The Brigham Young Center

Salt Lake City, U.T.
October 24/72.

Wm. C. Staines, Esq.
St. Nicholas Hotel, N.Y.

Dear Bro:

Your favor of the 11th inst. was duly received and forwarded to me at Provo where I
was at the time attending two days meeting.

I have just telegraphed John W. Young in your care at Astor House as follows. "Do
better here than there -- come home -- bring Amelia."

We think it quite unnecessary for you to remain in New York after the last company
starts, and we wish to bring your charge home with you, if still there, when you come.
My health continues excellent for which I feel truly thankful, I do not know yet when I
shall start south.

Business is very lively here at present.

I expect we will have to let the U. Southern terminus south be at Lehi this winter at
which point the American Fork Kanyon Railroad makes connection. Already there is more
business doing on the Southern road than we can manage without borrowing rolling stock
and the prospects now are that this road will pay fully better than the U. Central, and be of
incalculable benefit to the people.

Work is progressing finely on the Temple. and we are crowding the hauling of granite
before the winter sets in. It is rather a novel sight to see the Locomotive steaming into the
Temple Block with its five car loads of granite.

If you can spare the time, there is a little matter I would like to call your attention to.
We wish to introduce new furnaces into the Theatre in place of the present ones which are not profitable, and would like to have you examine the best system of hot air furnaces now in use. There is a system of heating and ventilating recently introduced which may be worth attention. The name of the engineer is Mr. C. Hartwell, 199, Washington St. N.Y. and the system is used in a hotel, Smith and McNell, corner of Fulton & Washington Sts near Courtland and Barclay St. Ferries. We do not expect to introduce the ventilating system into the Theatre, but it may be of advantage in new houses, but we do want some cheap, economical, but effectual way of heating up the Theatre this winter.

Bishop Taylor started east on Tuesday morning, the rest of the brethren expect to
start on Saturday morning.

May peace be with you, and success attend your labors.

Your Bro. in the Gospel
Brigham Young

P.S. Your folks so far as I learn are all well; I have just mailed with this a letter to Prest. Smith.

B.Y.