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Show TO BUILD NEW MANILA. "Billy" Anderson Selected to Assist in a Great Enterprise. D. H. Burnhara, Chicago's great architect, arch-itect, having been selected to model the newer city of Manila, P. I., has select-1 select-1 "William Pierce Anderson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Anderson of this city, ns his assistant, and Mr. Anderson Ander-son will sail for Manila November 15 i on the Manchuria, I Mr. Anderson, as a boy, lived here, and is remembered by a host of friends who will he glad to hear of this opportunity op-portunity for his future reputation It has been known that he was making a success as an architect and was possessed pos-sessed of highly artistic taste hv this direction. The Government is to build at Manila administrative buildings with a public library. Governor's home, large park and other buildings in keeping with tho dignity of the capital. Tho object is to make that city an ideal one, the new buildings to harmonize with the old Spanish style and to conflict with the present architecture as llttlo as possible. possi-ble. In addition to this work tho Government Govern-ment has intrusted to Burnham & Co. the task of building at Begnlo a summer sum-mer or country seat which will be 100 miles north of Manila at an elevation of 4500 feet above sea level. This Is to be the Simla of tho Philippines, where all officers of tho insular Government and- ail white people caiv live with good health in the summer months. Tho work in each case is moat important im-portant and local people will watch Its development with interest when realizing realiz-ing that the builders will Include a Salt Lake boy. |