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Show THE CAIN-HOOI'EB BUILDING'. Another of Salt Lake's Ulg Business lilocks to be Completed by October. The contract fur tho erection of the Cainc-IIoopcr building, on .tho north side of First South, between Main and First East, has been let to F. M. Wr.ght, and it stipulates that tho work shall be completed iu six mouths from May 1st. This buildiug is to be ono of the handsomest hand-somest in the city. It will occupy a space of 58 x 104 feel, and will bo five stories iu height. The front of tho first story will bo of ornamental Thistle red sandstone, and that of tho other stories will bo of ornamental Kyune stono. The first story will be devoted to two stores, and the upper floors will contain eighty-nine offices. All modern improvements are to bo introduced, such as an elevator, mail chute, water and gas. There will also be speaking tubes connecting the offices with the vestibule; and the entiro structure will bo heated by steam. The owners of this lino proporty aro Mrs.. Joseph E. Caine aud Miss Cora Hooper, two sisters, who inherited 'the ground by will from their father, the lato Captain W. II. Hooper, who was once Utah's delegate in cougrcss. The building, including the ground, will cost $150,000. |