Show I i WORK ON NEW NE W UNION DEPOT DEPO T PROGRESSES PR 0 GRES SES BUT B UT IMPROVEMENT 0 IN STREET S TREE T IS SLOW SL 0 W WS S I II I t k t tr r rt I t v 4 4 l 4 c ct t 4 e A 44 o e 4 4 L 4 8 S V V 4 t t J I J I Et t Ie I 4 4 f t e t Denver Rio Pacific depot in course of construction The new Denver Rio Pacific depot now nearing completion will be one of the finest in the west and while It may not rise to imposing heights it will have the length and interior di dl dimensions to accommodate a large amount of business and handle augmented traffic traffic traffic fic Work has been progressing rapidly and anda a visit to Third South and Fourth West streets is a revelation While the main part and center of the building is not yet under roof the two wings to the north and south are practically completed on the outside The tracks running paral parallel lel with the building on the west have havo been laid and the efforts of local work workmen workmen workmen men have kept fhe Ithe he building abreast of the arrival of material It Is a striking fact that all of the work in that neighborhood is centered on the new depot Along Third South street as well as along Fourth West In the neighborhood of the depot not a single new building has been erected The our olo homes a few tew small stores and vacant lots He lie untouched awaiting the trans 1 tion that is to come Those who recall the of West Second Souli street the activity about the new Short Line depot and the traffic that always fol follows follows follows lows In the wake of a commercial mag magnet magnet net look to the neighborhood of or the new ne neRio Rio Grande depot for a great building boom in the near future The street is not yet paved although tho the work under the guidance of P J 1 I Moran has been fairly started The two corners facing the main entrance of ot the building are very desirable locations while on either side of them along both streets a general erection of store build bull buildings bullIngs buildIngs ings is expected as soon as the traffic begins to change from the tho old depot to the new This change in the appearance of that ancient neighborhood will encompass th wiping out of adobe homesteads that have stood the test of forty years or more Little gardens sandwiched between mod modest modest est eat homes or small stores will be hidden by structures of brick and stone And as the small merchant finds good busi bust business business bustness I ness In that locality so will wili the real es estate estate estate tate man and the larger merchant profit Warehouses will soon go up one sale of property for that purpose having been reported during the week The Influx of new business into that section will have havethe havethe havethe the effect of creating better business pro propositions propositions propositions positions all along Third South street stretching clear to the business center Starting from Main street there are few desirable opportunities that have not al already already a aready ready been taken up The grasping of f others west of West Test Temple and clear to Fourth West will come as aa a matter of course Real estate men report some activity along the street and they know the effect of the changing of the depot well enough to see ahead a series of events that will mean increased business activity along a street that has been heretofore purely residential During the coming year there should be marked ac activity activIty activity In that section and the opening of negotiations cannot be far off |