The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-10-15
THE MANTI TEMPLE.
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pushed ahead with as large force Of
workmen as convenience will permit,
and the walls Of the building are begin.
ming to loom up and are covered with
scaffolding and derricks We learn from
Mr.. d. Wilkin, who has just returned
from trip out in the Manti country, that
the Temple is being constructed of white
limestone. The building is situated on
top of mountain, spur of the Wasatch
range, that extends out into the town Of
Manti, and is called by the people of Utah
"The Mountain of the Lord" The foun.
dation of the Temple is sixty three feet
above the level of the road and is set
in solid rock-the the top of the noun
tain having been excavated and removed,
making it LEVELS ninety five feet in
width and l72 iii length. From the
ground to the square, will be SO feet in
height. There will be two towers erected,
one at the east and the other at the west
corner of the building. The tower at the
east corner will be ITO feet in height,
while that at the west corner will be ten
feet lower, or 1863 feet in height. They
are thirty feet square at the base. There
are four terrace walls around the noun
tain in front of the Temple, which will
average about II feet in height and are
about 900 feet in length, and in all con.
tain about 2400 cords Of rock, as at pres.
emit built, and IS, 600 yards of debris has
been excavated and hauled away. The
stairway from the road to the upper ter
race is 60 feet, and will contain 1872
stone steps, l6 feet in width. In back
of the terraces will be filed with rich
soil, to the top of the stone.work, and
trees and shubbery planted, and the
tops OF the terraces are to be ornamented
by neatly dressed and cut-stone, and
statues will be placed at various and ap-
plopriate places. The water to supply
the Temple will be brought in wood
den pipes from spring situated about
mile and a quarter east of the Temple
back in the mountains, and has a fall of
rs feet to the reservoir, and 100 feet from
the reservoir to the lower terrace. The
whole side of the mountain 10 to be
planted with trees an flowers, and the
crystal stream poured forth by the little
spring, as it winds its way down the side
of the mountain, will travel from root to
root, quenching their thirst, thus assist.
ing the trees to produce their foliage in
Spring, the flowers to bloom and the
grass to grow. The building of the Tenl-
pie was first commenced five years ago,
and has been worked on ever since, and
it is expected That it will be in such con.
dition in about three years that it can be
used, but it is estimated that it will take
fully five years to complete the building
The building will be 80 feet in height
and the excavation at the east end for |
the basement is about 46 feet in depth.
Mr.. Folsom is the architect, and as to his |
skill and ability as an architecturalist. |
the Manti Temple will speak for years
after he has past from the face of the |
earth. It was President Youngs inten.
ton when he ordered the erection of this
Temple that it should be the grandest |
and most imposing structure erected on
the American continent, and all indica. I
tons points to such being the case.
Manti is situated about l25 miles lit |
tie east of south Of Salt Lake City, and |
about 25O miles northeast of Phoebe, and |
is quite a large town, being the third |
oldest settlement in Utah Territory. It is
located at the foot of the east side of the |
Wasatch Mountains, in one of the most |
fertile valleys in the Territory, which is |
dotted its entire length with we'll stocked |
farms and large orchards. The Sanpitch |
River, tributary to the Sewer River,
flows through the town, supplying the
people with water for all necessary pur-
poses, including irrigation. The Manti
and surrounding valleys is the granary
of the mountain country. Its fruitful
farms not only produce sufficient
quantity Of grain to supply the greater
portion of Utah with grain and -four, but
it supplies the greater portion of South.
eastern Nevada with -four and goodly
portion of the grain consumed by US.
Brigham Young had made several trips
down into Sanpete county, from which
the Church derived large portion if its
revenue, for the purpose Of locating
spot where temple should be erected.
He first intended to locate it at Mount
Ephraim, but changed is mind, and after
several trips and changes of location, the
Prophet. while in Manti one day, upon
being told the legend Of how the mount
tain, at the foot Of which he was sitting,
derived its name, the Mormon Prophet
said: "The Temple shall be built upon
the Mountain Ct the Lord"
The following legend, in regard to the
naming of the mountain, is told and be.
lieved by the Mormon people of that
vicinity: One day little child, years
ago. rushed into the house, calling,
Mamma! mammal" and telling its par
ents that it had Just seen great large
man riding on big horse that nearly
reached to the skies, on top of the noun.
tain, and it looked like the Lord. The
parents rushed out and called their
neighbors, telling them the child's story,
but nothing could be seen on top of the
mountain. However, ever since that time
the mountain has been known as "The
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