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HE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS NOT INTER VIEWED BY THE TIMES. The Interview Did Geeur and the Facts we Stated by Colonel Wood were First Printed in the Times Col. J. M. Wood, the architect who will furnish the plans for the new grand opera house in Salt Lake, is quoted as follows ‘For an artistic Har commend me to the re porter for Tay Towns, sais Colonel Wood, the archite? to a Tritone mao nay night, “He prin What purports to be an interview with me, [never spoke to the man. As fit as the milling resembling the Hennepin Avene theater in Mineaplis or any other theater, I aaid nothing about it. As yet nothing in the way of design has been submitted to me I said nothing about the price, seating capacity or anything else he continued “and never was interviewed, I have nothing to say now, for there is nothing for me to say until ar rangements are complete,” “Colonel Wood was interviewed about noon of last Saturday in the Walker House rotunda by a ‘Times reporter. Mr. Wood and Mr. Mike Leavitt sat to gether, Mr. J. A. Morlan having retired after their conference. To prove this Mr.G- 8. Spicer and the reporter walked down the street together past the hotel, Mr. Leavitt looking out and noticing Mr. Spobr, spoke to him Mr. Jones of the Walker very kindly went from be hind the desk, and locating the opera house group told the reporter which of the gentlemen was Colonel Wood. The reporter walked up to the gentleman and introducing him self, asked for news respecting the proposed opera house. Mr. Leavitt re ferred him to Colonel Wood sat to the left, and the colonel thereupon did say exactly what appeared in Tak Titres of Saturday. As for Colonel Wood stating that he did not mention the Hennepin avenue theater he is emphat ically wrong. ‘The reporter at first not catching the name, Mr. Wood very kindly spelled it for the scribe. The architect did say the building would cost about 2200,000 and would seat about 1600 people. During the interview Mr. J. M Ricketts came in and the reporter was introduced to him by Mr. Leavitt. The Times does not publish bogus in terviews, and Colonel Wood is all wrong. Chamber of Commerce. A man from a New Hampshire man facturing town desires to know if a galvanizing and timing establishment could be properly conducted in Salt Lake City. A party from Frenchtown, Mont., wants information regarding Salt Lake City. Similar inquiries came from Dayton, O., Sttchfield, Mich., Atchison, Kan., Lanepark, Fla. A communication from a textile man ufacturing establishment seeking a western location has been received. The company will employ 1000 people The Chamber of Commerce is in cor respondence with a Pennsylvania gen tleman in regard to the development of the iron industry in its various branches in this city. The gentleman referred to has been one of the most successful promoters of similar industries in Tenn essee, Alabama and Texas.
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Salt Lake City Times
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Mon, Dec 15, 1890
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