The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-06
1859-1991.
The Eagle Gate Renovated and
Restored.
Simple Ceremonies Without Speeches or Music
Were Held at the Historic Land
mark Yesterday.

1t is now Just one year lacking week,
since, in compliance with the demands of
modern public convenience the arches and
pillars as well as the bird which constituted
the celebrated Eagle Gate, standing at the
Intersection Of State and South Temple
streets, were taken down.
Nearly a full generation ago the first
structure was erected by the late Brigham
Young, Mir. H. B. Clawsou, our well-known
| townsman, being the designer. William
Bell and Ralph Ramsay made the carving
in wood Of the eagle which for so many
years stood with outstretched wings hover
ing over tpis gateway to the upper or hill
portion of the old town.
When it became necessary to remodel the
gate, Architect Don Carlos Young, now in
charge Of the Temple was called upon for
design and the contract for the stone
work let to Sheriff & Morris, the well
known stone cutters and masons. The
work has been under way for the past two
| or three months and when completed will
| cost about e., 500.
The large assembling of people in the city
! this week presented a very D opitious &C
casion for the laying of the corner stone
The southeast pier was selected in which
to deposit the usual metal box containing
such articles as would best convey to future
generations information of the people of
this century, so that when it again should
| become necessary to take down or remodel
they would know by what manner of folk
| it had been built.
No special programme had been ar
ranged, but it is pleasant to note that Mr..
! Spencer Clawson, the son of the gentleman
who designed the first structure and VINO
! had taken upon himself the task of hay-
| ing the new one replaced in a
suitable style, had prepared the
necessary cssket and given notice
of the hour of its insertion in the stone.
Without music or even INDUCING in speech
making, good number assembled 10 wit
ness the ceremony. Among the crowd
were to be seen George Q. Cannon, Joseph
+. Smith, f. M. Lyman, H. j. Grant Hon.
John T. Game, A. M. Cannon, John r.
Winder, H. b. Clawson ana his son, Spen-
Ger Clawson, the well known dry goods
merchant
Exactly at 80 p. m. George Q. Cannon
placed the metal box in the excavated sec
ton, and the contractors assisted by work.
men George Nesbitt and William Dunlap,
lowered the massive granite block in place.
THE CONTENTS
of the box were as follows: A COPY of the
| Deseret EUeninq NelDs of September Is. 1871
copy of the Dtss,et Semi Wesklu Ne,rs OF
the same date; copy of the Deseret Weekly
of September 10, 1891; copy of the SAIL
LAKE DAILY HERALD of September II, 1891
the CHRISTMAS HERALD for 1890; Salt Lake
Daily Tribune of July %, 1891, containing
an editorial on the life and labors of the
ltae President Brigham Young; Jurenil
instructor of September 10, 1891.
A package of photographs carefully
sealed in an oil-silk covering of the Gardo
Bee Hive and Lion house, the old Eagle
Gate, Temple, Tabernacle choir, likenesse.
of Presidents Brigham Young, Milford
Woodruff George Q. Cannon, Joseph F
Smith, John Smith and the late Daniel Fl
Wells, was put in the box by c. E. John
SON. A collection of photographs from
Savage's Art Bazaar, as follows, was alst
put in the box: Wasatch mountains from
Anderson's tower, design of Temple, Brig
ham Young, Assembly hall, Garco house