The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-23
LESSON Learned At
MINING CONGRESS
Freeman Morningstar as a
Delegate to Denver Loses
No Time.
WHAT SALT LAKE
CAN BENEFIT BY
Municipal, as Well as Mining
Items, Picked lip by
Salt Laker.

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day. Mr.. Morningstar and AR. Dern,
also delegate, both being interested
in municipal improvements, and eSpc.
cially at this particular time, when
| there Is so much public Improvement
being undertaken in Salt Lake, took
| advantage of the time between scs-
sions and studied what was being doue
IN Denver at the present time along
these lines, To a Tribune reporter.
Mr.. Morningstar said: "Among the
more prominent municipal improve
ments now under way in the Colorado
capital which we noticed were the new
public library and the convention audi
forum, the Cherry Creek boulevard,
and numerous other street paving Jobs.
1.-The library building is a gift of
Andrew Carnegie, and is being erected
on fine, large site purchased by the
city for the purpose out of a portion
of the old Senator Tabor estate. The
site was a most happy selection, com
mandlng as 1t does view down five
prominent streets, the beautiful
grounds and building of the new u.
:, mint, near the State Capitol
grounds. While the library is a gift
of Mr.. Carnegie. it is very different
in design from all others I have seen
ii is n distinctly new design as regards
American library rchitecture-though
is. of course, very old in the world g ar
chltecture. 1t bears a resemblance TO
the famous Roman Forum, but its cor
nice and roof are more of a Grccian de-
sign. Along its main frontage of about
40 feet on Colfax avenue, are about
twenty massive white stone Corlntbian
pillars, giving the building very
beautiful and stately appearance.
Their great convention hall, or
auditorium, is also we'll located on q
prominent corner on Fourteenth street,
half way between the city hall and tho
library. The building is to be the
latest type of convention hall construc-
tion-both as TO convenience and as re-
CARDS tire-proofing. Its seating capac~
lty is to be about 5000, and in general
design, resembles the great convention
hall at st. Paul which was built there
some years ago, especially to get the
Republican National convention the
year that General Harrison was nomi-
mated for the presidency. Denver be-
ing already one of the leading conven-
lion cities Of the country, she is now
putting her house in order to some time
soon entertain d National convention
Of one Of the two great parties. Den
YER bonded herself for 100000 with
which to procure funds to erect this
-.lagniicent structure, which viii be
the pride OF the entire West.
NoVel TOuClCdl olUudUlOns
''In addition to these municipal
building enterprises. there are at least
two other fine buildings of more or
less public nature now under course of
construction magnificent 100000 Y.
NJ. c. A. building, five stories in height,
and beautiful temple, of about equal
height, for the Knights Templar of
Denver and the State, while the Pres
byterian people of the State have Just
voted to add $l,000,000 worth of build
lngs and improvements to their West
minister college property in North Den
yer, The political situation in Denver
ular parties-Republican and Demo
cralic-appear to have been somewhat
slde-tracked in their plan, or rather the
plans Of their machines, and instead
of clecting TO the Office of Governor
professional politicians this year, it
seems quite generally conceded that
Doctor Bouchtel, chancellor Of the Den
yer University. running on sort of
independent ticket, will be elected
joying much the same kind of three
cornered fight in Denver this year as
we are having here at home.
During the past two years Denver
has doue vast amount of street paw
ing, and sewer construction. Many
miles of asphalt street pavements have
been laid, while there are about TWEEN
" miles of asphalt paved alleys. COW
erlng tho entire business section. and
Dental portion. What field for i'm.
provement we have here in Salt Lake
along that line. Clean. dry alleys
would do much to facilitate business,
and would be especially valuable as a
health measure, from a sanitary point
Of view; then. too, it would greatly
improve the looks of our business sec
tion, 10 the eyes of the thousands of
tourists visiting our city every year.
Miles of Fine Streets.
What interested us most, however
was the miles and miles of residential
streets recently paved with disinte.
on the plan of the regular macadam-
paved streets of Eastern cities. This
disintegrated granite is the granite
gravel found in inexhaustible auanti-
ties in the foothills near Denver. much
as we have 1t In our mountain foot
hills near at hand. Mr. Dem and |
were simply delighted as we drove over
these 6ne, smooth, hard gravel streets
for miles, and could not help coveting
a similar condition in our own city.
we have the material in abundance,
and ] trust we, too, can soon look Tor.
ward TO early having miles of such
fnc gravel streets The cost is less
than half that Of asphalt, and really
affords more pleasure TO carriage driv-
ing. OF course, the cost viii be slight
~ more here than IN Denver, because
of our rather loose alluvia soil. and
more or less dampness in the lower
portions Of the city. but the relief
from tresome mud in the wet season
would be greatly appreciated bv all
our people. Deuver's Cherry Greek
boulevard is being constructed as
means of beautifying that portion of
the city, through which Cherry creek
runs. The stream is being narrowed.
and its nnsightly banks beautifed bv
building cement retaining walls. Bv
this means a magnificent drive is be
ING made, following the natural curves
of the stream.
"The ninth annual meeting of the