Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-25
Bishops General StorehOuse Being
RemodeIed and Enlarged
BUSINESS DEMANDS H.
New Two-Story structure Sshqo rect
And BulIt Of Pressed BRICK
General Church News

improvements and additions aggre-
eating an outlay Of several thousand
dollars are being made at the hor'h
end Of the Bishops general store mousse
Tho same becoming necessary In order
TO more successfully handle the grow
ing business Of that institution
A News" reporter visited the site
This morning and found a corps OF
workers busily engaged putting the
finishing touches on the new buildings
preparatory 10 their being used for the
different branches Of the business car
rIed on there. The north end OF the
hullding IN the very center Of the block
has been torn down and the roof raised
ak feet, while the old cement hoor mas
heen torn out and the basement eX-
cayated an additional nine feet, making
this section vastly more commodlous
and preparing It for more extensive
service than heretofore. TINS Dulld-
ing. which is also being supplied win
windows where formerly there We're
hind walls. has a dimension or 3zN52
feet. while the new building lmmedia te-
IN adjoining It Is 3sxi0 feet, both being
two stories high.
The newsstructure Is built of pressed
brick and IN every respect Is model
of convenience besides being thorough
lv uu-to-date The buildings VIII be
used principally as storehouses, al
though they are so arranged as to be
nut To other uses should conditions or
necessity require or demand The back
end of the reconstructed building con-
sIsts of an fee box 12XS7 feet and l6
feet high and capable Of storing lbO
ions of ice II has two air chambers
and is well suited for the purpose to
which It will be put Adjoining the
ice house IS a storeroom 25XS1 feet, this
also being twO-story ana hlghly SUIT
able for the storing Of Hour, gram ana
goods such as are generally kept on
hand IN the institution.
The contractor Is Bishop EDWARD l.
Ashton, while the work OF construction
ls under the foremanshlp OF j. q, Ko-
binson.
GENERAL CHURCH NEWS.
Prest. l.. W. Shurtlff Of the Weber
stake, was down from Ogden today, He
Tas accompanied by Elder Moroni
Stewart Marriott who has just been
set apart as Bishop Of the Marriott
ward to succeed Bishop James Richie,
He will have for his counselors George
Richie and Timothy Terry. The Mar
riott ward has a membership of 400
souls aud is reported by its new Bishop
as being IN very good condition When
asked concerning street meetings in
ogden Prest Shurtliff said they had
been very successful and the Elders
called 10 that labor had evinced a de-
sire to do all required Of them to
spread the message Of salvation. Og-
den and Weber stake generally, said
he, were blessed with a good list Of
ready speakers, and these were being
used 20 good advantage. Prest. Shurt-
I'M intimated that the work was at
present largely experimental but the
success achieved had been such as to
bespeak something more extensive In
the near future. The meetings are
held weekly in an open square on
Twenty-lifth street. and all held thus
FAR have been orderly and well at
tended
The Southern States mission house
has been removed, the present address
being Box 3Sl. Atlanta, Ga. Elder
Ephraim H. Nye is president.
Next Sunday Sunday school will be
organized at Sunshine in the Tintic
district members Of the general board
and officers Of the Alpine stake going
cut there for that purpose. The pros
poets for q good school are very favor
able, az last Sunday the visiting breth-
rem held 4 meeting with 40 people in at
tendance.
The Seventies quorums, whose
special business It Is to provide preach
ers OF the Gospel, have been called up
on to furnish two missionaries each.
As there are li2 such quorums In the
Church, this will mean 2S4 good work
ers for ;he mission field. And stlll
there will be plenty left for the
quorums have an aggregate member
lhip Of $500 souls.
The Deseret Sunday School Union
board held a meeting this afternoon.
On Sunday next the Scandinavian
conference occurs in Brigham City.
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