Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-12
RAILROADS AND
SUMMER RESORTS
All Are Preparing For the Inevi.
table Rush That Comes Dec.
GRAFTON Day.
OUT AT SALTAIR AND LAGOON.
Better Roadbcd 10 the Former With
New Attractions and Catch,
Features at the Latter.

The arrangements OF the Salt Lake
& Los Angeles railway and the Salt
Lake g. ogden are now straining
every effort to have things In ship.
crowds Incident TO Decoration Day and
the opening OF the resort season gem
orally
Manager Langford OF the railroad
and Saltair beach states that the
roadbed Is now second TO none in
Utah. During the past month Il has
been thoroughly overhauled and new
ties substituted wherever any showed
signs of decay. a big force Is now at
work painting the equipment and the
new engine recently ordered is ex-
pected TO arrive here next week from
the east.
There will be absolutely no falling
down this season on the time card.
We will have our own motive power
and with not be compelled to lease
any from other lines" said Mr.. Lang
ford this morning Under these con-
ditlons there will be no repetition OF
the unfortunate occurrences on Auer-
bach day last year."
out at Saltair this season there will
be new attractions that Will be oper-
ated by the Ingersoll Amusement COM
pany In the form OF Ye Olde Mill and
The Scenic Railway, two attractions
which have become so popular in
California and the large resorts Of the
east. A ride on the roller coaster over
gravity track, which twists three
times into the figure eight, at a speed
Of 80 miles an hour will be a new sem
sation for the Salt Lake public,
All the privileges for the coming
season have been contracted for as
follows.
Christensen's enlarged orchestra OF
IL pieces, restaurant and lunch coun-
ter. J. p Evans; soft drinks. Ice cream,
merry go round, etc, George Derr;
Penny Arcade shooting and bowling
alley, Carl Osterloh bar. Jacob
Morit2 and amusements, the Ingersoll
Amusement.
a number OF new bathing suits will
also be placed In commission this sea-
son and the lake is rising rapidly.
Yesterday 1t was 81 inches above low
water mark and from this time on it
will rise rapidly. The water is al
ready almost up to the northwest cor
ner Of the pavilion.
LAGOON IMPROVEMENTS.
Excursion Agent Bean predicts the
best season to date for Lagoon this
year, while Superintendent Pearson Is
congratulating himself on the fact that
he will now be able to make better time
to and from the resort, aside from the
fact that the arrival here next week
OF eleven new 52-ft. coaches viii solve
the transportation problem on heavy
days.
Those who visit the popular Davis
county resort this year will hardly
recognize the place, A number OF sub
stantial and good improvements are
now under way including the erection
of a big trestle for shooting the
chutes' into big reservoir that has
been constructed south and east Of the
baseball grounds. large, modern
restaurant and lunch counter has been
completed and will fiji long-felt want
This structure has been erected on
Broadway, as the main thoroughfare
has been named. Here short orders
Will be served In fashion, 1t Is prom
Used. unsurpassed in town, and at Salt
Lake prices, too. Other Improvements
will embrace the conversion Of the
old dance pavilion into skating rink;
the repainting OF the grand stand and
complete overhauling OF the base ball
diamond, the installation of a number
Of steel boats on the lagoon and u
number OF other minor changes. The
flower and foliage display also will be
away In advance Of that of previous
years. The orchestra under the dlrec-
ton Of Willard Youngdale will be en-
larged to 10 men, and Will include sew
eral members OF the Orpheum orchestra
which made such name for itself last
season.
With heavy steel now laid into Lay
ton II Is anticipated that heavy travel
will be IN order this season both from
the north and south. The season Will
open with the annual road race to
Pennington on Decoration day, for
which there is an unusual number OF
entries and a good prize list, which in
cludes five bicycles.
Taken all IN all both the Salt Lake q
Los Angeles and the Salt Lake and
Ogden railroads anticipate the heav'
lest business IN their histories this sum