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Show t Westminster Heights By EARL DUNSHEE. ' That tho great east, bench is destined ( to become tho finest resident section of j Salt Lake, has been the prophecy of ' every visitor. Thai it is coming to its own is proven by the events that have transpired the last threo years. Federal Heights, Newhouse Park, Westminster j Heights. Salt Lake's threo finest modern i subdivisions, arc all located ou this j beautiful plateau overlooking the city i and valley with its wonderful sea. ! Westminster Heights, lying on the east bench, north of Twelfth South and east of Thirteenth East, was the first of these to offer as attractions high-class high-class improvements and substantial building restrictions to tho home seeker who wanted a modern townsite, as well as a modern home. The majestic snow-clad peaks of I he Wasalch. as seen from the vantage point of this tract, are considered one of the finest pieces of mountain scenery in the entire west. The original Westminster Heights tract was purchased threo years ago; a j piece of wild sage brush laud, .by a j couple of young newspaper men. who ' were ridiculed for their poor judgment j in buying ground where . water was eight- feet away especially since that eighty feet was. straight down. This, however,' was lost on them, as they had heard the saints arguments about Capital Capi-tal Hill, in Denver. Which, in spite of the pessimists, has become a synonym for all that is beautiful in residence properly-. Another pieco of grovjud was purchased and a company was formed to handle it. and today they own, or control, thirty-five acres of the choicest land on the cast bench, which was all the acreage tributary to the car line. To buy this land was one thing, to make it attractive lo the home seeker was quite, another. The soy iug was heard on every side that Salt Lake was different from other cities and what was a success in Los Angeles and other cities would never go . here. Recent event?, however, have disproved the prophesies of the "ultra conservative class for which Salt Lake has been noted, but which is steadily disappearing disappear-ing from our midst. That the owners of this tract were fullv iustified in spending the money which' thev had to make Westminster Heights the most attractive place in the cilv for the business and professional profes-sional man, or in fact for any man, has been conclusively demonstrated. Starting with a sage brush mesa a little over a vcar ago. the owners have spent over '$20,000 in improvements. The ground was brought nito tho c.itv limits, and thousands of feet of private mains were laid, so there might be water in front of every oi& Over ".SO.OOO feet of cement walks 'were laid, thousands more of curbs, and the streets graded. They gave notice that, no shacks or undesirable buildings were i wanted, in fact would not be tolerated, and in everv deed nud contract made j the stipulation that the property must be used for residence purposes only. The effect of the restrictions are already al-ready becoming apparent. All buildings are above a certain standard and a uniform distance from the sidewalk line. The improvement of the street car systom under the Harriman management manage-ment has been no inconsiderable factor in the upbuilding of this district. The track lo this property has all been re-laid re-laid with heavy steel and double-tracked, double-tracked, and today the residents of Wcstmiiistt-r Heights ride in as Tine street cars as aro run in the United States. The company operating Westminster Heights has recently started a building 1 department and secured the services of j a competent architect, with the inten-j inten-j lion of making the place distinctive .in architecture, as well as in location, j Even at the present time, however, al-l al-l though within easy access of the city, it fctands practically as the advance I guard of real estate residence devclop-! devclop-! ment on I he east bench. |