The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

Besides the public schools there are a
number of denominational schools. In fact
most of the religious sects have one or
more schools. Some of the denominational
schools have departments in the higher
educational branches, and the University
OF Deseret gives an education equal to most
OF the state universities of the country
1t has seven departments and faculty of
which any city might be proud.
GREAT SALT LAKE & HOT SPRINGS RAIL
WAY.
The railway originally started IS a sub
urban motor line with Beck's Hot Springs
as its northern terminus, has now been eX-
tended to Centerville, a total distance of
ten and one-half miles, and its energetic
still further extension to Lake Park or
some point near it on the lake shore and also
to Ogden. As it is standard gauge road,
there is no telling to what further point it
may reach. The line starts from South
Temple street at the Union Pacific depot
hotel. The company has secured ample
depot grounds just north Of the hotel and
has erected complete engine house and
several smaller buildings. The equipment
of the road at present consists of two mo-
tors, five passenger cars, one com bination
car and twenty gondolas. A larger engine
and several new passenger and box cars
have been ordered from the east and by
spring the line will be well equipped. The
officers of the company are S. Bamberger,
president; John Beck, vice-president; c.
E. Seaman, secretary; James F. Woodman,
purchasing agent; H. NJ Mccartney, man
ager. Dlrectors-S. Bamberger, John
Beach, James f. Woodman, Josiah Barnett,
David Stoker, H. NJ. Mccartney.
METROPOLITAN STONE co.
Among the new industries which have
SIR va in Utah during 1891 the flagstone
GU. must take prominent place. To-
day tagging as fine in quality and as large
in size as anything Colorado can produce is
brought here from the quarries near Kim
balls station on the Utah Central railroad.
The largest of these is the Metropolitan
Stone company, whose property comprises
LOGO acres. The amount of merchantable
stone contained in this acrerge is simply
incalculable. Although openings have
been made in all of the rolling hill. which
form most of the property, yet all the stone
shipped SO far has come from but two cuts
Each of these is equipped with a heavy
derrick which at present is worked by
hand, but complete equipment of steam
machinery for both is now on the way and
when everything is in place, which will be
in January, stones of fifteen tons weight
will be handled with the greatest ease.
The company is just finishing one and q
half miles of side track connected with the
Utah Central railroad and by the time the
steam machinery is N place the stone will
be loaded directly on the cars.
The stone from these quarries is a vel
low-iSh gray sandstone, strongly impreg-
mated with iron, which gives it a.strength
equaled only by the stone from the cele-
brated Stout quarries in Colorado, and
makes it exceptionally fitted for tagging.
1t is all self bedded stone, and splits out in
natural layers from one inch to three feet
in thickness. The exceeding hardness of
the stone will probably prevent it from
coming into general use for house fronts.
although the beautiful building of the First
National bank of Park City is constructed
entirely of it. For footing, curblng, gut
tering, paving blocks and rubble it cannot
be eXcelled.
THE MOUNTAIN STONE COMPANY.
The quarries OF this company are sit
uated at Snyderville, near Park City, and
consist of two red stone and one gray. The
number of men employed is ffty-two, and
the weekly output forty cars. The quar-
ries we're opened march, this year, since
which time $50, 900 has been spent In deyel-
opment, machinery and plant.
The quarries are in thorough working
order, the plant is first class and the com
pany expects to employ $50 men the coming
season. The Salt Lake Office is in the Cul
mer block. G. F. Culmer is the president
of the company.
THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING.
This building is now in course of con-
struction, and VIII when completed, be one
OF the finest in the city. Messrs Mon helm.
Bird and Proudfoot are the architects.
The building has frontage of 272 feet
and adepth Of 156 feet-four stories and a
basement. The height of the center tower
is $50 feet by 10 feet square. There are
four corner pavilions, each l20 feet high
and four small towers at the entrances
each 100 feet high. The main walls are n
feet high. The ceiling of the basement is
IA feet high, first floor ceiling II feet, sec
ond floor IS feet, third floor is feet, fourth
floor II feet.
The first story is fire proof and also the
District court room on the third floor. The
corridors on each floor are twenty feet wide
and paved with ornamental tiles. There
are two elevators, one on each side, near
the centre of the building. There are stair
ways at each entrance, and the principal
entrance is from State street On the TOD
of the central tower is a female figure
representing Columbia. On the top of
each of the other towers are figures repre-
senting Liberty, Justice, etc. The STYLE of
architecture is Romanesaue. The material