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Designs for the Joint
Building.
PLANS SUBMITTED
-Four OF the Best of the Plans
Illustrated.
MANY ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT
rem Pictures of Some of the Various Ideas
Submitted in Competition-A Great
and Imposing Array.

Fifteen different architects, from Detroit
to San Francisco, have submitted plans TO,
the new city and county building.
Architects whose compositions in stone
and granite ornament the leading cities Of
the country and architects whose presen;
productions may be the opening to the
highest place in their profession, vie with
one another for the privilege of building in
salt Lake monument to their genius.
Inere are designs in Grecian, Corinthian
and In RomanesQue in abundance, and
some OF the plans have striking originality
and many of them great merit for their
harmonious combinations of the best feat
ures of the old school.
Ihe hfteen architects that entered the
contest are: Clements, Ref 81 Read.
city; George E. Curlett, San Francisco
d. cash, San Francisco; Fred A Hale,
CITY; j. j. Huddardl, Denver; Kirshner &
hlrshner, Denver and St. Louis: Lee
Herbert, city; Mr.. Mcpherson. CITY ::
Mooser d Cuthbertson, San Franciso;
Monheim, Bird 81 Boundfoot, city; E. b.,
Meyer, Detroit; Gather j. Newson, San
FRANCISCO; Mr.. Angel, city; MIR. Spohr.
city, and a. M. Stuckhert, Denver.
Messrs. Anderson, Lynn and Spafford
representing the city, and Judge Bartch
and Messrs. Howe and Calhoon, the
county, began examining the plans yester-
day, allowing each architect fifty minutes
to explain his plans.
The experts on architectural configura-
tons closed the doors to the newspaper re-
porters, resolving themselves into star
session for fear the public might learn
something of the public's business. The
HERALD, however, was permitted (by the
committee) to pick up such points as it
could on the outside and through this
courtesy OF the star chamber, it is able to
present some of the finest plans submitted
to its readers, in advance of all other
newspapers, as usual
The HERALD expected to be able to re-
produce pictures of all the designs, but
many of the architects had failed to secure
photographs of their plans before placing
them on file.
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south is 2S2 feet; extreme width, 124 feet;
height to top of cornice, "a feet.
steel dome forty-tiye feet in diameter
surmounts the building, and the statue of
the goddess thereon looks down upon US
mortals from an elevation of 205 feet above
the ground. The exterior walls will be
built OF light colored, sawed and rubbed
Utah sandstone, with heavy course of
granite at the ground line.
Broad corridors run through the building
from north to south and from east to west,
affordlng four entrances and interesting
in large rotunda directly under the DOME
In the walls of the rotunda are located two
elevators, and two inches for drinking
fountains on each floor.
The corridor and rotunda floors are paved
with marble aud wainscoted with red oak
Access is given to the various stories by
three flights of iron and marble staircas es
and two rapid elevators. The north half of
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ARCHITECT MEYERS DESIGN.
A Fine Specimen of the Norman Style O f
Architecture

a Fine specimen OF the Norman Style O /
Architecture.
The exterior of the building on the four
fronts shows a Norman rock faced struc-
ture, very handsomely relieved by portions
OF the work being smoothly cut or carved,
and with Irregularities of the lines of sur
face that renders each part of the structure
exceedingly graceful, as well as majestic,
in all its details.
| The main tower at the northeast corner
of the building is 211 feet in height, pro
| Iects 10 feet 6 inches, from the line of the
walls is ~ feet inches square at it's base,
and presents grand and imposing appear
ance.
| In the center of each front of the build
I ing is placed a grand archway, 80 as to
clePrly mark the entrances to each of the
fronts of the building The east and west
fronts Of the building are 1873 feet in length
and the north and south fronts of the
building are l6S feet 9 inches, each of these
fronts showing the beautiful Norman style
architecture to the very best advantage
The building has sub basemenG, the base
ment and four full stories above. The en-
frances are by archways in the center of
each of the fronts of the building The
arched entrance to the east front is 30 feet
6 inches wide and AZ feet inches high
from the ground line to the intrados of the
arch and the flight of fifteen steps up
to the front doors of the vestibule
stairs of the entrance. The archways
are deeply recessed, the doors being placed
16 feet back from the line of the
walls These archways present the feat
ures OF the Norman style of architecture
and is adapted to modern buildings. Mas
sive triple polished granite columns stand at
either side OF the entrance, surmounted by
Norman capitals, and columns stand at the
sides of the doorways also finished with
Norman caps. All the shafts of the columns
will be of polished granite with moulded
stone bases and carved caps. The win
dows throughout the first story are four
feet wide and eight feet high. all square
heads, the transoms being filled with
stained and cOlored glass. All the windows
in this story have imposts except in the
tower. The windows in the second story
are four feet widely ten feet high; each
have square heads except those in the cir
cular part Of the building and in the recess
of the archways to the entrances. In the
third story the windows are three feet
eight inches wide by eight feet ten inches
high.
The roofs will be of steep pitch on all the
main fronts, covered with black slate or
red tile.
In the sections of the roofs over the
aprons are large and handsome dormer
windows, the upper portion Of these win
dows to be filled with stained glass. In
the recess over the fourth story above the
archway OF the east front entrance will be
placed statuary appropriate to the build
| ing. In the principal tower above the line
of the fourth story will be draper work
and wrought iron grils about the bell.
J A CLOCK has also been placed in this
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ARCHITECT KIRCHNER's PLANS.
A Novel, Grand and Beautiful Example of
ROmanesque.

A Novel, Grand and Beautiful Example of
ROmanesque.
The design submitted BY Messrs. Kirch-
ner & Kirchner, architects of Denver and
ST. Louis, differs materially from any
other design submitted. The conception is
bold and manly and the gentlemen in sub
hitting their design so novel and grand,
have the courage Of their convictions. 1t
| is not timid stand to come to the front
with new ideas and back them with money,
but step to be commended and encour-
aged. Salt Lake City Is pushing to the
front and is entitled to the newest of the
new as well as Boston or New ork. Since
the death of Mr.. Richardson, the eminent
architect who designed the Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce, Messrs. Kirchner
81 Kirchner have been the pioneers of the
secular Romanesque style of architecture
in this country. Their high school at St
Louis and the Colorado Mining Exchange
building in Denver are beautiful examples
OF this style and definitely attest this
1.-The classic style SO much copied and
debased, dragged into service for every
possible contingency, adequate or not,
has been rejected by u.s." said Mr.. Kirch-
ner, las totally unfit and lily adapted to
the artistic tendency of the American peo-
pie. Reared in the classic school ourselves
we have carefully weighed this style in
the balance and found it wanting. The
Romanesque offers what has so long been
sought for here. 1t is massive, grand, but
susceptible of the most graceful treatment.
Born of the contingency of strife and lux
ury, the Roman arch and the feudal tower,
it has been called on later to form bull
warks, strongholds of religion. Then, un-
noticed and decayed by centuries it is at
last resurrected to adorn the municipal in
situations of free country, handled as it is
by men of free brains, and free hands. It's
grandeur, massiveness and opportunity of
graceful treatment places it foremost in
the front of architectural styles to-day,
and without a doubt will form the style
eventually, typically American, and at the
top of artistic achievements.
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aims, seats, ETC., for the delight and COM
fort of our citizens.
THE FLOOR PLANS.
On the first story are located the mayor
two offices at the left of the State street
entrance; the city recorder, two rooms and
vault; the city attorney, two rooms; the
city treasurer, three rooms and vault: the
city auditor, two rooms and vault; the city
collector and assessor, three rooms and
vault, and the collector of water rates. On
the county side of the building, the county
recorder, four rooms and vault; the county
collector, two rooms and vault, and the
county assessor, two rooms.
In the second story are located the coun-
Gil chamber. 49x5l feet; committee rooms,
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building five feet above the present level
of the ground, sloping one foot toward each
street to line about forty feet distant
from the building. Here the grade would
be lowered eighteen inches by f1at-topped
retaining wall surrounded by broad side
walk on the outside. This sidewalk would
have eight approaches, one from each
street direct and one from each corner of
the park. The retaining wall would form
in manner a dividing line between the
premises of the building proper and the
public park.
Outside this inner coping the grounds
would have gentle slope to the coping
around the park, and would eventually be
ornamented with trees, flower beds, fount-
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Oh, Strike the LYre,

"oh, strike the lyre!" Thompson roared.
And into tales poetic scared,
OF wild adventures, weird and rare;
The snake toned down by grizzly bear,
The buffaloes that tossed and gored,
The alligators at the ford
These hunters always hunt abroad,
AT home they blow loud fanfare,
And strike the Tyre.
So Thompson told, and maids adored;
But men the stale old lies abhorred.
Each manly eye betrayed glare,
Each manly lip held back swear.
They rose, and then with one accord
They struck the liar.
London JUDY
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Myers Capitol Record.

E. E. Myers came originally from Phila-
delphia and located his head office in De-
troit, Mich. He began his career by
building and is therefore thoroughly &C
quainted with construction features. Mr..
Myers is the architect of the capitol build
ings of Michigan, Texas, Colorado and
Idaho. One of the finest buildings he is
now building is the city hall at Richmond.
Va, which is to cost million and a half
dollars. The Texas building is T341S feet
long and 1874 feet wide, 1856 feet to the top
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wv. R. McPhnranu.

Mr.. Mcpherson came here from Indian
apois and has been resident of this city
since last January. The style Of the archi-
lecture of his plans is new Greek. slightly
sprlnkled with Romanesque. The height
OF the main building from the grade line to
the main cornice is 76 feet. The height of
tue pavilion from the grade line to the cor
nice is III feet. The centre pavilion from
the grade line is 121 feet The balconies are
In the central part of the tower, which is
~ feet square at the base. The height OF
the tower is 26O feet from the grade line to
the lantern. The basement is rock face
with the margin dressed. The rest of the
stone work for the building is drove work
with the margin dressed.
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An Object of Curiosity.

"This, my son." he said to his little
boy at the dime museum, sis the arm
less wonder. He writes with his toes,
and eats with knife and fork held be-
tween his toes. Wonderful, is it not?"
"Say, pop, ask him how he scratches
his back. New York Recorder.
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OF the dome and is as large as the capitol at
washington. 1t took for that building
l,92oO0 cubic feet of cut stone for the
granite work, equivalent to 54,0O0,0O0 of
prlck He boasts of putting up more public
buildings than any other man in the United
States and of the very highest type of
architecture,
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board Of public works, board of education,
superintendent Of waterworks, vaults.
toilet rooms, etc. On the county side the
probate and district courts. judges, select
men, attorneys, witnesses, etc.
In the third story apartments are pro-
v1ded Tor the city engineer, county sur
yeyor, county superintendent of schools,
grand and petit juries with sleeping apart
ments, etc. The basement plan provides
for county sheriff, treasurer and coroner
the city officers not above mentioned and
ianitor's apartments
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Fair Warming.

CAT the grand maneuvers; improvised
attack. Colonel-Lieutenant, look here;
don't you be caught mapping this
time. Remember that our corps is to be
attacked unawares today at quarter
past four.-Q Monde Umoristico.
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Architect Guckert's Design.

Mr.. Stuckert came from New York to
Denver three years ago, and since that
time designed the Kittridge building,
1OOx125, stories high, noted as one of the
finest buildings in Denver Besides this
rare production he has designed other bust
ness buildings and handsome residences.
among the latter the elegant residence of
>. b. Morgan, corner of Thirteenth street
and Grant avenue.
Mr.. Stuckerts design is classical, being
In the Corinthian style of architecture.
HIS opinion IS that all principle buildings
should be of some classical style, for they
are the key to all architectural forms and
show dignity and dominion over all other
forms.
The base of the building and the second
story is very bold, with dee inverted Joints
and the windows are treated with bold
arches and Surmounted with cornice
Upon this rests the pilasters which run to
the main cornice line of the building which
pres ents a very grand and pleasing effect
The main entrance porch at the center of
the building is very liberal and presents a
very inviting appearance, with its columns
extending to the main roof line and sur
mounted with an entablatured gable.
Near the main entrance is located two
speedy elevators to convey officials and the
public to the upper Offices
Ihe plan is so arranged that the building
can be entered from all four sides. The
Railways run through the building at
right angles, with the dome rising from
the intersection of the halls to height of
l76 feet with clear open space to Its top
with several balconys surrounding it above
the main roof line of the building.
The halls and Corridors are all to have
Tiled floors and marble wainscotings. The
entire interior finish is to be of hard woods.
All stairways are to be of iron.
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REMOVAL.

Phil Neder has moved his carriage shop
from 156 South First East street. to 158
West First South street, to his new build
ing, which has been fitted up in modern
style. Geo. M. Cleland, from Brewster's
carriage works, has bought one-half inter
est in the business with Mr. Neder. Both
gentlemen are experienced workmen in the
carriage line. Persons wishing work done
will find it their interest to consult them.
General blacksmithing and repairing. Paint
ing and trimming speciality.
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KAYSVILLE KINKS.
Several Now Residences Now
Being Erected There.
Farmers Jubilant Over the Recent Storm
The Pennington Choral and
Glee Club.
William Wood and William White were

William Wood and William White were
in town yesterday.
The storm of Thursday night was lola,
and it is to be hoped that the end is not yet.
Sunday evenings conjoint session of the
Young Mems and Young Ladies' Mutual
improvement associations will be unusually
interesting. All invited.
Thomas H. Phillips, John R. Barnes.
Robert Blamires, William Blood, G.. Bur
ton, jr., and 0. A. Taylor were in Salt Lake
on business during the week.
Several new residences are being erected
here this year, and, Judging from the class
OF young men who are most energetic in
these labors, we have reasons to believe
that number of Kaysville's fair daugh-
tiers will be led to the altar of Hymen be-
fore the close of 1891. If we are not cor
rect in this surmise we will take in our
single as foreteller of coming events.
Farmers are iubilaut over the recent
downfall OF rain, as it doubtless means not
only large crop of hay, but much larger
yield OF the cereal crops than they would
have realized had it remained dry a few
more weeks. In some cases they had COM
menced irrigating in order to save their
crops We could stand considerable more
rain yet without complaining, but we
should be thankful for small fayors.
Two members of the Kaysville historical
and debating club will meet like number
from the Young Mems Lyceum of Draper,
in debate at the latter place on Friday
evening next, the 22nd inst The question
is: Resolved that the negroes in the
United States have had more cause to com
plain of their treatment by the whites than
have the American Indians" The Draper
club will debate the affirmative and the
Kaysville boys the negative.
The combined efforts of the Pennington
Choral Society and the Harmony Glee
Club of Salt Lake City produced very
good entertainment in the Pennington
social hall last evening. The bad weather
doubtless deferred many from attending,
who would have been present, but as it
was, the house was fairly well filled. Some
of the selections, noticeably the recitation,
can Order for Picture" by Mat Thomas,
song by Fred Moore, a duet by Misses
Piper, and a song, "The Lover and the
Bird" by Miss Annie Swalburg, were rem
dered very artistically and elected from
the audience round upon round of we'll
deserved applause. The comedy, Love in
Livery" with some of Farmington,s best
talent in the cast, closed the entertain
ment The one thing which marred the
peace of the respectable part of the audi
ence last evening, was the noise and dis
turbance in the back part of the room
Our Pennington friends should put stop
to this by arresting and making an example
OF few OF the most prominent hoodlums.
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The Retort Courteous.

SIS the resterauteur in?" inquired
gentleman of the cashier of down town
eating house.
''No, sir; he's gone to the butcherau-
tours" was the reply.-Detroit Free
Press
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Easy Enou sh.

Mrs. Van Pelt-If you work for me,
Bridget, you will have to wear caps. /
suppose you do not object?
Bridget-Sure not, mum. lean borry
wan from me cousin. 1t has ear tabs,
and coon tail on top.-Harper's Bazaar.
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height of 215 feet above the level of the
ground.
The ornamentation of the building in the
pediments are to contain the seals of the
territory and is limited otherwise to
moulded courses and carved capitals of
columns and pilasters.
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He was Up.

''Sc you think you can play Hamlet,
do you, young MANI" asked the manager.
II do" responded the applicant firmly.
"And have you had any actual stage
experienced"
Certainly, sir, or wouldn't under
take so difficult a role"
"And what parts have you played?"
81 don't know that you would call it a
part exactly; but for three weeks /
shook one end of the canvas waves in the
great sea scene in Wrecked on the North
Atlantic. '"-London Tit-Bits.
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public funds at present available for tn
purpose.
HALE'S HANDSOME DESIGN.
Has Displayed Considerable Novelty In His
Treatment.

Among the designs for the joint city and
county building submitted by our local
architects, is one by Mr.. Fred A. Hale
In this design an effort has boon made to
conceive building decidedly characteristic
of its purpose and to avoid the contingency
OF having the editice mistaken for a high
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T We are showing special line of negligle
shirts in beautiful patterns.
Brown, TERRY 81 WOODRUFF Co..
Leading Hatters and Furnishers,
142 Main street
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Guest-What do you mean, sirl
Waiter-No ofense, sir, whatever, but
the last gentleman who ate shad here got
. bone in his throat and died without
paying, and the boss took it out of my
wages.-Texas Siftings.
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Having sold out our retail department to
w. P: Noble Mercantile Co., we take plea
sure in thanking the public for the patron
age they have given US and would respect
fully recommend and ask the continuance
OF your favors to the new firm who will
carry full line of fine hats, gloves, canes,
umbrellas, gents furnishings, shoes,
trunks and valises. Respectfully,
NOBLE, WooD & Co.
To the Public: Having succeeded to the
retail business of Noble Wood g. Co.. we
would respectfully announce that we shall
endeavor to merit the patronage of the
people by giving value for value received.
In addition to hats, caps, gloves, umbrellas
and canes we offer in short time gents
furnishings and shoes, trunks and valises,
Our aim is to build up business of which
the city and ourselves may be proud.
We shall be pleased any time to show you
our stock not excelled anywhere.
Yours respectfully,
W. P. NOBLE Nero Co.,
The Popular Hatters and Furnishers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-21
BICYCLE NOTES OF INTEREST.
The Proposed Big wheelmen's Meeting in
HaRerntoWu,

The Proposed Big Wheelmen's Meeting In
Hagerstown.
The citizens Of Hagerstovn are making great
preparations for the meeting Of the bicyclists
there on the ID, Sd and 4th Of July, and the
meeting promises to be one Of the largest ever
held This meeting is interesting to q
large number of wheelmen in this well as
other eastern cities and q large number from
the different cities have already signifed their
intention of attending. Chief Consul Mott
is doing all in his power to advance the inter
ests of the meet
The members Of the Hagerstown Club are
very enthusiastic over the affair and the citizens
are equally anxious to have the meeting prove
q success.
The proprietors of the principal hotels in the
town have already made arrangements to trans
fer their guests to the mountains during the
week so that they will be able to accommodate
the visiting wheelmen and other arrangements
have been made whereby all the visitors can be
given every comfort desired.
The details of the affair have not yet been
made public. but an elaborate program has
been arranged that Will doubtless surprise
many of the visitors.
mammoth open-air smoker, with Chinese
lanterns and brass band accompaniment, will be
one of the features Of the occasion.
The club expected to hold all the third dis
ulct cudInpiOnsnl races, put tney Will prODd-
bly, get only a portion of them, but in any
event they will get a liberal portion Of them.
A number of members of the bicycle clubs Of
Philadelphia will visit this city on Decoration
day and remain over Sunday to enjoy the
smooth concrete streets here for the two DAYS.
They will also visit the Benning track on
Decoration day. where the Washington cyclists
will give a series of races. This affair promises
to be success, and large gathering is assured.
Lately large parties have taken advantage Of
the cool weather and pretty moonlight nights
and made country runs in different directions.
Wheelmen are now beginning to make fishing
trips on their wheels, strapping their rods and
other tackle to the handle bar.