Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-03 | Page 19 | Mining Congress' Permanent Home

ft MINING CONGRESS' PERMANENT HOME aloS pMo to Portland Will Petition 5!a4?tT Clt7 for a Most Picturesquo l?tVi Bite. r tteS1 7 ciTCCESSFUL Incubation of plans 5 It 1 now being projected by members ft1, 4 of the Utah delegation to the American Mining Congress at ' tland Or., will enable them to rc-E", rc-E", Tl to mat body with it site in the picturesque part o Zlon upon . fvicb to locate the permanent home o St Institution. "Since the organlza-Vi& organlza-Vi& ,w of the Utah delegation was lgun." fepv Hrr- Joseph, one of the mem-?88fr? mem-?88fr? signaled by the .Mayor yester-, yester-, Jy. -it has begun the formulation of 1o that it may go to the congress 'S?,tt : everything that can persuade the 01 rA Jrfy lo recognize this State as Its nat-' nat-' n cA home. It is proposed to take such M ts4 as w,n cnable th0 deleSition to SlSA "ofir it moorings at the corner of Stato hb vA North Temple streets, on what has jl. been known as the 'old city block.' WovrM"'., this block there is abundant space lMrOTrM.R most substantial, if not for a $&k ciielv home. The building, of course. rnc'Mi Viil be provided with room for mineral fthH Slblts, space for ofnees to be occupied aiS,r it the permanent officers of the Con-1351 Con-1351 fit' J re d sucn other accessories as 7 car be necessary to a complete and ittractlve home. To obtain this site it rill be necessary to secure a conces-;btLv conces-;btLv a from the City Council of Salt ai Til' It was said by Mr. Joseph that after TCwaul lsVMtlpatlon the delegation had con-lb. con-lb. rlcced Itself that the city can legally ti (cjivev for nominal consideration. This J.w?n'- ronceKlon. obtained from the city, the BajS1 Wtgatlon will Immediately organize iltytjS iI appoint a committee to canvas W) imong the mine ownors. operators and tsri. tmdter men for a building fund, and rten It Invades Portland It will be to ' '. i tuidcr the Congress everything that a . 1 prmanent home could require. Several fkj Ui'' councllmen. Joseph said, had been IiatJ? laurvlewcd iith reference to the plan, i fa w1' 2nd not one but expressed himself fa-.hd fa-.hd vordblv. Ah does the delegation and ita!" k engaged generally in mining and fjnflling, every interest In the State of ?'fii13 Utah, and Salt Lake In particular, rec- Pfnlzes the prestige 'that must be de- nveJ Inm its selectlon as the perma-'oiiaiM perma-'oiiaiM km home of thlB institution. Its per-ehlm.h per-ehlm.h rcar.ent location here means an tltr.ia- tncalculablf? benefit annually to every Interest It will draw from every dlg-" dlg-" jings In the State and Nation the best talent that Is contained within them. It means an expenditure each year In S , the city of Salt Lake, perhaps, of $25,000 S ot more, and that the delegation shall M; Elected In Us, fight at Portland, it will Tier 8' usdoubtedly have the co-operation and " IB', iSrrortf every Interest In the State. ( iMr. Joseph himself Is very much cn-Cwtj.S cn-Cwtj.S tauraged and feels quite confident that J the City Council can be relied upon. Wmw , f" its official co-operation In the effort .j to secure for the Institution the pro- J pjted site The matter Will be pre-I, pre-I, Knied to the Council as a body li Immediately upon its return and early WiWon will be requested of It.