Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . BEAUTIFUL SALTAIR. /jANE of the grandest sights for the traveler who visits the city of Salt Lake is the Great\*J Pavilion, located at Saltair Beach, on the Great Salt Lake. This wonderful building isa monumental testimony of the enterprising energy of Utah citizens and Utah is situated thirteen miles duewest from Salt Lake City, and isreached by a thirty-minute rideon the Salt Lake and Los AngelesRailway, which is especially equip-ped for the transportation of theimmense crowds that patron-ize the resort every day dur-ing the seaso
Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . BEAUTIFUL SALTAIR. /jANE of the grandest sights for the traveler who visits the city of Salt Lake is the Great\*J Pavilion, located at Saltair Beach, on the Great Salt Lake. This wonderful building isa monumental testimony of the enterprising energy of Utah citizens and Utah is situated thirteen miles duewest from Salt Lake City, and isreached by a thirty-minute rideon the Salt Lake and Los AngelesRailway, which is especially equip-ped for the transportation of theimmense crowds that patron-ize the resort every day dur-ing the season. The various buildings ofthe immense Pavilion form a sym-metrical group, with a large cen-tral structure connected with long,tapering piers at each end, curvingtoward the lake and surmountedby large, airy observatories. The ^^^^^,^ seach bath,no rbsort. architecture is after the Moorish style and the general effect is as beautiful as the structureis serviceable and substantial. This magnificent Pavilion was built at a cost of over $350,000and was opened to the public July fourth, 1893. The magnitude of this great structure can be appreciated only when one has had thepleasure cf seeing it. In length it is 1200 feet while the extreme width is 355 feet. The topof the main tower is 130 feet above the surface of the water. The lower floor is used prin-cipally for an immense Irnch and refreshment bowery, it being provided with large tables andseats enough to accommodate over a thousand people at one time. The upper floor of the mainbuilding is used for dancing, and is one of the largest dancing floors in the world, its dimen-sions being 140x250 feet of clear floor without a pillar or obstruction of any kind. Athousand couples dancing at one time is a frequent sight to be witnessed at this resort. Thedancing floor is covered with a dome-sha
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