Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-17
AROUND THE WORLD.

AROUND THE WORLD.
 In MormonGom-seme of the Sights to be Seen in Salt Lake City-Evfls of Mer- naOnIsn-Brtgham Young's FamiIy- The Newspapers of Salt Lake CAty-The Theatre-SRft Lake.
 SALT LAKE C1TY, Oct. 5.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In my last letter gave you an account of how the Mormons are replenishing this part of the earth with the refuse of all Europe, a class Of people whom they are not willing to associate with in this city, but whom they stow away in the neighboring States for po- litioaI purposes, well knowing that the church can command their influence, as it does their tithes, ever afterwards. shall open this letter with few pen pictures of Salt Lake City and it's people, endeavoring to take up for the most part details that are not noticed by every traveller.
 To begin with, the streets here are as rule wider than those in any other city that I ever visited. Each city has an occasional broad boulevard, but here the streets are all remarkably wide. Indeed, they are too vide on certain accounts. The center strip through some of them actually grasses over from disuse, and when a sand storm takes the oity in, life is indeed burden. The ele- vated wires on many streets gre strung on poles running down the middle of the street. The first thing which stranger visits Is, of course, Temple block, full square sur rounded by high adobe wall, containing the Tabernacle Assembly Hall and the unin ished Temple. Calling ct the superinten- dsnt's office for permission to inspect the buildings and grounds, he readily consented and accompanied nc, as indeed he does in the case of the humblest visitor at any time of the day. It is not absolutely necessary to fee him for tue privilege, either. It must be admitted that these Mormons are very cour teous to strangers whether through policy really a wonderful building in several re- spects. With a weary automatic sort of &C., ton the guide began to rattle off the dinen- sions and qualities of the building. was not specially interested until he said ''This room fs the most wonderful whispering gal lery in the world When everybody Is quiet the faintest whisper is audible in the reme- test part of the house. You can literally hear pin fall. Try it onee." So went to the further end of the room, 25O feet away, and standing on the speakers platform he addressed me in whisper I had no diff h whisper. Then he took pin and dropped 1t into his straw that. I was going to say the report was like that produced when 8 crow
 bar falls on 8 wash boiler. Certainly the noise was very distinct. It was matter of keen regret to me that could not hear the great organ played upon, knowing that 1t was inferior only to the Cincinnati and Boston instruments Suddenly the guide turned and observed In a doubtful sort of way: ''But you have not asked how great seating oa- pacity the building has" 'sNo," I answered fervently II do not profess to be perfect,
 but will never tempt 8 man to lie in that
 way" He thanked me warmly and then re- marked ''Since you will excuse me from the customary lies to the effect that this will
 seat 20, 900 people, and is full every Sunday, [ don't mind saying that there are about 5000 seats in the house, and that the gailer- les sze only thrown open in times of confer
 enoes There is no method of heating the baiIding CT of lighting 1t save by the intro duction of electric lights, which was done in the case of Theodore Thomas last season. In winter Mormon general services are held in the Assembly room, which will seat about one-third as many people as the Tabernacle. can hold up my head and boldly announce
 that this is the largest self, supporting roof ever constructed by human ingenuity, and you will doubtless assent to that proposition. This festooning has been here sorse of 1t eight and some ten years" was interested in these decorations that have stood the test of time so remarkably The elaborate cen ter-piece over the fountain must have oecu- pied good deal of time in it's construction. Proceeding to the Temple of which so much | Is said by travellers, I experienced a disap- ! pointment. The building Is massive and constructed far as finished In first class style. But can s9e no reason why such b1ilding should not have been constructed in ! three OF four years at the outside Begun 1 thirty years ago, it has been labored at of and on ever since. The Mormons say-that | is the officials say-that it has already cost l $1O, 0o0, ,00o, and that $5,o00, 900 will be | needed to finish the work. Many people | who are without sympathy for Mormon in ! stitutions, but who are in the way of know
 ing, say that the building has never begun to cost the sum represented. Indeed, Boston architect lately agreed for $500, ,000 to com ! monce and complete an exact duplicate of the Temple ss it will be vixen completed, and to do it right away on short notice. Said one man: 1.-The Mormon Temple Is q great
 drawing card for the Mormon church The mass of the Mormons are secretly out of pa- | tience with the delay and alleged cost; and 1 it is in deference to thsm that the officers of l the church now promise to finish the whole building in five or six years. But they won't do it. They will never finish it. They must have something to beg for, and this Is real success as a source of revenue" Think of 8 building the walls of which are of solid granite nine feet and nine inches in thick neRs. There is no shoddy work about It. It l Is needIessly substantial. When the Temple was begun, in 1853, these blocks of granite I of which it Is built were dragged from the l ouarries in the mountains eighteen miles l away by ox-teans. Now trains dump the grasite inside the enclosure At present the I structure is about 100 feet high, with the
 battleme ents yet to put on, and the six towers l-shree facing east and three facing west-to
 be reared to . height of 100 additional feet. About forty men are working at the task,
 which is further guaranty that there is no very vigorous effort to push the work These men, 1t is said, are either working out their tishes there, or are labering on the Temple as a last resort The reason for this is that
 the men are not paid in cash. They find an equivalent for their services in the Tithing- | yard, or are given orders on the co operative store.
 The other buildings here are not very re.
 markabis and have been described frequently.
 The finest church property, the Amelia Pal
 ace, referred to in my last letter. Brigham Young's old homestead, with the stone lion