The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-11

This summer salt Lake city VIII be
advertised as never before. This sum
mer Salt Lake City will entertain more
strangers than ever before in its his
tory.
All the calculations Of the railroads
are being surpassed. The tourist travel
through here is breaking all records, and
the fame of Utah and her queen city
will spreGd to all points of the country.
With all the attractions i'm the west
this year-the Elks' ConA entiOn in Los
Angeles. the Alaska ukOn-PaCifc ex-
position at Seattle, the Yellowstone park
passenger travel was never before so
large, and there are few travellers to
any Of those places that do not going
or coming, pass through this city, and,
in passing, spend some time here, mar
yelling at the beauties they see and the
enterprise of the city as attested by the
new buildings. They visit the Great
Salt lake, and the Mormon temple, the
tabernacle, other places of interest, and
every comment that is made, every
thought that is expressed is all favor
able TO Salt Lake City. 1t means that
many of these visitors will later return
70 this city to make their homes. Many
of them in passing through become i'm
pressed and make property investments.
II is a big season for Salt Lake City.
Railroad offices Rushed.
This is the busy season at the railroad
Offices. Passenger agents, ticket sellers
and clerks are rushed from morning to
night Actual figures regarding the
travel are not Yet obtainabe but 1t is
estimated by the passenger men of the
various lines in this city that during last
week the railroads brought into this city
not less than an average of 1S00 stran-
gers each day. Most Of the travellers
from the east visit Salt Lake CITY en-
route west; probably One-third OF the
visitors strike Salt Lake City on their
way home from the coast. They come
from everywhere-frOm New York and
Boston and Philadelphia, from Chicago.
from St Louis and Kansas City, from
Louisville and Memphis and New Or
leans. from every nook and corner of
the east and middle west-and they are
all enthusiastic. They all say that their
trips would not have been complete
without having visited the city of salt
Lake.
There are two attractions in Salt Lake
City that have become so famous that
no tourist ever thinks of missing them
they are the Great Salt lake and the
Mormon temple. The first questions
asked by strangers on arriving in this
city are: Where is the temple?" and
How do you get to the lake,"
The first place of interest usually Wis
tied is the ten-acre square in the heart
of the city known as the Temple
block" and every day the same ques-
tons are asked and answered, the same
comments are made, the same wonder
ment expressed by hundreds of visitors.
Bureau of information.
More than 10000 visitors are every
year entertained here, and thousands of
strangers inscribe their names upon the
register kept at the building occupied
by the bureau Of information The reg
istry book has been signed by visitors
from thirty-nine states and seven for
eign countries in one day, Last year
over 10000 names were signed, and while
no count has yet been made this year. il
is estimated that more than 81. 900 peO-
pie viii have written their names before
the summer is over.
The bureau of information, while de-
signed primarily to disseminate fitera-
ture favorable To the Mormon church
has proved a great boon for tourists
Here the strangers are cordially well
coined into a large. comfortably fur
nished room. They form parties and al
regular intervals are taken through the
beautiful parked and shaded ground.