The New York herald., 1864-10-16
The Great mormom Temple.

lSWt Lake letter IN sne HAgouf Republican. .
The york commenced many years ago, but was AZ
rested % sse year 1887 az she TIME when the Mormon
exhibited sc'rit of INSTRUMENTATION toward the ocer
OF the general a.vernment ard eohnson
with sufficient military force compel due respect T.
.ha AUTHORITIES oi the United States All ~rk was thor
susercen on the eme and preparations we're nAde b,
the hormoDs - bur0 their town aud migrate TO some yet
more remote ace of settlement.
These :roubles. however. we're pacfacated and mat
ters resumed tner wontcd aspect But the architect or
the tempe. Fer some reason, dissatisfied With the
work done and the entire massive foundations
taken up and The stooes reiad. am not sufficiently "a
mtNar with tnn technics o architecture to describe ia
professional terms the WORK dome But that which
strikes observer is the very romsrKatc solidy
o. che sone work ID appears laid there remain
Thousand ycars, furnishing unyieding support
aason i dee, the stones large well selected perfeciiy
lolCtea with nUumerabie arshes uprght and reversed.
II trust 90 architect will cFcise that expression.
"hf' nean oy y =, that The arches, OF immense
sfren4th Doth right side UP and bottom sids up.
isn tns patr The stones comprising sas foundation
are ssrRe, ere blocks granee, brcush; dieeu miles,
aat si-ssar that he structure is to
be butt Il covers large snace 200 by 100 feet.
ouside view of The upper portion. The style
architecture novel. roe IRON, view shows
three towers the elevated than those
sits me 8nd presents towers also,
the side walls nesg strengthened with powerful abut
neus. covered With pinnacies The walls lofty, aud
the e,tire air te building AZ re,reseuted IN the vie
! saw, y imnosica. There OF ornament.
All is suns;antt. aignfhed and impressive This b.d-
Ing eot tor the ss uf the congregations OF the naomi.
but Ter the Pie-tly ogdinances o the church The
pie II he'f bages VII another building in
tine rsnr. o. which shall stcag
u
pepded now. saw no vorsincu, and was informed that
definite period cond &c assgoed for ooapet,on.
Immediately IN the u beginning OF the taber
nacc, building Henosd the gathering OF tho peoue.
" u projected lasgc scale. snd peculiar
sign 10 naarted contus with the tempe design,
be an ova bulid,ng -cge-shapet iha. the in
tcrior Wctld correspond 10 the shape Of eep. At
present d;s dineG.s solid masonry ten
ieet by oar show the exterior linc the structure.
trota thc top OF theee abgueaia the oval roof
viii siting. 1he iunr will oe downwnrds seated
With nsing seats, IN ainpn theatre There viii be
close hutR side walls IA thr hGiiGpg Intended
the vat congregations seHtiaon and Light looked TO.
spaoe of hundred twenty five feet deep
by hundred Ave de IS CT leu
lated 10 hold ten thousand people. Here the
and elders will enligheD the peopie aud their united
songs viii 20 up. Toe 50 ~ these buildings
immense But all is con' 'Thutcd by the members the
Mormon church IN LABOR nnd their of
tithngs is adequate the When asked ssvbss
informed with smile. I've DO not calculate things
in that When IL ~ decised 10 do anything oag
rs IL is done Without ejaculation OF COST each doing
his part
am informed that President Young himself IL She
SUPERINTENDENT and actual architect Of the buildings.
Every stone ia them he has inspected and measured
with tape line, anu assigned g. its place.
view 70 facilitating the purposes OF the enterprise and
tighten the heavy labor, 70 unGcrtake the and
costly business OF turEng negnoorng river from It's
course and carrying its waters TO the mountain
quarry, whence the gigantic BUCKS obtained and
thus supplying large caunl he intends constructing
door or tue temple The work already here under
hts direction. shows shat capable o doing this lie
has cuergy OF conception and strength OF purpose
cient Tor all such daring works.