Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-17 | Page 16 | Capitol Columns May be Monoliths

CAPITOL COLUMI ' UT BEliOLITIIS Fact' That Great Granite Blocks Are Taken Out Raises Question. Whilo no official discussion of b question of adopting monolithic granito columns for the exterior of tho now capitol bus taken place, and cannot until tho vnrioua members of tho capitol capi-tol commission Tcturn to tho city, it is probable -hat this will be a live issue at the next meeting of tho board. During tho past' few days tho statement that granite monolithic columns of sufficient suf-ficient size can bo obtained and would bo much better has been heard on many si'dc5; and members of tho commission nro inclined to give serious -consideration to what the' at Urat refused to entertain. ' John Dorn, chairman of tho Hmildiug committee of the capitol commissioners, virtually said yesterday that ho personally per-sonally favored the monolithic" column although bo would not say us to the opinions of the other members. He said ho understood that tho stone company com-pany has demonstrated its ability to tako pieces of granite out of the Littlo Cottonwood canyon large enough for the, proposed ono-pieco columns. The question of added cost seems to bo uppermost with M. S. Browning of Ogdon, a member of tho commission. He said yesterday that while he was not ready to oxpress an opinion at this time ho" thought much would depend upon tho added expenso, if any, at-tacned at-tacned to chaugiug to tho columns of monolithic type. He said that the state nearly, if! not quite, up to tho limit or oxpense anu win inivu iu muuuuu carefully. "Monolithic columns aro not. specified speci-fied iu tho plans under which wo have been working," said David If. Mattson, when seen yesterday afternoon. "I am not in a position now to commit myself my-self to favoring monoliths because I want to make further investigation," Governor William Spry and Attornoy General Albert R. Barnes arc now in Washington and nothiug can be done about tho matter until they return. An thou IT. Lund is in the southern part of the state and could not be soon yesterday.