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Show REAL ESTATE NEWS AND THE CITY'S BUILDING OPERATIONS i 'Real estate has been unusually ac-j ac-j live since the election and many concerns con-cerns .report greatly increased sales. A. Richt.er. t lie real' estate dealer, reports re-ports the sale of $22,000 worth of lioines since, "November 2, as follows: To W. If. Ballon, a fnuvrooin, modern, mod-ern, brick cottage on Cuvdino street; to Mrs. May S. Marcy, a seven-room, modern house, 70 P street; to D. liar-, rtngton, a five-room, modern, brick cottage, cot-tage, 010 Laird avenue; to Prank K. Haven, a four-room eottago, 600 South Eleventh East; lo E. Miller, four-room, modern eottugo on Hawthorne aouue; to the I'tah Inxestmeiit and Trust company, two lots on Sixth East and Eighth "South; to N. Clawsou. five lots on Cully avenue. A. N. .-.Humphries, the real .estate dealer, reported the following sales during dur-ing the week in Sunnyside addition on the southeast bench: Lloyd Garrison, Utah Bight and Kail-way, Kail-way, two lots; O. J. Grimes. Oregon Short Line, three lots; Edward Cable, 2.r5'l Pern avenue, three lots'; C. Ridd, three lots; Clarence Drake. St. Cocilfe hotel, three lots; William Burgoyne, 14 West Second South, two lots; J. B. White, Ivanhoe flats, five lots. Two excellent real estate sales, consummated con-summated during the past week by Ashton-Jenkins company, indicate something of tho activity in realty circles cir-cles at the present time. This company is building a handsome, five-room cottage cot-tage for J. A. Mnirbrook on a silo which he has recently purchased in the Valley "View addition. The structure will cost $H3f0. A handsome seven-room residence at 845 Park avenue, near Liberty park. ; was sold bv Ashtou-.leukins . company for PJias S." Kimball to Joseph Rogers of Idaho. The. slructuro is of pressed brick, handsomely finished inside and of moid modem typo of construction. Tho streets iu Valley Viow addition are Hearing completion and will be practically finished by the end of .the week. Bowse & Morris. 'n'2 South Stale ilroet, report the following sales: Poiiv lots from Henry llovev lo J. Sweeney Tenth South' and Eleventh East, .'rlOOO; I'ortv-ncre farm, Ifexhurg. Ida., .1. K. Hales to W. E. Jenkins, frtfun; Coltne. South Third East. Dr. Rowley to II. Hovey. "7."in; two lots in llollcvwood from Mr. Mmigriini to Dr. -.1. W. Gray. $l"U0: four lots in South Gate park, from Kimball & Ixiehards to Mr. Holmor. $HiU; double house, from Mr. Jrnsen to Mr. Sieii houseii, Seventh Eunt and Seventh South. $5000; iijgo modern, ten room house. Sixth Eaal and Seventh South, from T. Ilannan to George Sundersoti. $5000; Jul on Third East between Sec-and Sec-and nnd Third South, from Bank of Deadwood. S. I)., to R. W. Wanlnec. i$'."b"00: brick collage, from Mrs. Hemp-j Hemp-j hill lo B. H. Rowley. Third East. $:;0U. The firm of Enrdley-Ball-Cannoii as vociation report the iuloicM in all forms of residence property well sustained sus-tained and have made the following sabs this week : From Jesse Smith io lly Permit, a i six-room hous" on tho corner of Sixth 1 East and Eighth South, consideration J $2100; from Sarah A. 'Jones to A. B-j B-j Rivers, the five-room cottage located 1 at (502 Fourth avenue; contract to I build for A. A. Reese a five-room house I at 72S South I'onrth East, for the sum of $y7:"0; the house is to be built of 1 the best While brick that the Salt Lake Pressed Brick company can 'pro I duce, to have five large stone pillars ! around front porch, hot nir furnace, j Iwo nine-foot cased opening? between rooms, upholstered window sear. i I Mr. Burhen of the Homer Realt I company reports the sale of twenty I two lot's in the addition' of , Beautiful I Ovanda. This addition is located 111 the southeastern part of the city 011 the Ninth East car line, one block south of Eleventh South, and faces east on Ninth Eal. These lots have been sold lo some of the leading business men of the city, some of which liave made arraiigeine'nts to erect their home on this fine addiliou in the near future. David E. Heaps and Alexander M. Swan purchased four lots in this addition ad-dition yesterday afternoon and will havo their plans out in a few davs. The contract has just been .let by the George M. Cannon company for a handsome lot of Norway maples to be plautcd in Emerson Heights, au-1 it is expected that with the plant ing of these trocs the addition will be one of the most beautiful in the city. The sidewalks aro now all laid and the streets graded. Mr. Cannon reports a large number of sales the p::sl week. Pour corner lots in the addition have just bcon sold. All of these lots face west and. overlook tho valley. The purchase pur-chase price of each group of. lols was Continued on page 'tycnfcy-om. REAL ESTATE NEWS. Continued from page Twenty, $1000. The addition originally included in-cluded 300 building sites, but manj , ol the choice lots have already been sold and others arc j,'oing rapidly. Meoks & McCartney, owners f College Col-lege View addition, and the Salt La e Realty company, have Placeci1"ll cp hands of County Surveyor Josei li L. Swcnson tho plat of University Hoik hta, which lies just north of and on higiier ground, it ''criou that tho addition wil be ( taken into tho city limits soon, with College ura and other additions on tho bench. The owners of these ore now circulating a petition for presentation to the ulj council. The property is near ti e tar-ley's tar-ley's canyon conduit, and, with the cx tension of the city limits to include a addition, water for the entire tract can be obtained with little difficulty. Cannon & Cannon report a busy week in different properties. A . tvc;ro.0 modern residence was sold to Ho.v. nl Davis for $2750. The property is lc; cated on Olivo street. A "uniber o. Niles in Emerson Ileigats and l-orcfw Dale were reported during Twenty-two building lots in i'"0." portions of the ci ty were also hh f iollows: To Buphemia U. Dotson Ouc Turner, Uessio Smith, Edward Loncy. Adeline Loncy, 3f anc awkins, George II l3udd Joha nu Magnus Johnson. A. Huro Ohtnian, Otto Clausen, C. I. Pearson and Bussell Ivie. . Tho cold weather has not. ttffectea progress of building construction in the shed and the placing ol th wutd"r finifili will bo started in a ten najs. The new Callaghan residence a the . n-tersection n-tersection of Sipbeo and Perry ae nucs. has been delayed shel tl; , to per mit of the completion ot the big stone -ronlaces but excellent progress is be- S hS oi these and the and other work will bo started B iorllj. The exterior is entirely complotca. H , Advantage is being taken of the open season to prepare the grounds about new residences, so that with the coming ot spriilg the necessary sodaing may bo done and tho grass plots seeded down. A number of men with teams have been rading some of the alleys which were Toft until the erection of the houses and tho tale of building lots warranted the doing of the work. A little yet remains to be done on University street between South Temple and First-South. It is hoped that the University of Utah and the city will soon take up the work of gruding"tho oxtension of this street from the corner of First South along the front of the University grounds. When this is completed the street will be one of the most attractive in the ; cilv. Although late iu the season, the Heights presents a handsome appearance. appear-ance. The grass is still green in the parks and many of the trees still retain re-tain a good deal of their foliago. A noticeable feature of the Hoights is tho number of visitors seen there almost al-most every day to look out over tho Salt Lake' valley aad to take nolo of the new ideas carried out there in tho wav of improvements. The graveled streets present a marked contrast to the tnuddv condition of many of the ad-loining ad-loining streets which have not been treated to a surface of asphalt. These streets, which have been constructed without coating of petroleum, seem to combine tho- advantage oT the harder surface, especially for residence streets, without the noiso and other disadvantages. disadvan-tages. They are trim and neat, iu appearance ap-pearance and hold no moisture. Tho Salt Lake Security Trust company com-pany reports a number of sales in Hamilton Ham-ilton place and on the north bench. One houfio in Hamilton place was sold for $3,700 and two new cottages on Tenth East street, were also disposed ifflil of. There has been a number of build- j9t ftffll H ing Jots sold in the northwest of t.ho i Mil Ft H city, especially in Oakley ami tho ad- iWfllll H .loimng additions, bv the Hubbard In- Wt S 1 vestment company. Kail-mount. Springs, 'iH'tCfi'll iH just west of Sugar House, has shown Mtf''l considerable activity, as indicated bv lUt'rhllH! reports from the Hubbard Investment ilffrfi IH company. Idlewild. Sunnyside addi- ! ''! I S 1 lions. College View and Emerson MfiMM Heights have all come in for a largo ililfttlfi H share of attention. H tlfTl' 1 Among thii important sales of the Ijllil '' ll week is the purchase Saturday of the iuTl' f?, property on Uroadway, between Main iPl'H'n' and State streets, known as tho liob- IU1 'IP erts property, by l W. Madscn of Smifdb' Madsen's Furniture and Carpet store, SkiMm 1 for $45,000. The Building and Loan as- U WJ IH sociatiou will occupy the offices there. Illf firlf 1 |