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Show II; newShoql jj " Consulting Architect Itfner Ac-i Ac-i companies .School Board and Looks Over Grounds. DECLARES THAT LOCATION IS A MOST IDEAL ONE Structure Cannot Be Placed in Center of Grounds, Because Large Campus Is Desired. 1 1 William B. Ittncr, consulting archi- toct engaged by thp city school board io supcrviso tho planB of the new high i school building, visited tho site Tu.cs-I Tu.cs-I day morning iu company with mombora J of tho hoard and members of tho build-I build-I ing committee. Tho visit was mado at l 1) o'clock, and !Mr. Utnor gained a def-! def-! inii is knowledge of tho lay of Lho land. ; Grades were explained to'liini by Stay-i Stay-i nor Richards, surveyor of tho site. Without a moment's hesitation, Mr. J liner cxprosed his delight with the Jo-! Jo-! cation lie congratulated tho board upon the happy selection of the grounds for the bin building. Not knowing any- I lung about other sites he readily told I he men present I hat the site is well I n,igh perfect for the erection of the kind of building proposed. Ho was keenly disappointed at. tho murky con-' con-' dilinn of lho atmosphere as he was ! anxious to tee Salt Lake as he had menially pictured it before arriving hero, llmsaid that he hail started hero I with pleasant anticipations. lie ox ported, he said, to find a mountaiu at-f at-f mosphcrc clear of tho smoke and dirt of his home city. St. Louis. "Why." I ( he said, "you arc near competitors for Pitlsburj:. In St.. Louis, along the river t I with numerous railroads entering tho ' '"My, wc expect smoke: but out here I whore you are high, it is a surprise to 1 me that smoko is such a nuisance." A ca rrful examination of the soil formation for-mation was made. lixca vat ions have been made at different parts of Ijie , grounds to determine what would be the until rc of .ho soil at thp point of i he lower foundation of the building. I The examination was satisfactory, Mr. Ittnor giving it as his opinion that tho contractors need have no worry over that point. Where to Erect Building. ' A short discussion waa held as to tho ' most advantageous point on the ton-acre ton-acre tract for the building. A largo campus is one of the desires of the ( board in making up the plans, and for i ..,(, p'-'cou the possibility of placing ') ihe building in the center is precluded. I A lowcrhonsc will be separate from I he linildips. The featrrc of light will enter en-ter into the general plans. Inasmuch ' as the initial plans call for practieally jJ four fronts to the building, generally , s uniform in stvlo, the uestion of which way the building should face largely is . eliminated? Tho grado of tho streets is such Unit little ehangos will hnvo to bo inado. Somo cartli ou the cast edgo will ho taken to fill a slight, depression de-pression in tho center and south part of tho pint. Tho brow of thp hill to the west will servo as the basis of the level. Site Well Solcctcd. On account of tho abruptness of the incline from Twelfth East, tho site is well selected. No buildings tall onough to cut. off tho view from tho city proper can ever bo erected on the west side of the site. As Twelfth East forms the western boundary of tho site, the distance away that, buildings may bo erected is increased by tho width of tho street, thus removing all fear of residence property jevor detracting from the magnificent "viow from the building. build-ing. Tho ten-acro tract is bounded by Eighth and Ninth South and Twelfth, and Thirteenth East. Tho Ninth South street car lino is within u squaxo of tho site and the Emigration Canyon lino touches the site on the east. Since the school board docided on the sito the place has been visited by thousands of people. Is a Superb View. With the great peaks of the Wasatch range towering above tho clouds to the east, their snow-capped summits keeping stern watch over tho valley, and tho Oquirrh range to tho west, a viow is offered of-fered that nothing of its kind can equal. As the snow and ice givo way to tho green of tho summer, tho view is not degraded, but becomes all the more picturesque and grand. Long before be-fore the school building was thought of, people of tho city began to realize that no better location for homes could be secured, and that part of the bench has been settlod rapidly. Many predict that within ten years or less tho new high school site will be the center of tho school population of Salt Lake. The highest point of elevation of the school site is 4)0. The lowest is 4533, making mak-ing an average of a littlo less than a mile. Who Accompanied tho Architect. Members of the board who accompanied accom-panied the architect wore L. P. Judd, D. IT. Christcnfien, Eli H. Folland, 0. S. Martin. W. .1. Barrette, Henry Van Pelt, A. G. Giauquc, Lcdyard M. Bailey, and George E. Eaton. Staynor Richards, who made the survey, was present to offer of-fer suggestions on tho grades and the like. Through tho courtesy of the school board a Tribune representative was included in the. party. Mr. Ittncr spent the day following tho visit to the site in the office of tho city superintendent, super-intendent, Mr. C'hristensen, who went over in detail with him sonic of tho material ma-terial points that are to bo features of the new building, with reference to the different departments. In tho few days that Mr. Ittncr will spend in tho citv lie. will recommend a general sot of plans for the building- and its location on the site, from which the local architects archi-tects will -compete for plans of adoption. adop-tion. Early spring work on the building build-ing is tho ambition o'f the school board. About Consulting Architect. Tit selecting Mr. Ittncr. the school board has acted wisely. Among a number num-ber of men who were" recommended for the place, tho selection was made. ITo has the credit of producing plans for oine of the-most modern school buildings build-ings in the country. At the present time he is tiinerinlending the erection of several buildings for tho schools of Gary. Ind., tho great steel town that has sprung uji in a year or two. His work has been' commended highly by school boards wherever ho has shown his hnnd. In St. Louis ho is regarded as the foremost nf all specially prepared architects. His work is confined to 1W100I buildim.'S. In connection with the school buildinns at Gary, Tnd.. Mr. Ittner has included public playgrounds, swimming pools and gymnasiums. Outside Architects Barred. Mr. Tttner met with the school board in an informal nicelinjr at S o'clock in the board rooms. He read from a pamphlet of rules issued by Ihe American Institute of Architects concerning con-cerning the competitions of architects. After some discussion the( board decided, de-cided, by a motion, to limit the competition com-petition to Utah architects, and plans wijj be considered from all thoso who wish to submit them, the board, with Mir .aid of Mr. -Ittner, making a selection', selec-tion', A programme will bo issued to cover all points at issue in the plans. Mr. Itiner will draw up tontativc plans and submit them at an informal mooting moot-ing of Uio board tonight, at tho board rooms. The school board docided that the cost of the new building and ap- purleuanccs shall be close to $500,000. At a meeting of the building committee com-mittee at 7:.10 o'clock four bids for a septic tank at the Whiltior school were rejected. All the bids wore considered too high. |
