The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17

last week by the board Of education in
the selection Of the logical site for our
proposed new high school building, II
was wise because IT Will accommodate the
population residing in the district ex
tending from the site at least twelve
blocks TO the north. twelve or fourteen
blocks to the east and at least ten blocks
to the south. In the most densely popu-
lated portion OF our city. and II was
conservative in The sense that a rather
speculative and unusual move would have
been made had they decided on some of
those IA, out locations In the present
very sparsely populated portions OF the
city. TO have built costly building In
an Off location would have been TO depre-
clate the buildings value, the moment
that 1t was completed. 1t would have
been deprecated exactly as would either
Of our ten or thirteen story hotels now
going up IL cheap locations had been
selected for their sites-Say away from
the business portions. In such locations
they might do we'll as summer resort
hotels, but would lose all their value as
commercial hotels. y far out location
Is all right for a college or university.
but Is altogether wrong for a high
school,
ION the site selected the new high
school should be thing of beauty and
Joy forever, thing that all our citi-
zens can and will with pride point TO
as the city's rich .gift to ala who VIII
avail themselves OF q residence in our
city as a rare good place In which to
rear and educate their children. 1t Is
a high and slightly piece of ground. and
a three-story structure (Which 1 under.
stand Is now quite generally conceded
to be the right height for such struc-
lures) will easily be seen from all por-
tions OF the city. 1t will be near enough
for all visitors and tourists. to see st. and
when the board Is ready to spend halt
million dollars on a high school building
it should be where 1t can be easily used
and as great municipal advertisement,
easily seen. 1t will help thousands TO
decide on Salt Lake City as a fine place
TO move to. Should the board decioe
to erect building, say 500 feet long;
then there would be practically 1Oox33o
feet OF lawn on the First South stree.
frontage and the same on the Second
South street side. while the Fifth East
frontage would be much greater. The
building should be built T shape. The
north two thirds of the building could be
built Immediately and later the soutii
later the main wing to the east could
be constructed. This plan would AFFORD
three main fronts. north, south and east
and II Corinthien pillars OF white stone
supporting fine Grecian porticos wore
used, and red brick for the body Of the
would be had BY this plan immense
parade grounds would be afforded on
either side, and in front OF the east wing
as we'll as on oach end OF the building
The site is q most admirable and Valua.
bic one for the purpose and Its cost
for so costly an improvement,
'I was led to make these remarks IA
voring the good work of our city bulid-
ers with conversations had during the
last day or two with three OF our lead
ing bankers, each Of whom were warm In
their praise OF the action taken by the
school board In their selection OF CEN
trail site for the new high school"