Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-03-17
Los Angeles, Cal. ,
March, 4, 10

LOS AuReleS, Odl. /,
March, 4, 10
Mr.. c. ]. Brown,
Alma, Mich.
My Dear Sir and also my Alma Friends
AS you know we left our home
city on Nov. 13, % to spend the winter
months in southern California to get a
much needed rest from business and see-
ing the sights and getting the benefits
of milder climate We certainly en-
joyed every minute of the time out of
doors in the sunshine. During this
time we have had warm sunshine nearly
every day except possibly about four
days of rain and cloudy weather and
at present the sun shines too warm to
be comfortable. The nights are fine for
sleeping. On our way out we stopped
in Chicago and spent two weeks and
left there the 2S of Nov for California.
We spent IL days on our way to Los
Angeles, our first stop was at Lincoln,
Neb., to call on our daughter Ivah, later
she joined the family here. was very
much impressed with the city and
its business and resident districts.
Passed w. ]. Bryan's residence. He
has fine farm near the city limits.
From there to Denver and Colorado
Springs and Salt Lake City, we stopped
over Sunday AID attended services in
the Mormon Tabernacle. 1t is certain
ly wonder to look at on the exterior
and interior. The architecture at the
time it was built and the facilities they
had at that time TO get the material as
there was no railroad there at that
time. The Mormans and their elders
| presume they all worked AT that time,
there was about 1000 of them. They
had to go into the mountains and haul
with oxen and also carry on their
shoulders timber and stone for the
construction of this tabernackle, where
the city is located it was level and very
fertile. They used wooded pins in
place of nails and the entire building
was built in that way. IJ is a wonder
full construction considering the facilities
they had for building at that time. The
original cost of the building was 300,0 900
exclusive of the large pipe organ which
was built in the same way by hand
work with ordinary tools used by car
penters. The building is 250 feet long
and $50 feet wide and so feet high and
it rests upon red sand stone pews II feet
apart. The great wonder is how they
could construct tnis building with out
nails or iron. They hauled the glass for
the windows over the mountains with
oxen. they were small Sx10 in size.
Brigham Youngs WAS a glasier and
cabinet maker by trade and that probab-
ly helped out in building. They were
two years in building the tabernackle,
the seating capacity is 5000 people.
The temple is much more pretentious
structure. No visitors are allowed in
this building. The temple is 1867 feet
long, 80 feet wide, 222 feet to the top of
the tower the walls are Is feet thick at
the base and average from to feet
above the base The cost of building
was $4,000, 10000, they were 40 years
building this temple. Why was more
than interested in this religious sect
originated near my birth place.
Salt Lake City is most beautiful city
with wide streets well paved and kept
clean. 1t was formerly laid out in 10
acre lots by Brigham Young with wide
streets to accommodate his people, so it
has never been changed and makes
wide streets and large blocks Its
rsreet cars and electric poles are in the