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Show H Real Estate News md the H J City's Building Operations I Iho outlook for rcnlly has never "been brighter than at, prescul, is Mm alule-loent alule-loent given ouL by deulcrs all over the city lunug Mio past week. Tho arrival or, Uio first, of Septomber and tho prospect, pros-pect, ot an oarly return of people from vacations will cause, a quickening of tho market, it is .said, and indications point to an unusually active .season. Even now tho number of inquiries is lame anil u great many sales of property are reported. re-ported. This is especially noticeable in the purchase of buildiuy'lots and home sites. There is considerable demand for business locations also, and Tor properly prop-erly for investment purposes, frices nrofinn. ii is said, with a tendency ten-dency to raise values, which provents any depreciation on account of inid-sum-nier quietness. Dealers, as a rule, are Hopeful and arc looking forward to a successful season. The transact ions re-spoiled re-spoiled during the past week indicate NOinethiii"- of the condition of affairs liero.and I ho strong undercurrent of acta ac-ta Uy in spit o of tho outward quiet. y Ashfon-Jenkins company report Ihe following sales during tho past .week: Properly at (ho corner of West Temple and Sixth South, .facing east and south. 10x10 rods in size and containing an old adobe house, to .John Perkinson, the Los Angeles architect-, lor $10,500. The properly was purchased from .David Mc-Keiizio, Mc-Keiizio, and sold lo Mr. Parkinson through the ollico of Little & Little. This location is one of the Lisforic spots of the city and the sale calls attention atten-tion to the rapid disappearance of the old landmarks of tho early pioneers. Tho sale of tho' property at the comer of .First "West and Seventh South lo L. CJ. Brown, from AInria, Millard, for $7000. was also reported. Tho properly includes a two-story brick terrace and cottage. Oilier sales wero tho Jive-room cottage on TJIair avenvio to "W. . Hard-man: Hard-man: a cottage at. 010 West Second Slnnili frnxi M-v.T-n-.it fif.ivninl- f n 1 Illoiiglin. The last two sales involvocf a consideration of $1100. . An excellent real ostalo-transact ion was closed Saturday with the purchase bv Carolina Tiernardi of Wyoming, from l, D. Bart Jolt of Butte of the double brick house at the corner of West Temple Tem-ple and First North for $10,500. The, property also includes a building- lot 7.1x7.") feel. The transaction was closed through the ollico of Littlo fc Little. ' A great, deal of activity was reported on the southeast bench during the past eek by A, N. Humphries, owner of Idle-wild and S'unnyside additions. While Ihe week was not: as good as some others ccently have been it was remarkably 4-.;,. ..r tiw. ........ ti, I chasers bought the ground with tho intention in-tention of building in Ihe near f uture. There is already considerable building .;oing on and more will be begun with ihe completion of the grading and sidewalk side-walk building in the addition. The buyers buy-ers were: f. J. Ericksun, iMU Princeton avenue, two lots; CI. TI. Adams, '1 Kenwood Ken-wood place, two lots; Kaohle A. Thomas, I'll Trunin ii avenue, four lots; Charles ! Mc-Cov. Chicago, three lots; P. .1. K!olz, 10.KS East First South, two lots; . B. Gillespie, Topeka, Kan., two lots; Wilfred Woodmansec. Sandy, Utah, two lts; Sarah S. Lindstroin, Forest Dale, wo lots; A. Husso, l''ort Douglas, two o: Lester Owen, GG'l Third avenue, wo lots. A. J I. Birrell company, roal estate "alcrs, luive secured a new location for luir offices in the ground floor of tho vv.-house. building, at 1(3 Exchange ' ..te. and will occupy the place not ' later than October 1. It will be necessary neces-sary to make a number of changes in the rooms before they are occupied ami plans now under consideration indicate that the new ollices will bo unusually attractive, comparable to tho finest in the city. Work will be slarted at once and the firm will move in as soon as tho changes are completed. w - Tho firm of Burt & Carlquist reports the following sales during the past few days: A four room modern brick, col- tago on Washington street from the Co-op Investment association to August Padlof, a four-room brick residence on tho samo street from the Co-op Investment association lo Harold Hilton, Hil-ton, two lots on Douglas avenue, from Burl & Carhiuist to A. I.. Larson, and two lots in tho same location to Alfred C. Reese, a line northeast bonch lot on the corner of Tenth avenue and 1. to Margarile llasenrioter. a four-room modem brick residence on Lake si reel, from Burt & Carlquist. to A. K. Voungberg. a four-room modern brick rrsidence on Blair street, from Hurt & Carlquist lo W. 1. Walker, a four-room modern brick residence on Fugsley avenuo, to Charles M. Ugan, -1-1 acres of farming land in Salt Lake county to John .1. F. Schmidt, J0x20 rods on Eighth South and West Temple Tem-ple streel, from Joseph Haumgartcn ro John llalversou. A line residence placo will be made of. this splendid piece of property. A four-room modern house from Bothwll & McConaughy In v. Co., lo Ida. Holger, a five-room modern residence on Emerson avenue, from A. Cain lo" William Schuring, a four-room cotlagc from A. Cain to Phillip Win-Ihor. Win-Ihor. a four-room cottage from Burt & Carlquist to John Dra keloid. Tho inquiry for residence properly has been as active during Ihe healed spell as during any part of the year. jxcciieiiL progress is hemg made on the erection of the Holmes-Knox building build-ing at the corner of Second Soutli and Slate streets and the walls are now up lo I ho' top of the fourth slory. The handsome appearance as indicated in the plans is .being fully carried out, and tho improvement to the corner of tho two streets is considerable. Friday night, a high board fence was erected about the excavation being made for the new J. C. Lynch building at: the corner of Second South and Second East streets, a iid within a few weeks the corner also will contain an attractive business building, which will be a credit to the locality and to the citv. ' Work on the eonstruelion of fhc new warehouse being erected on Seventh South near Third West for the Standard Furniture company, is now being pushed and it will be ready for occupancy by the Into fall. Trackage facilities are obtained from Third West. The build ing is to be 50 to 100 feet in size and will cost $5000. Another new building is to be built this fall bv John Zolliuger of Dubuque, Iowa, at Eleventh South and Fourth East for uso as store and dwelling. The structure will ,bo 22 lo GO feet in size, two slories high and will cost about $(5,000. The lower floor will be used for store purposes, and tho space there has already been leased. T T .T. A. Ileadlund, architect, has prepared pre-pared plans for the remodeling of the cottages in Willard court on Sixth Soutli between West Temple and First West streets. Sower connections will be made with the buildings, and modern bathrooms, bath-rooms, with hot and cold v.-jitcr connections connec-tions will oc provided. Tho cottages are owned by Mrs. A. Reeves. |