Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-14
MONTH
In the same report AIrs. Ferry

| III bhe saille report Alrr. Ferry
says:
1.-The board Of this association do
not propose to close the doors Of this
home SO long as our government
| gives them the means TO mo-
vide home. True, there are dis.
heartened and discouraged mem.
beers Of the association = tired OF
giving time aud toll where it is un-
appreciated-but most Of those who
began the work are as true today.
and if this effort FOR good fails, il will
not be their fault"
A THING FORGOTTEN.
The Woman's Industrial Home
had its beginning in March, 1856;
at that time there had been hun
dreds of convictions for polygamy
and unlawful cohabitation under
the prosecution which began in
1884. In the four years since 1856
the convictions have multiplied, the
penitentiary has been crowded with
Mormons, and hundreds Of polyg-
amOus women have been set free 10
avail themselves OF the privilege OF
the home if they 90 desired. Yet in
these four years, with ample means
at its control, Congress having ap-
propriated $40, 900 in August 1856,
$500 in October, lSSS, for the
building, $1,000 for furniture,
and other sums for the an
nual maintenance OF the instiu-
ton, the number Of inmates in the
home had risen to three women and
six children-the sole occupants Of
an immense building which cost the
government $4,000 to erect. In
Salt Lake the home is almost a
thing forgotten, or, if remembered.
called to mind only as the subject of
4 jest. The humanity that prompted
the establishment Of the home can
not be doubted; but that it has de-
mOnstrated its impracticability and
shown that it would be folly to long
er perpetuate it NJ fair-minded
person can deny. The language
Of the commission, and the admis-
sion Of Mrs. Ferry that the number
Of inmates seems to be decreasing,
corroborate this view.
I VI NNbAAAAhN "a AAAI
government in con gerting the in
dustrial home into a public build
ing is most important one, and
one on which there is no chance for
controversy. The title 10 the ground
on which the building stands vests
TIA the government by deed dated
January S, 1859. The property has
cost the government about Sl00, 600.
The ground is ample to allow the ad-
dltiOn Of other buildings. a fair
estimate of the cost of making such
additions, remodeling the premises
already constructed. including the
erection of large brick and iron
vaults, obtained from competent
authorities, puts the amount at $50,
900. The proposition now Is to
| appropriate $500, 900. II the plan TO
convert the home is adopted, saw
ing Of $3.50, 900 results TO the govern
ment, and a building that must
otherwise soon lapse into disuse Is
wisely and properly utilized.
The speedy settlement Of the ques-
ton Il very desirable both 10 the
government and the public. The
fact of the government already
owning n building OH an eligiblesite
/ oilers the best Of reasons why il
need not look elsewhere, and =
decision 70 embrace the plan herein
proposed, viz, to convert the home
20 the uses Of the public service,
would obviate the necessity OF n
long investigation and delay, anu
prevent an unseemly scramble 10
enhance the Interests Of one section
If the business community to the
disadvantage of the other.
The eligibility Of the site for the
purposes Of the government adj
mits Of no question. The present
grounds comprise 2iS square rods,
having n west frontage Of los feet
on Fifth East street, ard depth OF
$40 feet.
Regarding the present building,
the Utah commission in its report,
heretofore referred TO, says:
The new building is three stories
high, with n base and two wings,
north and south, Of equal height,
which add very much TO the sym
metry of the building and the he-Gty
OF the architecture. 1t IS OJnven-
ienly accessible from the business
part Of the city by street ears, which
| nun within few rods OF the grounds.
The wings TO the Building are not
vet completed, but are wei under
way, the walls being completed, the
roof on, and the inside WORK OF car
penters, plasterers and painters well
on towards completion.
The entrance 10 the building Is by
a set Of broad steps, made Of stone,
through large porch into n spacious
hallway. Inside there is staircase
leading up a well lighted stairway
10 the upper floors.
The piastering, painting, fresco'
ing, papering, etc, have all been
done, so far as completed, in the
latest aud most approved styles.
The first floor has II rooms; Il,
office; (2l reception room; 81 sew
ing room. for use Of inmates: a
hath room, with two closets; (5) sit.
ting room, for inmates; (6) dining
room, for matron and other officers
OF the institution, furnished with 6
dumb waiter connecting with the
kitchen, in the basement; "a linen
closet for first floor; Is and 81 bed
rooms; (l0) matron's suite, consisting
of n sitting room, be irOOm and closet;
(Il) public wash room or lavatory,
furnished with two wash-basins,
each with hot and cold water attach
ments. In case Of necessity, this
room is large enough To be used also
as a sleeping rooD.
The second floor has 10 bedrooms,
sewing room, . linen closets,
public wash-room (of the same sizs
and furnished as on first fioorl
bathroom and water closets.
The third floor has 10 bedrooms
u linen closets, public wash-roon
fof the same size and furnished a:
the others), bathroom and water
closets.
When the wings now in course Of
construction are completed there
will be 40 sleeping rooms, which
may be increased to so by the use Of
those rooms intended for otael
purposes and by crowding things.
Immediately in rear OF the mali
building is a laundry building o.
wash-hOuse, where all the laundry
work of the institution will be done
it being supplied with all the neces
sary fixtures and appurtenances 70
that purpose. The building is heates
by steam throughout.
The location Of the home is OF
Fifth East Street, between Firstan'
Second South streets; the electri,
car service runs on First Soutt
street, within block Ct the home
aud will be in operation on Secon'
South, one-quarter OF a blocI
from the home, in a few days. Tn
building can be lighted with eithe
electricity or gas, as both are ada
cent to it. 1t is five blocks from
Main Street, the principal bushes
thoroughfare OF the city, but IL onl.
distant two and three blocks from