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Show Jit Is Issued for Utah's $2,000,000 Capitol !;ion Will Soon Contract For the Fi"est and npressive Build-jst Build-jst of the Rocky 3pitol commission yes-.eenrcd yes-.eenrcd from tbo city a 'permit- for thc "oction , beautiful new state Mst of the building, as Su.lH bo $2,000,000. providing for the crocking croc-king tbo Pf l0iiZcd to expend $2,o00r action of the building. 0000 will probably bo dings and interior cm-for cm-for the state capilol , for an expenditure of Js issiiod by, bmil J I. inspector, to the state lion yesterday. The ice . tho permit amounts to bcr with tho excellent bv tbo total permits tor , vcterdny, capitol ho city's 1912 building 1 than t5,256t063. Tho largest ever issued m nd cujoyed himself yes-lecfid yes-lecfid comparisons of ,rrl aud last year's. His he total permits so iar be $2,101,07. of winch eents tho perm its for 1'or the corresponding car tho permits totaled rraits for 19J L were Tina that the total ior out tho capitol permit, )vn a fair increase. of tho permit yestcr-llv yestcr-llv the final step prior ontract for the construe. diDp. Bids for construc-rcccivcd construc-rcccivcd from tho con ivo been tabulated and io capitol commission is E tho advisability of linor changes in specif i-atcrials. i-atcrials. As soon as ritcly passed upou the bo actual construction ntime tho excavation padinp of Capitol bill irsilay is bciug rapidlv )te steam shovel and , iloran, (ho excavation usily at work. Tho cou-tho cou-tho completion of tho 1. Ilowover, there is d that the work will be 'franco of tbnfc time-lion time-lion contract will prob-the prob-the conrso of tho next fs. Thiai will enable the e sathcring his material his construction plant ration work is going on. crcavation and Trading io actual construction in. This work will bo lly as is consistent with istruction, with a view building sufficiently Famiary 1, lfllo, to ac-sosiion ac-sosiion of tbc logisla-lilable. logisla-lilable. fork on tho now state been fairly begun and tho completion of the available ana tho poo-s poo-s aro suro of ono of the capitol buildings in tcs in the courso of tbc - This assuranco comes tier many years of wait's wait-'s than twentv yoars ookcil forward "to the tate house would crown ptr cminonco of Capitol icipation is now about an the ncorl of a stale cn keenly felt. Several ni tho legislative assem-d assem-d crowded quarters in comity building. The business of tho citv and Mwuated each year ad-jfs ad-jfs for city aud county J Jesuit that officers of 'nntvan(i tho slate have jmniodalcd in cramped of the elate officers J- oc,cnpy officc3 5n j.ngs in tho business seeder-?0 ?,at 1reara "nerai, the insurance fJL h,an(1 Pirro com-'ood com-'ood ana dairy eommis-V,S,"w, eommis-V,S,"w, 'tho stato stato chemist, tho state ion JHPe"nlonaent of tho state board of o conservation commis-commission, commis-commission, tho state1 tiilni i? tbc .conatruclioii 5 buS officors a11 resnSa,,.n' colvoniontly as bcon Practical-ff7 Practical-ff7 tho stale has apitSf -Ty yar th' BlHinU WaB 140 Hmit11 ffl,WasT olU?ea to in-1 in-1 tf, L Wwcaso this in-Jtc in-Jtc D-5.tr,uc,Uon of the Mtc capitol building. Fund. !Rih0w2P0,raJion of tho i,K,aPproii. ?U lms netted jf PLraro jn i.i ft" the finances VMfr i L oCeUcnfc wndition. VMnv1!!; gcd valuation HLoSto u, vnl whero J0r tL a" 10 F in iobt -5S, but "ntenanco of tfPm iis&r Sih main-Wbb main-Wbb 2S;1?", h than -.-c bS)fli Ce,oa improve- KSt?!?,???, of tho prop-fi..U,tettea prop-fi..U,tettea thQ state iJBfcluro S.wdebtetlncBs 1!m of f i nffi authoriXed IWX of tL5i'000'00 for the f L'ary alU5 has not yot Mt 'V' Wa "Jbly will LfJE 0 ,a iuw,,jsfion oC cnuo will bo secured to complclo the new capitol. Just beforo the adjournment of the legislature of 1911 tho state received rroni tho Harrinian eatat'o an inheritance inheri-tance tax of nearly $800,000. Of this sum $750,000 was appropriated by tho state legislature for tho construction of tho capitol. Since that time several hundred thousand have been received as receipts from th0 operation of tbc inheritance lux law. Tho next legislature will probably appropnato this monoy for tho construction con-struction of the capitol and mako some arrangoraent whereby receipts from in-herilance in-herilance tax durine tho next two years will go to tho capitol fund. There is a likelihood, too, that tho legislature will arrango for an appropriation appro-priation from tho general fund of tho stato sufficient to provide for any deficit resulting from tho possibility thut the proceeds of the inheritance tax will not provo sufficient to complete com-plete tho building, the understanding bcing that the latter proceeds of tho inheritance tax will go to the goneral fund to offset this appropriation. Origin of Project. The first slop toward tho construction construc-tion of the stato capitol building on the beautiful site whoro tho excavation excava-tion work for tho capitol is now proceeding pro-ceeding rapidlv was taken in 1S8S when on February 28 City Councilman Grant presented to the city council of Salt Lake providing that, a tract of land of approximately ap-proximately 19 acres on tho brow of what wag then known as Arsenal Hill be tendored to the territory of Utah to be used as a' site for tho erection of the buildings of tho territory. It is on t,hi3 sito that the new state capitol is now beiiiff constructed. The Salt Lake City council adopted tho resolution and tendered tho site to tho territory. The territorial legislature legis-lature on March 8, 1388 accepted tho gift and tho transfer was made in consideration of tho payment of ono dollar by tho territory to tho city and tho passage of a law providing for tho improvement of the grounds and their use as a public park. Tho deed also carried with it one-half interest in a reservoir sito in order to provido water for thc grounds and buildings. Tho territorial legislature of that 3'ear created a board of commissioners commission-ers in charge of tho capitol grounds. Thc board consisted of Caleb "W. West, then governor of the territory; James Sharp, Thomas, Marshall, Joseph Stan-ford, Stan-ford, Aaron P. Farr, Jr., Anthon ET. Lund, and A. O. Smoot, Jr. Of the original capitol commission Anthan TI. Lund is thc only member of tho presont capitol commission. Governor West actod as ox-officio chairman of the commission until tho following 3'ear when ho was succeeded by Governor Arthur L. Thomas who served until the reappointment of Gov. ernor West as governor of tho territory terri-tory in 1S93 when he again became cx-officio chairman of tho commission and continued in this capacity until tho close of his administration when Utah became- a state. $25,000 Appropriated. The original capitol law of tho territory terri-tory in addition to providing for a capitol commission carried an appropriation appro-priation of $125,000. Thc law directed tho capilol commission to grade, fence, improve, ornament, beautify, lay off, and mukc such other necessary improvements improve-ments in tho grounds as would mako them a fit. location for a proposed capitol building. Tho commission was likewise empowered to mako tcstB of native stones bcliovod to bo suitable for construction purposes aud to obtain plans, specifications, estimates and other data to bo submitted to the next session of tho territorial legislature. The capitol commission waB organized or-ganized soon after thc legislature had created it and it immediately set about, thc performance of tho duties with which it was intrusted. In 1S90 the board submitted to tbe state legislature legisla-ture a detailed roport of its work during the prccoding two yoarfi. Tho board had enclosed the grounds with an ornamental wrought iron fence, had supplied the grounds with water and had begun tho construction of a tcb-ervoir. tcb-ervoir. A prize of $50 had been awarded to TTavilaud & Seligman for tho best landscape land-scape plans of tho grounds. Tho grounds had been cleared of Bago brush , and undergrowth, and plowed and made ready for tho planting of lawns and shrubbery. The commission had planted plant-ed 780 treo6. Under the direction of tho commission Prof M. E. Jones made chemical tests of about twenty samples of Utah building stone. Thc commission originally decided1 on n capitol to cost $3,000,000, but this was .reduced to $1,000,000 with tho idea of providing for tho immediate construction construc-tion of ono wing of the building to provide pro-vide accommodations for territorial offices. of-fices. Tho plans of H. B. Myers of Detroit De-troit were adopted by the board and then submitted for approval to tho leg-islaluro leg-islaluro of 1890. Some changos in ventilation ven-tilation and heating wore suggested by tho legislature and' after those changes in tho plana were made, Myns -received an award of $500 for tho bost planBro-ceived planBro-ceived in tho architectural competition. Tho legislature of 1890 could not see its way clear to provido for an appropriation appro-priation for the construction of the capitol cap-itol and conlontcd ilsolf with appropriating appro-priating $.10,000 for tho 'maintenance) of tho grounds and tho completion ot the water system. During tho succeeding succeed-ing two ycaro tho commission continued tho work of beautifying tho grounds, planting lawns and sotting out trees. Money Hard to Get. In its report to tho territorial legi laturo of .1892 tho commission urged the appropriation of $100,000 for the construction of a portion of tho building build-ing that it might; bo availablo for occupancy occu-pancy by bouio of tho territorial offices and. iu addition an appropriation of $20,000 for tho improTcmont and maintenance main-tenance of tho grounds. The legislature, however, declined to appropriate any money for construction purposes, but did appropriato $11,000 for improvement improve-ment and maintenance of tho grounds, $G0OO of which went for tho payment of a deficit incurred during tho procod' iug two yoars. Tho territorial logitdaturo of 1S9'4 appropriated ap-propriated $2000 to assiftt tho poor of Salt Lako by giving work to tho unemployed unem-ployed in making excavations for the east wing of thc proposed state capitol. Architect Proudfoofc donated his services serv-ices in drawing tho lines for tho eiCR. vatiou in conformity to tho plans .of Architoct Mvcrs. During this session a bill was introduced providing for a. bond issue of $120,000 for tho com-mouccmcnt com-mouccmcnt of work on tho capitol building. Tho bill, howovor, failed of pasuagc. With but limitod fundo at its disposal dis-posal tho territorial capitol commission continued to improve the grounds until January, 189H. wbon tho iirst stato leg-Isluturo leg-Isluturo transferred tho control of the capitol grounds from the capitol com-1 mission to thc stato board of oxaminerg 1 bincc that timo tho stain board of examiners ex-aminers has continued tho policy of beautifying and imnroving tho grounds adopted by tho original capitol commis-sion. commis-sion. The result is that today tho grounds iorm ono of tho most beautiful little parks in thc world. They aro covered with beautiful lawns and shrubbery, i-nch Arbor duy a largo number of beautiful trees hav0 been cct out and tho grounds aro now the location of a stately forest of rare and beautiful trees. Periodically since statehood thero has been an agitation for tho construction pf a slato capitol. Tlowcver, successive legislatures declined to make any appropriation appro-priation or authorizo any bond issue for this purpose. Urged by Gov. Spry. In 1909 Govornor William Spry in a special message to tho state legislature urged tho necessity of the construction of a stato capitol, poiutiug out that thero was difficulty in finding offices for tho various departments of tho state government and tho fact that they were scattered in various parts of tho citj' re-suited re-suited in great iiicouvenioncc. Ho urged that funds for thc capitol constniction bo raised by bond issuo and otherwise and that thero bo an immcdiato authorization author-ization of the" work. Stato Senator C. ID. Marks, during the 1909 session, introduced four bills in the legislature having for then' object the provision of funds with which to construct a stato capitol. Ono of these bills provided for tho creation of a stato capitol commission, another for tho refund of tho $250,000 territorial bond issue, falling duo on July 1, 1912: tho third for the conversion to cash of tho securities held by thc stato board of laud commissioners as proceeds from the sale of government lands deeded to tho state for public building purposes: pur-poses: and tho fourth for a special election elec-tion for a special levy for capitol construction con-struction purposes. All four bills woro passed by tho stato legislature. Howovor, tho people voted against the special levy. Thc other oth-er funds were availablo but the governor gov-ernor deemed it wise not to begin tho construction of tho building until there was a certainty of securing all necessary neces-sary funds. At tho general eloction of 1910 tho votors adopted an amendment to the constitution permitting an incroaso of tho bonded indebtedness of tho state for thc purpose of constructing public buildings. Tho legislature of 1911 then authorized tho bond issue of $.1,000,000 to provido funds for the construction of the capitol and from that time the peoplo were certain of tho construction of a state capitol. Just before tho legislature of 1911 adjourned Attorney General A. Jt. Barnes roccivod as an inheritance tax for tho state from tho estate of tho lato E. E. Harrimau $798,000. Tho legislature leg-islature immediately appropriated $750,000 of this monoy for tho construction con-struction of the new capitol, which with the bond issue previously authorized author-ized gavo the commission ample funds with which to construct tho building. Since the cash recoived from thc Har riman estato appeared aniplo to carry on tho work for at least two years the $1,000,000 in bonds were not issued. Names Commission. ! On Mav 13, 1911, Governor Spry appointed ap-pointed John Dern and John Henry Sniilh of Salt Lake, M. S. Browning of Ogdon and Colonol C. E. Loose of Provo mcmbora of the state capilol commission. Tho law providing for tho creation of the state capitol commission commis-sion made Govornor William Spry, Secretary Sec-retary of Stato C. S. Tingcy and Attorney At-torney General A. B. Barnes ox officio mombors of tho commission. Tho new capitol commission organized organ-ized on May 17 and immediately ordered or-dered a topographical survey made of the capitol grounds. Tho firm of Olm-stead Olm-stead JBrothers, leading landscape architects ar-chitects of the country, was omployod to provide a landscape design for tho grounds, Tho commission visited many of tho principal capitolo of tho Unitod States and gathered a large amount of data relativo to tbc construction of tho Tariou8 capitols. On October 12, 3911, John Henry Smith diod and soon afterwards after-wards tho governor named Anthon H. Limd as his successor on tho commission. commis-sion. Tho state capitol commission on August 29 1911, prepared a programme of competition for architects. Soycral of tho leading architects of tho United States prepared plans and submitted them in competition. Tho commission finally awarded the prize to E. K. A. Klettiug of Salt Lako, one of the leading lead-ing architects in tho west. Tho award was mado on March 13, 1912. Mr. Kletting thon proparcd working plans for tho now building and those woro completed on August 15, From these plans tho commission prepared specifications specifi-cations and bids for tho construction of tho building were advertised for. On December 15, 1912, tho bids for tho construction of tho capitol were opened. Tho lowest bid was that of the Jamea Stewart Construction company. com-pany. Tho amount of tho bid of this company for tho complete constniction of tho capilol, exclusivo of excavation and furnishings, was $1,106,000. Sev-oral Sev-oral other contractors submitted bids in varying amounts. The contract for the construction of the building has not yet bcon lot. The commission ib considering Eovoral changes in mato-rials mato-rials and specifications and finds inadvisable inad-visable to decide so far as possible upon theso changes beforo lotting thc contract. Moran's Bi3 Accepted. Tbo contract for tho excavation and grading of the capital grounds was awarded to P. J. Moran. Tho contract involves tho removal of approximately 70,000 cubic yards of earth for thc excavation ex-cavation and tho use of this earth in grading the west slope of Capitol hill. Mr. Moran 'b bid was 15 cents per cubic yard, much loss than the estimate of any other bidder. Tho cost of the work will bo about $10,500. Tho contract con-tract provides for thc completion of the work by April 1, 1913. Ground for tho now capitol was broken last Thursday afternoon. Informal In-formal ceremony marked tho first chov-olful chov-olful of earth removed for the oxcava-lion oxcava-lion bv tho giant Hteam shovel. Oov-ornor Oov-ornor William Spry and Mayor Samuel C. Park snoko briof congratulatory addresses. ad-dresses. Tho ceremony of laying tho corner atone somo few months hence will probably bo vory elaborate, Tho plans for tho new slate capitol provido for a most imposing nd beautiful beau-tiful atructuro which wilj loug b0 a monument to the industry and progress of tho peoplo of Utah. Tho building propor is -104 feet long and 150 feet wide, with a projection of 9Si:16 fect in tho contor of tbe south front and another projection of USx-19 feet in the center of the north fronl. Tho diameter of rotunda is 05 feet, and tho height of building from grade to top of main walls is 7S feet. Tho height of dome from grado to top of lantern is 235 feet. CapitoPs Location. The axis across the contor of thc building is a continuation of the axis of Stato street. Its longitudinal axis is in line with thc axis of Soenth avenue. A. bridge across City creel: forming an extension of 'Seventh avenue, would -lead directly to tho center of tho oast front. Both the building and thc bridge would gain by this arrangement, and together present an imposing architectural feature. After the east portion of Capitol hill is excavated down to tho level of the grade around the building, thc site will be the most beautiful of any of its kind in tho United States. The widening of upper Stale street to its width below South Tcmplo street will further add to the appearanco of thc building and it is to be hoped that efforts will be made in this direction by everyone interested in Salt Uakc City. Colonnade Impressive. Considering tho fact that, 'Owing to its peculiar location, thc entire building build-ing can oulv be seen in its entirety from a distance of about onc milo and from tho grounds, excepting from the north bench, strong projections in the south, west and cast fronts have purposely been avoided, aud a comparative! compara-tive! straight front selected, consist-ing consist-ing of an uninterrupted colonnade of Corinthian columns. Tho columns are 11 feet in height, having a shaft of three fect ten inches in diameter at the bottom. On tho south, west and east side, the round columns arc detached, standing stand-ing five feet from tho walls, thus producing pro-ducing shadows which will be very effectful in the distance, as near bv. On tho north side pilasters are used in places of columns. "Ven" largo plate glass windows, 7 feet 3 inches wide arc placed between .the columns and pilasters so that all the offices aro abundantly lighted. The above treatment resembles in effect that of thc Parthenon near Athens, which is similarly situated and in spite of its simplicity has alwavs been and still is admired "for its simple grandeur. As to the cost, this treatment will compare favorably with others showing a multitude of smaller details, as thoro aro a great manv repetitions of patterns, pat-terns, enabling thc builder to arrango for special machinery to turn them out at comparatively reasonable cost. The interior above thc ground floor is divided into three parts, grouping around two immense light courts and around tho rotunda under tho dome. Plans of Offices. The ground story contains the offices of tho fish and gamo department, board of land commissioners, dair3r a.nd food commissioner, Btato chemist, board of health, Utah Stato Fair association, asso-ciation, horticultural commission, state historical rooms, custodian and janitors' jani-tors' Tooms, cafe and large exhibition space. It is well lighted throughout. Tho principal, or first story contains tho governor's quarters, including state room and ladies' reception rooms, the offices of secrotary of state, attorney general, stato auditor, SAiperi tendon t public, instruction, statoMreasurcr, bank commissioner, insuranco commissioner and a largo room for board mectiugs. Tho second stor3- contains the supremo su-premo court, including rooms- for judges, clerks, consultation room, vault, state library aud. rcadiug and librarians' rooms: tho sonato chamber, with a seating seat-ing capacity for thirty members, including in-cluding rooms for thc president and secretary, sec-retary, lounging room, committee rooms, press room, lolograph and telephone room, cloak room and lockers, also a public galley; the house of represenla lives, with a seating 'capacity of ninct-mombors ninct-mombors and a public gallorj-, otherwise other-wise committee room, etc., as mentioned for scnato chamber. Tho Quarters of the senate and house of representatives arc directly connected connect-ed hr private corridors. A well lighted postoffico is located between tho two and adjoining tho entrance next to the west elevator. Tho third storj- coutains the quarters for the state engineer, stato road commission, com-mission, coal mino inspector, commissioner commis-sioner of immigration, labor and statistics, statis-tics, inspector of livestock, board of sheep commissioners, board of equalization, equaliza-tion, adjutant general, boards of denial examiners, pharmacy, cxnmincrs of barbers, bar-bers, in optometry and of accountancy: also conservation commission, Utah art institute and art galleries for paintings and for plastic and industrial art. Grand Staircases. Besides a number of scrvitc stairs, thero aro two grand staircases at oich end of tho largo light courts and about 200 feet apart, ono loading to tho houso of representatives, tho other to tho supremo su-premo court. Two electric clovators aro to bo installed in-stalled at present and a third ono iu the future. Tho flopr spaco in tho rotunda and tho two light courts, including the galleries gal-leries around them in tho second aud third efories is largo enough to com-fort com-fort ably hold a crowd of 9000 persons, so that public gatherings can be held in it whonovcr occasion demands. Tho rotunda as well as I ho courts will be perfectly lighted from the largo skylight sky-light sabovo them. Besides tho rooms mentioned abovo, public toilets and also cloak and toilet roomg aro provided for each department, depart-ment, all well ventilated and lighlod from thc outside. Tho planning of thc culiro strucluro is simple aud compact. All thc principal entrances to tho departments open iuto the largo corridors and on tho first floor cvcr3' door can bo neon from the rotunda. ro-tunda. Steam boating is provided for throughout, including a s3-stom of thorough thor-ough "vonlilation for tho scuatc, house of representatives and court chambers. The boiler houfc is located -100 feet north of tho building aud is connected Tf'ilb it by a tunnel. Lighting Effects. Tho lighting will bo by clcclrieil, partly direct, parley indirect. A grand cfTcct is intended to bo obtained from tho fcchomo of lighting tho four arches of fort' feet diameter aronnd the rotunda ro-tunda and. tho fourtecu sixty-five-foot arches canying tho coiling ot thc light courts. Electricity, required for lighting as well as power purposes, will bo supplied sup-plied from tho stato power plant at Logan. Lo-gan. Plumbing will boof tho latest design and perfectly sanifary. Tho building will be built of stone, marble, brick, torra cotta, concrete and steel and thoroughly flroproof, including doors and windows. Special interior fcalurco aro Iaro, i tiftccn-fout frieze in the rotunda, at thc height of tho attic, and ornamented with historical figures and scenca in bas Tclicf, also tho two imuicnso mural paintings proxided for at each cud of the great courts. Tho painting at tho west end to represent tho eutranco of the pioneers into tho valley and l.ho other Justico (being abovo tho court outrancc). An effort will bo made to have tho building sufficiently completed to have it occupied, early in 1915. |