The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-06-10
OFFICIAL HOME OF FEDERATION
Miners Are Determined to Adopt the
Judge Memorial.
CFrom The Salt Lake HeraIdD

sentiment in tbs next few days lll ne
Judge Memorial home in TINS CITY w
be adopted as the official home Oh Iile
! Western Federation of Miners. Inc
matter is und r consideration by the
| leaders in the organization now III colI-
vention in Salt Lake, and degnlte ac-
tion is expected to be taken before tue
adjournment of ths convention the
, coming week.
! This is the outcome of visit mace
to the home by sixteen of the leadlns
members of the Western Federation OIL
Miners, under the leadership OF Pres-
ident Charles H. Meyer and secretary
w. D. Haywood. Friday of last week:
Rev Dennis Kiely vicar general OF
the Salt Lake diocese, acted as guide
| for the party. Every visitor was en-
! thusiastic over the building and tne
! location. The officers said it had peeh
their dream of years to have such
| home for the members of the organlza-
| ton where they might be cared for
when injured, or sick, or too old to
work longer. The great obstacle mas
! been the matter of funds which Whlch
| to erect building. For this reason
! this magnificent building ready for oc-
| cupancy s emed to them a special
I providence. 1t was soon figured out
that it was large enough to accommo-
date the Western Federation of Min
that it could be supported by means
of a small ass, ssment on the members.
In addition to that fund could be
established in short time for the care
of the helpless
After the visit to the home the COM
mittee called on Bishop Seaman and
s forth their wishes in the matter.
Bishop Seaman fell in with the idea
at once. 1t was understood by all par
he I'D To- hoy,
must continue to be an institution of
the Catholic church, as the builder of
the home intended and that Bishop
Seaman must retain general super
vision over the institution. The inten-
ton is to place the home in charge
of some order of Sisters, whsther it
is made the official home of the West
ern Federation of Miners or not. A
definite conclusion will be reached in
the matter by the organization in a
day or two, when definite PROPOSE
ton will be submitted to Bishop Scan
Ian. 1t is practically certain that an
agreement will be reached in the mat
ter.
You may say for me that the report
is absolutely false in every particu-
lar; ! have never been inside the
building"
This statement was made by City
last evening when told that the report
was current in the city that he had
condemned the Judge Memorial home
on Seventh South and Tenth East
streets. D. c. Dart, the architect of
the building. was aware of these re-
ports in circulation
/ will risk my reputation on the
stability of this building" he said |
last evening. Somebody should take |
lFTh l.,
this infamous rumor. 1t has abso- |
ltutely no foundation and is the out
growth of petty spite on the part of |
one man who was disappointed in the |
beginning"
These persistent rumors concerning |
the building are the cause of deep
modification to Bishop Laurence Scan /
Ian, Mrs. Mary Judge and the others
interested in this magnificent philan-
thropy The building is now fpracti-
caIly complete except for the grading
ana landscaping to be done on the
and drives The reason it is
not already furnished and occupied is
hat Bishop Seaman has been so Who'll
y occupied with the erection of the
cathedral that it has been necessary
for him to defer action on the home.
Work on the cathedral is now pro-
crossing so well that the bishop is
enabled to turn a part of his atten-
ion to the home, and important de-
yelopments are looked for in the near
,uture.
A visit to the Judge Memorial home
will remove all doubt from the mind as
o the character of the building 1t
s doubtful if there is a more sub
tantial large building in the state
Not crack of even the smallest di-
can be found in, the walls
anywhere on any one OF the five
loors. When it is remem bered that
ne building is 210 feet long and con- y,
AIMS practically 200 rooms, this is re-
Under the southeast wing of the
uilding a spring of pure water was
lscoVered. 1t was piped to a small
eservoir in the grounds and will BE-
tlllzed for irrigation purposes. .Bish
p Seaman considers it valuable as
ct; 1t is part of a spring that was
tlllzed years ago for a small brew
rs that stood on a portion of the I
round. Every part of the basement \
the building is as dry as a bone.
rowing that absolutely no bad effects
re to be apprehended from this spring {
Waterman Hugh Joyce, who has
harge of the building, takes pleas
re III pointing out the many good
olnts of the home and in rsfuting the t
Use reports set in circulation il
The view from the tower of the home a
one of the finest in Salt Lake valley.
n unobstructed panorama of the en-
re city and valley from the crest of U
lie Wasatch range on the east to the T
azy Oquirrhs on the west, and from 7
lirty miles down the valley to the \
fountain barriers on the north, there
nothing to interfere with the view
ne clear air, the sunshine and the
agnificent view must have good |;
feet on those so fortunate as to find
home under this roof