The morning call., 1892-04-07

The Angel Maroni. tire foundation vas
taken un after "the move" (the time of
Johnson's inyasion) and replaced by order
of President Young, who learned that GER
tain faults existed in the construction of
the lower courses. The temple block was
laid out in the first few days of the arrival
of the pioneers in July, 1917 The building
was commenced In 1853, Truman o. Ange!
being the original architect. Don Carlos
Young, son of Brigham Young, is in
charge at the present time.
For years all the rock was hauled from the
quarries in Little Cottonwood Canyon by
team-mOstly by OK teams at that. 1t fire.
qCentiy took four DAYS 10 bring a single
rock from the quarry to the temple block,
ana the road was strewn with the wreckage
OF wagons ana cars unable TO bear the
strain put on them. The invasion by john
sons army in 1857, the devastation and
hard times caused by crIckets and grass
hoppers, and later. the call for laborers by
the advent of tho Union Pacific Railroad all
caused interruptions OF the WORK for sew
eral years the walls stood covered only
few feet above the ground; the completion
OF the railroad TO the quarries. however. re-
moved the great difficulties under which the
work had struggled, and practically the
building has been erected in the last ID
years.
The interior is divided into four floors,
counting the basement Each floor, except
the top, Is divided into rooms of varying
sizes. The top floor is completely occupied
by an asSembly-r0om, so feet wide by 120
long, capable CT seating about 1000 persons.
The ceiling is SO feet in height. Everything
Is to be done IN hard hniSh-pure white will
he the rule throughout. In the basement
there will be marble floors or floors of
mosaic tiling. Elsewhere they will be of
wood. The main center wall Is OF BRICK
rs inches thick, and rests on stone piers. A
superb stone arch, which spans ~ feet, sup
ports the whole wall. The baptismal font
will be of bronze. supported on the backs
OF IL life-sZed oxen.
The accompanying cut shows the build
ing as it now stands, except that the scaf-
folding that surrounds the pinnacles is not
included. The highest platform is con-
structed around the topmost point of the
loftiest tower, denoted by a cross. This is
where the capstsne was placed, and the feet
OF the angel which Is to surmOunt the whole
will rest directly upon this capstone, which
is an oval granite ball feet s inches in
diameter The platform on which the cere-
monies took place Is just 2l0 feet from the
ground.
The figure of an angel, designed by Dal-
lin, Will be placed on the capStone i'm
mediately and the two spires on the two
other eastern towers will be put in place
after which the scaffoding on that end will
come down and the exterior will stand forth
completed, with nothing To obstruct the
sight of its magnificent beauty. The figure
OF the angel is Of hammered copper and
stands thirteen and half feet high. It
looks like statue of solid gold with its COW
ering OF pure gold leaf, nearly 100 of the
books used by painters being required TO
cover it from head to foot In the sunlight
it will geam like fire. heavy steel rod
passing from the neck of the figure through
the body and penetrating far into the rock
on which 1t stands, will keep it firmly in
place and make it withstand all the assaults
of wind and storm. 1t represents the Angel
MarOni proclaiming the gospel To the world.
The present idea is TO have electric wires
running w the spires of all the towers, and
To have a 100-candle light fixed to the crown
of the angel. so that if ever an illumination
of the building were wanted a spectacle of
great magnlfcence could be seen.