Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-15


like building within a decade Perhaps
there newer WIS u community ln which
thcrr was more universal sorrow than
prevailed nmnuH the people M SEWER
STAKE Immediately after that great ca-
lamity.
DIFFERENTIATION TO REBUILD.
President soogmilcr. NE soon ns pos
eihle, called together tho bishops and
leading men ~ an the Wurda through.
out the stako. and tho matter wits suh-
united a. them. The question was
asked, what shall We DO about ltf"
A. " actuhtod by one good
spirit. ne answer Fiycn BY an WIS.
The matter was laid before die peo-
pie of the various wards hy their ne
spcctiyo nishnpH and the answer came
from all; ''itehuiiii" The contract WI
rebuilding was also iet 20 ,. N. Hove
man Tor $1,000 ~ addition 10 tho orig
inal contract price and another nilni.
ment was made nFEregntlng 20 per
cent Of the frst one. and considering
the many many money demands that
have been made upon the people uf this
Stake during tho last year the re-
rponse hna been marvellous A very
gratifying feature ~ tho contributions
n The lhcrnlity manifest ON the part
~ those who DO not belong t1 the
Church of Jesus Christ of tattrr-dny
SnlntH Many non "Murmonl" hnvo
contributed their mite while % few
have made quite prlucrly gifts, There
nrc very few individuals iu Rlchn.ll
und perhaps tho same may be- said NJ
other places Do tho Stake, whose nantes
40 not appear upon the Inst ~ donors
20 the Scylcr Stake tabernacle.
a white marble slab placed Zoo tho
north wall NJ the main entrance upon
which the fpilowin is uuruvrn briefly
tells tho history ~ the bulldluEi
SEWER STAKE TAHEHNACLE.
Corner stone iaid Junr ! lsys.
HulldinE burned oct. 40, 1885
Work recommended oct no. lass
Completed July a. 1899.
Cost. 10000.
The tabernacle whose style OF nrchl-
lecture 10 sent Gothic. In built uf orunm
colorrd sand stone ana ~ 100 feet long
by no feet wide Tho main tower III
iAl fcet high the smaller ones on rtch
side Of Il stand 10 feet high. while tho
central tower a. 100 feet high
The main auditorium IN l2O2G5 fcot.
and ltH nour has pitch NJ " foot In
the length Of the building Tho gallery
projects forty feet from the east end
OF the auditorium across the whole
width Of tho house which has "a seat
ing capacity estimated ut 1000.
ARE THREE PARTS.
Tho building Is divided into three
PARASITIC main entrance consisting
~ the yvHtihulo and winding HtllrNuyH.
the auditorium ana the yuHtry cone
ulstlug uf u basement. Boo which b. tho
engine Tor heating and lighting pur-
poses. a down stairs and uu up stairs
room The system ut heating Go be
employed DO both direct and indirect
In the WRIST end Of the auditorium ia
an elevated circle with five rows ~
Hoata. which win accommodate 600
persons Tor tho choir. our beautiful
vocation organ occupies O. place Goo iht
rear OF the choir Below ths yhHir lH
the stand for the presiding authorities
Immediately back uf thH pulpit uuI
rtill lower o. tho Sacrament table. Iun
paintlng of the woodwork Do lll of aus
tiqtte oak Imitation, while the wallis
and, ceiling are finished iu plaster ana
Iheer of paris one hundred inyNuH
hcein.tt lamps ure attached 10 the uuII.
ready ION usr when electricity
G Htrc had iu this city white lu thH
runaWumo largo Rochester lamps are
which Ag TO furnish light for evening
the L,ugs
pany,e auditorium o. finished with black
henf pews having permanent seats tho
foulcry has folding seated benches
bulhlle folding seated chairs uru Urla
tridod for the members uf thH choir
tlThe estimated cost nf thr buuuIus ls
tFifty thousand dollars.
MUTUALLY PROUD.
While almost every tAttrr.d1y Saint
and the majority uf "AlurWuus' H
the stake are Justly entitled Io uu.
atlntod praise Tor the assistance UN.I
has rendered individually tu complete
thiH magnificent ndINCc, we must Hur
clally mention tur thoir unilrlUs Hnuru
President William II, SCrEwN'ur hn
counEeloru William N. CLARK Uut
Joaoph +. Horne, bishop Thee. Brand
lev and his counHrlurHI Paul hWl.ni
ana Simon Christensen NJ tho kinhhelt
ward. who for 30 long constituted th
Stake tabernacle committee blHhol
Fairbanks N Annnbella. Bishop le.plr
OF Burryille, Bishop Greenwood OF Cen