The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-21
UTAH CAPITAL
BOARD Re TURNS
Members of Utah Commission
Home After Extended Tour
of Inspection.
GAIN VALUABLE IDEAS
ABOUT BUILDING DETAILS
Everywhere Received With
Hospitality and Given All
Assistance Possible.

After a thorough inspection Of the cap
itol buildings at the capitals OF various
eastern states the members OF the Ctar
state capitol building commission re
turned To salt Lake City shortly before
5 o'clock Yesterday afternoon. highly
pleased with the trip. The travellers said
the trip meant far more TO the members
OF the commission than they could pos
siby have realized before il was under
taken.
Each member oi the commission re-
turns 70 the city with better views az 10
what utah's proposed capitol building
should be. and when the commission
meets TO decide upon the design and take
the PEe!miGaTE slGPs iG"aTS Ibs the Sarion fon
members will be far better fitted intelli-
gently 10 act upon the proposition than
they were before the trip WAS under
taken.
Practically all OF the largest capitol
buildings OF the country were visited oy
the commission. including the natona!
capitol at Washington, ID. G. Inc capliol
buildings which impressed the commit
tee most were on a similar plan. gen
orally speaking. as the national capitol
that Is. the center dome and side wing
plan. Among the capitol buildings which
arc along this plan and which greatly
Impressed members OF the commiss,on .,
Paul. MINI. Augusta, Nc, Providence,
r l. aud Frankfort Ky.
The committee left Chicago, where the
Chicago the committee went TO 81. Paul,
Mimi. and then 10 Madison Wis. From
There the itinerary included Boston.
Mass; augusta Ne. Hart HaIu9Tra; ORD. vnen I9nh.,
ington. D. c.. indianapolis. Ind, Frank
fort Ky. and Denver Colo
Beautiful Building at Madison.
The beautiful new capitol building at
Madison Wis. is about two-thirds COM
pleted at the present time. according 10
Attorney General \. r Barnes. one of
the members of the commission. This
structure. which when completed will cost
of white Bethel marble from the Yer
mont qua:ries. The building. when lin
ishrd. Will he one Of the most beautiful
cepito!S in the country.
The buildings at Providence and St
Paul. both of which deeply impressed
members Of the commission. are con-
structed OF Georgia marble. while the
building at Frankiifort Ky. is of Bed
ford sandstone and Georgia marble.
IN every state the commission visited
the members were extended hearty WEI
shown the Utah men. In speaking OF the
trip Tuesday evening Attorney General
Barnes declared that it had been espe-
cially profitable 10 the members OF the
commission In :hat It mad afforded them
an opportunity To investigate the ar
rangements of the very best capitol build
the work OF supervising the construction
OF the one in this state.
Mr.. Barnes and the other members Of
the commission feel better qualified now
20 spend the money appropriated by the
legislature for the Utah building to ad
vantage than they did before they made
the trip.
All Details Inspected.
The arrangements and construction of
the various buildings visited were gone
into by the commission as To the heat
Ing, lighting, ventilatlng. office arrange
ments and adaptability of various sys-
tens OF construction to various parts Of
the country and 10 the various needs OF
the Offices The Office arrangements also
was thoroughly gone into by the members
of tie commission.
Mr. Barnes declared Tuesday evening
that he expected the commission would
get together Immediately to agree upon
the design III general and also 10 agree
upon some competitive scheme for the
selection OF the plans.
Just what method win be employed by
the board in conducting the competition
or in selecting plans an architect has
not yet been decided upon. IL is pretty
Well understood. however. that there will
the city are deeply interested in what
the commission proposes TO do along this
line.
While the trip was a strenuous one. |
and the members OF the commission were
exceedingly busy all of the time, they had
pleasant time. and the trip was one
vi lHtSIeSL dtD lUSlIuCllOH every men,
Der.
The members Of the commission who |
made the trip included Secretary Of State |
Z. S Tingey, Attorney General A. r.
Barnes. John Dern. NJ. S. Browning and
John Henry Smith. Governor William
Spry and c. z. Loose. the other two mem |
bers OF the commission. did not make
The trip.
Will Hold Bonds
Secretary Tingey and Attorney General
Barnes left before the other members OF |
the commission. going 10 Chicago and |
other eastern points TO negotiate FOR the |
sale Of the $3.50. 900 worth OF state road |
bonds and the 5000 900 worth of uni |
yersity bonds authorized by the legisla- |
ture for the Improvement Of state roads |
and for a new central building for the
University OF Utah.
Mr. Barnes said Tuesday. night that af-
ter looking .nto the market II had been
decided that the bonds would rot be dis |
posed or at the present time. as indica- |
uons are that the market will be consid- |
eraby better in the near future.
ne three other members of the capitol |
building commission who made the trip |
met Mr. Barnes and Mr.. Tingey at Chi !
cago. where the itinerary was arranged |
and at which point the trip was begun