Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
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country.
Among hcprincipal public build
ings Is a municipal city ana
county building, which stands
amid foliage and lawns extending
over 10 acres near the heart of
the city. This structure was er-
hcted and furnished at cost ex
cceding S1,000,O0o. 1t is five
stories high and 2T2x156 feet on
the ground. The clock tower in
the center is $50 feet high. and
the four corner towers 10 feet
high. The Federal building is
another structure commensurate
With the size of the capital of
Utah.
The principal offices of all the
railroads, mining companies. beet
sugar factories. salt companies
and other enterprises of the state
are located in Salt Lake, each
employing hundreds of men,
while the majority of jobbers.
wholesale houses, factories and
big department stores all center
in this city.
10 the tourist the capital OF
the Beehive state has many at
fractions aside from her great
enterprises. educational facilities,
scenery and splendid climate.
There is the great inland sea, the
I)eal Sea Of America. which cX-
tends for so miles with a width
of rs miles. Across this great
stretch OF SALT water, Il II. Har
riman has thrown railroad
thereby adding TO the wonders Of
the NEST. This Lake is reached by
d splendid train service which
daily during summer months
carries packed trainloaGs OF hui
inunity eager for IA dip II, the
brine that brings to them new life.
The great lake is dotted With
numerous islands which range
In Size from mountains to black
piles of rock rising above the
surface of. tho water, Myriads of
birds on some. Of these afford 4
spectacle during the Matching
season which is not duplicated
anywhere OH the American
continent. On Antelope, one Of
the largest and nearest to the
city. one Of the very few herds
OF buffalo in Tie United States
roauls at freedom. and !, pro-
e. y
land the government breeding
place Of these almost extinct ans
imals To preserve the American
bison as he was when the conn
try was discovered,
But after all the interest of the
tourist centers around the Tenn
pie square which contains the
massive temple. the tabernacle
and the assembly hall The old
adobe wall around this block was
completed Aug, 10, 1854, and is
$50 feet in length, Tho Wall
proper is 10 feet high and three
feet thick. The weight is est-
mated al 2.232,440 pounds. 1t
was designed by President
Brigham Young. the leader of
the Mormon pioneers, and the
purpose was for Qualification
against attacks by the Indians.
The corner stone OF the Salt Lake
Temple was laid by President
Young, on April 6. 1853. and the
temple was finished April 6. 1898.
1t is built of Utah granite hauled
by OK team from the adjacent
mountains. The building is 1867:
feet long. 80 feet wide. with walls
1879 feet high. Three towers
on the east end, the center tow
er 222 y feet to top of spire: the
others 200 feet each: and three
towers at the west end, the cen
ter tower 219 feet TO top OF Spire,
the others 1914 feet each Tia
walls of the building ut the bot
tom are nine feet thick, at the
top six feet; the buttress seven
feet thick. The structure rests
upon II footing wall l6 feet thick
and eight feet deep. The figure
on the top of the east center
tower is Of hammered copper,
covered with pure gold leaf, and
surmountinG its crown is an in
candescent lamp of 100-candlc-
power. 1t represents the angel
Moroni, sounding the trumpet OF
the gospel in the latter-day dis
pensation. The cost of the
structure was over 100000
The tabernacle Is 250x150 feet
and so feet high, with egg -shap-
ed roof; a gallery on three sides:
the great pipe organ. pulpit and
choir at west end; seats about
10000. Large double doors at in
tervals around the building. First
stone laid April 8. 1868: dedi-
Gated Oct. 6. 1867 cost $500, 900.
Assembly hall is FOXES feet;
central tower is $50 fee: from the
ground: seats about $500 and
cost $4,000. 1t is used as an
overflow westinghouse.
Adjacent to the temple square,
looking east are located the
buildings of the Latter day
Saints University and the old
tithing yard block. On this sec
ton at the present time are
being erected a massive building
TO accommodate the Church Of
fees, also gymnasium, which
when. completed, will be one of
the largest and best appointed in
the United States. Still further
east are located the Lion and
Beehive houses and the Gardo
house. All three We're built by
President Young for residences,
the Beehive house at this time
being the residence of President
Joseph T.. Smith. of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Eagle gate adjacent al
so is an object of interest to the
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