The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-07


house, of a generous people, and Of a
people bilked.
In the old days here, the ecclesiasti-
cal subdivision known as the Fifteenth
ward embraced that part of the city
bounded by South Temple street on the
north, Second West street on the east,
Third South street on the south. and
lover Jordan" }" on the west 1t was
progressive ward, inhabited by industri-
Gus people who were ambitious to keep
fully abreast of the progress of the
day. Generally speaking, it had been
enthusiastically ofiicered by men who
| desired the progress OF the ward in
accord with the best advancement of
tho remainder of the community, and,
withal. the bailiwick was mcasurably
| prosperous.
Passing the details Of the very early
history, (for they have little or no bear
ing here) it is noted that the member
ship of the ward had increased to such
an extent that a larger house of wor-
ship became necessary, Standing away
back in the lot at the corner of First
South and Third West streets was an
adobe building known as the .'Old
Granary.' IT was decided that this
should be fitted up as a meeting house;
so the work was at once started, and
IN short time the people had fairly
commodious, two-story house of wor-
ship. At that time it was a somewhat
pretentious structure, too, and the hard
working members Of the ward were
proud of IL. Even today, some Of the
old residents fondly recall the good
times they bad in the old building.
beng almost willing TO affirm that no
such good meetings. have ever been
neld since. And many of the fathers
down there, take great delight in
'plaguing' The mothers of today bv
relating the most outlandish stories of
the girls at the ward dances in the
'Old Granary how "mother set her
cap for me, and how 81. of course
wasn't p'ticler, but mother fin 'lly
ketchcd me. - But upon these occn.
sions the bright lads and lassies are
sure to find the tables turned on the
master of the house in mothers quiet
lelolnder that Father was so peskv
determined that l jest had to take him
TO get rid of him
i" Wandering" did YOU saw Oh. no,
NOT at all, Every bit of this belongs
The very fact that the bows and girls
OF that day are the fathers and mothers
or The boys and girls of today shows
the changes that time will bring about
nnd time was no less at work upon
IN the walls, just as it puts wrinkles
IN races. The old building began to
sag IN places, as if it were growing tired
Of standing up so long. the wills
cracked; the plaster fell sometimes in
grea! slabs; the whitewash peeled off
IN IN olg splotches; the shin giles grew
IKE patriarch s hair; because the
eeoundatIon sank IN places and remained
flrm IN others, the windows and doors
grew all aslant and atwist; it stood
there crooked and gnarled, like a poor.
ary."
But the man of the hour was there
also, He was the late Bishop Joseph
Pollard-good. sincere, honest, upright
industrious and courageously ont
spoken, in the cause of right, afraid
OF neither man nor devil nor all the
combined imps of purgatory. This was
the man who set the people TO work to
build what was afterwards known
throughout the territory as the "new"
Fifteenth ward meeting house. When
finished it was the pride and boast of
the entire church-somewhere near
rated on the interior by the late w. G.
Morris, who was an artist Of excep-
tional ability. The ceilings and walls
were all finished in durable OIL paint,
and on the wall Mt the pulpit end
Billie as Mr. Morris was affection
atcly called by all who knew him,
painted large and excellent representa-
tion Of ''The Ascension'' (Thc pres.
ent decoration OF the ceiling in the
Salt Lake theater is the design of Mr..
Morrs.)
Now, all of this cost the members
Of the Fifteenth ward ga pretty pen
ny. The money was raised by the
generous individual subscription Of
| these good people, while a large part
Of the work Of construction and decora-
tion was donated by the artisans of the
ward employed upon the structure, 1t
was considerable drain upon their re-
den and carried it off successfully with
out complaint: and they were IN very
deed and iustifiably proud Of their new
meeting house
TO make short what would be a long
story, if all the details were followed,
! the ward few wears ago purchased the
Foster home, small piece Of property
in the southeast corner Of the meet
| ing house lot. Later the Oregon Short
Line railway bought the entire prop
crty. including the cold grannry" and
the "ncwN meeting house-stll a good
and substantial building-paying there
for about $4,000.
Since Bishop Pollard Is time the ward
| has twice been geographically divided.
| The first time was when all that por-
ton of the ward west of Sixth West