The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-29
SALTA|R STORIES
NOT OvERDRAWN
Disguised Patrons of the Resort
Talk Right Out in
Meeting.
DEN0UNCE THE PLACE
IN UNMEASURED TERMS
Filth and Spiders Are Seen
Everywhere; Filth Is y
Thrown in Water.

'fYou do not state the facts regard
ing Saltair anything like as bad as they
really ara is the way weIl-known
Salt Laker expressed himself to The
Tribune on Thursday, 81 was of opin>
ion that you were overstating conditions
at the resort until my wife and i went
out thero on Wednesday.
FWc had some friends visiting US
from the east and we wanted them to
soc the lake, hence we went to Saltair.
1t is not often that L have to apologize
for anything | have said about Salt
view that | had not been to the resort
this year | had painted a word picture
of Saltair while at home with our visi~
tors that would have been difficult tu
excel, 1t was real boom.
EBut when we got TO the Saltair
depot ] discovered that / had been too
eulogstic. Then when we got in the
cars the mercury began to drop. These
alleged cars were dirty In the extremes
in fact they had the appearance Of havs.
ing never been swept or busted. D.
Feared for His Life.
fThen when we started one Of my
guests, who by the way IS connected.
with an eastern railroad, noticed that
there was neither bell cord or push butt
ton in the car and he asked with some
degree of alarm; Isn't this car con-.
nected in some way with the engineer
so that should anything happen instana
communication could be had with himfs
! was compelled to answer in the nega<
tive. Then continued my guest:
This would not be tolerated for an
instant in my country Why, it is criu1-'
inal negligence Ones life is not safe
in conveyance of this kind. SUPPOSE
for an instant that something went
wrong with this car. We would all be-
killed before the engineer could be.
aware of anything wrong. 1t is the
most outrageous case of negligence y.
have ever seen. And you tell me that
people, patrons of Saltair, do not protest
in body. They re different people froW
those In my country
Conditions at Pavilion.
"Whcn we came to Saltair / was NOR
titled beyond measure. the stencil was
almost overpowerng and the water was
filed with filth and debris so that it AL,
most sickened one When we got Off the
train at the pavilion my wife aud my
friend s wife were Mortified at the great
big spiders which were everywhere.
When the pavilion was reached it was so
filthy, so dirty and go many spiders
were about that ] said, Let IS get out OF
this, we take too many chances here
and VIC returned to the train Mt once
and came home. No more Saltair for
me so long as it is conducted as it Is
now. - ft
Home of Graft.
The Tribune is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from a Disguised
patron of Saltair Beach. 1t tells It's own
story:
y1lg. 1=rII Tro<f ltffz
sions to the many drawbacks 10 Saltair
under the present management are time-
ly and just-but there is one outrageous
condition there which YOU have evidently
men's retiring room, he is immediatel1
pounced upon by two or three senegam=
bians who, without asking any questonss
begin 10 brush him OFF, take his hat, i'm
perfume him TO get a "clean wash" have
his hair brushed, shoes shined, and many
other things, and then stand with open
hand waiting for the tip It is simply
impossible to set away from these "cuilud
gentlemen" and no matter how often
you return TO the retiring room they
jump on you again. and you have sim
ply got to fight your way out TO avoid
being grated 1t is the limit Of outrages
at this outrageous home OF graft-and
one visit there will convince anyone that
this added insult 10 patrons by the mau-
there any limit TO the holy graftersg
Very respectfully.
DISGUSTED PATRON. 4
Salt Lake City. July 81.
Need of Inspector.
A travelling man is of opinion that tha
state food inspector could find good
cause to interfere with some things at
Satair if he would make u trip to that
resort. Here is what he says:
Editor Tribune am reader OF your
paper, when obtainable, and notice tho
articles about Saltair, which are right.
But very important fact Is over
looked. viz. the toilets are dumped In the
lake and people bathe in the filth, and
the water is pumped Into salt ponds and
evaporated into salt. This looks like a
good case for the state food Inspector,
Yours, etc, VIM JONES'
McCoy's Stables
Carriages and light livery Phones ST.