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Show Mi BUILDINGS A general Improvement in the business busi-ness conditions of Ogden since tho recent liquor election Is very apparent, appar-ent, even though the cause of the Increased In-creased activity might not be directly direct-ly traced to the result of the election. elec-tion. Whether the enlivening of business busi-ness in many lines Is due to the people peo-ple voting for "regulation" rather than for prohibition, or merely incidental inci-dental to it, the impetus which local Industry has received since the settlement set-tlement of the liquor controversy Is certain. . Just at present Joseph Carlson is remodeling his building on the west side of Grant avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, at a cost of ?1,000. The building, when completed, will be occupied by a Chinese Chi-nese restaurant of the better sort, and both the upper and lower floors will be used. Benjamin Oppman has plans and specifications completed for the building of a new apartment house on the corner of Twenty-fifth street and Monroe avenue The house will cost about $11,000. The Elks lodge has completed the plans for the remodeling of the Central Cen-tral school building for club house purposes, and It is likely that an expenditure ex-penditure of $15,000 will be used in the improvements, which, are to be- irin Bnnn Twenty men are now at work on the north side of the Tabernacle square putting in a new cement gutter. gut-ter. South of Twenty-seventh street on Monroe avenue a new sewer Is being be-ing put In, and a number of men are being employed In tho work. Gas mains are being laid In several districts dis-tricts of tho city in which men are at work. During the past 30 days the Utch Construction company has expended $45,000 In the purchase of mules, tlie animals being shipped from Missouri The company has enough work in sight to last for the next two year6. The managers of the company are very optimistic of the future Chas Humphris. the contractor, has begun the excavation for the foundation founda-tion of an apartment house on Twenty-second Twenty-second street, near Washington avenue. ave-nue. Tho house when completed will .cost about $75,000 It will be one of the largest houses of the kind In the clty The Woodmen are looking for a location lo-cation for the erection of a lodge building. It Is likely that the building build-ing will be situated on Washington avenue, south of Twenty-fifth street Mr3. H. P. Anderson, who resides at 2142 Qulncy avenue, Is remodeling her house and adding a kitchen, at a cost of about $1,000. Probably the most expensive residence, resi-dence, In proportion to Its size, that has ever been erected in Ogden is being be-ing erected in Ogden Is being built for Mrs. Alice W Barker. It is a six-room cottage and will cost about $12,000. The building Is of special design and is to be finished In hardwood hard-wood throughout. A. J. Baker, residing at 1055 Twenty-fourth street, is remodeling his home and building an addition costing cost-ing about $1,000. |