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Show Great Strides Made in Business District : sicd xo I Nothing roprcsents the ro.il commercial commer-cial development of Salt Lake City more, perhaps, than the manner in which the business district has inereasod in sizo during the past two years, and especially, during tho last twelve months. When Samuel Nowhoiise made tho first move .t'or tho expansion of tho commercial sfec " tiou of the city by undertaking tho cree- tiou of now skyscrapers near Fourth South, tho business portion proper was confined practically to three blocks on MniH street, extending from South Temple to Third South, and was represented repre-sented on State and West Templo streets only bv a few scattered stores. Thero were already at that time signs of congestion con-gestion iu business quarters and oflieo spaco was a a premium. Even desk . room was scarcely to bo had and the be'st'ofliccH were crowdod with the paraphernalia para-phernalia of several different concerns. Business men, commenting on the situation sit-uation at tln-i time, speak of tho small sizo of the business district of Salt Lake Citj' an compared with similar sections in other cities of the samo size, -and wonder that the crowding was permitted per-mitted to oceur when there wero so many opportunities for spreading out. Tet, -the p oposition of Mr. Newhouse to erect two handsome skyscrapers in the block near Fourth South was :e- dationB for warehouses, and locations aro being taken for tho building of largo business blocks along First and Third South in places which worn looked upon not mnuy months ago as undo-sirablo undo-sirablo for any purposo whalovcr. Improving tho Old Section. But not only has thero boon a great movement on the part of tho business district to expand, thero has been an equally strong movement towards improvement im-provement in tho section which formerly formed the real business section. Not onlj is thorc business activity extending along Main street from South Templo to Sixth South and from State street to Third West, but the streets have become be-come more closely built up than they formerly wero. Tho movement of business bus-iness progress has been not only outward, out-ward, thus occupying more space along the ground, thero has been as well a movement upward. In tho older por-. tions of tho business district, where a tew months ago wero only two-story buildings and even one story 6hacks, aro now handsome six and seven-story of-lice of-lice buildings being erected or already completed. Moro than this. Reports of sales or real yoperty along tho streets which are bearing, the general trend of business bus-iness progress, aro heard from day to away boyond anvtlting of the kind ever earned out in tlio history of. tho city. The pcrcontugo of incrcaso will reach tho high standard of nenrly 30 per cent t'or the totiil year. Yet, in all this wonderful won-derful development thero has been almost al-most nothing of the "boom" or empty speculation. Operations havo bucn confined con-fined to tho actual needs of tho growing grow-ing city, and whenever plans for futuro growth havo been made, tho 'futuro increase in-crease has been reckoned conservatively and with a careful regard for all possible possi-ble futuro contingencies. Pictures of tho business section of Salt Lake City taken only a year ago and recently show an astonishing difference diff-erence in appearance. Nowcomors will scarcely believe the stories told of changes iu many localities and investors invest-ors from the east who come here to taks advantage of tho splendid opportunities offered aro amazed at tho tremendous movement which has turned the city, in so short a time, from a quiet little country city into a great busy metropolis, metrop-olis, growing, pushing outward and expanding ex-panding on all sides and in every possible pos-sible way. A tour of the bnsincss section of the city is especially interesting at tho present time, not only aa presenting a viow of what has already boon accom- NEW JENiNINGS-WORTHINGTON BUILDING. Igarded as a rather hasty stop, and ono which would hardly be warranted by tho. circumstances. His new buildings represented for a long time the absolute advance guard of progress in busiuees1 expansion hore and even a vear ago, when tho handsome now Judgo building build-ing was almost an immediate possibil? ity, wero thought to bo almost too far away from the center of affairs to become a paying proposition, not to mention men-tion the fact that they wero quite beyond be-yond the general development of tho commercial iutcrests. What a change has taken placo within with-in a few months! The Ncwhouso skyscrapers, sky-scrapers, instead of representing the advance guard of business development are already being thought of as pretty near the center of affairs. Tho retail shopping district has moved a complete block to the southward and now extends from South Templo to Third South, around tho corners on that street and down to the middlo of tho next block. Business men are calling attention to the possibilities of Third South as a retail shopping street as an adjunct to the larger activities of Main street. Only a year ago stores were almost unknown below Fourth South and yet today there is a real business activitv as far south as Sixth South on Main street and thero are indications that State street and West Templo will soon follow suit. State street is rapidly developing de-veloping into quite a street for the carrying on of largo business interests. inter-ests. West Templo already shows signs, of becoming tho wholesale street of the city and the side streets between these two main thoroughfares are developing rapidly into hotel districts and aro offering of-fering facilities for oflieo accommodation. accommoda-tion. Many of tho large business houses aro taking advantage of the vacant property near the new railroad depots of the Oregon Short Lino and the Denver Den-ver & Itio Grande, to secure aceommo- day and the statement is mado that tho purchaser has secured Ihe property subject to the leases in vogue at the present time. "Improvements will be made as soon as tho lease 'expires," is tho remark heard after niuuy of the sales of valuable property bu First, Second or Third South and even along Main, Stato and West Temple streets. These things indicate, that business men and investors arc alort and while they are pushing their business interests inter-ests and those of the city as rapidly as possible, they are still "giving careful consideration" to existing business conditions con-ditions and arc building conservatively , and not neglecting tho substantial .foundation .foun-dation which means so much to tho commercial com-mercial streugth of tho growing metropolis. metrop-olis. An excellent example of this conservatism conser-vatism is exhibited in the recent transaction trans-action which led to tho erection of tho now Callaway, Jloock & -Francis build-1 build-1 iug on upper" Main street. A lease was I taken for the ground, and almost before the determination to erect the-building was reached, Ihe store space on the j ground floor of tho now building was , let and a ten years' lease consummated I for a European hotel which was to oe-i oe-i cupy the two upper floors. In this case j there was, therefore, practically no clmnco that tho proposition would not j bo a paying investment from the very j beginning-Other beginning-Other investments have been made hero with almost similar conditions. In practically all of the new operations, I the desire to take long chances on tho investments have apparently been ab-I ab-I sent and there has been evident a j strong determination to build strongly j for the future or not build at all. Tho I building operations indicated by the values of the building permits as pre-j pre-j seated by the eitj- building inspector, show that the incrcaso in now structures I has been enormous aud the activity plished in tho way of new business structures, but as giving an idea of what will bo shortly accomplished when the expiration or existing leases on properties will permit tho destruction ! of tho present old and inadequate I structures and tho erection of additional addi-tional handsome uew business blocks. What Is Being Douc. Start at the head of Main stroet and move southward. Tn tho first bloek,..on tho west side of the street, near the corner of First South, arc signs of great activity. The now Callaway, j Ifoock & Francis building, a substan- tial structure of reinforced concrete, is : already well nlonrr towards completion.' The now huildiug- will' be three stories i in height, but the lower stories will be i constructed strong enough to bear the weight of additional stories if "further I extension into the air is found desjra-bio. desjra-bio. The lower tloors will, bo used for .stores and are already rented. Tho upper up-per floors will be used for hotel pur-I pur-I poses and a loase of ten years' duration dura-tion has been consummated, so that the ; new building will be occupied just as i soon as it can bo mado ready for occu-' occu-' pancy. 1 Adjoining tho C'allawav, Jloock & Francis building will be the handsome i Mel n tyre building-and the addition to i the McCorniek building. These buildings build-ings will bo seven stories in height, ! similar in architecture to the existing I structure at the corner of Main street I and Second South, and will make a ' solid block of buildings for two hun-; hun-; dred feet north from the corner. Be-! Be-! tides the store space on the ground floors they will offer accommodations for more than. 200 additional business otfiijes. Both of the now structures are now under way, and will bo completed by the early spring. Farther down tho street, in .the middle mid-dle oftjn3luoekbetw()en judge 37 ond South, on tho east eido of Main streot, stands tho building of F. Auer-bach Auer-bach & Bro., ono of tho largost dry goods stores in tho city. The structuro as bcou in use a good many years and has already been outgrown by tho expanding ex-panding interests of tho concorn. Plans aro unuor way for tho erection of a new building which will include not onlj' tho present structure but a spaco of nearly 100 foot to the south and now occupied by several old structures. Ono of tho finest architects of Now York has been engagod to draw up plans for tho now building and its construction will begin at an early date. Full do-tails do-tails of tho new structuro havo not bcou given out, even if the.y aro ready at the present time, but it is known that tho store will bo llvo or six stories in height and will contain all of tho most modern conveniences and facilities for conducting tho big business of tho firm in the most up to dato manner. Both corners on the north side of Second South aro owned by tho Walkers. On the west side is the building occupied by Walker Bros.' bank. Tho structure is old, and although al-though adequate to the present needs of tho occupants, sb becoming too 6mall for the extensive commercial interests of tho neighborhood. Already rumors are hoard that tho structure will, in a short time, tin the expiration of tho present lease, beremoved to make room for a magnificent structuro more in keoping with tho surroundings and I representative of the progressive spirit of the city. It is said, also, that the propert- on tho east sido of tho street will shortly bo improved with a hand-somo hand-somo new skyscraper, which will givo an appearance to tho section, one of tho busiest in tho city, something of that mado by tho big skyscrapers further south oii tho same street. In tho next block thero are at present pres-ent no changes contemplated. The buildings thero aro generally modern in typo and many improvements havo boon mado receuily to adapt them to the modern condition of tho city. Some of tho most attractivo business concerns in tho stato are here, aud tho occupants have taken advautage of Iho increas ing business of tho city to place themselves them-selves in quarters which will permit them to take advantage of tho expanding expand-ing commercial interests. Tho great Judge building, called the "Railroad Exchange," has been completed com-pleted only a few months, yet already tho offices arc occupied and tho progress of tho business section southward to that point fixed firmly. It is a seven-story seven-story structure, built of huff-colored brick and provided with even- possible facility for conducting business in the most, modern manner. Next below this buildiug will be the new Salisbury building, for which plans have been drawn and a portion of the foundation completed. Work on the structuro was stopped by tho coming of cold weather, but it is understood that work will be resumed in the spring and pushed rapidly rapid-ly to completion. Tho building will be s;x or soven stories in height, and will j conform in general appearance to tho Newhousc building, which it adjoins on the north. Opposite tho Judge building, at the corner of Third South and Main street, is tho great dry goods establishment of Walker Bros. Ilore, also many improvements im-provements have been earned out, and ouly recently largo plate glass show windows wero installed, which give to tho street tho appearaucn as one of the busy shopping thoroughfares of the great eastern commercial centers. Then come the Newhousc buildings. Work has boon under way for nearly two year1, and at loast three more months will elapse before the structures will be readv for occupancy. Eleven stories in height, constructed after the models of the huge tdcyscrnpers of New York and' Chicago, they give to the locality lo-cality a truly metropolitan appcarauec and mark but, the beginning of a gigantic undertaking, which will eventual- transform the locality into ono of ihe busiest sections in the city. Through Exchange Place. A new street. Exchange Place, has been constructed east and west through tho block, with the big buildings oc-cup'ing oc-cup'ing the outrauce. On this new street will bo located tho. magnificent new home for tho Commercial club, a structure to cost $250,000 and designed to form one of tho handsomest, pep haps the finest, homo of any similar organization iu the whole country. Not only havo plans been considered to ma he the new structuro representative of all tho best that can be accomplished in a homo for the commercial interests of tho state, but the building will be constructed entirely of Utah materials, designed by Utah architects and provided pro-vided with a display of Utah mineral, agricultural and industrial products for the entertainment of visitors here. The building is already well under way. The foundation is "practically com plotcd and workmen will start" on the walls as soon as weather conditions will permit. Opposito tho new Commercial Club building will be the new Mining Exchange, Ex-change, which .will soon be erected. Provisions Pro-visions have been made for the erection of a now'department store, here, and later other buildings will follow, including includ-ing additions to the. present skyscrapers. sky-scrapers. The magnificent Nowhouse hotel, to be thirteeu stories high and plans for which are now being prepared, will occupy a prominent position in this neighborhood, at, tho- corner of Fourth South and Main streets. Many of these structures arc only now under way. Arrangements for some havo not progressed further than prepa-ration prepa-ration ol. plans, and yet they indicate indi-cate something of what the city will be in a few years. The real- significance of tho activity is found in tho fact that the structures aro under way at all and that work is progressing as rapidly as possible. Leases' are being signed for rooms iu tho new buildings, aud business busi-ness men are waiting anxiously for tho completion of others. Along Stato Street. On Slate street the changes havo not been so great, although thero is a steady movement there, which will result, re-sult, in a few years, in a further expansion expan-sion in keeping with that which has taken place on the adjoiuing etroets. Just north of tho Bell Tolophono building build-ing there is under construction a handsome hand-some jw automobile garage. In the immediate neighborhood tho orection of many small buildings, for tiro as automobile, auto-mobile, quurters. has tended to give a distinct character to the locality, changing it from a semi-residence section sec-tion to a purely business place, in which tho erection of larger buildings will be onlv a question of time. Farther south on this streot thero is considerable activity, not so much in new buildings an-in tho remodeling of tho old. The blacksmith shops and small businesses which formerly lined tho street are fast disappearing. Uonts aro going up, and thero is not now tho conditions -which aro so apparent in overgrown country town. Large plato glass windows aro grndualh" superseding super-seding the fruit stands and cheap roa- j tanrants, which woro a fcaturo of tnc placo less than a year ago. Only rc-ccntlv rc-ccntlv a new theator building was completed com-pleted just north of tho Knutsford hotel, ho-tel, botwecu Second and Third South. At the corner of Fourth South and Stale streot s is tho new hotel building being erected by J. J. Daly. This structuro will bo six stories high, and arrangod so as to provido spaco for stores on tho ground floor as well ao tho hotel offices. The new building is nearly onposito tho haudsomo City and County building, and represents practically prac-tically tho advance guard of business expansion in a southerly direotion along this streot. On tho OrostJ Streets. On tho cross streets tho moat notico-ablo notico-ablo new building is the new Colonial theater, built, by the Auerbachs, and completed within tho last two months. Tho structuro is three stories in height, with stores on the ground flooT in front and the theater at the back. The two upper stories will bo occupied by "bachelor "bach-elor apartments and tho basement with a rathskeller. Arrangements havo been made whereby threo additional stories can bo placed on tho building if found dosirable. Thua fp.r no raontion has been mado o other than the largo and moro important im-portant buildings. It is inevitable, perhaps, per-haps, that, tho erection of these new buildings should affect the districts so much that important changes in the surrounding structures would bo uoees-sary. uoees-sary. On all the cross streets there has been a great change. New fronts have been added to whole blocks of buildings, build-ings, and tho business interests transformed trans-formed from small establishments into attractive stores New business loca: tions have been secured ns far south as Sixth South, and both Main street and State aro lined with snia.ll shops, where only a few months ago were residences.' Around ths Templo Block! Around tho locality of tho Temple block extensive improvements are being laid out by tho Latter-day Saints' church. A handsome uew office building build-ing is being erected at tho corner of Richards street and South Temple, which will be seven stories high and will contain space for use as stores on tho ground floor. A handsome building build-ing for the use of the church and a well equipped gymnasium for the use of Cue L. D. S. coilege aro also among ihe new i buildings being crocted. A number of improvements on tho property owned by the church, and adjoining the Tom-pie Tom-pie block, are also under way, and will add greatly to the attractiveness of tho property. i Tho expansion of tho city to the -west of Main street has been most prominent, perhaps, of that in any section of the city except on Main street itself. A number of new buildings have' been erected on First and Third South, the streets leading to the. new depots, and many more arc being planned. Second Sec-ond South will also be greatly improved with a number of attractivo new huild- , ings for business purposo?. Mention nas already beou mado of the apparent ton-doncy ton-doncy of tho wholesale business ot tno citv to locato along West Tomplc, bo-tweo bo-tweo First and Third South, mid several sev-eral attractivo additions to tho Jargo buildings of tho city aro under courso of construction there. Most noticoablo of those now structures, struc-tures, perhaps, is the building erected for tho wholesalo department ot I the Paris Millinory company on West I cranio cra-nio street, between First, and second South. Tho structure is tivo stories in height, built of reinforced concrete, and is ono of tho most attractivo buildings of its kind in the citj'. Arrangcmonta havo been concluded to accommodate departments of some of tho other wholesale whole-sale stores in a portion ol tho building, but tho entiro structuro will bo almost ontirely devoted to tho two of tho millinery mil-linery trade. TLo building is nearly roady for occupancy., Just north of this building is a now structure, now in course of construction, and intended for uso as a hotel on tho upper floors, with stores below. This building i3 to bo known as tho Jennings- Worthington, and will bo throe stories high, but constructed bo that throe moro skoriea may bo added if it I should bo found desirable' at some futuro fu-turo timo. Tho building is now well under way and will be completed by next summer. Tho completion of these two last biuldings will form almost a comploto lin? of handsome business structures along West Temple, extending extend-ing north from Second South for nearly the entire sido of a block. At the corner of West Templo and Third South the foundation of tho new building which was plauued some timo ago by the Peery estate, has been left, for the time ou account of various difficulties, dif-ficulties, but it is now stated that work will be started next spring and the completion of a handsome business structure pushed. A recfonlly formed $500,000 syndicate for the exploitation of property along Third South is said to have under consideration plans for a number of new buildings on the vacant property between West Tcnfplo and Main street, as well as farther we.sj towards the new D. & R. G. depot. Tn the block bounded by South Temple, Tem-ple, First South, West Templo and First West, extensive plans for improvement are under way. They comprise tho cutting cut-ting of a now stroet-half way through the block, from east to west, and tho erection of a number of commodious business structures there. Plans for tho erection of a new building at the corner of the new street and West, Temple havo been drawn and work is already under way. The building will be three stories in height and will contain stores and a European hotel. Property was purchased only recently for tho erection of a $50,000 building on South Temple between First and Second West, and there are indications that further steps for .improvements will be taken within the coining yenr. On Second South, at the, corner of Jato building, being orectcd by ...gU Doolv. is well up into tho air. Jt islgj , to be used by tW Sm.th-Bailcy Ijrpg company and tho Fa.rbnnks-Mor.so com-. pany, and will bo ono of tho est.iJ"Jt, equipped warehouse bin dings in tho; J? c cily. It will be six stories "BWja opghly firoproor, and with thoJasjft modern appliances lor conducting -I ffc, wholesalo enterprises ,?u as "will.-oe- ; W cupy tho building. Work on tho yew : j'j structure is proceeding rapidly and.,fcho ', W 1 building will bo ready tor occupaucv'hy , next summer. ..r yVft, At tho corner of tho next block, Sec- : ffl ond South and Second West, tho prop- f ffi( orty formerly owned by tho Ijrst Bap. - MD tist church, was purchased, last faff by , g tho Crane company of Chicago. PWQ wero immediately mado lor tho erection ' W't,:i of a large warehouso tnoro, but changes jETi in the original plana hayo occurred ifSft from timo to time and the work yle- Hg" la.ycd. That the site will bo used for the erection of ono of tho best strict- ?--'e ures of its kind in tho city is prbin M ised by those who havo tho mattoj;.)n chargo, and it is only a question of, a l&r-few l&r-few months before work will bo sfafi- j'iSi-c-d. It has been stated positively that jfTZ. work will bo started next spring. Tjdg (ferr " r if tllif : if at COLONIAL THEATER. ijgjf will inako" another step in tho filling In )M?K c of the vacancies along Second -South Hatt) and-add to the general attractiveness of-jW ca the approach to tho city from the west, z1 the Other warehouses .aro' being erected, The monstor of all, which is to be'thoa largest in tho west, unmatched by anyR fSJ1 this sjdo of Chicago, is already boinjjft y.v erected and will be ready for occupaneyj ?v) bv late next fall. This immense binm!' ing, 105 feet by 2S0 feet in size, isbc LF ing built for the accommodation of the! w r wholesale business of the Salt Luko t fi. ' L Hardware coinpan'. Besides occupying more than ono quartor of a ten-acro!l 2' block in size, tho building wiil bo fiyojj: y". stories high aud so arranged that it; c can bc-divided into smaller warehouses1.' tlj.e absolutely separate from tho other p"or:;, kdhm j tions and all provided with complete -f a. iJ' cilities for conducting tho hardwaroj jy. business on a large scale. No expense! has bopn spared to mako tho structure; i tho finest in tho country, and it is tkrt intention of tho owners, that evcwV.. there are larger buildings or tho V'fn'cJ in the world, there will be none bet&iMfifcf. in interior arrangement or equippecmR?' with more modern machinery for r.nr-fyWmt ing on a business of this kind. ThWMmr' building is located at the corner CMpEe-' First North and Third West, near thmjsS'''. new depot of the Oregon Short LiejEK-'-and attracts tho attention of all nffittr comers to the city. Houce it forms pif3l'- jexeollent; indication of the mannerii- which tho business interests of tho citlf are expanding and demanding ndditioJBt al buildings tor tho accommodation Ml' business. iffijf The purchase of the sito of tho flK. Westminster church property on FoujHKrw2 West between First and Second SoiM&Vf . was consummated within the past JtBe? months. This building will bo igfMKF NEW SIMON BUILDING. - fc"""-- fj , for warehouse purposes also. On nc-1 nc-1 count of its location near tho railroad ' tracks of tho Oregon Short Line, tho IFyjfrlii "rnnrtv offors exceptional opportuni-tgf opportuni-tgf uus for the purposes designed and the E5 present structure -will eventual' bo "H; pulled down to make room for 'an up .S ; to date warehouse. Other property Rlong the street will probably be occu-Sftft occu-Sftft ,'picd for the same purposes in tho near j;,y' future. It is known that many eon-ii'j! eon-ii'j! I corns arc looking for property of this ' Ifir "I aQrt ant doubtless chooso t his ln-OcS ln-OcS cation on account of its exceptional '"trackage facilities. 1 -Finally, the. business prosperity of ijy, fo city and its increasing importanco as a commercial center is being shown 'jjjjjff-toy .the move by the railroads to eroct Ff -suitable structures for depots, which I'holl be not oub- adequato to care for na-fcr the constantly increasing travel here acf 1 JSnt which shall be representative of jy:? 1 tlib railroad interests of the growing $3 I metropolis. The new building being ,V5! constructed by the Oregon Short Line t'l iViilroad at South Temple and Third 'iW Wsst' has been partially completed and .pjVj tho huge main portion of the structure ' reiffi ' showing above the surrounding build- I has? 'PHKS- Ifc uus oecn umlor courso of con- ' cSk- 1 struction for more than a voar andi rVc' loveral months will be required before edf, it will be r.endy for oecupancv. "Work slid b?'nK carried forward as rapidly as Dtf r possible, however, and has now reached h 'Y&teW wnero aomo idea of the bcautv im -athQ completed design may bo seen ,-jSf jnhu appreciated. jjfc I ;"".The new depot for the Denver & ft'o f'i,,M"i"!"i"iHtX"i-i"i"rir 'I'I-HIH!I"IHMhH I Building Permits for 1908 I f ' i ; T The building permits issued ly tin's bureau of the :J: city aggregated 1. 1 50 during the "year 1908, and the t! T amount involved almost $5,000,000': ! J January. 18 permits $ 20,090 j.: f Fchriiarv. 68 permits 253,207 ?! f March. 149 permits 399.331 ? . 3' April. 136 permits 1 : ...... 380,900 ?j j- May, 107 permits ....... 601,569 $ 1 June. 85 permits 194,900 ?, i July, 97 permits 424,550 fj :: August, 116 permits 388,500 J :: September. 124 permits : 317,015 -h :: October. 66 permits ........ 347.950 ? ! J November. 112 permits 983,100 ;f ; December. 72 permits V. . " .' 650.600 :!: i ! x ,- :c j !? Total, 1,150 permits. $4,969,381 fj Grande railroad was started only a few ! weeks ago and progress has not been so rapid. Tho new structure is to bo located on Third South and Third West, i about two blocks south of the Oregon i Short Line station, anil will bo similar I lo tho other in size and general outline Both the now buildings will bo ornaments orna-ments to the cty and will add greatly to the attractiveness of the placo by the excellent impression given now comers on their first visit. Two other enterprises which indi- cute the growing importance of tho city from a commercial standpoint, arov .tho I erection of new car barns by the Utah I Light and Hallway company, and the 1 plans for a gigantic plant by the con-. con-. trnetor, P. J. Mornn. Tho first under-j under-j taking, which includes tho utilization of a complete city block, bounded bv Fifth and Sixth South and Sixth and Seventh East for use as a genoral car station, storage plant and work shop for a section of the system of the Utah Light and Eailway company ib already started and will bo pushed to completion comple-tion as rapidly as possible. The plant will be one of the lnrgest In tho west and will be thoroughly equipped. Building Build-ing permits alroady taken out for a portion of the plant call for an expenditure expendi-ture of nearly $200,000. The second" project was put into op-oration op-oration only recently with the purchase of a large portion of the blo4: between Eighth and Xinth South and Second and Third West, by P. .)'. Moran. It is the intention of tho well-known contractor con-tractor to erect a plant for his own use, consisting of a huge barn for tho accommodation ac-commodation of 1G0 horses, store houses, stone crusher, a hugo steel crane, and a number of first class fireproof fire-proof warehouses. Plans aro already being prepared which call for tho ex-penditiirc ex-penditiirc of $100,000. |