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Show THE BUILDING OUTLOOK 1 What May Ve Expected to be Done in the Building Liae Next Spring. ARCHITECTS ARE VERY EU3Y- Thev Are Engaged on Plans For Many Htndsome buildings to be l ut Up iu a Few Monthr, A Times reporter this morning railed upon several of the leading architects of tho city to nscertain the state of tho building trade iu Suit Lake city, and the outlook for the advancing season. Karly as the hour was tho gentlemen were usually found in their offices, and usually found busy. The little flurry over the city hall plans having subsided, subsid-ed, the professional architects of the cltv are iu an cxeeedinirlv tranquil and composed state of mind, take them as a class, and ready to talk freely to the public and give their opinions regarding regard-ing the prospects for ihe city's growth lhil year. Architect Klotting was not visible when the reporter called, lie wastalk-ins; wastalk-ins; business to somebody in the inner sanctuary. His work room, however, was full of artists, each occupying a high stool, and busily engaged with a pencil, and haif a dozen, more or k-s. mysterious instruments of his craft. One of these voluniocred the information informa-tion thai in that particular workshop the city hall plan were occupying a good deal ot lime just now. Other work, however, was coining in as fast as could be handled. Jn lad, fabler; T he supply of hands was actually too small to d() the wotk. A residence for li. Matthews in American Fork, another an-other 111 1'rovo. and several in this city were mentioned as sure to go up this next summer. Mr. Co;terisan said he was now busy on the plans for a tt'Vi'M house, and had been liguring on several more, which somebody would get if he did not. Mr. Keillor knew of a great deal of ..7,,tL. it,., ,.-.,,'. 4 t, il.tn,. tois ;i'!isnil and said ho considered the prospects very ciicourngin!.'. Air. Hall said lie regarded it as an excellent indication fur his line of business busi-ness that the. money market was becoming be-coming easier. Unless unforscen circumstances cir-cumstances prevented there would be more building done in Salt Lake than last year, particularly in the line of business edilices. Mr. Ware thought the building done this year would be mostly residences and dwelling houses. He has on hand now the work of a $ti00i) residence for L. ILCoates; one for J. J Cnrum to cost fCOOO, and another for Wr S. Deeds to cost $:t(J0O. This in addition to the plans for twelve or fifteen cottages for C. S. Desky in Deskv's addition. Mr. While in the Progress block w is delighted with the outlook. He asserted it was five times as good as at this time last year. He spoke of a double house to cost $100,000. a ftore building to cost as much, and au old fashioned English residence upon which 10,000 would be laid out. He could not mention the names inside of a week's time, but w as certain the buildings would be erected at once. Mr. Hedges of Dallas & Hedges was quite gloomy over the situation. "Our lirm hasn't much work on hand. T he largest jobs wo have just now are the preparation of plans for a store building build-ing and a couple of terraces the whole to cost about $75,000. I should say." The reporter wondered what Mr. Hedges considered a rushing business. From these few opinions it is safe to estimate that the building trade is not by any means languishing in this city and that the present season will witness the occupation of more builders and mechanics than any of those which have gone before. |