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Show BUILDING NEWS. . " THE FINE WEATHER A BONANZA FOR CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. ; j j Go Holmes Baaked an a Clear Sky and mastered Hla Building ftefore lie Put on the Hoof aad Won. r 'H j The tine weather is a bonanza to the huilders. When the storm threatened the other day the Gus Hojmes building was plastered and without st-oof. The roof material was n rt on hand aird rather ra-ther than hold the plasterers baok Mr. Holmes told them in rn ahead and lie would trust to luck. Wnun the sky began to frown so heavily that it seemed to be ready to break Gus was inolinod to believe that he would be drowned nut. Fortunately it blew over and Mr. Holmes was saved several thousand dollars. Other buildings were in much the same predicament. Ttioro is so much fine weather that they take desperate chances and go on the theory, that if it has not rained for a month it will not rain for a week. Tne splendid weather is allowing at least a dozen large blocks to receive their roofs and it can be sot down that the contractors who had taken jobs at a close figure will now come out clear. J. E. Fritch's many building sclien.es are moving along nicely, and his big hotel building on Kast Second South is beginning to show up its large area. The Walker Bros.' mercantile building build-ing on the corner of Main and Third South is getting along very rapidly, the brick foundation being up above the ground. The Burlington building Is being remodeled re-modeled and a small brick addition made. STATE KOAD SALE. Groeabeck's Buy a Valuable Lot at OOO Per Foot While the Groesbcck's own the bulk of the property between Third and Fourth South they are not adverse to increasing their holdings. Their scheme to extend Market street west is now consummated by the purchase pur-chase of fifty feet on the State road. Yesterday ono of the abstract companies made out the papers on which the conveyance was based. The price paid, it is understood, was 100 per foot front. Have Money to Invest. Three persons arrived in the city this week who placed 1150,000 in bank to be invested in Salt Lake real estate. These g n;lemen registered at the Walker iiouse and their names are T. D. Levering. Kobert N. Pearson and Ed. H. Sinnh. all of Chicago. 111. T.iey are greatly pleased with the large number num-ber of buildings being erected, and especially es-pecially with the tine climate, Real Estate Kotea. Miller & Miller (no religion) report the real estate market looking up. Webber & Palmer report they are selling lots of lots in their new addition. J. M. Kennedy sold today one-third Interest in the Chamberlain addition to ex United States Marshal Hutton of Butte, Mont. Consideration .'0(X). |