Show ACTIVE ARCHITECTS Majestic Plans of Magnificent I Building Enterprises UTAH PENITENTIARY PORTRAYED Brooks Court to be a Massive Six Story Structure With Four Passenger Elevators Ele-vators A Modern Livery Stable There is no misgiving as to the activity of the architect and his pencilings is the picture of Salt Lake as it will appear to visitors in the years to come There is no profession or craft that has as much to do in shaping the destiny of this city I the architects will keep their souls in unison with the magnificent avenues there can be no question that on this spot there will be built the most beautiful city in America Should they merely adopt the style of architecture adapted for the narrow nar-row dingy streets of the east they will perpetrate a contortion of configuration that will distort the eye and warp the imagination im-agination This city wa laid out on a scale of magnificent distances and to maintain the harmony of these generous proportions should be the study and delight of architects archi-tects with ideas of their own The influence of architecture on intellect is great and the designer and draghtsman are teachers whose every building is a lesson les-son every street a book that either depresses de-presses the mind with incoherent broken lines or inspires the senses with the grandeur of graceful proportion IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PEN They Will Involve the Expenditure of Hal a Million of Dollars While in tho office of Carroll Sr Kern THE HERALD representative saw a srrea pile of drawings picturing a pi ison He asked the meaning of all this and was told that these were for the new Utah penitentiary peniten-tiary but was cautioned against making them public without first getting the permission per-mission of Marshal Parsons On condition that THE HERALD would say that the plans were drst to be submitted submit-ted to the interior department for approval the marshal gave his consent Having squared with the marshal for his kindness here they are The striking feature of any prison is the enclosure walls In the Utan plan they stretch out 352 feet on the west front are 1 5 feet wid6 on the bottom tapering to 3 feet at the top In the centre of this solid wall of masonry stands the wardens residence resi-dence two stories high exclusive of basemen base-men and attic The enclosure walls serve it as two mighty wings tipped at the corners with the sentinel houses that are fine ornaments I orna-ments The wardens house is 74x35 The basement contains the kitchen and storehouse store-house The first floor is divided into private vate and general office rooms guards dining din-ing room and visiting room The wardens parlor and chambers are on the second fioor where the guards sleeping rooms are also located The cell house contains 120 cells in three tiers over each other A female prison enclosed en-closed by a separate wall making an enclosure en-closure within an enclosurehas twelve cells The hospital building will accommodate accommo-date sixty patients The chapel 40x60 will seat 250 persons The cell house will be heated by the direct indirect system while the wardens house will have the direct only The plans embrace a much more extensive exten-sive improvement than was at first contemplated con-templated and mean an outlay of half a million dollars The plans are well worth seeing as a prison when skillfully draughted presents an overawing yet inviting picture |