Show WHITE SNOW WHITE ITALIAN MARBLES HERS HERE FOR OR BEAUTIfUL AllAR IN ST 81 MARYS MARY'S After a n journey of miles much half around tho the world more moro than way of j tho main altar and two side sido altars altara have havo reached Salt Lako City They reached Salt Lake Lako Cit They Thc have havo been four our months on the voyage e. e of Units thirty total Tw cars containing a a. marblo marble pulled two tons of pur pure puro whito white durIng dur- dur Short Lino Line depot into tho the Oregon and of Tuesday night quiet In the lag Ing sidetrack awaiting the tho stand a l on now on duties installation in installation In in- settlement of questions of the altars alt at the head of tho the most beautiful and stately of ono one edifices in tho the west the the Catholic Cath reli religious ious South Temple street olic olio cathedral on will soon begin beg n. n two Thirty tons tOD of the purest most expensive and the most marvelously marvelous y into the brought broucht carved caned marble ever er the tho shipment it in United States are Italy from tho the from sunny here little came town Carrara which h ch has quarry for its become famous the world over beautiful marbles as quarries It came from the same ot of made many did the marble which up statues the tho churches the old tho the d days s following and tho the altars in the architecture architecture renaissance of Italian great rea t fifteenth ture turo in the of the century It was marble from these that many of the old masters masters mas mas- quarries same and architecture u used ed edin ter o of sculpture in in their work and this same marble that II has bas been exported from Italy to all parts of the world for lor beautiful deco deco- orating purposes in building and churches Ordered Two Years Tears Ago The marble was ordered two years from company of Italy ago a quarry and was to bo be the very best that could be bo found Tho The contract called for tho the white statuary rock absolutely pure flawless and colorless An Any trace of of f color or any spot of mark in in the white whito whitestone stone stono would havo have made mado it worthless to th the Italian quarry men with their Salt Lake ake City order r r. r It had to be perfect in every detail And after after ter the rock was selected there was the tho most tedious task of carving niD it exactly to suit the fancies of the tho architects architects archi archi- here It has been carefully carved by b hand nd smoothed and packed very cautiously After the whole work was completed it consisted of several bund hun bun hundred dred carved pieces which are arc to be put together upon tho the arrival hero horo Tho The ship carrying the altars altUS sailed away nJ from Italy toward Spain Spam four and the Balearic months ago Corsica islands inlands were pase passed and the thc ship sailed through the strait of Gibraltar It turned south passing passin the Canary and the Cape Verde Verele islands and swerved of South America over o near the coast It then thon sailed along the coast passing the principal towns and islan islands s. s and rounded tho the famous Cape Horn From there the route was taken up the west coast to San Sau Francisco where the tho marble marble mar mar- ble was 10 loaded led on trains and hauled to this city The cost of hauling it from the quarries to San Francisco was The freight from the coast to Salt Lake City will be additional Most E Expensive iu in Vv West cst The cost of the marble and tho the carving in ing work was in in round numbers which is by far the most expensive o marble marble marble mar mar- ble consignment ever eyer received in the tho thoAt west At San Francisco when the ship floating floating float- float ing n tho the Italian flag lowered anchor the United States customs collectors got ot on onboard hoard board and assessed the marble at 1000 Immediately Bishop Scanlan of this city was informed and ho secured tho the services sen services ices of local Customs Officer Jake in getting tho the duty out of tho the way A provision is made in the United States law that marble imported to be instilled in churches is not as assessable atthe atthe at atthe the customs house After much trouble the matter was adjusted and tho the cargo of beautiful marble was carefully unloaded un loaded from the ship where it had ridden over oer half way halfway war around tho the world and was placed in in box boa cars At the local Ore Oregon on Short Line depot tho the customs officers officer again became inquisitive in in- and the they are now nor holding up t the e marble But it is thou thought ht that they will release it in a few days and it willbe willbe will willbo be bo unloaded and taken to the church Will Be Most Beautiful The altars are aro as tho the most beautiful stately and magnificent in inthe inthe the tho mole of the west In a largo larco circular circular cir cir- I cular sanctuary a place has bas been provided provided pro pro- vided for tho the settin setting settin of the great eat main altar With a background of green marked off with pretty white whito Doric pile pil pillars lars lass below and a series of five o large colored art windows above the pure whito white altar should present a most beautiful beautiful beau bem- and rich appearance It will stand twenty three feet high from tho the top of the cross cress to the floor and will be bo about fifteen feet wide On the tho top is a dome of considerable size size which rests on a a. series series of plain Dork Doris pillars small in erne eize Under this is tho the largo lar o and shapely shapely shape shape- ly domo dome over tho the tabernacle with the gilt crucifix directly underneath Below Bo Bo- Bolow low tho the cross is the tho tabernacle door which also is gilt On each eido side of tho the tabernacle are two tRO large Ip angels On tho the outer are arc r rt t two sets of of Doric pillars s each Bet act bearing a beautiful whito winged angel Below the tho tabernacle door and under the other designs is a a. panel about eight feet feat long and throe feet wide showing in pretty relief the Last Supper This is is a a. masterpiece in carving cars cars' carvin in ing showing the minute details of tho Late Supper Sapper as al pictured by the artists of ot old Richness in Detail On the top of tho the altar between the main domo dome and tho the two standing angels are pinnacles overlooking great groat clusters of relief and kinds kinda of carving of the tho most moat beautiful Ionic models All about in every conceivable corner are carvings which a add idd d richness and beauty to the altar On each side in Eie separate arate small rooms from the sanc sane sanctuary tua will be the tho sido altars which are aro much smaller than the tho main main altar b but butof butof t of the tho same mo model el The They aro are beautifully beautiful beautiful- ly carved in relief and stand out in iu harmony with ho the larger arger design All in all all it is said that there thero are aro few more beautiful sights than the scene at the head of the new cathedral when too tine altars are arc placed The contrast contrast con con- between beb tho snow white whito marble and tho the beautiful windows in the oval shaped sanctuary will bo be striking On Model l I The plan of the main altar is i is similar to tho the Filippo order tho the same as ns was worked into the famous Duomo in Florence Italy This design u was ori originated by in the fifteenth century and was' was ono of tho the greatest creations of the time The general design verges on that style but there aro are other touches of old ol Homan Byzantine Old Sacristy Basili Basili- ait and und others All of the tho old oM masters in sculpture carving ear an and architecture havo hao been given a place in tho altars by models from their works which give ive color and splendor to tho the whole All Ul is ready for the installing of tho the altars as soon as the questions of oC duties duties du du- u. u ties are arc settled Tho The brick and cement foun foundations for the altars have havo been heen laid and tho the work of setting tho various arious pieces of marblo marble in n place will be begun as us soon oon as possible I |