Salt Lake Herald | 1907-01-20 | Page 17 | Harriman Buys Building Site

HARRIMAN BUYS BUILDING SITE Gets Former Tribune Building I and Old Executive Man Mansion Mansion sion on West Temple ADJACENT TO POWER PLANT HEADQUARTERS FOR UTAH LIGHT RAILWAY CO COE COE E H for the th dO downtown passenger depot of hIs street railway lines hero and the general offices of the street car comPany Parley IJ I Williams general counsel for the HarrIman Interests in Salt Lake yes yesterday es esterday purchased from P H Lannan of Salt Lake the old Tribune sIte and build buildIng lug Ing and the old gubernatorial mansion property Immediately to the south of the Tribune property on the east cast side of West Temple street between FIrst and Second South streets for approximately I 7 The two lots have a frontage on West Vest Temple ot of about 90 feet and ana run back to the property In the center conter ot of the tho block occupied by the downtown steam power plant or of the railway company On the site no now occupied by the old tonal mansion lon and the former Tribune building will an immense and elegant downtown 1 passenger and office building The rho former Tribune building Is to be reconstructed and embodied in the new structure to go up It Js Is understood work on the tito ne new building Is to be started as soon as possible llio Lannan property is unquestionably the tho best hest suited to the purpose it has haa boon beon purchased for or or of an any pr In the downtown section of the cit city The deal means much to upper Main street as Mr Harriman will make his proposed passenger station the c center of his city and Interurban street rf railway system e