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Show UTAH STATE CAPITOL WILL EXPLOIT STATE Utah's state capitol will be built almost al-most exclusively of Utah materials. The build ng when completed will be a sple'nded exposition of the resources of the state. Everything in the building build-ing save the steel work, the hard woods used and the window casings and the furniture will be the products of Utah. While the capitol commission has considered the use of imported materials and investigated as to their cost, the j members of the commission are un- j animous in the opinion tnat in so far as i possible Utah materials be used, even 1 though the cost may be greater. Either Utah granite or Utah marble will be used in the exterior construction It is likely that Utah granite from Little Cottonwood canyon will be used, although members of the commission are interested in the possibilities of I Utah marble as a building material. A deposit of beautiful white Utah marble is located is Tooele county, ! near the line of the Western Pacific, j five miles from Salt Lake. A geo-: geo-: logicil survey of the deposits indicated i that there are approximately 300,000 J cars of marble available for commercial I use. Samples of this marble which are now at the office of the secretary of ' state show it to be of an excellent i : quality. The marble takes an excellent i polish and in appearance is the equal of j any imported marble. The tints range : from a beautifel white to a rich cream ! or "peachblow." One sample of the marble, tool dressed dress-ed and polished, is available for an exterior veneer. That this marble would make a state capitol of wonderful wonder-ful beauty is conceded by everyone. ' It eould be secured almost as cheaply as granite, although it would cost more than imported marble. The only question i its durability. , Nephi L. Morris of the Eliae Morris & Su9 Company, which polished and drssed the-marble, is of the opinion that this marble is durable enough for al! purposes. He believes that - it will withstand the extremes of the temperature temper-ature and the smoke and salt laden atmosphere. at-mosphere. It is not as durable as granite but Mr. Morris thinks durable enough for building purposes. The most durable rock available is Utah granite. There are millions of tons of this up Little Cottonwood canyon, can-yon, and while no decision has been reached, it is likely that the commission commis-sion will decide to use Little Cottonwood Cotton-wood granite for the pxteiior. High up in the canyon in the government forest for-est reserve an excellent grade of granite gran-ite has been found. This is on govern, ment land and the only cos; to the states will be the cost of removing it and bringing it - to the capitol site, which, of course, will mean a heavy expense. By application to the forestry for-estry department of the government the state may secure permission to take out this marble. For interior finishings Utah marble will undoubtedly be used. From the Tooele deposit the very best white marble may be secured, while from deposits de-posits near Nephi an excellent grade of colored marble may be taken. Near Nephi are to be found deposits of marble of almost every color, including beautiful mottled marbles and black marbles. If enough marble of each for the various colors and patterns can be secured a plan of decoration iu the vari us rooms of the building with the marbles of variegated tints will be adopted. In has been suggested that for the hardwood finishings Utah mountain mahogany be used. However, it has developed that there is not enough Utah mahogany avilable for the purpose pur-pose and what little lumber is to be used will be imported. The steel, the window casings and some other minor building materials will be necessarily imported. To secure a building made almost exclusively of Utah materials will necessitate a greater expense than to build one of imported materials. However, How-ever, the commissioners feel there will be little objection to the additional expense. The use of Utah materials in the building will establish new industries in-dustries in the state and furniah employment em-ployment for hundreds of citizens of the state. The money spent for Utah materials will remain within the state instead of being sent to another state. |