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Show Real Estate and' Trade Notes R L. Rutherford has completed plans for a residence for B. H. Owen on Catherine Cath-erine street to cost $fU0fl. This is one of the dozens of new residences that will add to the built-up appearance of the residential sections of the city before be-fore the year is past. Tut Ho Bros, realty firm reports general gen-eral business up to" the standard with rentals at their best. ' Inquiries are being listed for business and residence property. Among tho sales made the past week by this firm is tho sale of a building lot to ('. C. Davis on Tenth Hast between Fourth and l-'iflh .South, consideration $1000. The owner of the lot. Donald Thompson, had intended building a residence, but accept cd a government position in Wyoming and moved away from the city. Kimball & Richards, the Highland Park people, have had good sales in that addition. With scores of customers custom-ers on their list, collections have been excellent, according lo the report received re-ceived from their office. Work on the 'streets of Highland Bark is going ahead steadily and with new houses going up in (liferent parts of the addition there is an air of city life about this cxtcn-sivu cxtcn-sivu suburban residence section. A clitinge of plans has been oi'dcred by the city board of education for the new high school building on the east .-side. .The change calls for a wing type of building instead of a block type as the original plans acepled by tho bonrd called for. The wing type of building will give a better lighted building. Plans soon will be completed for the ti ew Uintah school building for Ml oven ov-en Hi South street between Sixth and Seventh East. The firm of Dallas & Hedges has chargo of the architectural designs. Notice of the salo of the .ino.nOO worth of bonds for the erection of-the new central university building has been issued. The board of regents of tho university lias awarded the eon-tract eon-tract for the plans to the firm of Cannon, Can-non, Fetzer and Hansen. Business is reported satisfactory by the firm of Burt, & Cnrlquist. This'finn recently moved to now offices on upper up-per .Main si reel , having an entire ground floor office. Farm lands is a 'specialty with I ho firm and the sales and inquiries have been stead for tho pas! week. The Merediih garage on Third South and Edison avenue will bo ready for occupancy next week. The stock of Ford automobiles, for which Mr. Meredith Mere-dith is agent, motor cycles and bicycles will be moved from Vesl Third South. The new garage increases the floor space, which is greatly needed by tho firm in order to handle its increased business. The building is a two-story brick, well lighted and conveniently arranged. Increased forces of men have boon put lo work on the street repairs of the asphalt pavement in different parts of I ho city, adding to tho weoklv payrolls. pay-rolls. Main si root and South Temple streets are being repaired at this-time. A Richtcr reports sales in Fairniount Springs addition better, than he expected. ex-pected. Ho Willi busy the past wook bhowing prospective buyers the splendid splen-did residence lots in ihat homo sito addition. In addition to this feature of his business for the week ho reports re-ports other sales of properly, showing the realty market to be in tin active state. Mr Richlor looks for an tit-reasu tit-reasu in building activity and in tho i realty trade in general. He says prices have' not changed materially for the week, but the general upward -tendency plainly indicates growing values in Salt Lake real estate. The vacant lot just east of the new Hotel Utah is being filled in with rich soil preparatory to parking it. The entrance en-trance to thc'Dcscrel gymnasium on the cast of the vacant lot, will bo paved, excavation work having been completed. com-pleted. The streets of the- church square will be paved with asphalt, adding ad-ding o the appearance and value of tho proporty. North bench proporty continues popular popu-lar anions; buyers of homos. Tho Salt Lake- Security & Trust company reports stroiiK Inquiries for homes in t ho last week. Anion j; the sales niadv by this firm were a house and lot to Charles Yottor. Ilfil Post street, consideration 100; hoti.so and lot to .John Jongama. .'I5:t Post street, consideration $2500. and a house and lot to Martha Hoffman. 910 West Third South street. 32100. Ashton .t Jenkins report a steady business busi-ness In all real estate lines for the last week, and hold out an optimistic view of the trade in general in the city. AnioiiR the activities recently of this firm arc the following- Rdward BiIkbs purchnsed a five-room cotiage nnil lot on Windsor avenue for SlUnO: Pavid Athay paid 51200 for a five-room bungalow and lot on Conway avenue. The school bonrd purchased five acres at the corner of Klevenlh South and Seventh East for $12,500. A modern public school building will bo erected hero In the future at a cost of ?SO.O00. Kdward Houghton on Laird avenue ln Valley View purchased a six-room brick bungalow for f ir00. A four-room brick cottage Is belli? erected for GoorKO C Mathews on Downlnton avonue In the Ninth East subdivision. Two modern homes were recently commenced com-menced In Liberty Heights, one for the Misses Meyers and Holland to cost 5H000, and the other for Joseph W. Birkenhead to cost $-1500. A number of sales of vacant lots in Liberty Heights is also reported. |