Springville Herald | 1947-10-09 | Page 2 | Bids Opened for Dup Memorial in Salt Lake City

BIDS OPENED FOR DUP MEMORIAL IN SALT LAKE CITY The Daughters of Utah Pioneers' dream of a pioneer memorial building to house the relics of Utah's first settlers took a long step toward actuality Friday as bids for the construction of the building were opened at the Capitol. Capi-tol. Although the low bid was $15,-000 $15,-000 in excess of the funds available avail-able for the structure, Kate B. Carter, DUP president, and Cornelia Cor-nelia S. Lund, organization building build-ing committee chairman, said the DUP would supply the deficit. Ray H. Leavitt, state building commission chairman, said pending pend-ing official examination of the bids ho would recommend the building for immediate construction. construc-tion. Tho attorney general told Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Lund there was no legal bar against the DUP's plan to contribute an additional addi-tional $15,000. First authorized by the 1941 legislature, the building plan was continued into 1945 to permit the DUP to raise its share of the building's cost. Late in 1945 the organization turned over to the state treasurer $75,000, which was added to $225,000 contributed by tho state. Bid on tho structure, however, far exceeded the $300,000 available avail-able and the 1947 legislature appropriated ap-propriated an additional $150,000. Lorenzo S. Young, architect, said the building would be constructed con-structed of architectural cast-stone, cast-stone, similar to, but of a lighter shade than, that used on the University Uni-versity of Utah library. The building build-ing will be built on a triangular piece of ground at the head of Main street, southwest of the capitol. The building's exterior will be patterned after the old Salt Lake theater. It will be 160 feet long, 70 feet wide in front and 118 feet wide in back.