Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-01
&" SHARPLY ANSWERED.
Prof. Paul Again Defends tho Logon
Location.



IL Ready night hoW.
h1llior DcSsrct NcrG
- IhTes columns Of words appear In n
recent Issue Of the NIws written by
some "uaku0wn peron" signing him.
sell "N," bot using my name seven.
teen times Ia the course q his long
essay. II may be- tina, some VI your
readers have tollci through II.
The unknown write takes me 10
tack for saying that the expense Of
uniting the University aud the Agrl.
cultural College will b. comparatively
nothing II at Logan and $500, 600 u
elsewhere. He asks Glow eau the
locality make my conceivable differ.
ence9" The anawer H.; Logan has
tnc necessary buildings; no other
locality has; aul It Will cost the
amount named to erect the buildings
ulsowhure.
lie suggests that the extra buildings
required could TO erected on the
present University square for lees than
100000. Undoubtedly. But Salt Lake
mas wisely decided that tho Uuiyefsity
square II an unsuitable location, and
its leading citizens have asked Dele.
gate hawlin1 10 procure, II pOihible, a
suitable silu on the Fort DJug las resgr.
walton.
My hidden friend asks. "Could no,
The hhildingg a. L0gaul be- utilized for
some other service, for solools Tor the
deal, the blind, az other detective
glasses for which provision II deeircd?p
No. tue grant by Logan city TO tue
Territory OF the College lands was con.
ditionnl upon tho use OF the lands Tor
college purposes. Logan city, have
been informed, will i've the Territory
deoi in fee simple 10 tho lands, pro-
Vided that tue Univursity shall be
removed 10 Logan. AZ any subsequent
session Of the Legislature the College
aud University could be removed, II
thought desirable, auu the present
buildings utilized az suggested by the
writer. The Logan people Rave such
faith Ia the good rOiults that will fol.
low union nj Logan, that they will
rick 6ubs,queut removal Tor simple
trial.
The concealed writer continues
Tho combined institution will have on
It's hands tho school Tor tho d1at, a pre-
pauliury school, normal school, "a com.
morclnl course, an experiment station,
four year courses IA liberal arts, general
science, leitors, civil mining and me-
chanical engineering, agriculture, aud
domestic science, with from 90 10 600
students. Prot Paul proposes 60 do this
with about $4,000 por voar, SIl, 900 from
the government, $1,000 FOR tho college
and 5000 fpi the university from The
Territory. Yes, 10 may DO done, ns tho
lrlshman kop! his horse on shayings.
Il can no done, o. am assured by
the college trustees, much better than
II II now being done by either institu.
ton, each OF which 10 attempting 10 do
nearly that amount Of work ON about
$4,000 year.
The attempt to show that $500, 900
yearly would DO brought into or kent
In sal. Lake CITY by tho presence Of
the resident University students Il
playful exaggorAtiOn. Prof Kings.
bury estimates that there arc not one
hundred Univorsity students today Ia
al Utah.
The assertion that $4,000 would
purchase all the high school grounds
aud buildings salt Lake CITY will re-
quire 4 OF the same character The
present Univrrsity square and builu- |
ings would not today be more than
tutiicion, tor the high schools VI that
CITY.
The Anonymous writer Affects that
tho Territory viii lose SiJl,U by /
abandoning ,hn UniverBity square, 10 |
that u would DO cheaper 10 abandon /
the Logan site. Itit were possible 10 /
sell the lqugro, that would be- true. /
But the square viii hriug very litllu
now, 10 matter what It's apparent
value. II salt Lake CITY viii give
that square 10 the Territory ami " the
square can be- sold nj even half the
figure named, then Salt Lake Ciiy hns
almost 49, good u financial argument
as Logan has. But these two "iisN are
Ia the wayi aud Tue recent Chamber "
Commerce proceedings show that they
are, Tor tht present, insufmOuntablo.
way sh0u the Territory waste $780,
600 by waiting two years for the value
Of Salt Lake real estate to come up
again2
A bird In band II worth a whole
flock IN the bush. The saving for the
next two years eau be- effected by
union 40 Logan only,
Lovely That's fts beside lhori
Take tHo 5000 che gois provide thee,
The practical thing to do now is TO
save 100000 by union ~ Logan,
Il nd then listen 10 Sat Lake CITY a.
soon rs shu has anything u say.
money talks" iu thif matter and the
issliouL
NV mysterious fliOnd inquiries,
UWhefe does the superior food OF Loo
gan come from aud how do they mau.
aye 10 keep their preserve secretly" The
butter, eggs, milk, fruit and vegetables