The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-20

The is gazing at a "back wall, ordl-
luarily dead and unattractive.
J The edifice takes on warmer and
richer color in the north and south
/ facades, and il is raised, Of course, 10
an even higher power in the 'front.'
/ The central motive on the tl1th ave
( nue. side. the triple-arched portico, has
4 a lust degree of projection and the pill
/ Jared section on either side, with its
/ windows, is so designed as TO mass
/ and line that ii is also sufficiently en-
phasized for its own sake. The cor
ners, too. have their proper accents,
/ but they IL not obtrude or unduly as
/ sert themselves. The relation of the
I length of the building TO its height is
admirably fixed, as it might be called
long, low building But the attlcs
/ looming up above the outer roof line
provide the needed corrective. Out
/ side the library as within, grave
dignity rules, ornament being sparsely
used. and that little used being han
died with severe taste and care
Edifce a Trifie Cold.
While at first glance one would be
prone TO complain that the edihce
from an artistic viewpoint is a tribe
cold, yet upon closer inspection ana
/ study this impression must change 10
one OF full sympathy with the extreme
simplicity and beauty of its lines. This
GOODNESS gives way TO glow when the
exquisite touches added here and there
/ are fully revealed. The pediments at
/ the Fifth avenue corner are enriched
with rare examples Of sculpture. Stat
ues stand boldly forth from above the
| cOrnices over the pOrtica and in inches
on either side of that feature statue
| presides over a fountain.
Beside the large bowls into which
/ these fountains viii flow there are
| pedestals built into the broad flight of
! steps, on which gigantic carved vases
stand The plateau on which the ia
/ cade rises is treated in a formal man
ner, partly paved and partly given up
10 turf. with a balustrade, stone
/ benches and a short flight of steps
near 10 the line of the public sidewalk.
Dwarfed linden trees viii be planted
| in carefully ordered rows at either end
Of this gardenlike approach. They
win be kept within proportions as 10
] height and breadth as TO thoroughly
conform with the architectural ensem-
I BILE aimed at The note of color which
viii be delicately struck in the bronze
! grilles of the windows will be taken up
| by cleaning fountains and carried out
through grass and LEAKAGE.
But the physical requirements Of
/ this model institution are quite in ac-
cord with its architectural beauty.
/ Every known device that can facilitate
the work of the army of attendants
/ has been provided The numerous in
genious mechanical devices for facii-
tating the transaction OF business in
/ big library will be only one part of
carefully elaborated system of man
agement which is designed to make
/ the library second to none in the
world. So complete in every detail are
the equipment and service that the
800 rooms and vaults and halls. so far
as administration goes, are TO be as
closely in touch with each other and
with the directors office as if the
whole was housed in one small cham
/ Der No matter where the book one
calls for stands on the sixty-three-
mile stretch of shelves in the big main
stackroOm, il can be as easily reached
under the new system established as
though it stood on the little shelf over
the librarians private desk.
Big Catalogue Room.
| Reaching the big public catalogue
room by means of an elevator from
the main corridor. the visitor fills out
the slip, writing in the name of the
book desired. 1nlS ne turns IN 10 an
attendant behind one Of the several
cages and in a jifry the slip is being
hurled through a pneumatic tube 10
| the right attendant in charge of the
right one of the seven floors of book
stacks below. Almost before the Wis
| itor has had time TO look about him
the book asked for has been brought
to the catalogue room pneumatically
Among the man innovations found
here is a ''bOok hospital" installed in
the basement Of the FOrtieth street
side Here a complete printing plant
and bindery is in operation where
damaged books can be fixed up and
made almost as good as new. Here
also a vacuum cleaner plant has been
established, for not a whisp or a
broom is TO be found in this model
structure. Each of the $780, 600 vol
umes as well as all of the paintings,
furnishings and art objects are cleaned
by air exhaust, and ii is the intention
OF the director 10 keep them dust
proof.
The three hundred rooms, together
with the halls and corridors, AFFORD a
floor space, irrespective OF the cellar
and basement, $4,000 square feet.
or nearly nine acres. The library of
Congress at Washington has a total
floor space OF little less than eight
acres.
The third floor of the main building
is devoted to fine pictures. among