Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-23
IgE YOUNG MEMORIAL
ro, Tou,ard Dollars Will Be Re.
qulrtd 10 Erect It,
SCULPTOR pALLIN ~ po i"I
WORK.
s.r,boast Corner Of the Temple
plock suggested as a Site For
the Monument.

r,.te vas meeting OF the Brigham
vanns Memorial Association at the
isee Of President woodruff on sat
al,v. The members present were
n.-'iisnt wilford Woodruff, Joseph
!, smith, James sharp, George a.
r.,rou. ID. IA. Cannon, James ii.
I'VE Judge Smith, Captain Willard
yoapr, Funk Y. Taylor I. w, Jcn'
aitss Mrs. susie Y. Yates, Mrs. Netile
= smell, T. q. webber, Heber NJ.
wells. ....,,..,,,
The committee on statue submitted
,be following report;
sian. James sharp. chairman General
Committee brigham Young Memorial
ts.ociatiOni
y,,r sperlal committee On statue beg
LILO reror. hat they have adopted, ~
.rnsal ,iIan NJ the Brigham Young
lsnrtal s;atuo the design submitted by
Nc L.. Dallin, u rough sketch uf which
Jyrn herewith. Tho general ldoa,
Nm from the Gambelta monument, re-
,,'iv erected In Paris, France, II 10
40 not simply statue VI President
Young. but rather monument To tue
,sBeers, with President Young rs tho
,nlal or browning figure.
The base Of the mOuumoni,l 10 foot nigh,
Ito be- Of granite, the shat, OF. column,
'ri.d high, l. too be Of while oOlitic sand
,onp, with pioneer uruup cut In bas-
tsllefon the lace, the statue " President
Young, ~ feet high, II To De- OF bronze,
:. afa also the auIing ngurr4, fUpt
t.h. a'thu base ~ the shaft. ON the faro
uefe l. Ia he bronze tablet giving
bf.sny such data concerning President
Young AZ may ba decided upon. GA tho
birk there Is to DO similar bronze
nblri, giving the names of the pioneers
iad tho date Of their entrance into tue
valley.
aid put Ia place al the bronze work aud
Dd6 the slOno-cuiting Oh the 'as-rolinf
pioneer rrunp Tor the sum OF s2i,iui Wo
tsllfyothi- Ia be- n reasonable figure, and
We therefore recommend thW Mr. nallin's
offer be accented, with tho understanding,
hoNeynr, that the models ui the figures
and the details Of tho whole dusigu shall
be hfst approved by this committee.
Tho execution of the whole work
should be- pndsr the general supcrn.
tnleucy Of Mr.. DAllin; h1t Il will be
neoe,sary for the committee 10 employ an
achltoct to got out tho drawings for tho
s0uowurk, ana thon 90 contract Tor the
execution NJ tho sioncwnrk ~ designed.
Your committee now respectfully ask for
authority to do this.
The cost Of the whole monument, In.
e|uding all Items " expense, except tue
siis, will, your committee ostimNtc, DO
under 5000.
WILLARD YouNo, Chairman.
]. II. MOYLE, Secretary.
90 motion Of Judge Smith, the re-.
Iolt WAS approved, aud the committee
on statue authorized % execute y con-
tract with MIR. Dallin ne specified, aud
10 attend TO the carrying out OF the
recommendations Of said report In de-
tall.
THE SITE SUGGESTED.
The committee on loaation submitted
The following report which was uuani.
m5usly adopted:
SAT- LAKE CRY, Utah,
February ~, l'o2.
TO the Chairman and General Committee
on the Memorial Statue 10 tho lato
President brigham Young;
Gentlemen Your committee ON loca-
ton has carefully considered the sui abil-
iiyol several site. for tho proposed statue,
among them, ono Immediately opposite,
cast Of the Temple, upon East Tcmple
street, another In tho vicinity Of the Eagle
Gate, and still another on President
ioung'- private cemetery, and lastly, tho
southeast corner Of the fomple block.
Amer carefully considering the whole Of
these sites II " the unanimous opinion OF
your committee tina. tho last mentioned,
VIA, the southoas. corner Ol the Iemplo
block, lisa site la every way suited to tho
requirements Of the monument We
therefore recommend that this Last men
toned site he selected, provided, OF
course, the cOusont Of the Presidency "
the Church can bO obtained. II will not
lie necessary In this report TO elaborate
upon the advantages OF the other sites.
These points can DO discussed orally
when the whole OF tho committee meet
anu this report has boon presented.
respectfully,
nioMAs a.. WEBER,
OnsoS L. WntTNEY,
ANDREw kninALL,
llEnIH NouNu,
THOMAS W. JENNiN0s,
IL. a.. GRADY,
Committee on location.
On motion Of Mr.. j. II. hloyle the
Committse was Instructed to solicit from
The ilrst presidency consent TO erect the
statue ON the site Indicated.
10 RAISE FUNDS,
Mr.. Frank Y. Taylor reported That n
subcommittee Ind been appointed from
the committee on organization with n
View 10 soliciting names from various
counties In thererri,ory TO act rs agents
LOT collecting Of funds, aud that the
absence Of their chairman, Mr.. r., 3.
Richards, In Washington, had deterr.
ed the work.
Mr.. James Sharp, president Of the
association, stated that within the next
sixty days his time would he very
much occupied and suggested that II
wound be agreeable To him II some
assistance wero rendered him Ia the
discharge OF his duties; thoreupOn on
motion Of Mr.. James IL. Moyle, Captain
willard Young was appointed Vice
president Of the association.
Adjourned, subject To call OF the
chair.
IN u recent nunJur ~ u medTa,
journal, the statement WINS mad,
That Professor Parc5e, when in Abys
hlnia, discovered that the ordinary
eocoanut possesses worm destroying