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Show AKECITY IS GROWING' jBr 1 BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS Kvmk. gptenIberi,.lSM district CBvV there art, ojpn- bulidlngs In 2mWuii$),W Thcv consti- jB- Wnstruftl0"' Y to satisfy IBSJTrf Wl dings. nl(Iclular lino, WwR -VmOTS the city s . B direct'0"-hVecl tf,CIaers, of-iAWSS of-iAWSS department I'JKSsW'1 pff.Vnat df tills year Kfconth f ASboof building "? 'tSSfh Uian 'or the cor- SBSflctiVo bwiwmss last JBKwgl men of the ci ty iWKi r cll" resent activity In iBum io" brought about 3K a W""snof a foreign na-1WeOISfnSmodlc na-1WeOISfnSmodlc influence of i? t,,de capital, but mthcr lm of in a popular awakening 8 ''if. of a strictly up-to-'mmW?TiMt tho present cxpan-''mm. cxpan-''mm. 5d j nut altogether natural , -H&tofla? 0f salt Lake do not 'PSmSe themselves with JifthSd village; that they ImmW.VJn houses and trans-MmW trans-MmW TIP i modern offices and T64 modem apartments of nbM can bo tilled are daily teiffiro money which has 'Kiurtd on the Paclf c coast 'fSiv to Salt Lake because mWLVv Sowlns rapidly that TmmWlX to bo a "town" that IHjSenfly Invest their money fK INTERVIEWED. Is question ycsiciuuj, u. bavo" bSiror the last srd times and waiting for a financial crisis, the mete of healthy lation of our real cstato improvements in that ch gigantic strides as ur history. It seems ers to observe an en-bulldlngs en-bulldlngs springing; up drcds in almost every v, and it is Just as Consider that they arc on my flic of appllca-rs appllca-rs from Canada, Jlexi-sl Jlexi-sl of the surrounding pro can possibly fill at Dno party writes, 'rent i available that will e,' and that was a , manager of tho Utah jompany, informed me to the present time t.COO.000 has been ex-irnenta ex-irnenta for the street n even million was ex-Dr ex-Dr that purpose. This :riy value. EVERYWHERE, jtood upon the corner i Seventh South streets houses In the course ils is a fair example of In most parts of the concerning the nature ding going on In this lcreaslng in number at alt Lake Real Estate letters asking Informa-ujbraltted Informa-ujbraltted by manufac-i manufac-i deal in house and jd which are not rcp-i' rcp-i' believe it will bo m of Salt Lake, the association, J. O. the opinion that the i growth Is no more tkening by the people that a city, sometimes netropolls of a produc-ountry, produc-ountry, in extent as lemanJs. 3 HOT CAKES, lilc Brothers company ilon plat, a group of 150 lots ncross tho street west from Liberty Li-berty park. Sinco then SO of the lots have been sold. That firm has been so busy they have had, In fact, no tlmo to mako out the deeds of transfer. Mr. S. P. Tuttlo says of the realty conditions' con-ditions' "Prices through the past season of financial difficulty have held their own and shown a slight but steady and healthful health-ful increase. Tlic people of this city who make their money through mines, sheep, etc., arc beginning to realize that real estato is a safe investment; that there exists no element of speculation in it; that it represents real, solid blocks of granite. The new home movement is rather the outgrowth of the confidence-manifested confidence-manifested by our own people of money in our own properly value, than the causa of tho building movement itself. The people peo-ple want modern houses and wo find no difficulty In renting houses of that description." de-scription." 560,000 IN NEW HOMES. During the past threo weeks fourteen of the Federal Heights lots have been sold, and there are dwellings in the course of construction Bat will aggregate J60.000. In the course of a week all improvements im-provements by the company will be completed. com-pleted. A. M. Wrench, manager of tho Tclluride Realty company which manages the Heights, declares that the real estate situation sit-uation all over the city Is phenomenal and that It will still improve this fall; that he has never seen a city better conditioned con-ditioned than Salt Lake is right now, and that if the present healthy condition continues con-tinues Salt Lake in a fow years will bo a magnificent city. "The number of modern dwellings," said he, "which are springing up in every dls- V. till. ...J IO QUI J4 JOIil. XUlJl4lJ the extreme southeast district is doing the least building, that part, however. Is holding its own. I consider that for years Salt Lako has been slower than the surrounding sur-rounding cities of importance and that now it is simply getting- its natural growth. "James Campbell, of St. Louis, president presi-dent of the Tellurido Power company, stopped over here for a few days the forepart of tho week and ho made the statement to me that within ten or fifteen years Salt Lake will be the biggest city between Kansas City and tho coast." SMALL COTTAGES WANTED. The day of multi-roomed houses is past-Renters past-Renters demand but a few small rooms, but those well equipped. Tho demand for small cottages has been so great that many investors have sold such structures In the course of construction, and in one instance, whero investors decided to erect three five-roomed brick dwellings, the houses were sold before the work of construction con-struction was commenced. Of tho 116 building permits Issued last month, the vast majority were for small homes to cost less than $5000. Work upon the new Commercial club building- will begin at once. ' Monday the work of razing tho old Continental Con-tinental hotel on West Temple street was I commenced, to mako place for the two two-story buildings to bo erected there bv Dr. TJ. Worthlngton and J. E. Jennings. Tho two buildings will be similar in up-pearance up-pearance and will rlso over an excavation excava-tion of 140x50 feet. They will bo used as business blocks. BUNGALOWS GOING UP. "Within tho next ten days work will begin upon the Keith residence on South Temple, between Eleventh and Twelfth Eust streets. Thomas II. Blvthe, of Evan-ston. Evan-ston. Wyo., and J. T. Keith, of the California Cali-fornia Bungalow company, have completed arrangements for the erection of two such residences on South Temple street The houses will cost about $8,000 each. Harry Bennett has purchased a five-room five-room brick dwellng on Eighth East and Ninth South streets from George Q. Can non association for 53000. EVERYBODY SEES IT. And those who take no interest In real estate activity, thev also sec. but over long strotches of tfme. A lady built a houso on Third street and lived there. iurrounuea oy eageorusn fcjie was asked what she could possibly do with her time In that lonely vicinity. She replied: 'I saw a wagon go up the hill a week ago. since then I have been waiting for that wagon to return." That was only a few years ago. Now tho sidewalks are of cement and the road has been graded and actual curbstones check the water. There are no vacant lots in her neighborhood neighbor-hood now, and whero her gate post stands Is worth as much as her whole lot was then. NEW MOUNTAIN RESORT. The Immigration Canyon Improvement company has secured 1C0 acres of land in Immigration canyon, which has been platted plat-ted into lots 25x165 feet In dimension and which will bo sold for sumer cottages. Tho site of the prospective resort is in tho yicinlty of one mile below what is known as Little mountain and is located In the largest open space In the canyon, and la just thirty-five minutes rldo on tho new suburban line. The company expects to improve Iho property in every line to Insure a respectable and pleasant summer reaort. It will provide music and dancing danc-ing pavilions, and tennis and croquet courts. No liquor will be sold upon the property. Burt z Carlqulst Real Estate companv I opened up the Halo of lots Thursday, and I since then thirty-five lots have been sold I They sell for 550. $75 and 5100. Two I trips a day. morning and evening, can 1 be made by those who intend examining 1 the land. f The location is of an exceptionally Interesting- nature, as from it one beholds the original view of the valley as It opened up before President Young upon his arrival ar-rival here. Numerous tourists tak the trip every day for the sole purpose of bo-holding bo-holding tho point of the historic vista wnere President Young announced that here would be the citv. I |
