Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
BRIGHAM YOUNG MONUMENT
Where, When and How The Statue
Should Be Erected.
rhouEhtiui Ausgsstians as Go styie
aud Location i-a as to other
works of true Adornmsnt.
Edior Dessrei Nswa


Its with exceedingly great pleasure
that heard 10 onc ~ the MEETINGS Of
tho late conference that tho deferred
erection Of the memorial to the late
President Brigham Young IL again
revived, and efforts are to be made b
con'umma'e tue work. am no hero
woishipper Ia days gone by, and
seeing Ia buildings dedicated 10 the
wotship u the Coz Of peace tina, mouu.
mental ciiigius In niue Instances Out OIL
ten were dedicated to "mcn Of blood"
nearly all the statues sel up were 10 men
u like rcuowh aud had engondtred
The feeling ot scofn Tor ersotious OF u
like character.
The contemplated monument com.
mvnds itself to my mind as one essen
TALLY commemorate Of the doings Of
nan Of peace and goodwill to man.
Kind. From tho memorable 2i.h o.
July, 1871. sick aud weariud, on
looking from his vehicle upon the val.
Icy Of the Great Salt Lake, - the also
mem lfablu .9ih u August, 1871, all
HE thoughts, LAHORE, and HE
life were devoted ~ the tpreau
u the Gospel Of peace, the
building Of his beloved Utah, aud tn
bturtit Of the poor Of the earth. The
motto "GJd aud Utah" seemed
branded on bis heart, Aud was the
moving impulse Of hls life.
A Committee toms timo since Al.
pointed nave already taken initiatufy
steps. Som, fund, nave been faisrd,
Mt. Dalnn mas been cUmmi..Ionrl AMI
tho product OF his genius IN a lafFvf
than lift-sizs bust some nine feet highl
eau now us seen Just inside tue uast
gate 0f the SAT- Lake Temple, await
ing the pedestal Oh which IL shall be
pl Coz. IL Ia estimated that $50. 600
viii remuuofntu Cue artist. auu com.
piUto the work In manner worthy of
the object.
How IL this 10 be- raised? 1 would
suggest that tho committee send out Il
circular to every Bishop in ZION, ana
give call l-fuein-men, women ana
chiidren-au opportunity ~ contribute
thereto, that some Of the gray
besrl tohterud throughout Utah relate
tneif rrmiuiscrncss OF their departed
beneiactUr, and muse into tho hearts
OF the youth OF ZION "a desire to follow
In his footsteps, anu the work will be-
accomplished. And iuasmuoh M this
IL not work In which every resldent
II the Territory Ia interested Tor should
bel, let subscription lBts he placed IN
every store IN our largercitits, iavlting |
n small donation from every iuhgbl. |
tant. 81 much Tor mrans.
| would suggest that tue memorial !
take the iOfm commonly known ~ tue |
"Rroh"-i.s., say fur hutsi u1lumna,
with capitals, from which shall spriug |
Rrohes, supporting an entnblatufe. |
rnese columns TO be OF Utah granite,
la keeping with the Temple In design |
aud finish. Let each county Ut Utah |
contribute slab OF the mineral lound |
therein, which shall bu timO-with.
standing (such az marble, onyx, DOR.
phyty, oOlite, anu the Whitfield T0eks |
i1unu north aud south, olcl; these
slab. no arranged on 'eaon othur NJ 10 |
form hind Of plnth, on which shall |
be placed the statue, 90 that Utah shall !
be represented IN all her localities. Let |
there DO no meretTiclous alOrnmeuts, |
hut all TO embody the idea OF character |
OF the Que u be- hOnOret-tTuth, uuaTp- |
ness AMI sOlidiiy.
Ana where eau moro fitling site be |
found than on the street which has by |
courtesy No long borne his name |
Brigham street, AM whore mofs Az |
pfOpriate than in toe ceutHr OF the city,
II the point where the entire number |
ing aud naming OF our CITY staru? Al |
tue head Of Main street, within a /
stones throw Of where lac passed a |
goodly p1rlion Of his life, anu where
his splrit passed from mortal ~; Ia near
10 the glorious / mple OF |
which he was honoTtd 10 he the de.
-igner, and on which he bestowed w
much thought, with the incs OF the
!. atue overlooking the city ia
which he took 20 much pride,
anu scanning the Territory 10 the
south, tho east aud ths west.
Win broad ilagatone crossing, say
xix feet wide, reaching from the
DEsEREr NEWs corner 10 the Council
House corner, AMI iTom tbe Temple
ilrneT 20 the Hompletun hotel, nj the
Of whlch shall be placed the
the arches thereof 10 CORE.
'pond with the line ~ the iOOtWay; the
erection TO be OF such "a height as t. be-
above the reach OF ordinary sponatl0n,
lu' within po easy Visl1n Oi tue