Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 17 | Mayor Favors Joint Plan for State Armory

MAYOR MA fOR FAVORS JOINT PLAN PLAN- FOR S1 ATE ARMORY Centennial Board Heads Urge Move Auditorium Included Plan for a joint state city and federal enterprise creating a state armory a part of which may be used as a civic auditorium at the southwest corner of Fourth E East st stand and Second South street Was re received received received re- re favorably in explanatory form Friday by Mayor Ab Jenkins and Commissioner P. P H H. Goggin Former Mayor John M M. Wallace chairman of the intrastate commit- commit tell of the 1947 Centennial commission commission commission commis commis- sion and Gus P. P Backman secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Centennial commission conferred informally with the mayor and commissioner at the city and county building Cost of the structure looked upon as an important adjunct to current plans for the Centennial celebration is expected to be between between between be be- tween and The proposed new structure would occupy the site of the All Hollows college now used for armory armory armory arm arm- ory purposes The plan revives former discussions of a like nature but embraces a smaller scale Final plans for the structure are still in the making Mr Wallace and Mr Backman explained However However However How How- ever it is recognized that the structure will be designed primarily primar primar- ily for an armory with conversion features permitting its use as an auditorium