Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-28 | Page 9 | C. of C. to Urge Plans upon City for Auditorium

C. C OF C. C C TO URGE PLANS UPON CITY FOR AUDITORIUM Will Request Immediate Cons Construction Construction Con Con- s ruction of C Civic IVIC P Project ra By JACK T THOMAS Ol JAS i. i Request for Immediate construction of of a civic auditorium here s will be presented to city er ers Tuesday by the chamber of ot commerce com com- merce Gus P P. P Backman chamber secretary announced Saturday iol id lowing owing a conference with Mayor Louis Marcus and Paul F. F Key Keyzer rf chamber president The plan drawn up by the chamber chamber cham cham- be ber of commerce auditorium commit commit- tee cc consisting of James J. J Burke Lawrence Manger MarIger and Raymond J J. J Ashton calls for tor purchase o of 01 land es es- to cost and a 1000 building to be financed by an bond issue and a grant from the P pW W A. A With their request f for r early construction construction con con- the committee committe will formally formally for for- mally maHY hand over to city officials a survey showing how auditoriums are operating elsewhere and an amortization amortization amortization schedule to meet payments on ona a local structure 5 Climaxes Long Lon Efforts Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesday's action will climax 36 6 years of effort by local groups anxious anxious am ious to see Salt Lake City become an important convention spot Lack of facilities has thus far prevented holding o of large national conventions here Twice as many civic auditoriums are paying their own way now as were doing so five live years ago because managers are learning their business better said Mrs Winifred P. P Rails Balls convention secretary of the chamber who compiled the data which will be presented to the city commissioners The chamber representatives will ask the city to put the bond issue suc to the vote of the people in the November November Novem Novem- ber election it was announced Schedule Prepared The amortization schedule prepared prepared pre pre- pared to meet the cost of the year 30 4 4 per cent b bonds calls for annual ex cx- ranging from a high of in 1936 to in 1965 The cost per capita will be e 41 cents in 1936 1936 but with the estimated growth of the city to a population of by 1965 the per capita cost ost will then be 12 cents t the survey fi figures es show Civic auditoriums are arc operating in American cities cities' ranging from population up according to the survey Of 43 selected elected at random by Mrs Rails Ralls 11 were supporting self-supporting in 1930 It appears from my study of civic auditoriums that they are proving vi vital vital vi vi- tal factors in developing convention business enhancing physical attractiveness attractiveness attractiveness city and developing a sound civic attitude Mrs Rails Balls said The operation of ofa a civic auditorium auditorium assists in establishing the community com corn as as' as asa a social and cultural cen cen- ter Size Not Recommended The report to be submitted to the city commission does not recommend details as to the size of the audi audi- It was in 1918 that the late Governor Gov Gay Simon Bamberger started auditorium au plans by appointing a special special cial commission to study the possibility of ot making it a memorial to who died in the World war Inability to obtain funds thwarted the effort The project was revived in Jn 1930 when former Mayor John JOhll F. F Bowman Bowman Bow Bow- man appointed a commission to study the project but little action was taken The chamber of commerce took up the plan in 1931