Show Tablet Honoring Surveyor Who Fixed S. S L. L Meridian to Be Placed Dedication exercises for the bronze tablet being erected to commemorate the he fixing of oC Great Salt lake base and meridian by Orson Pratt August 3 1847 will be held at p. p m. m Sunday at t Main and South Temple streets it was as announced at the L L. D D. D 5 S. S church offices Monday The Thc marker will be set In the thc cast east wall all of the temple grounds to show the c point at which the original surey survey sur sur- vey ey of Great Salt Lake City began and nd from which the streets were named amed and numbered The tablet is being erected by the Mutual Improvement associations of the c church and the Utah Pioneer Trails rails and Landmarks association The le dedication pro program ram will be a ape ape- ial al feature of the M. M I. I A. A June con con- President A. A W. W Ivins the principal speaker will vill discuss The Thc End of ot the rail George Albert Smith dent of the landmarks association and general superintendent of the Y M M. M. M I. I A. A will act as master of cere monies Mrs Lathilla Pratt Kimball a dau daughter of Orson Pratt will unveil the tablet Mrs Ruth May Fox president of the Y L. L M. M I. I A. A will read an original origl nal poem The Pioneers The point at which the marker will willbe willbe willbe be erected d was also the thc initial point of the public land survey in Utah David H. H Burr first United States surveyor general for Utah used this point to begin his survey in August 1855 An astronomical station was established established Stab Stab- feet north and 50 Jeet west of this point September 30 1869 to determine the thc true latitude and longi longi- tude This station was used to obtain the correct time in Salt Lake until December 30 30 1897 |