Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-18
thousands OF Dollars Being
Spent to Catch the Summer
Crowds This Year.
All ARE STRONG ON BATHING
po,h Houses at Wandamcrc and La
COON and Big Bicycle Track at
saltair Among Features.

Although six weeks will eapse before
,be formal opening of Salt Lakes pub
,lc resorts, The season beginning Dec
grafton Day the management of each
will be busy every day until that date
nutting the grounds and buildings into
proper shape. This, too, despite the
saot that a considerable portion of the
time since the close of past years run
has been devoted to making alterations
md improvements indoors and out
doors.
IItah's metropolis can boast of as nu-
uerous and pretty places for summer
amusement as any city in the land, and
every year the companies and individ-
uals controlling them vie with each
other in adding scenic splendors and
attractions to please the eye and suit
The fancy of the public. Never has so
much been done in the direction indi-
Gated as is already noticeable this
wear. and which will be materially
added to before the gates swing wide
omen on May 80. Each manager conf
IDENTIFY expects his grounds to be more
literally patronized this year than ever
before. basng judgment in the prem
ises on the increase of population, and
the further fact that to spend part
of the day or evening at resort is be-
coming more popular each year with
the public of Salt Lake and vicinity.
FRESH WATER BATHING.
The inauguration of bath houses and
pool swimming will constitute the prin-
cipaI departures from the ordinary
al Wandamere and Lagoon this season.
while at Saltair the addition OF a
bicycle track will be the chief new
feature. AT the Salt Palace an i'm
mence search light will be placed upon
the dome of the main structure, and
will shed it's rays almost across the
valley in any given direction.
$4,000 SPENT AT wANDAMERB.
by the time we are ready to open
our gates to the public we shall have
expended fully $4,000 in improve
mcnts." said Manager Ed McCleliand
of Wandamere today" In addition to
the large swimming pool, from three
10 seven feet deep, and the so bath
houses provided since last year, we viii
have an outdoor gymnasium, golf
links. tennis courts, 220-yard straight
away cinder track. base ball and bas-
ket ball grounds, electric theater, etc,
in addition TO the numerous attractions
of last season. Five more acres OF
lawn have been added, and we have
now ready in our two hothouses from
be set out on the grounds.
ION at least four different occasions
during the summer we will have horse
racing" continued Mr.. McClelland.
On Decoration Day, the Fourth ana
Twenty-tourth of July, and Labor Day
the best horses obtainable will appear
upon our track. The Athletic club,
which will be housed in the old Calder
residence, will add to the interest OF
Wandamere this season. and all IN
all, we expect to have a very success
fu year"
SALTAIR BIKE TRACK.
As stated, Saltair will have bicycle
track. said to be the largest III Am
erica. The making of the saucer Is NON nov,
under way and when completed VIII
have cost S35, 600. Seats Will be pro
ylded for $500 above the track, and the
nit will hold many thousands me
same ampitheater may be used Tor
n circus. If opportunity presents itsei.
In all, the management of Saltalr
has extended $4,000 in improvements
this season. Additions have peer,
rroiected on all sides. In the Dali
roon, n new band stand now hangs
susnerded In the south end, so situ-
ated that the music is heard 10 the
hest advantage in all parts OF the pa
Wilton. Held's band. 20 strong VIII
play during the seas IN.
The water at Saltair is higher than
for several years past, and many OF
the bath houses farthest out are being
moved inward. The bathing system
is to undergo radical change, III
order to prevent congestion. Nalu-
ables will be checked and suits given
out on one side, and returning bath
ors will get their checked articles
from the opposite side of the puild-
ing. The management of Saltair ex-
pect To witness this year the most
prosperous run the resort has ever
had
WARM WATER AT LAGOON
Fresh water bathing, with tho wa
ter slightly warmed artihcially, Will
be enjoyed at Lagoon This season "A
large pool has been made. ana ma
chincry set up to pass the water
through hot pipes. The pool = sup
Piled by a half dozen artesian Wells
and that many more are being drilled
Tho bath rooms number 100, and the
cost of the system has been very
great II is tho intention of Manager
Bergcrman to have one or two swim
ming experts on hand every day TO
teach young people and children the