The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
BRINGS SUGGESTION
FOR MARKET PLACE.
P. H. Hopkins Much I'm.
pressed With Scheme In
augurated in Evansville.
.PLAN LARGE COLISEUM
City and County Propose 10
Stand Behind Bonds to
Finance Project.
PLAN LARGE COLISEUM

L. II. Hopkins, division commercial
Of the Mountain States
Telephone q Telegraph company. who
recently returned from an extended
trip through the east. says that bust
ness men of Evansville, Ind. have
launched plan TO convert tho mar.
ket space of that city into n com
bined market shelter and coliseum
building, an idea, he thinks. which
might be adopted in Salt Lake TO the
great advantage of the public aud
marketers.
According to Mr.. Hopkins. the
Evansville plan provides that the city
ofitearning corporation, which shall
erect thercupon a modern building Of
large proportions. The ground floor of
the structure, under the plan, would
be more or less open TO permit the
maintenance of double rows Of booths
and market stalls under the walls near
the sidewalks, leaving two driveways
of sufficient width TO allow traffic TO
pass back and forth on the street un
der the first floor of the building iu
the ordinary manner.
To Issue Bonds.
Mr.. Hopkins says that 10 finance
the plan, it has been proposed in
Evansyille that bonds be sold. with
the cIty and county each contributing
enough yearly to guarantee interest
>-aYments. Provision could also he
made to allow the city and county to
take up the bonds and thus cventmaly
acquire full ownership, or refundng
clause could be written In the bonds
and they could run indefinitely
AS Il strong point in this plan. Mr..
| Hopkins points out that the ground
would cost nothing and that the loca.
! ton would he in the heart Of the bust.
ness district, accessible from all car
! lines. He SAYS that the Evansville
plans call for covered market stalls
along Il designated street for II distance
of 500 feet, leaving uncovered on each
side Of the street ten feet of sidewalk
Provide Market Stalls,
Market stalls are TO occupy space
under each wall of the building, and
double rows Of stalls arc to he placed
IN the middle of the street. Between
the double rows ana the sidewalk
stalls on either side are to be two
driyeways WIDE enough for easy traf-
fic.
''Thc coliseum proper. under the
plan, would be located on the second
floor says Mr. Hopkins "Plans
drawn tentatively call for building
with an actual hall space of 25O feet
by so feet, with balcony furnishing
| seating accommodations for 1000
| persons, No seats would be made per
mnnent on the main floor, and if could
thus serve for all kinds of conventions
and exhibitions, or horse shows and
athletic meets. The balcony floors
would be wide ard level
Suitable for Exhibitions.
"The seats would be collapsible.
permitting the balcony TO be cleared
and the space used for exhibit booths
IN case the demand on space should be
heavy In all, there would be pro-
vided the equal Of $4,000 square feet
of space suitable for exhibition pur-
poses
"A building such as suggested Tor
Evansville would be much like the
noted exhibition hall in Coogne, Ger.
many The ground would cost moth
ing and the public market would be
created. In Salt Lake our market
space has continually shifted with sue
ceeding years. BY the adoption OF the
Evansville plan, place could be des.
ignated, a similar structure erected and
permanent market established, with
manifold benefits to the city. The
market could be kept sanitary and or,
derby, traffic would not he iDterfered
with, and the city would possess
modern coliseum that could he put 10
wide and varied uses for public and
| prlyate purposeS -