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Show Great Department 'Establish- I wll nient to Be Established at ' ( HB ' Third South and State. ; DEAL FOR HALLS HOTEL I ii I IS SAID TO BE CONCLUDED jj Knutsford Hotel Building Has (lllrllH Likewise Passed Into Hands lill 1 of Syndicate. 1 The Knutsford hotel building has IliHlI'l 1 passed info new Hand?. It has been lltrauK IH purchased by a syndiealo.-vwhich will '! Hilill' take possession on Decombcr 1. Tho ' llll't' ' IH price paid has not 'been made public, I lill but it was a goodly sum. The present 1 11$TE M' lessee of Hio Knutsford', G. S. Llohncs, ff llJlSllS' has a lease upon the building, which ilimrl'f K runs, it is understood, fox two years IfliB $ 11 yet. Tho syndicato which has pur- Sfl tjj IH chased the property likewis$ purchased f I'w'l a great deal more iu Hint vicinity and I !i S n ' iJI theso purchases extend to Fourth South, :3? ; f1 Big blocks of ground in that locality M t I' havo been purchased by the syndicate. mlH ' IH What disposition will be mado of the tl iH '!' Knutsford hotel is not known, and the fill'! 'if lessee, Mr, Holmes, has not been ad- llllit r ll vised. As said, his lease runs for twe nllui 'V years, so that he no doubt takes a Itllfll i complacent view of the situation. Tt llmf'f' ! has been gossip upon tho street that lifisi iiJ IB the great structure would bo gutted, liMjMi H so to speak, remodelled and made inla PifflA'jifc ! a big department store and tho daf5 awH''!' for the possiblo chango was given as IhiM Jt ci January 1 next. The lease of Mr, Wi t ! E 'J IH Holmes -precludes this. iDllllif; IH Tho same sjnidicafc which has pur mJllli t' ' Ijl chased the Knutsford has also secured jfl'fr rlt the corner diagonally across the streot: itianli iiM''' ll that is, the southwest corner of Third tllljilrl 1 South and State streets, the building lulllj! t Iw thereon being occupied now by tho ISI 'l:lf ' IH Ualls hotel. This property has long 13'Jli ill been held by the Plripps combination flllf' 1 Will Build Big Store. Mr fl U!B Those who aro on the inside declare lliil fjt (l li that the old brick structure, which for llu III I cl' so many years has stood on this cor- fflMii ! 1 j 'lr- nor, i3 to bo razed and a modem SJijig f .' structuro erected. This building, so a Sjltl's !Vf rumor Inn it, is to be of steel and. IfilJIll ! '1 glass, aud with the magnificeni; front- 2 lilt ' ago which it has on State and Third fll'lll ?' ' ! f I IjH South street makes it an ideal place R f & ; ! 9 Xoi'i great. dQpartmcnU itore. ilfl ' i M, That such an establishment is con- wMM' 1 A te.niplatcd is ovidenced 13' some reccnb j ilSfiinH i i fv' changes in property upon Main street. mlWi, i r During the past two years tho change.1; Mllfslr I Ik' on State street have boon marvelous. WMlSW ' Tho erection of the Uoluieo-Kuo:c ho- BUMW!eL m tel on fhe corner of Second South and gi iM . im State street, tho razing of tho old BIhWKS i ftt' tH shanties south of the Utah Independent; ttMlELkS ?. Telephoue building, and tho erection of 9lli5!fV; ? -l( ii a modern building there, the new brick: Wf 5f 5. i j 11 jH and steel structure going up .iust north P. 'H Li' of tho Bungalow theater, the new St. f: ii 3 Sf'fil Cccile hotel, among tho largest hotels M AIM IH in the city, has caused a boom ou fbafc ! Ill i ! V)v street that is astonishing. Hi. H' Therefore, the rumor that a great IhiI i't 0,f structure is r.o mark tho corner of Third. jjj it A S ii '); tH South and Stato streets is not out of! a nJ!J, 1 f . the ordinal--. As to who the purchas- liHN t'H cr of this valuable corner isi Tho Tnb- jl I'13mI':' line is not at liberty to state; suffice i ml '-k it to say that the purchasers have am- M fjjui j IH plo capital to carry out anv project U lm " . and that they' will do this is boyond' i'i Ro. question. VI $m H 1 Third South street is now a thor- W Wk "j Vl oughfare. It will be a. greater em- w WH later on. West Temple street is to b" i SlfSfflJ r one of the wholesale streots of Salti BWlfSffi'i I Lake, and will mark tho eastern line ilffilla'1''' ' 1 ol the wholesale district for mam' attifilclll! li" years fo come. Stale street, in all SfflJaLwH probability will mark tho eastern Iiua IfllFluitli of tho retail district, and the improve- llBIIOwNIt' H nionls now under way and projected A BwllffnP and which will ultiina toly be carried &jS3 (b in !' to conclusion will niako of Stafri Hill 'i'" 5 1 street a retail street ar. Ms in street Slflifl!' i K now is and always will be. InjjjW W' N -Another Big Building. tUgE Still further, in conncctioa with tb KSit'll l!" i 1 iinproveDietil. of State street, an op- SiMMi tj' tion has been secured upon tho property rBIM Sfl. n'' on the northeast corner of second South Blwff ft and Main stroefs. Indeed, it is said I fflll'ii ' i 1 that this property has also passed into Ilrall'hV l1 the hands of:i syndicate, vhieh con- Bjwff V t templates a more substantial improve- Wl- r ii T l mout on that corner. Theso aro .iusf: Hllilil 'li "F lf a few of fhe good things that will" mKrlfi ' If : I' happen to Salt Lake in the near fu- HIS if Hi S1 t ture. Iu another coluinu is fold the p3sii 'lr story of a big deal in Main Btreci, riMlB'. il i There is no question uow about Salt lIliM ' r I Lake. There is nothing to stop if. A i I li IJH prediction, becaupo Tho Tribune doe:f Hfftf SJvpJ' f I tH not receive revolutions, is that five L'liM C I I years from now a quarter million peo- fllfiMwL Mi plo will livo in Salt Lalce. I I This moans a great immigration into Waif'-niii I H the state. And while Salt Lako pros- Kt'i V It h'M jiers, .so will fho state. Settlers on thq ImwT i ' ' 'H arid lands will come settlers on ir- unnfO S V r''H ri gated lauds will come. The various fflPSSldt i 1 'H rcclamalion projects in Utah, fho fact atwlp it 'H lhat Salt Lake is an Americau citv, Mm' a llri 'H has turned, all eyes loward Utah. Hi t 't !H There will he a migration this wav ffllnS't'' II next year. This nngrafion means a Hi P'l t i rejuvenation of the stale. Tt means HfllSu"' ' l that Uluh is to take her place in fho MjillN'jlM. IjH Aiueiican uuiou to which sho is en- IhI, h titled. liHll:,;''!! I' |
