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Show m hi w m GRAY KYUNE STONE. Bishop Scanlan Decides On Quality of Material. Bishop Scanlan has-decided that the new cathedral on Brigham street shall be constructed of the light gray Kyune stone from the cjuarries about six miles east of Colton on the Rio Grande Western railway, ' owned by Potter. & MCJtay. I nis stone is very line, and is in great demand.- 100 . carloads having been shipped recently to California. The basement and retaining walls of the cathedral will be of the Park City stone, which is especially fitted for foundation work,- and all above that will be. of Kyune stone. Shipments from the Kyune quarries will begin immediately.. im-mediately.. Contractor Holt is placing the concrete for, the foundation and pushing work on the retaining walls, the idea being to do. as much work as possible before Steady cold weather sets 'in. " : . ' At one time it 'was thought that the stone for the cathedral would come from P. J. Qualey's quarry at Kem-merer, Kem-merer, but Potter & McKay have made better prices than seemed possible to secure. - There is a kreat similarity between be-tween the Keminerr and th Kyune gray stone, both in color and grain. |