x~ ___ 1 114 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 2ft THE HOT SPRINGS. This health resort is located eight miles north of Ogden, Utah, on the Utah & Northern Division of the Union Pacific Railway. These springs rise and flow from the base of the Wasatch Range, at a temperature of 131 degrees Fahr., and a close analysis of these waters show it to contain (in strong solution) salt iron, nitre magnesia, and soda, with over 300 grains of solid matter to the gallon and flowing about 156,000 gallons every 24 hours. Besides supplying the baths inside the house, this wonderful medicated fluid is run into an outside summer bath 166 by 204 feet, three feet deep at the upper side and about seven at the lower, with runs and ! spring boards which afford amusement for from 300 to 400 people at one time, and as trains from Ogden to the Springs run daily, thousands of people are enabled to visit them yearly at the low fare tor the round trip (from Ogden) of 50 cents. THE BROOM HOTEL. For many years Ogden, the railroad center of the Rocky Mountain region, suffered from the lack of appropriate hotel facilities, and thousands of travelers—both pleasure-seeking tourists and business men—passed by the city after a few moments' stop at the depot, who otherwise would have remained a day or two in the town. This deficiency was finally supplied by Mr. John Broom, an old-time citizen and a man of enterprise, who, in April, 1882, commenced the excavation for the foundation for the Broom Hotel, on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets, where formerly a row of low wooden structures had served as permanently dangerous firetraps. fc Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 115 * _l-_-__-__M_-_i tf- -y * The Broom Hotel covers an area of 66 feet on Main Street, by 160 feet on Fifth Street. The part of the building on Main Street fronts to the east, and that on Fifth Street faces to the south. It is built of the best fireproof brick and is three stories high. On the first floor on Main Street there are three elegant stores. The first room on the floor on Fifth Street is 30 x 60 and is designed for the office, baggage room, etc. The billiard hall is 30 x 52 feet, and its appointments are equal to any other on the Pacific Slope. At the west end of the building and facing the south is the apartment 15 x 60 feet, fitted in neat, tasteful style and occupied by Mr. John G. Chambers, the pioneer bookseller, newsdealer, etc. On this floor in the west end of the building are the culinary departments, the kitchens, larder, laundry, etc., with ranges and all other appliances of the latest improved styles. Water is abundant for all necessary purposes. On the second story there are 34 elegant hotel parlors, wTith bay windows fronting the south and east. In addition to these is the magnificent dining hall, 52 x 28 feet, splendidly arranged, lighted, and painted. The third story also contains 35 rooms similar in size and construction to those on the middle story, with bath rooms and all other conveniences. This handsome structure has nine double-bay windows, artistically ornamented, and supported with Corinthian columns. The architecture is, in some respects, similar to that of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. From the roof it is lighted by seven large crystal skylights. The Broom Hotel was designed and constructed by Mr. J. C. Matthews, architect, Oakland, California. The rock work in the foundation, etc., was done by Mr. D. J. Doyle, the brick work by Mr. Joseph T. Johnson, the carpenter wTork was superintended by Mr. J. E. Blethen. i ■ X §