The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-06
PLAN BIG RESORT
AT HOT SPRINGS
A. Fred Wey and James Breen
Purchase Property for
100000.
SPEND HALF MILLION
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Purchasers Expect to Secure
Cheap Transportation by
Street Railway.

We will eventually make of the
springs one of the finest resorts and
sanitariums In America said A. Fred
Wey last evening, ~ have Just con-
cluded arrangements with the Zion e
Savings bank whereby myself and
James A. Breen Of Butte, Mont, be-
come the owners of the Beck's Hot
Springs property. We intend to make
big property of it, but will not at
tempt to do more than we are able to
handle this year.
In fact. the first year will be al
most entirely dependent on local pat
ronage, but after that we will spend
several hundred thousand dollars on
The place, and with advertising such as
we have in mind will make one of the
biggest resorts in the West
The transaction was concluded on
Thursday. Mr.. Wey, now proprietor
of the Wilson hotel, aud James A.
Breen of Butte, one of Heinze's part
ncrs, became the owner of the property
known as Beck's Hot Springs paving
therefor 100000, providing correct
title can be delivered within twenty
days
Mr.. Wey said that the property had
been brought TO his attention by Mr.
Breeu, who considered it a good propo-
sitiou. Mr.. Breen is now the owner Of
the Tacoma hotel at Tacoma, Wash. He
also owns the Broadwater Springs and
hotel at Helena, Mont, and the Greg
son Springs and hotel at Butte
Mr.. Breen came down here with F.
Augustus Heinze and off and on during
the past year has spent several months
In and around Salt Lake, He became
greatly interested in the possibilities
of Zion as a summer resort and finally
decided TO cast his lot with the Nor
mon city.
Plan Big Resort.
The Beck's S Hot Springs. lying idle,
appealed to him and he broached the
proposition TO Mr.. Wcy, who was at
first incredulous, but finally decided to
enter into the proposition. They made
inquiries and found that the Zion Saw
ings bank had bought the property
The property originally belonged to
John Beck, well known to old resi-
dents of Zion. Mr. Beck lost the prop
erty a few years ago and the Zion
Savings bank bought it at a public
sale.
''We have 100 acres,' said Mr..
Wey, "and with that amount of ground
we think we will bo able TO lay out
one of the finest summer resorts on this
continent. Our first year will be de
voted to fixing up the property. We
will put up temporary lighthouses and
a temporary hotel, but it will not be
until the next year before we will be.
gin to spread out Then we will ad.
vertise IN every newspaper and maga.
the first year, a big sauitarium and ho-
tel, and spend several hundred thou
sand dollars in developing the prop.
erty, Mr.. Breen thinks and / agree
with him that this property, which has
been lying idle for some years, IL one
of the finest of the kind in America.
''We have also purchased the rights
in connection with the Hot Springs lake
and will build our bathing houses on
the shore. We have received report
from Washington showing the proper.
which we will advertise. and the mere
Of this, | think, will show
our resort as almost unequsled in the
world -
To Stock Lake With Fish,
The lake is full of fish. carp and
bass, and Mr.. Wey and Mr.. Breen in
tend, If they can obtain the proper fry
from the government TO add fishing
to the attractions Of the resort.
Shooting is another attraction of the
new proposed resort All around in
the vicinity there is the finest duck
shooting in the world.
With the amount of money which
Messrs. Wey and Breen will spend there
and with the arrangements they hope
to make with the street railway com
pany for direct line to the Great Salt
lake, few resorts in America can equal
its privileges.
Mr.. Wey and Mr., Breen had talk
with the street railway officials Thurs
day, and believe they will be enabled
to obtain from them all the conces-
sions they ask. Mr.. Bancroft was
quick to realize the possibilities to the
railroad of such a resort. and arrange.
ments will probably be made for a di.
rect air line to the Great Salt lake.