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Show ACTIVITY IN HIGHLAND PARK Contracts Let, for Grading and Sidewalks Side-walks Amounting to Many Thousands Thou-sands of Dollars. In anticipation of Iho early opening- of Highland Park, Ivinihajl & Richards, Rich-ards, land merchants, havo closed contracts con-tracts for grading of Ihc Et reels and building of over lw?nty iniJes of cement ce-ment sidewalk? "With iiie. coming of good weather tnifi i'lip.'ovoniem work will be pushed nnid'.v and r lie sale- ?i lots in the new anaoxed suMivisinfi will commence. Highland Park forms a large ;;.rt of the district annexed to tho cil.v by Iho aclion of the cil.v council last jVTou-day jVTou-day night and is ono of tho largest residence districts ever annexed to the city. It 'Contains over 300 acres, all of which will be divided into residence- hits except a portion which has lioeu set aside for a business district., schools and churches. The properly runs cast front Eleventh East. ,ist Fouth of Twelfth South, with n commanding view of the iSult, Luke valley. A gradual slope toward tho mountains will enable I he owners to grade Iho streets and lots lo splendid advantage. The ilortherA boundary of the subdivision is skirted by the st rip of land set aside by the city for a pub-lie pub-lie park. 11. is expected that this park will be provided for in I by very near future, adding another desirable feature fea-ture to Ihc new subdivision. The location of Highland Park ntobl directly rtpposile (lie mouth of Parley's cauvon makes it an especially .favored residence scclion at all time's of thy year. It is claimed that, J hero is less frosl (luring Ihe wilder in this vicinity than in am: other part of Salt Luke valley. In the summer limy the canyon breezes will add very much to" the' comfort of the persons residing there. The linn of Kimball & Richards, who are owners of Highland Park, has recently re-cently doubled its office space and greatly increased its working force, in anticipation of placing the property on tho market ns soon as Iho weather is favorable. |