Show CITY ENGINEER I IS CHURCH OFFICER SYLVESTER G. G CANNON NAMED BY PRESIDENT GRANT AS PRESIDING BISHOP Served City of Salt Lake for Twelve Years As Official Will Resign Twelve As City Engineer At Once Salt Lake City S Sylvester Sylvester lvester Q Q Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non city engineer and president of the Pioneer stake of oC the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints Latter day was I named presiding bishop of the tho church to succeed Charles W. W Nibley who was recently elevated to the first pres pres- The Tho appointment was made b by President Heber J. J Grant and confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed by the members of the first presidency and the council of the twelve apostles Mr Cannon announced that the acceptance acceptance acceptance ac ac- ac- ac of the tho position would necessitate necessitate his leaving the position of city engineer He will take up his new duties Immediately The new presiding bishop comes from pioneer stock He was born In Salt SaIt Lake City in hi June 10 1877 the son of George Q Cannon and Elizabeth Elizabeth Eli Elf zabeth Hoagland Cannon They came across the plains and settled in Utah in October 1847 only a few months after tho the first settlement Mr Cannons Cannon's boyhood was spent on the family farm just outside the cit city limits He was educated at the thel L. L l D. D S. S university and attended the University of Utah In 1895 In 1896 he entered the Massachusetts Institute Institute Institute tute of Technology at Boston After Arter completing a year four course he graduated in 1899 with a of bachelor of science in mining engin engin- During the summer of that year ear he worked on a Canadian Irrigation irrigation gation colonization project and in the 1 fall tall returned to Salt SaIt Lake After a few months he was called on his first mission to the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Nether Nether- lands and Belgium After ten months months mon mono he was appointed to preside over the mission with headquarters at Rotterdam Holland After the completion completion com com- of three he years cars was selected select select- ed to make a BUT e survey of the oriental missions of the church in company with Francis M. M Lyman president of the European mission On that trip he visited China Turkey Greece Italy Palestine and other countries On his return to Salt SaIt Lake Mr i Cannon was appointed first counselor counsel counsel- counsel I or of the first Pioneer stake He married Winfred Saville of Salt SaIt Lake on June 15 IS 1901 1904 In n 1905 ho he was engaged with the state engineer in charge of the hydrographic hydro hydro- graphic and survey mr f V nf of the n 01 Weber river system Mr Cannon was called on his second second second sec sec- i ond mission to Europe in 1907 Ho was placed in charge of the Belgium and ancI Netherlands mission field and more especially assigned the task of or publishing a translation of the DoctrIne Doctrine Doctrine Doc Doc- trine and Covenants In the Dutch lan Ian guage On this trip lie he spent two years In the field and then returned to Salt Lake to resume the practice I of his profession I In In n the spring of 1912 Mr r. Cannon first accept accepted d a city position On that date he was chosen water supply engineer and In 1913 promoted to city engineer a position he holds at pre pre- sen sent t. t As a n record of his twelve years as cit city engineer he points with pride to improvement of the city's water sup sup- Ply |