Show corner stone OF ofle SUGAR grand banquet at garfes hall music cheers and feasting decorations when on memorable occasion july 4 1776 it became necessary necess arv for ono to dissolve the political bands winch connected them to an other a more perfect union injure domestic and promote the genera welfare so yesterday it be i c necessary for one people to join heart and hands in one of the most land blo undertakings ever originated by lie people of utah territory the preamble or which is success it was that of lay iiii ilia f of tho immense ol 01 alio utah sugar factory at 1230 p in yesterday a special train trum halt lake city brought over two hundred friends and supporters bup porters of the sugar works over the II 11 G W to belr to take part in alie ceremonies among the company were president wilford woodruth tf geoage Q cannon president elhai morris frank 1 arm stiener st ioner john beck leonard G hardy mr E F dver mr granger ex mayor mr abber Wb ber I 1 A hyda frank taylor J J cnatser charles lambert W G phillips james jack john V snell jesse V fox K K thomas james awyer aurelius miner and scores of prominent business men and their ladies after alighting from alie train at the sugar works all formed iu file and marched to the north corner of the foundation where the formal caremon ies were to take place the lehi silver band greeted the enthusiastic thusia and eager at labere and midst the applause aD and of nearly thousand people they were at once lost in the plea surca of the occasion and sifted among the throng the day was lovely and serene all heaven and tranquil nature smiling with her exquisite sweetness upon this enthused throne below but fey moments delay and the work of placing the corner stone began upon the northwest corner of the building was erected a small derrick for the purpose of moving the store president elias morris mr evana foreman of masonry and geerge austin flieman of the the honorary work of placing the store w aich is of the prettiest gray granito feet dressed and polished on the north side arc carved the words cutuli augar factory erected 1891 iu the top of the 13 a square cavity in which is a tin box the vault for the valuables and keep sakes of the sugar works after the dedicatory prayer by president geo Q dagnon tho work of de positing po the valuables was begun the lol lowing is i liot and by whom de posited ast 1st of corporation prove Eui nEit ahe only paper containing a ante up of sugar plant works christmas news baily and semi adli laho times baku arii baniah Da niah logan journal ogden american fork independent s vedith historical record written date of breaking the ground for foundation bearing ue date november 22 1890 L D 3 psalmody by lehi choir mastodon Mast odin quick step march played at the opening sen ice by lehi silver band one balver dollar date 1 ba J by george Q cannon one salt lasse city corporation dailar bearing date number by james nickle date ibao by R J chalou Vh alou new york silver dollar A Q twenty five cents paper money TF Trane silver dollar by major roe pleasant grove copper cent by robert lee american fork irold medal au aided to provo mills at territorial rit orial fair by J J cutler silver noilar by F M lemau onri dollar order un presiding bishop also ten by george C lambert silver dollar by G eorge comer bearing date 1792 half a norwegian copper by ole E five cents of by james english penny by frank 1 01 garfeld beachly Beach by ac benl enl japanese coin by A dimes bv lehi aila tir band 20 confederate note L G hardy 3 00 on equitable co up by W laeyton Lany ton one silver dollar by mrs langton ten cents by jus kirkham order for first carload of sugar bv II 11 hill fifty cents in silver by geo austin curtland bai signed joseph amith jr fred crick G williams secretary by andrew after all lad been neatly deposited the lid was placed over the articles and ly BC earl woodrun made the first speech in which he heartily endorsed ahe imminent and predicted it a suc rey ihu people must support it president cannon added his word of all of which is told in it will be a success president smoot said that in one year from aliis time the people could take tb ee spoons ful of sugar to sweeten their tea where they could afford ant also that lie had had a great des lre to live and see alie stake tabernacle bucit alie woolen a success and now he god that he was spared to eee another great antt prisa under successful headway this L i ho thirl attempt and the charm jolin beck said we must hang up the fiddle and alie bow jake J ake dyan atoe aira commenia com menca raising beets in earnest I 1 caa see them sprouting as ghigli as my head now and ty thousand pounds of seed on the ocean coming from germany get ready your plows and make youir teama fat so you can plow deep frank armstrong congratulated utah county on us fortune of having the sugar works we have sugar in the cartti and in the elements we must labor and extract alie saccharine from them it is a grand school for us we should learn ahe science of sugar mak ing arthur stayner did not expect to speak again for he had spoken about the industry 0 o much lon hyde was was delighted to cluid on ibo corner atone of the works and in bix months expected to stand on the roof bishop Halliday of american forked pecked to see the dull beets converted into purely white crystal sugar and a railway from the various settlements g beets and workmen to mr hyde thought it the greatest enterprise ter prise in the country and expected sugar to sweeten Uta hand the influence of tier people to swetco the whole world james chipman had little faith m the project until lie bad investigated for himself and now felt convinced of the final success bishop Cutler said if brevity is the soul of wit the speakers on this occasion were certainly the wittiest abet f men lie ever met most of the ers oke of cuaar he wanted to talk about vinegar which from the saccharine saccha rino syrup could be made in sufficient city to supply all utah after the speeches the lehi choir ren dareil piece the herald angels invocation of gode blessings was pronounced by all the speakers and the throng dismissed by president morris to repair to garfes hall lehi to partake of the grand banquet prepared by the good people of lelii the train carried about two and from two to three hundred vesicles conveyed the balance arriving at the hill two tables the whole length of the building were spread with the toothsome after all that could b were seated the opening prayer was offered by apostle F M lyman president so felt the impress of the carved hi schick with knife choir music and the brass band rendered tue features more grand and to climax the musical part miss sang her bird from oer the sa around the hall were tokens of tribute to the founders foun deis of industry and the national colors streaming from the ceiling and windows at the right jide of the ball hune the equestrian steel en gravine of general joseph smith and on the left the life sized portrait of president brigham young other fitting decorations adorned the hall which had never bield an en thusia and merry throng of people as on this occasion all who participated felt well satisfied for the demonstration thus far made the mayor and a host of other prominent alii people deserve the highest public praise fur their liberal hospital ity anil warm reception to the visitors llie fiovo public feels somewhat slighted at not having an invitation to alie grand ceremonies and bad there lieeie due notice given of tha affair thousands of people would have gone boiu the various parts of the county to alie and receive of he sugar making spirit so freely as to become interested in it and engage in the enterprise |