The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-06
THE UNIVERSITY BUILDING.
What the Plans Show and How
the Structure is to be
Employed.

ated $4,000 for the purpose of pun
IN chasing grounds and erecting
s. buildings for the University O
Deseret,. an institution that wa!
lie established in the early history o.
IS our territory, but supported in sucl
"a precariOus and uncertain way by
n the state, that it could not be con
q Isidered as having any firm and
n permanent basis. But the above
appropriation, and the grant OF
! Union Square by Salt Lake City
+ has now placed it on such footing
q that it must hereafter be considered
as a part of the state; and being
now a public institution beyond
: question, the people cannot fail to
z take some interest in it, and will be
> anxious to know what has been
Edone thus far, and what is to be
f done in the future.
t The building committee has been
2 selected, as already published, and
their names are sufficient guaran-
: tee that work will be commenced
Immediately, and carried through
successfully.
The plans that were drawn up by
DR.. j. Z. Park and Architect Obed
Taylor have been adopted, as we
know already. The main building in
its widest part is IS feet, the length
1872 feet, and is to be placed very near
the centre of Union Square, facing
lsouth, the length of the building
running north and south. In this
arrangement all the rooms will have
about the same advantage as far as
light is concerned. The building
may be divided into three parts: the
lSouth end, which will be the most
Imposing part in appearance; the
north end, somewhat smaller than
the south end, and a narrower
building connecting the two. By
this arrangement it will be seen that
the shortest side is exposed to the
north.
We may commence by describing
the basement. In order to relieve
the monotony ola front IS feet wide,
a projection extends forward, and
in the southwest corner of this is a |
large room 1215X19 feet, to be used !
as scale room. From this a |
door communicates with the pro-
I fessor's private chemical laboratory,
where experimental work in the |
way of original discoveries may be
prosecuted, in connection with the
work necessary in conducting
classes. This is very large and con-
Yenient room, 1SX32, in the west side
of the building. Next north are
two rooms, one the dark room next
to the hall which runs the whole
length of the building north and
south, and the other a. smaller room
that may be used as a scaleroom for
ordinary class work. Next is the
advanced chemical laboratory for
students that have completed the
preliminary studies, and have also
had some practical work in the
general laboratory, which is !
located still further north, z
and beyond the wash-rOom and {
stairway which leads to the main
floor above. The general laboratory, S
where the student is first initiated l
into practical work, is divided into z
two parts; but connected by means |
of wide archway, so that they are
really one room. One part is 21X37
feet, the other 15X26 feet. In the
northwest corner of the building is |
the assay room, to be supplied with q
the necessary furnaces and other ap- I
belonging to the COM I
plete assaying establishment. The [
institution is to put in stone floors q
in the basement, and make every |
thing as fire proof as possible, so q
that very little damage can be done |
from explosions and other things l
connected with chemical work. The C
why the chemical depart I
ment is thus placed in the basement, t
is quite obvious, as where so much U
work is to be done, there will be a
great deal of refuse to be carried
away, and any other part of the a
building would not be so appropri-
ate as This.
On the east side Of the hall, oppo-
site to the assay room and a portion
of the general chemical laboratory, S
is a large room 26x32 feet that may I
be used as gymnasium, or, if neces- II
Sary, as disSecting room. South of
this are the coal room, furnace room,
the stairway, opposite to the one on
the west side, WaSh-roOm, shop
room and cellar, and three apart
ments for the Janitor.
On the first or main floor on either l
side of the hall, just beyond the 5
south entrance, is a cloak room. I
West of the hail, next north, is the
chemical apparatus room, leading
by stairway down into the pro-
fessors laboratory, and also the ,
dark room where the reagents ara 1
kept; it also opens by large arch q q
way, with folding doors, into the :
chemical lecture room, and almost
under the archway is the professors
1esk, where experiments are per-
formed before the class. From this
it will be seen that the apparatus +
is Immediately behind the desk, and t
the reagents are in easy reach. O
When the time for the lecture ar
rives, the folding doors may be n
opened and every preparation made q
IS at once exposed to view, without a
any danger of its being interfered v
with by the students before the time n
for calling the class. Further north a
are the wash rooms, hall leading to n
side entrance, main stairway, and 9
then the library, divided into two h
parts by an archway, one part 21x3S h
feet, the other 26X32 feet, thus Civ 7
ing ample room for large library, v
and in case of need the room may n
be further increased by construct q
ing alcoves along the walls. On the h
east side are the geological, botani- f
cal, geographical and miscellaneous 4
connected with each n
other by folding or sliding doors, so s
hat they may all be united into one o
in case there should not be Q
room for all the specimens in one of q
the apartments; the other museums d
may then be removed to some other h
part of the building, or to new q
building entirely, in case of neces- {
sity. Next in order south are the r
main stairway, hall to side entrance,
same as on the west
side. a large room 1915x32 feet,
forms the regents parlor; then
across a hallway leading to large ?
entrance on the east side is the Of :
ice, the first room to the right of the i
main entrance, just where it should
be for the sake of convenience.
On the second floor is the as 5
sembly hall 73xSS feet, with ceiling
p feet high. This hall may be used
u, II avail