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Show CAPITOL C0KSIO1 IS INSPECTING STONE Visit Is Made by Members to Quarries in Little Cottonwood. Cot-tonwood. For the purpose of Inspecting the granite at the quarries In Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood canyon with a view of selecting stone for the foundation of the capltol building, members of the capltol building build-ing commission, accompanied by two expert ex-pert stono men, visited the quarries Wednesday. The party left tho city and county building in automobiles at -o'clock Wednesday afternoon, returning to the city in the evening. Whether or not the granite from the Little Cottonwood quarries will be used has not been decided. The matter will be looked into further, and the com mittee also will have tho granite on the other side of the ridge near Hcbcr City Inspected before a decision Is reached. The granite In Little Cottonwood canyon can-yon Is tho same stone as was used In tho construction of the Mormon temple, and Is regarded as a high grade of granite. To what extent granite will be used in the capltol building has not yet been decided, but It is pretty well conceded that the foundation will be constructed of tho stone. The members of the committee were shown about the quarries Wednesday afternoon, and the trip was an" Interesting Inter-esting and instructive one. While the exact date for' the next meeting of the commission has not yet been set, It Is quite probable that a meeting will be held some day the latter part of this week. The members of the commission, who recently returned from the trip or inspection or various capltol buildings In tho east, will make their report re-port to this meeting. Tt also is expected that the question of the plan of architecture archi-tecture or the new building will be taken up at this time, and also methods to be employed in securing an architect. It Is the Intention of the members of the committee to get plans under way as Boon as possible and no time will bo delayed. It is their intention, also, however, how-ever, to get tho best of material and make Utah's capltol the very best that can possibly be built for tho money. |