Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-06 | Page 10 | Gotham's Woman Contractor She Proves Dangerous Rival

Gotham's Woman Contractor or i I I 4 4 11 She Proves Dangerous Rival iI iI i I I 1 j J- J Mr I j II I I II I I 1 1 c I 1 I I I I J r fr f 1 41 t j I i 1 F f- f fP P r t I o 4 1 L 5 e w J I i t l u F J. J 06 J f Miss Alice M. M Durkin Twelve c years ears ago abO a a. frail girl of or nineteen Miss Alice lIce 3 L DurkIn entered the tho office of or a New rew York contractor and builder Inexperienced but doter doter- mined to learn She had bad been reared In an atmosphere of ot refinement an and luxury but when her father tather died fifteen years ago It was found that h hl bin wealth had been dissipated She know that she must make good or live In Jn poverty to learn She quick quickly mastered the tho details of or the office work Then she ohe went in the practical side aide of or the building business She acquired a. a knowl edge cds of ot tho the details cost of or material mastered the lie Intricacies Oles of or figuring out th the tiie of ot lumber an and learn learned d to know the the- cost of or stone atone cement and labor Four years cars ago she I went ent Into business on her hor own account establishing lishing tho firm o of DurkIn Lass Today she ehe has a a. net Income of or over ove I a year and her firm la is o ori of the biggest cst In the tho city She now has hai under construction four buildings approximating in value t