Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . TEMPLE BLOCK TOUR. SALT LAKE CITY. The chief interest of the visitor to Salt Lake City centers aboutthe great Mormon Temple. The Temple Block, situated in thevery heart of the city, is a ten-acre square, surrounded by a stoneand adobe wall twelve feet high and three feet thick. Throughlarge gates on each of the four sides the passer-by gets glimpses ofthe beautifully parked grounds. Immediately inside the south gateis an attractive building of artistic architectural design, with thewords Bureau of Information inscribed over the door.
Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . TEMPLE BLOCK TOUR. SALT LAKE CITY. The chief interest of the visitor to Salt Lake City centers aboutthe great Mormon Temple. The Temple Block, situated in thevery heart of the city, is a ten-acre square, surrounded by a stoneand adobe wall twelve feet high and three feet thick. Throughlarge gates on each of the four sides the passer-by gets glimpses ofthe beautifully parked grounds. Immediately inside the south gateis an attractive building of artistic architectural design, with thewords Bureau of Information inscribed over the door. Here strangers ai e cordially welcomed into comfortably fur-nished rooms, where at brief intervals parties are formed and areescorted through the buildings and grounds by ladies and gentle-men, who give their time freely for the entertainment of the visit-ng public. The ground floor of the Bureau consists of two large reception Bureau cf Interior Bureau of Information rooms, which are handsomely furnished; and rest rooms, readingdesks, writing rooms, etc., are provided for the convenience oftourists. The large room on the second floor is furnished as a library,reading room, and rest room with writing desks, tables, chairsand lounges. The open balconies provide additional rest roomson each side of the building. Each year from 200,000 to 300,000 visitors are entertained is distributed very liberally and all is given free. Nofees charged and no donations received, is a watchword on thesegrounds. An attendant informed the company that as many as thirty-nine States and seven foreign countries had been represented uponthe registry books in one day. The writer joined one of the touristparties, a company perhaps of somewhat unusual interest, due tothe variety of points of view represented by its members, amongwhom were a scientist, an artist, a clergyman, and a newspaperman, as well as the average tourist, ful
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