The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-27

for those who make Salt lake their
home there is constantly something new
TO be seen in this Jhrobb'ng town Of
ours.
A trip on the seeing" car covers
twenty-five miles and requires two
hours of time.
With each car is a bright-minded and
nimbIe- tongued information peddler.
The car on which the writer was for
tunate enough to be a passenger had
for its store house Of knowledge Lee h
Wilson. Mr. Wilson is well equipped
for his job What he doesn't know
about Salt Lake could be easily written
on the back Of postage stamp. wilson
certainly must have crammed himself
with facts and figures till his head
ached He has studied the most pleas
ing way of unloading his information
upon eager ears, and leaving his load
of visitors with a feeling Of satisfaction
that they had learned something really
worth while. and could maintain an in
teligent argument on salt Lake with
the best OF them. Moreover. Wilson is
gifted with a keen sense Of humor, and
he lets his friends in on some choice
things But ne doesn't overdO the thing
He doesn't try 10 be funny" at all, but
his happy little remarks 60 long way
toward putting everybody in good hui
NOR.
Wilson Has the Dopes
Wilson is more than a "spieler" He
doesn't talk for the fun of hearing the
echo. He is an encyclopedia. His his
tory is accurate. and he deals it out in
condensed form, so that the mind is not
overwhelmed with il. but rather takes
IL n BY the process of absorption. He
knows all about the city from the day
when Brigham Young and his people
came through Emigration pass. He
knows the value of real estate, and how
much every important building in town
cost, who owns it, what II is for. He
has the public improvements at his
tongues end. and while the people are
looking al the outside of a big structure
ne is graphically describing its interior.
A trip on the seeing car begins at the
corner of Main street and Second South.
over on West Temple one is reminded
that the first hotel in salt Lake was the
Townsend house, where Horace Greeley
stopped and from whose porticO Vice
President Schuyler Colfax delivered an
address In South First West is the
city's market. where ali the good things
TO eat come from. The trip down Main
street is made to Third South, thence /
east to Seventh East The older resi-
dence district. with its quaint dwelling
houses. is seen. and the center parking
on Sixth East, the beginning of this
class of Improvement One gets an idea
of the way the street car company is
going at il when the big car barns and
shops are passed.
Birthplace Of Maud.
Naturally. every one feels an interest
in seeing the house i'm which Miss
Maud Adams was born.
oh. my exclaims a lady from Bos-
ton and just to think that she's set
ting the world on fire in her Joan of
ARC right at this minute"
Westward Wilson tells about Liberty
park, how it contains 100 acres,
all manner of drives. a lake, a wealth of
flowers. with a brief description of the
trees and shTubbery best suited to the
soil.
While there are no fruit trees in the
park, says Wilson, ''it has often been
said that pairs are TO be found in num-
bers, and some peaches. tOO-and, the
mOtOTman says not a few lemons
1t is when the car turns northward
into Main street again that extra effort
on Wilson's part is required. He talks
glibly about the NewhOuse building
the Boston building. tells one where the
NewhOuse hotel is going to be built this
summer, how valuable the Walker
property is; how much it all cost and
what IL is made of inside and out. The
for a touch. the big Judge building on
the corner of Third South, the big de-
partment stores on Main street are
given attention. Wilson tells one that
the property at the northeast corner Of
Main and Second South is generally
rated as the best business property. in
the city, and adds that $4,000 the front
foot was refused for it two years ago.
it is now valued at 50, 700 the foot. says
Wilson.
Press Of Salt Lake.
Passing The Herald Office. Wilson
tells about the press of the city. THE
newspapers Of this city" says he. ARE
up-tc-date in every respect. This was
shown when the battle of Manila was
fought. On that day the newspapers Of
salt Lake came out with full accounts
and graphic details two hours and
half before the battle occurred"
Meanwhile he has commented on ev-
cry bank and when he reaches Temple /
street he tells the tourist that there are
fifteen banks in salt Lake City, eleven
of them on Main street In view Of the
fact that nearly every corner has a
bank. Wilson rises TO remark that the