to the city
viu be prevented from getting near the
track till after the train stops The
PRESENT method Of lining up alongside
the track IS considered dangerous, and
iac0nyenient.
SIX NEW COACHES.
Six new coaches viii be provided for
ht railway service. but they viii not
D. NJ the "open" variety az the tempta-
ton 10 Jump on and OF these coaches,
while the trains are in motion is con-
shsied TOO dangerous. Instead the
closed coaches. with end entrances.
have been decided upon. 4 faster and
rore frequent service will also be in
flegrated.
MORE PAVILION ROOM
The big addition to the platform space
an The lower floor VIII be made north
ward from the present gateway onto
ne pavilion A whole acre Of pavilion
yi Poe built here, displaoing the pres
cri popcorn stands, bowling alley and
otter buildings At the end OF this pa
rllun q dormtory viii be built for en-
p.0yes. The pavilion will be shaded and
covered 50 that IL can be used as
chi'dren's playground. and a lunching
Place f0r families. The new bathrooms
N 900 NAldNlfl VIC IIfNtHN llllt running
n0rthWesterly into the lake, aud will
b. built with a platform connecting
them with the present rooms, the line
extending from the end OF the present
series. about halt way into the payil-
Gen.
THE DANCING FLOOR.
TO keep the dancing floor In good
condition, The matter Of buying a steam
planning mill has been discussed. al
though no action has been taken. The
winter winds have a tendency to coup"
ifc maple boards. but with a yearly
planning the floor will always remain as
ont Of he most perfect In the world. as
wen as the worlds largest.
A RECoRDBREAKER.
The present season has been such a
iecofibreaker at the lake that Il is
very apparent salt Lake Is growing,
and win soon be able to support sum
mer amusements on a much larger
scale than formerly. The water in the
lake has risen this year so much, and
fallen 50 little from the high water
mark that Il Is felt that within a few
years, II wet seasons continue In the
wake Of the present one. that the water
VII be back again 10 It's mark Of Ave
years ago. This year Il IL IS inches
above last years mark for the same
lime, and has only fallen 3 inches since
ne period u recedlng began, while last
year q had fallen a foot.
WILL MOVE OLD PLANT.
The directors say that the closest at
tcntion will be given In the future 10
keeping the sand along the shore and
under the pavilion well cleaned from
en- kinds o. refuse. and that the old
electric light plant will be removed
from its present site north OF the ap-