Show THE TEMPLE I 1 to the editor of the deseret news sin r you request a brief description of the T temple 11 now am being built in a this city for the information tio of your subscribers I 1 will wili give it as pro pre rented wa orr the draught now before roe me hopf hoping in it will tend to obviate so many questions being aled asked by various individuals the temble block is 40 rods rode square the lines running north and south bouth east and west and contains 10 acres the center of the temple is I 1 foet feet e inches laches due west from the centre odthe of the east I 1 I 1 line of the block the length of said house east and west is 1861 feet including towers and the width 99 baet on the thelast east end abro abare are three towers as ibo also on the west weft draw a ae line north 1 L I 1 an and d south booth 1 18 1 4 feet the centre of the tow I 1 j ers era and you have the north and south extent of ground plan including pedestal we depress into tile the earth at the alie east enato the depth of 16 feet and enlarge all arnaud be beyond yond the i lines of wall 3 feet for a footing i the north and south walls are 8 feet thick clear I 1 I 1 of pedestal bodestal od estal they stand upon a footing of 16 feet wal wail on its bearing which slopes 3 feet on each side to the height of 7 12 fet the footing of the towers rise to the same heighton height of the side and is is one solid piece dieco of masonry of rough ashlar said to n good lime mortar i 1 the basement of the main building ls is divided I 1 into many rooms by walls all footings 1 the line of the basement floor is 6 inches above tho the top of the footing from the tower on the I 1 east to the tower on the west the face of the earth slopes 6 foot feet four inches above the earth on the east line begins a promenade walk from I 1 11 I 1 to 32 22 feet wide around the entire building and approached by stone atone steps on all sides there are four towers on the four corners of the building each starting from their footing of 26 feet square these continue 16 feet high and come to the line of the fhe base string course which is 8 feet above the promenade proff nade walk at this point the llie towers tire are reduced to 25 feet square they then continue to the height of 38 feet fast or the height of the string course at this point they are reduced to 23 feet square they then continue 38 8 feet high to the third string course coarse the string courses continue all around the building except whee separated by buttresses the aliese s e courses are Inas massive sive moul fro from m solid blocks of st stone folle the two east towers then rise 24 feet to a string course or cornice the two west towers rise 19 feet and come to their aring course or cornice the four towers then rise 9 feet to the top of but clements cements theatt towers are cylindrical having 17 feet diame diameter tei inside within which stairs ascend abou arou around nd a solid column four feet in diameter allowing landings flit at the various sections of the building these towers tower haye have each 5 ornamental windows on two sides above the basement the two centro centre towers occupy the centre of the out east and west ends of the building starting from their footings 31 feet square and break off in III sections in line with corner towers to the height of the third string course coarse the east centre tower then rises 40 feet t to the top of ba battlements the west center tower towar rises 34 feet to the top of or battlements all the towers tower shave shive spires the details of which are am not no decided on all thess these towers at their corners have octagon turrets te nim atod tM by octagon pinnacles 5 feet diameter at base 4 feet at first story and 3 feet from there them there are also on an each side thase towers two buttresses except when they come in contact with tile body of the main building the top of thess thesa buttresses show 48 in number ond and stand upon podA the space between tha buttresses and turrets is 2 feet at first story on in the front of two center towers are two larg windows each 32 ewt opt high one above the other neatly prepared for that place on the two west corner towers and on the west euda end afew few feet below the top of battlements may be son la in hold or alto reli avo the great di dipper or ursa major with the pointers ranging nearly towards the north star moral the lost may find themselves by priesthood I 1 will now glance at the hajn body of th ohp house I 1 hwe before stated that the he basement was divided into many rooms the center one is arranged for a baptismal font and lit is 57 feet long by 35 feet wide separated from the main wall by bv four rooms two on each side aide 19 feet along teng llong by 1 12 wide on the east and west side of three rooms are 4 passages 12 feet wide these tase ledd lead to and from by outside doors two on the north and two on the south v farther east and west from these passages jare 4 more rooms two at each end 28 feet w wide ide by 38 14 long these end their walls occupy the basement all the walls start off their foot In lug gsand Band rise 16 feet and there stop with ground coiling ceiling I 1 we are now up to the line of the base string course 8 feet about the promenade or steps ft ing to the temple which terminates the cope of pe pedestal dostal and to the first floor of said house this room to is joined to the outer courts these courts being the width between towers 16 feet by 9 in the clear we ascend to the floors of these courts they behig on a line with first floor of main house by four flights of stone steps 9 feet wide arranged in the basement work the first stop step r vu to the outer line of towers from those these cotitta h doors admit to any part of the building I 1 the size of the first large room is 10 feet long by 80 feet wide the hei height reaches nearly to the second string g course the room is arched over id 16 the cutre c with an elliptical arch which drops at Us its flank 10 feet and has 38 leet span the side ceilings have ya elliptical arches which start from the side walls of the main building 16 feet highland high and terminate at the capitals of the columns or foot of center arch at the height of 24 feet the columns obtain their bearings direct from the footings of sold said house these columns extend up to support the floor above the tha outside walls of this story are 7 feet thick the space from the termination of the foot of the center arch to the outer wall is divided into 16 compartments 8 on each side making rooms 14 feet by 14 clear of partitions and 10 feet high leaving a passage 6 feet wide next to each flank of center a reh arch which is approached front from the ends end these rooms are each lighted by an elliptical or oval window whose major axis is vertical the second large room is one foot wider I 1 than the room below this to ie in conge consequence quence of the wall being but 6 feet thick fa illing off six inches on the inner and six on the outer side the second string course provides for this on an the outsider outside the rooms of this story are aim similar ilar to those below the side walls wails have 9 buttresses on a side aide and have 8 tier of windows 5 on each tier the foot of the basement windows are 8 inches above the promenade rise 3 feet perpendicular and terminate with a semicircular head the first stary windows have 12 feet length of sash to top of semicircular head the oval windows have 6 12 feet length of sash the windows of the second story are the same as those below all these frames have am aj feet width of sash the pedestals under all the buttresses p project at their base 2 feet above their base which is 15 inches by 4 feet wide on each front is a figure of a grobol globe S feet 11 inches across whose adis ii corresponds with the axis of the earth the base string course forms a cope for those pedestals above this cope the buttresses are 3 feet and continue to the height of feet above the promenade close under the second on each of the buttresses is the moon represented in its dif different phases close under tinder the third string course or cornice is tile the face of the sun immediately Imme diatel y above is saturn with her rings the buttresses terminate with a projected cope i the only difference between the tower buttress so es and the one just described is instead of saturn being on 0 them hem we have clouds clouda and rays of light de descending ilg dag downwards J all of these symbols are to be chiseled in bas ban relief on solid stone the side walls continue nue above the string course or cornice sya 8 feet making the walls 96 feet high and are fornies fon in battlements tle ments interspersed with stars the roof is quite flit rising only 8 feet and is to be covered with galvanized iron or some other metal the building is to be otherwise ornamented in many places the whole structure is de signed tied to symbolize some of the great grea architectural a work above i the basement windows recede in from the face of outer wall to sash frame 18 inches and are relieved by a large jorge caieto those windows above the base recede from face of wall to sash frame 3 feet and are surrounded by bv stone jambs cambs formed in moul dings and surmounted 1 h hta by labels over each which terminate at their horizon excepting the oval windows whose labels terminate on col columns u ans which extend from an enriched string course burte at the toot foot of each window to t o tho the center cente of major axis my chief object in the last Darai paragraph oara graph raph is ie to show to the judgment of any who my may bi be baffled how those windows can income come at ac all the windows in the towers tower sais are and have stone jumbo each being beilig crowned with ith label moul dings for further particulars particular it till LM the house is dope done then come and a rid see it the whole house covers an area of feet L TRUMAN 0 0 ANGELL arcet |