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Show Eastern Capitalists Eeady to Put $150.-000 $150.-000 into a Big Health Hotel. THEY HAVE A SITE IN VIEW. A Big Brick Contract Let-Fixing Up the New Sportsman's Exchange A North Side Stir. A sanitarium for Salt Lake now seems to be an assured fact. Secretary Gillespie of the chamber of commerce com-merce has for soma time linen corresponding with parties In the east who want to build a sanitarium here and this morning received a letter that was most favorable, and now there Is littlo doubt that the health hotel will be built. Mr. GJUesple has sent to the projectors maps of the city and has also gotten ligurcs on several pieces of property that would make desirable de-sirable locations. The eastern parties will make a big affair and will put about l5t.0OO Into jt. They have selocted a site, and Mr. Gillespie said this morning that If the people, who owned It did not get away up beyond reason in their price. It would be bought and the work on the build-lug build-lug started at once. , THK SPOIITSMBN'B EXCHANGE. Cai-penters went to work early this morning putting up the platforms for the new sportsman's sports-man's exchange which will be oieued iu a few days In the Walkercafe. The platform extends around two sides of the rear part of the cafe and Is surrounded by a neat railing, The blackboards will be put in tomorrow. POLISHING THE FLOOR. The new quarters of the Utah National bank are almost ready for occupation. The steel vault which has been put, In Is probably the finest In the city, cjult a crowd gathered around the door yesterday afternoon to watch the polishing of the floor. It is a mosaic of brown and white granite, with a border In white and black. Two men were busy all the the afternoon rubbing this floor with sandstone, blocks of which, about 10x8 inches were fastened fas-tened to a handle and rubbed back and forth over the floor. THE NORTH BIDE. The recent purchase of the Union PacifTc company north of the city has drawn considerable consid-erable attention to north side lots. Several real estate men spoken to today said that they had, both today Biid yesterday, yester-day, had more inquires after property prop-erty in that part of the city than at any time for weeks past. TWO MILLION MUCK. Duvall & Mills have secured the contract for the rock and brick work on Messrs. J. K. and M. H. Walker's new six-story building. It will require over two million brick, in addition to 6tW feet of rock basement wall. |