The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-20


special commission. composed of Drs.
Park, Talmage and Maeser appointed
TO select the site, at an official meeting
held at the office of the state srperin-
tendent yesterday. And now a wall
Will go up from the towns OF Parowan
and Beaver CITY. who bid for the in
stitution.
THE REPORT.
The entire action of the commission
is contained in the following report,
which was submitted to the secretary
of state last evening:
To the Honorable James T. Hammond,
Secretary of State, Salt Lake City.
Sir-In accordance with an act passed
by the legislature of the state of Utah.
approved March IL, 1897. entitled An act
providing for the establishment of a
branch of the state normal school. the
appointment of commission TO select
the site and making an appropriation for
its maintenance and furnishing. and nam
ing conditions therefor" the undersigned
were duly constituted a commission TO
determine upon a site for the location of
a branch of the state normal school in
the southern part of this state. The COM
mission respectfully reports:
In compliance with the requirements of
tied the counties of Beaver and Iron, and
have invited propositions for the location
of the school from the board of county
commissioners of each of the counties
named. and from such towns and cities
within said counties as had made ap
plication for the school. The cities so
applying are Beaver City, in Beaver
county. and Parowdn City and Cedar
City. in Iron county. An application was
received from representative citizens of
Paragoonah, Iron county, but such APP
plication was subsequently Withdrawn
The cities named were visited by the
commission between May 4 and May Is.
and an official visit was made to each of
the cities named on or after May IL, 1897.
The commissioners assembled at the Of
flee of the superintendent of public in
struction in Salt Lake City on Wednes-
day. May 10. 1897. and after due con-
sutation and elaboration. voted by ballot
or the question of the location of the
school. The result of the ballot is de-
clared in the following resolution. which
was adopted by the unanimous vote of
the commission. all members being pres
ent and voting:
Resolved. By the commission created by
the legislature of the state of Utah to
select and determine upon site for
branch OF the state normal school within
Utah. that the commission does hereby
select and determine upon Cedar City.
Iron county. as the location of the branch
OF the state normal school. the precise
site within said Cedar City to be the site
offered by the citizens committee of Ce-
dar City as specified in the written propO
sition received from said citizens commit
tee and described as lying in block
twenty-eight (2S). plat b. Cedar City town
survey. comprising fifteen Q5) acres, fifty
four and forty-two hundredths ga and a.
100 square rods of land. The commission
designates the LIST day of August. 1898. as
the limit of the time within which a suit
able building shall be erected and COM
pleted on said grounds the title to such
r1e- h he.
state by the date last named. and the
citizens of Cedar City to give guarantees
acceptable to the secretary of state for
the Vesting of the title in the building and
grounds by the time named
The commission hereby certifies to the
secretary of state the action determining
upon the site of said school, and trans
mits the proposition received from the
citizens of Cedar City. through their duly
constituted committee. which proposition
is marked Exhibit A.. and is hereby
made a part of this report
The commission transmits also other
communications and documents received.
as follows:
Exhibit B''-Papers submitted by the
citizens committee of Cedar City. other
than the proposition sent herewith as
EXHIBIT C''-Papers submitted by the
citizens committee of Beaver City,
Beaver county.
Exhibit D''-Papers submitted by the
citizens committee of Parowan. Iron
county
Exhibit Communications received
from the citizens committee of Para
goonah. Iron county.
Tire commission calls attention to the
fact that the city selected as the site of
the school cannot reasonably be expected
to complete a suitable building within the
time vet remaining before the opening of
the academic year 1878. which academic
wear begins in September. 1897. Inasmuch
as it is desirable that the school begin its
session at or near the beginning of a
branch normal school will be opened be-
fore September 1888 chat is at the be-
ginning of the academic year 1889. I'M
less other buildings can be supplied for
the temporary use of the school. The
commission commends the liberal action
to complete the school building now in
course of construction on lot is, block 81,
plat B. Cedar City town survey. and to
give to the state a title to said building
and to the grounds upon which it is
situated (96 square rods of land. for the
temporary use of the branch normal
school, and the commission recommends
that if no legal obstruction exists. this
offer of building and grounds for the
temporary use of the school be accepted,
and that the citizens of Cedar City be re-
Quired 10 guarantee the completion OF the
building by the time named in their
viz: Aug. 10, 1891 and that
the title TO said building and grounds re-
vert to the donors as soon as the build
ing TO be specially constructed for the
permanent use of the school is completed
and the title thereto vested in the state.
All of which is respectfully submitted
JOHN r. PARK,
JAMES E TALMAGE,
KARL G.. MAESER.
Commissioners.