Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-24 | Page 16 | Compiles Data on Memorials

COilLtS DM ON BOILS Utah Commission Finds Buildings Are Favored in Most States. What other elates and other communities communi-ties aro planning: to honor and remember eoldlers, marines and sailors who died In the world war In the service of their country U summarized in a report being prepared by Oliver J. Crimes, secretary for the Utah Memorial commission, which was authorised by the last legislature. legisla-ture. Reports were aked from the governor gov-ernor of each srat e, and each answered, except the governors of Missouri, Oklahoma, Okla-homa, anil Lo'iis.ana. With both t'a.tea and cities a building la by far the moat popular form of memorial, me-morial, though there are many other suggestions, and also many variations of the building .dea. Maine will join New Hampshire and the federal government In building a bridge arrows the Picata-qua Picata-qua river, the fairucture to cost J 1,-5un,O0U. 1,-5un,O0U. and each party to the agreement to pay one-third the cost. Pennsylvania pi:.' ns a bridge to connect the capitol grounds with the res. dene section of Harrisburg. Such a bridge has also been suggested to crott; City Creek canyon. South Carolina plans two memorial buildings, one for while and the other for negro soldiers, at a total cost of $500,000, partly raised by appropriation and pa.rtly by subscription. Many states have as yet taken no adion. Some are awaiting ' the session of tho legislature this winter. In others, the counties act IndependeriHy. Some have legislative commissions authorized, while many are combining the memorial idea with some needed state building. Nevada will houso its supreme court In a memorial building. Nebraska will have a new $5,000,000 capitol as a memorial. Iowa will have a temple of Justice. Among tho city projects, the most popular form appears to be the community com-munity house, which appears under many names. Educational institutions, hospitals, hospi-tals, polyclinics, clubhouses, Red Cross j temples, stadiums, open-air theaters are 1 among a few of the many forms of construction con-struction planned among a list of something some-thing like 400 cities. - Chicago is to build a hotel. Educational institutions also are popular, and many university towns have some form of memorial building build-ing under way for its home institution.