The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-03-20
LABOR TEMPLE
PLANS DRAWN
SKETCH OF PROPOSED BUILD
ING MAY BE SEEN AT THE
LABOR TEMPLE - ACTUAL
CONSTRUCTION NOW UP TO
THE UNIONS.

L III ~ ONlONS.
We want a new Labor Temple in
this berg and we want it bad. The
present structure is deteriorating in
value every year and is no longer suit
able to the needs Of our growing labor
movement Like a suit Of clothes that
were once serviceable but have been
outgroWn and worn out, the present
building has served us well for many
years, but ought to give way to a new
and modern building We have ex-
pended a good deal of hot air on this
subject in the last few years and have
gone so far as to purchase and pay for
two slightly lots in a desirable bust
ness location, but that is all we have
done. One union, the Timber Work
ers, is right up against the proposition
now of being compelled to seek other
quarters, although they have over two
thousand dollars tied up in the stock
of the Building Association. There is
not hall in the present building large
enough to hold the crowd that attends
the weekly meetings and the union has
been compelled to rent Liberty hall in
which to hold the same.
The directors of the association
have earnestly discussed plans for get
ting the new building under way and
it is up to the union people of this city
to say whether or not plans under way
shall materialze or not. Building plans
have been submitted and are now on
display in the Labor Temple. They
show a modern building taking up the
entire ground area of the two lots,
with either two or three stories and
basement The plans provide for one
entire floor serving as an auditorium
suitable for any kind of public gather
ing and if built as planned would sur
pass anything We now have in the city.
The approximate cost Of such a build
ing as planned, completed and fur
nished, ranges from $4,000 to $4,000
Plans are thoroughly modern, includ-
ing the latest thing in lighting, heat
ing, etc. Both large and small meet
ing halls, reading room, ladies rest
rooms, spacious ante and reception
rooms, kitchen, banquet hall, offices,
etc. If the project is carried out, and
1t can be, it will assure to Everett IN
ionists a spacious, beautiful home, the
equal of anything of its kind in the
West and a good revenue producer
The big consideration is the raising
of funds and this entails concerted
action on the part of the union peo-
pie of Everett Most of the building
trades unions have signified their
willingness to DO most of the labor
and take stock in the association in
return, so the bulk of the immediate
cash outlay would have to be for con-
struction material and furnishings At
least fifty per cent of the labor cost
could probably be paid in stock, the
stock issued and called in the future
from the earnings of the building.
A reincorporation will of course be
and new stock issued in
both common and preferred form. The
preferred stock is interest bearing and
may be purchased by union or by any
individual, whether a member of a
union or not Preferred stock in 4
building such as planned weuld con.
stitute a gilt-edge investment Com
mon stock is dividend bearing but not
interest bearing, and can be held only
by union members in trust for their
organizations
The first Wednesday in April all the
stockholders of the association win
hold a meeting to discuss proposed
plans and so into the project
n detail I'm the meantime every union
N the city ought to take this matter
up as a special order Of business in
order that the stockholders when they
meet next month viii have an idea of
What the unions will do Come in dur
ng the week and see the plans Talk
he project over and try and inject
ome enthusiasm into your neighbor
m the subject Wen never have a
lew building i'm ninety-uine years un-
ess We do somethine more than talk
bout it. If business and industrial
are normal in this city dur
ns the coming year, and the future
0oints that way. we can get the Tenn
'le under way We can do it if the
nions all get together on the PROPOSE
ion and stay with it,
If you are a good union man you