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Show APPROACHING COMPLETION. The work on the Temple is approaching completion with gratifying rapidity. All the mason work is done except what is necessary to complete the smaller turrets on the east end. They will be finished next week if the weather continues favorable. The painting on the east and west ends and north side of the building is finished, only about one-sixth of the outside surface remaining unpainted. The towers at the ends of the building are not plastered at all inside, but the heavy plastering throughout the body of the structure is nearly or quite done, the finishing coat only remaining to be put on. The heavy timber frames for the spires which will surmount the towers are very massive, and have been constructed and built into the solid masonry in a most enduring and substantial manner. Carpenters are at work upon these spires, finishing [?] them to completion. The carpenter work on the inside is progressing well. Some of it is very skillfully done and reflects great credit on the workmen. This portion of the work is now most in need of being pushed, and a few first-class carpenters could be furnished with work for some time. The water tables at the base of the battlements, which surmount the tunnels [?] that have been completed, are fine specimens of the stone-cutter's art, and reflect great credit on the workmen who cut and set them. The dome has been put on the spire at the west end, and the distance from the top of this dome to the ground [unreadable] feet. Though the work is so far completed, it is still too soon for the Saints to relax in their generosity towards it, as a large amount of means will still be required to fully complete it and meet existing obligations. |