Show CREDIT TO THE WEST The Hooper Building Thrown < < 7 Open to the Public IT IS A PERFECT PICTURE TheArrangement of the RoomsThe Sanitary Provisions Only Unobjectionable Tenants to be Taken No building that stands today anywhere in this intermountain region has been the I subject of so much deserved admiration as las that beautiful structure which rears its massive head over the mud of First South a few steps east of the Deseret bank corner Outside of its commercial utility it stands a great and fitting monument to I the late Captain Hooper whose name it i bears I Many partial descriptions of this building have been printed but no good idea of it could bo given till now as it nears completion comple-tion Viewing it from a point at the head of Commercial street many a man has been I heard to remark ITS A rcnrccT PICTURE The first story with its massive piers and I lintels of red sand steno is as striking as it I is substantial relieved as it is by heavy woodwork and broad French plate glass I windows Then tho main entrance circled I by the great arch resting at either side on L I clusters of Romanesque columns and re lieved with Rennaissance carving is a feature of which ono never tires The 1 I hlhvay with its tiled floor its hiph L 4r J t k S = = = = z = I r = = i T l I walls with panels of oak and plate glass will always be a seductive invitation for all to enter and those who accept the invitation in-vitation find at their right hand a handsome hand-some elevator car to lift thorn to the floors above or if they prefer a slower route a bread oak stairway leads them by easy stages from one floor to another until the top is reached But to return to the front elevation the upper stories of gray Kyune stone are in pleasing contrast to the darker shades below be-low The proportions are admirable giv 4 ing window spaces broad and high without detracting from tho strength or appearance of the structure A HEHALD reporter who was shown through the building by Mrt J E Caine yesterday was surprised to see the outlay of money the results of which can be seen on every hand There is no feature of the building that has been slighted and the result is beauty symmetry and the essen tials to comfort wherever you look THE STEAM HEATING riAXT is as complete as engineering skill can make it Two mammoth 40 horse power l boilers generate tho steam Either one has capacity enough to heat the entire building so that one is always kept in ro icrvo for an emergency Mr P J Moran Aho engineered this part of the work says that it is a job of which he will always bo proud To prove that he considered this the masterpiece of his career he finished this work and married The radiating sur Jace is ample and equally distributed j I I throughout the building j THE SAJTITAKT PROVISIONS The plumbing and gasfitting was done under the stringent regulations of the new sanitary ordinance and Midgloy Sons pride themselves on having evaded none of the requirements of this measure The lavatories are provided with tiled floors to Insure perfect cleanliness I intend to have tho best bnilding in town from a san I itary standpoint said Mr Caine with I enough emphasis to show that tho meant just what he said Each pair of rooms is 1 provided with a stationary washstand and Leach L-each pair has its independent gas connections connec-tions TUB AIUIAX G2MEXT OF THE ROOMS Is very convenient The rooms back of the light wells are arranged in pairs with separate entrances to each room those in L the front part of the building are so planned plan-ned that they can be used in suits of two four six eight or ten Tho inside rooms are lighted by broad light wells which give independent light to every room in the t building THE CONSTRuCTION of the building was the main feature in the eyes of Architect Kletting and that he succeeded suc-ceeded in making it as substan tial as it is beautiful is beyond doubt Contractor Wright is as proud the struc ture as is the architect Tho middle sup port of the building consistsof a series of iron pillars resting one directly upon the other these are joined by flitch plate gird ers and running from these to the side walls are a perfect system of flitch plate beams The joists are hung on wrought iron stirrups IT MUST COST SOMETHING to put up a building like this remarked the reporter as he was going out of the store door To i give you an idea of it said Mr Caine take the hard ware on that door You would hardly believe that it represents 75 Thelock alone cost 50 and tho bolts and hinges another 25 Then take the glass Each light of glass in those upper stories weighs from eighty to one hundred pounds tako the low figure and you have 100 pounds to the window there are thirtytwo windows over five thousand pounds of glass add to this two tons and a half of French plate the six mammoth lights in the store windows and imagine the cost TUE ELEVATOR The elevator used in this building is a I Crane hydraulic There are twentyone of these machines in use today in the Audi torium building in Chicago Mr Caine I spent a month in looking into the merits of the different makes of elevator and decided that this was the quickest safest and easiest mode of ascent and descant It has all the modern safety appliances and has been thoroughly tested during the past month THE STAIRCASE is tho handsomest think of tho kind in the west It is of solid oak from top to bottom and the heavy balustrade of new and original origi-nal design is greatly admiredby all who have seen it The rise is so gradual and easy that it is a positive pleasure to climb it in fact any ordinary elevator would bo boycotted in favor of such a stairway as this TIlE MANAGEMENT Mr J E Caine will have charge of the C building and will exercise as much care in I choosing the tenants to occupy the tine edi I fice as he did in the selection of the best materials for its construction and the character of the occupants of a building gives it its business character as well as its design delineates its architectural signif cance Mr Came will give his personal attention to superintending the building and will insist on cleanliness and perfect sanitary regulations The Hooper being the most perfect office building in the city naturally attracts a good line of tenants and it may be an in teresting bit of news to know who the occupants will be and how they are dis tributed THE GROUND FLOOR The west store and basement will bo oc I cuoied by Cunnington Co one of the oldest and most successful business houses I in i this city They will also occupy a one storyand basement warehouse 30x60 feet I that is now being erected in the rear of tho store The besement of this warehouse will be connected with that of the main binding giving a cellar 28x173 feet Tho east store has been rented by R M Jones the wellknown electrician who will put in a complete stock of eleclrica supplies In the large show window he will place an electric tree on whose branches there will be suspended 100 incandescent in-candescent lights of every color produc ing very dazzling and beautiful effect THF SECOND FLOOR On this floor there arc seventeen offices all of which are supplied with independent light except one little room Territorial Auditor Pratt has a pair of front rooms that are built like the auditoron a largo scale Tho Salt Lake City railway company com-pany also have offices on this floor I Jennings and Caine have retained the I middle front room for their fire insurance office and Mr Caino is fitting this up with special care 1 the woodwork being of antique oak The firm will move into the new building on Monday and their customers will be cor I I i dially welcomed into the new quarters United States Commissioner Pratt and Sheriff Burt have long contemplated improving im-proving their moral welfare and with this object in view have secured rooms adjoining those of the auditor THIRD TLOOE The building improves as one ascends i and on the third floor Simon Bamberger has secured a suit of four very cheerful and commodious rooms Tho affairs of tho Hot Springs Great Salt Lake railroad will be transacted here besides that of the other private and public enterprises in which he takes sucb an active interest J L Rawlins and E B Critchlow who have recently formed a law partnership will occupy four fine rooms on the westside west-side The Salt Lake Loan and Trust company com-pany are also on this floor of which S J Reason is the obliging manager Richard Klettmg architect has two welllighted rooms on this floor and in passing in and out under the splendid arch will feast his eyes on the product of his own genius FOURTH FLOOR P L Williams has taken a suit of four rooms on this floor which be will furnish with rich carpets and leatherbound legal lore Waldemer Van Cott will have his office with Mr Williams James E Jennings und Samuel Mclntyre have selected two rooms on this floor to figure up the Interest on their rap dly accumulating ac-cumulating millions S W Darke at torney will do a land office business in a tine room on the same floor THE FIFTH STORY will bo honored with the presence of the Eldridge Brothers who will fit up their suite in sumptuous style one of tho in dispensible pieces of furniture being a side board without a locker R H Cabell attorney will be among the occupants of tho fifth W E Ware the architect who has made quite a reputation with bis designs for cozy cuttages has rooms on this floor Shlpler DjLong photographers will I I occupy the fine gallery on this floor They have already furnished the reception room I with fine carpets and exquisite tapestries and several specimens of their nigh art work adorn the walls With this start it will not be long until 1 the entire building will be occupied though 111 Caino will always prefer an unoccupied room to an objectionable tenant REMINISCENT Tho building Is owned by Mrs J E Caine and Miss Cora Hooper two of the daughters of the late Captain Hooper and stands on apart a-part of the old Hooper Homestead Old I timers will remember when tho little one I story building which now stands in the shade at tho west side of the Hooper bulking bulki-ng was tUe residencooi1 Delegate Hooper It was considered a fine residence in those days though it dont show up very well now John Lindsay the well known actar did the carpenter work on this old building He was comparing the work with that on the new Hooper building the other day and I was heard to remark J was inightv proud of the fancy work on that old porch vheu I built it thIrty years ago but this b milding along side of it rather change my opinion |