Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-14
W0MAN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME.
A Confession of the Frsud on the
Government.
THE ALLEGED home" ENTIRE
LY USELESS
To Either the Government or the
People of Utah. for Its orig
final Purpose.

amous wives In Utah who aband-
oned their marital relations. We
have pointed out that Mormon
wives and mothets possessed too
much nobility and indepen-
dence Of character to entertain
any thought Of associating them
selves with such an institution; and
from a full knowledge Of this fact,
as well as a fair comprehension OF
the designs and methods Of those
who were operating the "home''
scheme, We found it an easy matter
10 foretell the outcome OF the whole
business.
Mention has also been made VI
the efforts of certain non-"Mor-
mons" here to have easbOme'' con-
verted into n public government
building, and the opposition of
others OF the Gentle residents to
the plan. The supporters Of the
proposition have not however,
ceased their operations, as can be
seen by the annexed circular, which
is being circulated in Washington,
"a stated in a special telegram ~
the Herald. We publish the docu-
ment, not As our view on the public
building subject, but as containing
a verification Of orr statements
made regarding the ''woman's
home" at the time Of its inception:
THE PUBLIC BUILDING FOR SALT
LAKE.
| The following considerations are
respectfully urged to the honorable
committee on public buildings, -
reasons why the proposed govern
ment building for Salt Lake City.
Utah, should not cost TO exceed the
sum of $4,000. Your attention is
also respectfully directed to the plan
contained herein by which the ex-
penditure of that amount will pro-
vide 4 building satisfactory in all
| respects, ample for the needs of the
city, and the sum Of S350,000 be
saved - the government.
The inhabitants OF Sal. Lake
City are earnest and united in IA
vor Of a public building, wide as
their differences are on most other
subjects. The great increase in cri-
minal prosecutions under the recent
enactments of Congress, the duties
Of the Utah Commission, which has
charge of all the elections in the
/ TerritoEyAnd whoseheadquarters are
in salt Lake City, the increased i'm
| pOrtance Of the United States land
interests, ard, more than all, the
recent decided growth Of Salt Lake
City, have all combined 10 make n
| cOmmodious place Of business
for the federal offices an i'm
J perative necessity. As it is
today, the various government offices
are situated in not less than six diff
ferent localities in Salt Lake City,
at a cost 10 the government Of about
| 5000 per annum in rents alone, and
that figure will be almost doubled
( when the leases of the present quar-
tiers expire. The uniting Of all these
branches, with which the public has
20 many dealings, under one roof
and in some locality easy OF general
access, is a consummation the desir-
ahleness Of which cannot be ques-
toned.
As happens in every other city
| for which public building is pro-
4 posed-the question Of n site has
commenced to agitste various bust
ness and property circles in Salt
Lake City. 1t is realized on every
hand that the vast volume Of bust
ness which would flow to the gov
eminent headquarters would have
the effect to increase values on all
adjacent properties, and already
combinations and syniicates have
been formed in Salt Lake City look
ing to the influencing Of the COM
mission which viii have the locating
Of the site. Whole blocks have
been tiled up'' under long options
IN the chance of the public buildings
beinglocated somewhere contiguous.
| since il has been decided by COM
mittee OF Congress to recommend
the insertion OF 5000 in the
appropriation bill for the purchase
u site and erection of the build
ing, the agitation, speculation, and
discussions in the circles referred to
have increased by tenfold growth.
An important fact which should
not be lost sight Of now that the
amount 10 be used for erecting the
building and purchasing the land
for its site has been definitely
named. is that the sum proposed il
not adequate 10 carry out both the
purposes named. Had the land been
acquired years ago, before values
rose to their present height in Sail
. Lake City, n site might have been
obtained, and sufficient funds left
out Of 500, 900 10 erect an edifict
, for the government needs, but ever
then il would have sufficed only fol
the time being; but with land value:
anywhere near the business centel
Of salt Lake as they are today
the purchase Of a suitable site would
consume 50 large a part Of the ap
= ropriatiOn that it may be doubteC
e whether the residue would be suffi
a cient TO erect such n building a.
would meet the requirements Of tn,
government. The supervising ar
! chitect OF the treasury department
!. addressed a request TO the pOstmas
p ter Of Salt Lake, asking him Il
i solicit proposals from owners o.
corners in the central part Of the
city. looking TO the requirement o
a lot I50x290 feet; the postmaster in
his advertisement limited the loca
ton TO two blocks east or west Of
Main Street, and between South
| Temple and Fourth South street,
an area which embraces tn,
. part of the city strictly de
: voted to business pursuits. Basine
an estimate upon the value Of foot
frontage for corners within the dis
trict valued as quoted in actua
. transfers in Salt Lake during the
past five months-and il Is safe q
. say any site such as the one named
by the supervising architect would
cost from 81 900 10 5000 per front
. foot-an expenditure Of from $50.
600 TO S2lO. 600 for the site alone. Thi:
objection forms an additional reasCI
for the adoption Of the plan VT
respectfully submit, which is a
follows:
That the institution in Salt Lake
City known as the Woman's Indus
trial Home, already owned and con
troled by the government, be con
! vertsd into and constitute the
federal building for Salt Lake City
The reasons urged in support O.
5 this plan are:
: 1.-The failure of the institution t
D accomplish the ends sought TO be at
tanned in Its creation, and its entir,
? uselessness TO either the government
]. or the people Of Utah.
4 2-The saving of a large sum o