The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08
Affords Big Opportunity For
Worldwide Advertising of Utah
Colonnade Of Monoliths
Would Be Greatest in
History of World.

colonnade Of monoliths was
voiced yesterday by prominent bus.
mess and professional mon Of Salt
Lake. Tho opportunity Of Utah to
erect about It's magnificent now
state house fifty-two monolithio col
umns OF Utah granite is one that ev-
eryone seems agreed Utah cannot
we'll overlook.
In all history there has never
been recorded such q colonnado as
this would doubtless prove to be.
Mountains Of Utah granite are avail.
able for this colonnade. Tho mar
velous effect Of the sunlight on the
polished surfaces Of the great colon.
made Of monoliths is almost beyond
description.
All architects, II seems, are
agreed that there was nothing in
the great colonnades Of ancient and
medieval architecture, and certainly
nothing in modern architecture, COM
parable to such a colonuade Of mon.
oliths.
The mountains of Utah granite
furnish the opportunity to supply the
capitol with solid granite columns,
al hewcd out Of the single solid
granite boulder, whereas elsewhere
monollthlc columns are impossible
by reason OF the scarcity of granite
in size sufficient to furnish the ma.
terlal for the columns. 1t has al
ways been necessary to construct
columns by plIng sections on top OF
one another and cementing them to-
gether. The junctures of the pieces
OF stone are, of course, vory notice
able and the surface of tho rock
does not reflect with anywhere near
the same degree OF brilliancy the
rays OF the sunlight.
ALL IL 4
the consensus of opinion, would give
to Salt Lake and Utah worldwide
advertising. The capitol colonnade,
it is assumed, would become one of
the show spots Of America, an arch
itectuTal wonder Of all times, and
tourists would come from all parts
of the world to SEQ this coIonnade Of
wondrous beauty that marked an
epoch in architectural design and
construction,
Call Mass Meeting.
The persons in charge of the cam
palgn to induce the state capitol
commission to adopt the plans for
the colonnade have called mass
meeting to be held Tuesday even
ing at which the subject will be dis
cussed' Since the meeting was
called it was learned that it was
possible that the capitol commission
at its meeting on Tuesday would de-
eide whether or not the plan is
adopted. Should the commission fail
to act one way or the other on the
subject, the mass meeting will be
that the commission rejects the plan
the meeting will probably be post
poned for few days and then held
La an effort to get the commission
to reverse its decision.
The commission has already ap-
proved plans for fifty-two granite
columns surrounding the new capi-
tol The difference in the cost be-
tween monolithic columns and col
$1,000 per column, or about $4,000
on the colonnade. Monohthic col
umns are said to be easily available
in the. granite quarrles hereabouts.
Recently a piece Of granite as large
as The Tribune building was dis
lodged by a single blast in one Of
the quarries. Out of this single
boulder $50 monolithic columns Of
the dimensions to be used in the
new capitol colonnade might be
hewed
Concerning the plan for mono
hthic columns the following inter
views were secured yesterday:
Eugene M Cannon strongly favor
the plan for monoGthic columns
for the new state capitol
Henry M Dinwoodey If you can
get monolithic granite columns in
Utah for the new capitol I think
We ought to have them, even
though we have to pay more money
for them,
II. G. whitney, am decidedly in
60 30 h.. r
think the additional beauty to be
gained is we'll worth the outlay.
Francis M. Lyman am very much
in favor of the plan and have ad-
vocated it from the beginning.
Henry w. Lawreuce-If the commits
sion feels that the state can afford
the additional expenditure required
it would be fine thing for the
state to have this beautiful col
onnade at tho new capitol
George M. Cannon am very en-
thusiastic in favor Of the mono
Hthic columns. The additional cost
would be nothing as compared
with the advantage in having such
a distinctive state house,
A. F. Doremus-If it were left to me
! would authorize the ADDITIONAL
expense involved in the speciflca.
ton Of the monolithic columns and
would consider that I had made
good investment for the state.
Arnold g. Giauque-I would like very
much to see the commission adopt
monolithic columns for the new
capitol
Elmer I. Goshen-Utah has The great
est opportunity that has ever come
TO the state for doing the distinc-
tive thing in art and in architec-
ture, Such colonnade would be
unique not only in the history Of
this country but in the history of
"a the world.
q Levi Edgar Young-I favor the
81 monolitbic columns. The pioneers
IA Of Utah were men Of strong char. q
81 acter and I would like to see their q
a courage and strength of character p
" typified in tho solid granite col b
Il umns that would make tho new q
a capitol unique in the history Of the q
81 world s architecture. p
Il James II. Moyle-I am mnqualifiedlv z
Il in favor of the plan for monolithic +.
3 columns for the new capitol and I z
q sincerely hope that the capitol com &
a mission will favor the plan. &
q George Y. Wallace-There is no ques- s