| Show MAIN STREET WILL MILL WILLi i BE METROPOLITAN Buildings Going Up Give Thor Thoroughfare Thoroughfare a Different Appearance EXPEND FOUR MILLIONS OWNERS wis OF OP NEW STRUCTURES R S MAKE IMMENSE OUTLAY The near approach to completion of ot I the frame work of ot the Newhouse and Utah hotels together with the erection of the steel work of or the Kearns build building building ing tag to t the sixth story gives an excel excellent excellent lent Iet lent suggestion of ot bow how Main street will w 1 appear when these structures have been finished The four blocks block along the main thoroughfare of the city from South Temple street to Fourth South street present a metropolitan appear appearance appearance appearance ance with the numerous high structures structures ures urea which have been erected nad are arenow arenow arenow now under course of ot construction and the Improvements which have been made in the fronts of ot the old building Improvements aggregating In value close to have been undertaken en n within a period of ot a few tew months At Atthe A Athe Atthe the head of ot the street at the corner of at South Temple street the huge frame of the Utah hotel furnishes an excel excellent excellent excellent lent example of metropolitan architecture ture The building will cost probably more than and will require another year at least for although the steel frame work is now completed to the khe top oj ot o the eleventh story Just west of ot this building bun ding on the theother theother theother other side Bide of ot Main street are the Tem Tern Temple pie grounds The Desert News build building building ing and the Templeton building occupy occupy occupy py the other corners of the street Immediately east of o the Templeton Is th the new annex hein bein ed ad by the t ie e Z C Me M 31 I 1 at n a a cost of more i ie than This structure is of ot brick and steel and al is intended to pro provide provida vide ride for the tret trez increase in inthe Inthe Inthe the business of the Z C M lL I L within the past few rew years Many Other Building Just north of the corner of ot First South and Main streets two new buildings have been erected only re recently recently the new structure for fur the Calla Callaway Callaway Callaway way Hoock Io ck 8 Francis company and the big biff McIntyre building which cost about An addition about thirty feet in width has also been made to the McCornick building at the corner thus greatly enlarging enlar ing that structure and presenting addition additional al improvement to the appearance of tho street streetA A new structure has been erected on the ground formerly occupied occupied occupied pied by the company and the front of ot the building has been entirely remodeled within the past year ear On the west side of or the street nearly every store along the way has been a r ew front A handsome build buildIng Ing In now used for the Luxor hotel has taken the place of ot an old structure This is called the McChrystal building Between First South and Second South streets the most mont mo t noticeable structure is the big Kearns building destined to be ten stories and already showing something of or the change it will wUl make In the street with the six stories of o steel which have been put into Int place This structure was intend intended ed to cost at least and will probably exceed that figure Another year will be required for its It comple tion The t n Vr Tito of ot nearly feet on o Main S af street str and takes the place of ot a long row of or old small buildingS b Other Improvements along this thia block within the past year Include the re modeling of the corner where the United Cigar Stores com corn pany will have hae a location The drug store has moved a few doors farther south sand land placed large plate glass win dows In the space which was formerly a blank brick wall Fronts all ll alon along the street have havo been greatly improved improve also Including the erection of several new buildings Some of ot these tures are or of more or less temporary nature to be sure but they call atten tion to the general tendency on the part jart of merchants to improve their places of ot business and provide I tive show windows The old Dart building on the west westside side Bide of ot the tho street Just north of o the new Kearns building has been Im fin Improved Improved proved with a new front Shopkeepers and md property owners along the way have lave torn out the old fronts and put In large arge plate glass windows The old Auerbach building occupied by b the de 1 store of F Auerbach Bro i has las not been changed and nothing will wll Continued oa on Page Pt e Two TITO MAIN STREET WIll ILL WIllBE ILL BE METROPOLITAN Continued From Page Face Pa e One be done there probably until the com corn completion completion of the new big store at the cor corner corner ner ncr of State street and Third South This structure will cost about Bids on an the construction tIon are now being considered and work will be started shortly The structure belongs to an another another another other part of or the city however and Its erection Is mentioned here only to explain the reason for lack of further Improvement at this time on Main street More lore Skyscrapers Soon With the moving of the offices of ot the Oregon Short Line railroad from the corner of Second South street to the new location just south of the Auerbach department store further Im Improvements improvements will be carried out The place has until recently been occupied by a fur and millinery store which has moved farther down the street The remodeling of the Kenyon hotel corner on the east side of ot Main street to tomake tomake tomake make room for another store for the United Cigars stores company and the changes to be made In the hotel build Ing lug itself as the result of at the purchase last winter of the location by a com corn company company pany headed by one of the prominent hotel men of the city will add mate materially materially to the appearance of or the street In that locality The National Bank of tie the Republic occupies the opposite side aide of the street I The other two corners one occupied by the Smith Drug company and the oth other other othor er or by Walker Bros bank have been the cause of a great deal of at specula tion It is pointed out however by far farseeing farseeing farseeing seeing ones that on the expiration of the present lease on the bank property the bank will be compelled to move and this will consequently mean the erection erectIon erectiOn tion of ot a new skyscraper on O the site of the present drug dru store corner The moving of the bank will then leave the property on the east side of ot f the street ready for the erection of ot an another another another other new building which will vie in appearance with the huge Newhouse buildings farther south Of Or special Importance are the changes made recently at the corner of ot Third South and Main street These Include the remodeling of ot the old dirt ClIft house to provide another loca tion tiO for tOr the United Cigars Stores com corn company company pany and enlargements of the drug store which formerly occupied the cor corner corner corner ner Another new building has also been erected by the furrier Just north of the corner thus providing two ad locations song long the street str The new flew Judge building belongs to an earlier period than the one under con consideration consIderation since It was completed more than a year ago Between Third South and Fourth South however the new Felt building has Just been completed and further Improve Improvements Improvements Improvements ments are now being made in the old structure Steps are being taken to erect a n new building Just lust south of ot the Walker Bros Bro dry goods store to cost cast about The new Daly building at atthe atthe atthe the corner of Fourth South street Im Immediately Immediately Immediately mediately south of the Newhouse building Is making excellent progress and will be completed within the com corn coming coming corning ing year The Newhouse hotel which will cost more than is now up to the top story as far as the frame Is con concerned concerned concerned and work on the structure will Proceed proceed rapidly from this time forward South of at Fourth South there Is a con can constantly constantly expanding business interest The buildings are new but no attempt has been made to erect a structure of metropolitan character The construe construction construction tion of the new big buildings In that locality however it Is pointed out will bring about a great Improvement in the adjacent buildings in the near future The business section of Main street has expanded from little more than two blocks within two years Within the next two years it should extend to double the present number and busi bust business business bustness ness men point out that there Is no reason to doubt that here hero will be a stretch of business locations from South Temple to Sixth South street |
