Show It was In front font of the great granIte granite granite gran gran- granI I ite structure stands In the Tem Temple Temple le grounds and a party of ot visitors was viewing the beautiful building admiring th the peculiar ar architecture architecture ar- ar and the m massiveness of th the structure One Ono of the party had Just concluded ded the tho reading of the inscription on the stone tablet on tho the east center tower which says Holiness to the Lord The Hou House e of the Lord built by tho the Church of Jesus Chr Christ st of ot Latter- Latter day Saints Commenced April 6 1853 r Completed April 6 1893 Just then the writer happened to pass and one of the visiting party asked him if he was a resident and if soI so could he give additional Information information information I tion regarding the unique building He Ho could and did for he was one of the gentiles who was Invited to visit the building on the first day of the dedication of the building and at atthe atthe atthe the time Ume wrote a page story of the magnificent structure As I remember remember re remember re- re member the story was as follows It was on the fourth day after the advent of ot the pioneers in Salt Lake valle valley when on July 28 1847 BrIgham Young Youns- leader lender and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints accompanied ac accompanied an- an companied by several members of the first p party of pioneers in walking walking walkIng walk- walk Ing over the ground upon which the Temple now stands suddenly called a and sticking the ferrule ferrule fer ter- fer- fer rule of his cane at a point Just In iii fr front nt of where he stood said Here w we will build the temple of or God Wilford Woodruff then their a member of the council of the twelve at once marked t tie the e spot by driving a small wooden stake Into the orifice made by BrIgham Young and which it was afterwards ascertained was the center of the site for the temple tem tem- On the evening of July 28 the church authorities had the block often often of often ten acres which was to be the Temple block and around which was to be the city of Salt Lake surveyed BLOCK IS DEDICATED Tl Three ree years jears later in April 1851 at the general conference when the question of erecting a temple was given the unanimous vote of the conference and almost two years later on lt February 14 1853 the tho temple block was dedicated with wl most solemn services the ground upon which the temple tenpIe was to stand was was broken for the fo foundation and the cornerstones of ot the structure were laid on April 6 1853 the ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony of laying the cornerstones be being being being be- be I ing most impressive Fifty years was required to complete the buildIng building building build build- ing and the cost was around It differs In many ways from other church buildings and Its ar architecture architecture architecture ar- ar is original Eighteen days were required to dedicate the building Stakes Stakes' from the various p parts of the co country were admitted on dave davs Th-e Th The Temple the visitors were Informed Informed- is constructed of gray granite which was quarried near the mouth 0 of Little Cottonwood n twenty miles from Salt lake City HANDLED BY S. S The great blocks of granite used in the c construction were so o l large rge that it required four yoke of oxen four days to move a block from quarry to the tem temble le site Man Many of these giant blocks of ot stone were so quarried that thai tha every right angle Inthe in inthe inthe the building is cut from one solid stone oston BO so so that n no water can trickle through and thus aided by frost split the stone atone There are no long and short courses courses' In the tife right angles angles angles an an- as in an ordinary building To move these great blocks was costly and delays were many To obviate this his a canal was wa's constructed con can d so that the stones might be moved by boat the same being under the direction of President Brigham Young This canal was the first unit of or the canal system which carries water from rom the Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan River to Salt Lake City The cost of constructing this unit was hea heavy as It was dug from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Cot canY canyon Jn to City creek near the temple grounds This canal runs on South Temple street crossing St State te street at what Is now the site of the Bransford I Ion tion and quantity production means cheaper prices That Is why advertising advertising adver adver- pays for tor Itself Copyright Copyright- 1945 1925 Associated Editors Inc Ine |