The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-20

ton, is rooted over and with the unfln
ished transepts and the nave shut In
fro.l the weather by concrete screens.
the remaining wing and work on the Ian
tern and towers above can go on with
out annoyance to worshipers. each fin-
ished unit to be thrown open upon the
main body of the edif1ce as 1t becomes
ready for use
Style of Cathedral.
In style the cathedral is late Roman
esque. with strong traces of Byzantine
Influences. or as the architect In chief.
Grant LSFarEs SsorGNcs son 2f the late John
cathedral in the larger sense is Gothic.
II Is the Gothic OF a very early period:
the time Of transition from the simple
Romanesque 10 the more complex organ
ISM" Nowhere is the constructive scheme
based on the pointed arch. The mystery
of long vlstas down dim, pillared asles
has been exchanged for the solemn gran
deur of a great central crossing. wherein
the congregation may mass within sound
of the preachers voice. lighted from above
by domed lantern OF sixteen windows.
surmounted in turn by a central tower
The site is the most commanding In
the city. on what was once the battle
field of Harlem heights. overlooking the
main plain OF Manhattan. the Hudson
river. and Long Island sound, II occu-
nies three city blocks. bounded by One
Hundred and Tenth and One Hundred
and Morningside drive and Amsterdam
avenue 10 east and west The cathedral
Itself is a cruciform structure $50 feet
long 1s5 feet wide across nave and
aises 23S feet wide across transcpts, hav-
ing two western towers In angles made
by arms OF tho cross. with central tower
and Spire planted on n base 100 feet
square and rearing It's final cross TO a
height of a25 feet AS the great dome
Of the crossing dominates the interior. so
the lofty tower soaring from the lodges
Of Morningside heights. Will dominate the
exterior.
Will Last for Ages.
The construction is everywhere designed
for all the ages. The outer walls are Of
cream colored granite from Lake Ho
hogan. n. Y. faced inside with a beau
tiful soft. buff limestone from Froutenac.
MINI. The grolncd vaults above the choir
win be brilliant with primary colors. and
with nnosacs and gold. AT It's four cor
ners stand four masonry piers support
ing the ceiling OF the dome and the
weight OF the tower above. Each OF them
is twenty-six feet square. its load is 81
71S 600 pounds and it stands on concrete
foundations. bedded forty feet below In
piers. and now visible in all photographs
OF the cathedral, but later 10 be com
pletely ipcloscd by the exterior walls.
are four flYnG buttresses. the heaviest
ever built which will take up the thrust
Of the arches and distribute their load
evenly on the piers. II was not felt wise
lantic coast TO expose them. constituting
as they do the only guarantee Of the
structural integrity OF the whole. 10 the
attacks OF rain and frost, imperceptibie
at first. but implacably destructive in
the course or centuries.
| No iron and no wood is used In the
frame work OF the cathedral proper. The
floors are Of hollow tiling. the walls OF
hollow brick and the roof Of thing again
with copper sheathine over all. needed
only for a weather screen. An elaborate
heating and ventilatine plant is already in
operation.
Hidden electric lights Will rim the
arches OF the choir with inCandcscencc.
closely woven system of telephone
wires will connect the vast wings for the
use of it's governing clergy. AZ the choir
wlthdraws i'm the reccssional. Its blended
voices will be brought back TO the kneel-
ing congregation through sounding horns
| with aperturcs inside the walls. The
| building will be as nearly impcTlshablc
| indestructiblc and responsive to the needs
| that have called II into being IL has
been possible for human ingenuity TO
make n,