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Show OFFICIAL HOME OF FEDERATION. Miners Are Determined to Adopt the Judge Memorial. (From The Salt Lake Herald.) Unless there is a radical change pf sentiment in th; next few days, the Judge Memorial home in this city win be adopted as the official home of the Western Federation of Miners. The matter is urid r consideration by the leaders in the organization now in convention con-vention in Salt Lake, and degmte action ac-tion is expected to be taken before the adjournment of th; convention the coining week. This is the outcome of a visit made to the home by sixteen of the leading members of the Western Federation of Miners, under the leadership of President Pres-ident Charles H. Mover and Secretary XV. D. Haywood. Friday of last week. Rev. Dennis Kiely, vicar general of the Salt Lake diocese, acted as guide for the party. Every visitor was enthusiastic en-thusiastic over the building and th? location. The officers said it had been their dream of years to have such a home for the members of the organization organiza-tion where thv might be cared for when injured, or sick, or too old to work longer. The great obstacle has been the matter of funds which which to erect a building. For this reason this magnificent building ready for occupancy oc-cupancy sremed to them a special providence. It 'vas soon figured out that it was large enough to accommodate accommo-date the Western Federation of Miners Min-ers in the Rocky mountain states, and that it could be supported by means of a small assessment on the members. In addition to that a fund could be established in a short time for the care of the helpless. After the visit to the home the committee com-mittee called on Bishop Scanlan and s:t forth their Wishes in the matter. Bishop- Scanlan fell in with the idea at once. It was understood by all par--lies that the Judge Memorial home must continue to be an , institution of the Catholic church, as the builder of the home intruded, and that Bishop Scanlan must retain general supervision super-vision over the institution.. The intention inten-tion is to place the home in charge of some order of Sisters, whether it is made the official home of the Western West-ern Federation of Miner." or not. A definite conclusion will be reached in th? matter by the organization in a day or two. when a definite proposition proposi-tion will be submitted to Bishop Scanlan. Scan-lan. It is practically certain that an agreement will be reached in the matter. mat-ter. "You may say for me that the report is absolutely false in every particular: particu-lar: I have never been inside the building." This statement was made by City Building Inspector Frank XV '. Lewis last evening when told that the report was current in the city that he had condemned the Judge Memorial home on Seventh South and Tenth East streets. D. C. Dart, the architect of the building, was aware of these reports re-ports in circulation. "I will risk my reputation on the stability of this building," he said last 'evening. "Somebody should take a. club to the men who are circulating this infamous rumor. It has absolutely abso-lutely no foundation and is the out- growth of petty spit-? on the part of one man who was disappointed in the beginning." These persistent rumors concerning the building are the cause of deep mortification- to Bishop Laurenc? Scanlan, Scan-lan, Mrs. Mary Judge and the others interested in this magnificent philanthropy. philan-thropy. The building is now--practically complete except for the grading anu landscaping to be done on the grounds and drives. The reason it is not already furnished and occupied is that Bishop Scanlan has been so wholly whol-ly occupied with the erection of the cathedral that it has been necessary for him to defer action on th? home. Work on the cathedral is now progressing pro-gressing so well that the bishop is enabled to turn a part of his attention atten-tion to the home, and important developments de-velopments are looked for in th? near future. ; A visit to the Judge Memorial home will remove all doubt from the mind as to the character of the building. It is doubtful if there ig a more substantial sub-stantial larg? building in the state. I Not a crack of even the smallest dimensions di-mensions can be found in the walls anywhere on any one of the five floors. When it is remembered that the building is 210 feet long and contains con-tains practically 200 rooms, this is remarkable. re-markable. Under the southeast wing of the building a spring of pure water was discovered. It wai piped to a small deservoir in the grounds and will b? utilized for irrigation purposes. .Bishop .Bish-op Scanlan considers it a valuable as set. It is part of a spring that was utilized years ago for a small brewers brew-ers that stood on a portion of the ground. Every part of the basement of the building is as dry as a bone, proving that absolutely no bad effects are to be apprehended from this spring. Watchman Hugh Joyce, who has charge of the building, takes pleasure pleas-ure in pointing out the many good points of the home and in r?futing the false reports set in circulation. The view from the tower of the home is one of the finest in Salt Lake vallev. An unobstructed panorama of the entire en-tire city and valley from the crest of the Wasatch range on the east to the hazy Oquirrhs on the west, and from thirty miles down the valley to the mountain barriers on th? north, there is nothing to interfere with the view. The clear air, the sunshine and the magnificent view must have a good effect on those so fortunate as to find a home under this roof. |
