The Penn's Grove record., 1882-03-25
. The Mormon Temple.

The Mormon Temple.
The construction Of the grand tenn
pie of worship now being erected by
the Mormon church at Manti, Utab,
is being pushed ahead with rs large o
force of workmen as convenience VIII
permit, and tho walls of the building
are beginning to loom up and are COW
cred with scaffolding and derricks.
The temple is being constructed OF
white limestone. The building is
situated on top of a mountain, a spur
of the Wasatch iange, that extends out
into the town of Manti, and is called
by the people of Utah the mountain
of the Lord. The foundation OF the
temple is sixty-three feet above the
level of the road, and is set in solid
rock the top of the mountain having
been excavated and removed, making
1t level, is ninety. five feet in width and
172 in length. From the ground to
the square will be eighty-two 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
I79 feet in height, while that at the
west corner will be ten feet lower, or
l69 feet in height. They are thirty
fl ct square at the base. There are
four terrace walls around the noun
tain in front of the temple, which will
average about seventeen feet in height
and are about 900 feet in length, and
in all contain auout 2 400 cords of rock,
as at present built, and IS, 900 yards of
de bris has been excayated and hauled
away. The stairway from the road to
the upper terrace is sixty-three feet,
and will contain 1872 stone steps, six
teen feet in width. The back of the
terrace will be filed with rich soil, to
the top OF the stone work, and trees
and shrubbery 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
appropriate places. The water to
supply the temple will be brought in
wooden pipes from a spring situated
about one and a.quarter miles east of
the temple, back in the mountains,
and has q fall of seventy-nine feet to
the reservoir, and one hundred feet
rom the reservoir to the lower terrace.
The whole side of the mountain is to
be planted with trees and 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 assisting the trees to pro-
duce their foliage in spring, the flowers
to bloom and the grass to grow. The
building of the temple was first COM
menced five years ago, and has been
worked on I'VE since, and it is ex.
pected that it will be in such condi-
lion 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 fifty
feet in height, and the excavation at
the east end for the basement is about
forty.six feet in depth. 1t was Presi-
dent YouDg's intention when he or
dered the erection o: this temple that
it should be the graLdest and most
imposing structure erected on the
American continent, and all indica-
tons point 10 such being the case.
Manti is situated about 125 miles, q
little east ~ south of Salt Lake City,
and ia quite q large town, being the
third oldest settlement in Utah terri
tory. 1t 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 the
entire length with well stocked farms
and large orchards. The Saupitch
river, a tributary to the SEWER river,
flows through the town, supplying
the people with water for all necessary
purposes. including irrigation. The
Manti and surrounding valleys is the
granary of the mountain country. Its
fruitful farms net only produce a sufi-
cient quantity of grain to supply the
greater portion of Utah with grain
and flour, but it supplies the greater
portion of South-t asttrn Nevada with
Jour and a Poodly portion of grain.
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