The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-14

! auditorium.
= Building will furnish offices and
\ studios for many artists
Art room TO be a feature of the =
y structure. =
y Building will be scene Of Salt
y Lakes finest musical events. =
y VIII be three stories high.
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Preparations have Seen going on in
Salt Lake for nearly two months, so
quietly that the project was known to
only those Immediately interested for the
erection here this year of a $4,000 audi
forum as a home for the musical events
and concerts Of the city and to furnish
! offices, studios and art rooms for local
musicians and artists.
The deal came to light yesterday, when
arrangements were made for securing the
property belonging TO Peter HACK OF
California, Immediately south Of the build
/ ing Of the Independent Telephone com
/ pany on the east side of State street be-
tween First and Second South streets.
This property is almost directly across
/ from the Orpheum uneatTe and is now Oc-
| cUpied by the warehouse of an implement
/ company. Three months ago it was ru-
I mOred that this property had been sold by
/ MIR Hack, but the report was at the
/ time denied. Yesterday one of the men
| Immediately interested in the erection Of
{ the proposed auditorium stated that ar
/ rangements are now being completed for
| the purchase of the site.
All Salt Lake Money.
I Every dollar that goes into the audi
forum will be Salt Lake money. Enough
/ funds have already been pledged by local
| men to insure the erection of the build
/ ing and work is TO start before The sum
/ mer is over. No plans have been drawn
as yet, though the men who will have
charge OF the erection of the building
have formulated a general scheme for
4 the structure that can be readily worked
/ out, and which, when effected, will prove
admirable.
| The present idea is to erect three
story building. with its architectural
/ style characteristic of the purpose to
/ front Of the building Will contain offices
/ for local musicians and studios, cOnven-
/ iently arranged and with every facility
/ required by musicians for music teach
/ ing. Several art studios are 10 be ar
/ ranged in the building and one Of the
! principal features that is proposed is a
state art exhibition room.
/ The auditorium proper will be as the
site will permit and special attention IS
/ to be given the work of obtaining perfect
! acoustic properties. 1t will be capable
( of housing the largest Of theatrical pro-
/ auctions if occasion requires that the
! house be given over to such attractions.
4 The main object in the construction or
/ the stage, however, will be to so arrange
! it that large Orchestras can be satisfac-
! torily accommodated
Public Subscription.
/ The details of construction and archi-
| lecture are yet TO be worked out. That
| Salt Lake needs and will royalty support
/ an auditorium is beyond all question.
! While the tabernacle has served its puT-
pose well. as far as giving concerts ia
! concerned, it is very unsatisfactory at
| best because of its enormous size and the
| peculiar conditions Of the big hall An
| auditorium such as is now proposed fCT
/ State street has been the dream of the
I musicians and artists Of Salt Lake for
/ years past and it is believed the time
| is ripe for the erection of the building.
| Nothing shOddy or cheap is to go into the
1 structure the central idea now being to
( obtain a richness Of appearance through
| simple elegance in construction and fin
| iShing.
| Musicians throughout the city are In
i tensely interested in the prospective cul-
miDation of their hopes and it Is probable
I that The building fund of the building viii
be thrown open to popular subscription as
/ IL is beiievtd the business men and COM
! mercial and social organizations here will
rise to the occasion in a most liberal man