Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-14
REPLY TO PROF. PAUL.
Unioa Gan 70, ~ cited AZ Cheap "a
sall LAX - at Logan.

Ettgr Desert Naeu
4 clnnulr ding ~ Prof Paula last
letter reveals mvt,raugo statement.
First hotfys;
Tho College authorities, moreover. back
up tho Universally mons arguments by
actually Offering tp du nll tho proper
University WORK, now don, by tie tnl-
NOruiIY, Tor $1,000 added To- thu HpurupFi-
alton asked Tor, making total ul .li,Un
Tor thu two ynars. This will hn the cost
Of doing all thU work At the Logan Col.
lego.
The Collegs Will receive sI0, 900 from
the national government during tio
two years, this, with $50, OOj from the
Territory, makes slgjOjJ as their ssii.
mated cot Of doing At Logan the work
above described. 10 this add $4,000
Tor the school for the deaf and 81 900
for the normal school at Salt Lake,
anu W. obtain a total Of 100000 gs
Prot PAu's estimate Of the cost Of
carrying the Uniyersiiy aud College
TOT two years on his last plan.
Next he says:
II tho union take, place by removing
the College 10 tho University, tho latter
Will OF course require H. estimated fllU,-
900, with n certain portion ~ tho College
appropriation added thereto.
II the college IL removed 10 the Uni.
vetsity tho government grant goes
with II.
II $4,000 Ia sufficient to DO the
work OF College AMI University com.
bined nj Logan II II suili llont 10 DO the
same work at Salt LAku, and the nor
NAL school combined with the rest viii
not cost more than third Of what II
will when separated. Therefore less
will 10 required by union at Salt Lake
VI all departments than by the Pre-
posed arrangement Of partial union At
Logan.
Next he sNyG
Union ut salt Lake will also mean tho
Abandonment Of the present University
sito-ag least the salt Lake men say IL
willard various other sitit arc now
being cauvass0i. Union NJ Salt Lake
/ will thus require tho erection OF build
| ings that will cost about s2l0,0OO. THIS
makes tho immediate expense Of union
NJ salt Lake City reach tho sum Of $780,
CO., or thoro abouts.
Union at Salt Lake does not mean
| the Immediate abandonment OF tho
present Univetsity site. This site eau
/ be used with as little imms ilate OK.
pensu for union a. the Que at Logan
eau.
The deaf mules eau be moved 10
Logan or provided tor In some other
way with ~ small expense ~ the
Logan property eau be- prepared Tor
tue University aud there l. then su N.
Client room at Salt Lake for this College
and University. A change Of site can
be- made when convenient Aud with
out costing the Territory dollar II
sufficient time and attention l. given
10 the mhllvf This people Of the ref-
rltOTy outside Of Logan and vicinity
are pretty generally convinced that
tho College anu experiment station
should never have been placed there.
Those who are clamoring for immedl-
ate union Al logan seem 10 be aware
OF this anu arc desperately urging such
union while tho moment IL most pro.
pilious for their design, apparently
thinking that II this Legislature cannot
he coaxed or driven into some action
that will perpeluate tho former mistake,
thsre Ia every prospect Ut that mistake
being cancelled IN the future.
lie sayi'
| Immediate union IL advocated. Tho
public welfare demands Il; tho people
approve IL, the Legislators should ofioot
II this IL true, then lot immediate
aud complete union be made ut the
best place for II, Salt Lake city, whore
II will cost no more 10 unite aud 10
run the combination than II will al
Logan.
la regard to the exposure OF the tact
that the gentleman OycTestimatei by
100 per cuuI the saving b. union Mt
Logan, according 10 his own figures,
let MIN point out the iueNousablo over.
hgnt on which thi. exposure was
bssed. What he alleges concerning II II
totally Irrelevant, The gentleman had
better admit that his zeal for Logan
led iuto making an inoautiOus and uu-
teusble statement.
lie sayt'
The following celebrated colleges aud
uniyerslues are located In small toWns'n
In the list following hs enumeraigs
tweniy.eight institutions, VI these
eleven have the slightest claim to the
idle OF celebrated, ant four or these
aye Ia .he Immediate vicinity OF large
oltiss. COLLEGE men iu Utah viii DO
somewhat amused ny seeiuz Depauw
University, Iowa College, Tho Nia,is.
sipul Agricultural College, and tns Ike
nailed q M!ei, Aps; OF tho state
universities enumerated arc centrally
located in small places ~ are In one If
the largest tlw. a. the state. For
example, Austin, whsEa the UnlvefsiIy
N ToGss IL located, Il tho capital sud
one OF The largest lpwub Of the state
n"lisat the center To how many
sxsmiles CT state universities looslei
ou tho Blgs OF tue territory ana ,lpi'
latlon ard also ia ono 90 he smaller
touns Of tho slate can he poinU
The gentleman h VOL aware shat the
supeflorlty OF salt Lake from on edu-
catioaAl point OF view Ia not only