. Salt Lake City, with a sketch of the route of the Central Pacific Railroad, from Omaha to Salt Lake City, and thence to San Francisco /with twelve illustrations from photographs by Savage . r windows and full-lengthverandah facing the west, is seen to the left; forming,with the Beehive House, also named from a carved bee-hive in front, the residence of President Young. The twoare connected together with the owners business offices,the General, or Tithing Office, being to the west of thePrivate Office. East of his residence, and reached through the EagleGate, of which a correct illustrat
. Salt Lake City, with a sketch of the route of the Central Pacific Railroad, from Omaha to Salt Lake City, and thence to San Francisco /with twelve illustrations from photographs by Savage . r windows and full-lengthverandah facing the west, is seen to the left; forming,with the Beehive House, also named from a carved bee-hive in front, the residence of President Young. The twoare connected together with the owners business offices,the General, or Tithing Office, being to the west of thePrivate Office. East of his residence, and reached through the EagleGate, of which a correct illustration is presented, is private school, the tower of which is seen in thewood-cut to the right of the eagle with outspreadwings ; and still further east is the White House, Presi-dent Youngs former residence. The gardens are laid out with great taste, and verycarefully cultivated. On the neighbouring hill-side avineyard has been planted, and thrives very kinds of grapes are grown : the California grape,which is supposed to be the Madeira introduced into theNew World by the Roman Catholic monks; the Catawba,so called from a river of that name, celebrated by Long-(41). THE EAGLE GATE. fellow; and the Isabella, which is a native variety. Theprincipal vegetables cultivated are the Irish and sweetpotato, squashes, pease, cabbages, beets, cauliflowers,lettuce, broccoli, rhubarb, and celery ; the chief fruits,apples, walnuts, quinces, apricots, cherries, plums, cur-rants, raspberries, and gooseberries. The Bench, or elevated table-land, with the ancient SALT LAKE CITY, AND THE WAY THITHER. 19 water-iuark close to the base of the mountains, has allthe evidences of erosion from the waters of the sea whichmust have formerly filled the Great Basin. Close up tothe mountains base, the ground has been surveyed,blocks and streets marked off, and building is going onas rapidly as the increasing population of the city re-quires increased habitations. From this Bench a be
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