"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . rt wasgiven the name Saltair. Its central feature is an immensepavilion in Moorish style of architecture to which is at-tached the various bath houses and other buildings of theresort, the whole symmetrically joined together, formingan immense crescent, its concave side opening toward thelake, with its horns extending to a point 4000 feet from theshore. This magnificent structure, which cost upwards of$350,000, contains upon i
"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . rt wasgiven the name Saltair. Its central feature is an immensepavilion in Moorish style of architecture to which is at-tached the various bath houses and other buildings of theresort, the whole symmetrically joined together, formingan immense crescent, its concave side opening toward thelake, with its horns extending to a point 4000 feet from theshore. This magnificent structure, which cost upwards of$350,000, contains upon its floor an immense restaurantand cafe and is surrounded upon all sides by everymeans and method of recreation common to a resort of itsnature. The principal floor of this great pavilion, thell of which is 1200 feet and the width 355, is coveredby a vast arched roof, its fh> >r being especially constructedFoi lancing, and capable of accommodating one thousandcouples at a time. In the horns of the crescent are lo-cated a thousand perfectly equipped bath rooms. From theobservatory at the summit of its dome is commanded awonderful vista of the Great Salt SALTAIR, THE WORLDS GREATEST AND MOST WONDERFUL BATHING RESORT, is located thirtyminutes railway ride from Salt Lake City. Its attractions are numerous and include every class of sportsusually presented in a resort of this nature. The magnificent pavilion is capable of accommodating twenty thou-sand people, and in its construction is the most perfect among all the worlds buildings cf (ike character. Onethousand couples may dance at one time upon its great floor. It has one thousand individual bath houses. Itsequipment in bathing suits is perfect. The Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railroad operate hourly trains between Salt Lake City and Saltair duringthe seascn from June 1st to September 15th, and during the remainder of the year trains are run at such timesas to permit visitors to make the journey to Saltair and return w
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