Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-15
The Normon Temil, ~ SAT-
Lake,

Tue hofhiOn Ithti ~ 0Hll
Lake.
The temple block rs fgiy rls
rluarc. and contains icn urrrs Tho
',hirr at ihc temple l. rur hundrrtl
nud atty six hti hnd l.al' west IT
the oust line Oflho block. The ca
tire length IT the building Is one
hundred and eighty s'y feet and "a
lali, including towers, aud the with
uiuciy,ninc feet, On The east iiout
end there arc three towers, and cor
rcspondihg to these are lhreo towers
un the west or rear end The north
aud south walls are eight feet thick,
clear uf pedestal, They stand upon
n foot wall siNtccn feet wide nj the
bottom, which slopes three feet on
each side TO the height OF : feet,
The lbOtings Of the towers rise 10
the same height ms those Of the
'i,lrs aud consists OF q solid piece
of masonry ofrough aShlarS laid in
goUd mortar, The basement. Of tic
main building is divided into many
apartments by walls all rest on
broad i0otings. The line Of tho base.
mcnt and floor Is six inches above
the top of the iootings. OF the
towers named there are four, one at
each corner of the building, cylin,
,lrical in shape, IL feet in diameter
inside, within which stairs ascend
1--WE icct wide, with landings ut the
sections orthc building, The whole
house covers nm area of2l $50 square
feet, Freeman o. Angel Is the ar
chilcct. Il h Q massive blocks o {
stone ON which the foundations Of
the temple are built are granite,
hauled, we believe, u distance of
nearly twenty miles, the teams and
labor being furnished by the saints,
II WAS ut one time the purpose OF
Brigham Young to turn II ncighbor-
ing river over 10 the quarry, aud
thc!cc build canal on which to
transport the stone.
Quite us interesting as the temple
is the Mormon tabernacle, which is
luilt for the use OF the immense
Mormon congregations which meet
every Sunday to hear preaching
from the prophet Brigham Young
and his associated apcrl!cs. 1t is in
many respects the most remarkable
building on the contincn. of Amcri.
ca. j stands Oh tho temple block,
west of temple. We may state that
it is oval in shape, the interior be
ing above and below, and all around,
shaped like the inside Of an egg.
il is 2G2 feet long by 1872 wide in
the c'c,r. Tue height from floor TO
ceiling is G5 feet; running length
wise # His crg shaped affair are
t0rty-!our pillars, averaging four
teen feet in height, three feet thick
and nine feet deep. Resting upon
these pillars are arches Of lattice
work and rib, and each rib requires
$1,000 feet Of lumber. Each rib
has Il rise in the centre of 55 feet
The entire building consumed L.
100000 feet of lumber in thebuild--
gouIt will seat 10000 people.
Tic stand frcm which the apostles
deliver themselves is adv ancc d
about Is feet from the west end,
standing, say, about in one Of the
toci Of the clIiptical structure. This
stand is divided into sections for
the bishops, and president, tn c
twelve apostles and the first prcsi-
dent.
One remarkable structure inside
this immense building is the grand
organ. standing upon base % feet
wide by 80 deep. The front OF this
organ is octagonal in form, rising
to the height of45 feet. 1t contains
2200 pipes, two banks of keys and
81 stops on the register. II con-
talns 5000 feet of lumber, which was
brought on wagons from Iron, coun
ty, distance OF 300 miles. The
longest piece of lumber used in the
pipes of the organ is 3Jfcct in length.
The lumber of which this organ is
'uilt has been three years in season.
ing. 1t requires four men 10 blow
the bellows. The builder of it is
Joseph III Ridges, and every portion
of it was made by Salt Lake work
men and Mormons. IT is undopbt-
cd'y ono OF the largest organs in
america, surpassed, by I h at in
Boston only. joi'l'