The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-06
TEMPLE OF THE SAINTS.
GREAT rDTFIcE TO RI DEDICATED
TO-DAY At SALT LAKE, CITY.
Begun by Brigham Young. Forty Years
Ago. itisJust Completcd-finest Re-
ligious Tiio I'm America.


saints are there in attendance. The
building itself has been forty years in
course OF construction. the foundation
having been laid soon after the settle
raent OF tho pioneers I'm that valley. From
fne dav the foundation was laid. April
& lNS until now there has been a feeling
Nv the MormonS that this edince was
t,s realization Of the visions Of Isaiah
s.a Micah. both OF whom speak OF the
l.-ls house. which shall De established
,r. tcp of thc mountains and shall Do
exalted above the hills. and an nations
s.. Glow unto IT, a telegram from
s.t Lake Clty says. From The day the
Foundation of thr temple was laid 10 the
tr,,,nt time t..cc has been "a slow. steady
stream eoucc hither and the saints
say they hafe come for the purpose de-
s.rn,i ay .a eut men Of God
Beginning of the Temple.
or %. -t. day OF July. 1917. President
l.r-r.m YOUNG came into salt Lake val
l.t WITH a company az pioneers As soon
ar.r th. camp had been formed as was
,..Er.l.rt he. with "A number of others
vas .d .p g. Ensign peak. as il is now
called Du the way they passed what is
l.H known as The Temple block. and
while vaIkuC over the ground President
Young stopped and struck the ground
with his cane and said: Here We will
erect the temple ot our God" The land
pound oSat was covered with sage
,rus1' more uninUting prospect proba-
l.l newer met The gaze OF civilized man
t.r tte erection OF a temple or the build
ins 90 q city, doSolation reigned on every
band. not "a tree was 10 bee seen except
o. tae distant mountains or some little
C.."I- of willows and some cotton-woods
and utch which lined the streams in the
valley. Do" country was So dry and
l.r.h'd that 10 had no appearance Of
fertility excepting the dry bunch grass
which grew i'm patches here and there
among the sagehrush. Nearly fOrty-siX
ears have passed since be uttered 1t.
.-t on the identical spot which he then
struck with his cane and said should he
,Ne s te for the temple the temple has
been reared
It was at the general conference in
ISL. Utah az that time having popula-
u'n Of 1000. that 10 was voted to build
temple ia Salt Lake city but actual
work was not begun tin February IL.
lA3. when the ground was consecrated.
IT ne design Of the eiihce was formulated
py Brigham Young. The stone chosen
was beautiful white granite found
SD the Wasatch mountains For years all
he rock was hauled by OK teams from
frequently took four days 10 bring a single
block. In 1878 the entire foundation was
taken mp and replaced. IL being ascer-
tanned that certain faults existed in the
construction Of the lower courses. In
l,'i railroad was built TO the quarries.
ana from that time the work progressed
raui1lv.
The building differs in appearance from
any other So this country. It's whole
length, including towers. is lSG y feet
ana It's width 99 feet. There are six
towers. three each on the east and west
ends. The middle east tower is 20 feet
high. surmouDted by "a statue Of the angel
Moroni herading % the world the resto-
ration Of Tie gospel-a quaint figure y
feet y inches which latter was placed
IN position year ago to-day with appro-
PIRATE ceremonies Ornamental terminals
are placed upon an Of the towers Of the
temple with the exception Of the middle
one on the east end OF the structure.
which is surmounted by the statue Of
TIE angel The largest Of the five finals
ls on the middle tower OF the west end
of the building. IL is = feet in height.
Those which adorn the towers Of the four
corners are l' feet I'm height All Of them
are handsome. and give these elevated
points OF The building an appropriate
finish. They are made Of sixteen ham
and have attached eight l0O-cande-power
incandescent lamps There being five Of
these ornaments the illumination they
viii afford I'm the aggregate is 4.O0)-can-
die power. When all Of them are lighted
and combined with a 100-candle power
lamp. which is suspended over the crown
~ the figure representing the angel Mo
r0ni. the effect is most brilliant and
beautiful.
The four corner towers each start from
"a footing Is feet square and continue
&c - feet. At this point they reach the
line of base string course and are here
reduced 10 - feet square At the height
Of 81 feet they reach the second string
course and are reduced 20 23.feet square.
Then they continue IS feet 20 the third
string course. The string courses con
t.nue an around the building except when
separated by buttresses. ana consist Of
massive holdings from solid black stone
The two corner towers ON the east end
then rise % feet 20 a coruice and the
two west towers 10 feet The four towers
then rise feet 10 the ton Of the battle
ments. They are cylindrical II feet in
diameter inside. Each OF these towers
has five ornamental windows. The two
centre towers start from a footing p
feet square and break off In sections IN
line with the corner towers 10 the height
~ the third strings course. The east
tower then rises ~ feet 10 the top Of the
battlements and the west tower % feet.
An the towers terminate in spires. the
details o. which were not decided upon
when the original plans We're drawn.
At the corners OF the towers are octago-
nal turrets. on the two west cNner
towers and on the west end are seen
alto relieve the figure Of Ursa Major.
with the points ranging nearly toward
the polar star The walls Of the build
ing are from 10 feet thick, standing
uron a footing OF q siXteen-feet thick
and sxfe-n-feet deep wall The height
~ the central west tower is 204 feet 10 top
~ rock work. OF the side east towers
lsS feet. o. the side west towers l& feet.
The height Of the walls is l67 u feet.
The thickness of the walls AT the bottom
is feet. at the top feet, and Of the but
trrsses feet The building covers an
area az o. $50 feet.
& diagram was made Of every course or
stone and Of every stone In the course
The h0tlorn course was called a. course,
fhe next above "B" course. and so on up
the wall and down the alphabet III II
course was reached. Then AZ was
started 'A3.' &C.. until the alphabet hau
been exhausted six times. making total
o. i56 courses OF rock laid. Every stone
was numbered and marked Win the
course 20 which IL belonged. Each course
" rock laid u.s. - u inches, the aVer@ss
~ rock laid - feet per annum' ana
very cornerstone was cut for its place.
90 there are no joints for water ~ 81
in and crack the walls.
The first tower also has the lOiio"i"e
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