Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-12-03 | Page 27 | Walker Building Co Buys McSorley Property

Walker Building Co. Buys McSorley Property ViOW Showing the Practical Completion of Excavation Work for the Rig Walker Skyscraper at the Northeast Corner of Main and Second South Streets. Looking East. The Wooden Framework and Troughs Bkown in the View Are the Inlet, and Drops Used in Preparing Cement and Concrete. The Construction was Totalled Yesterday, When Work on the Cement and Con-Crete Con-Crete Ba:-e., Commenced. Work on Sixteen-Story Skyscraper Sky-scraper Now Is Being Rushed. NBGOTIAlMONS by the Walker Building company for the purchase pur-chase of the John McSorley property, prop-erty, adjoining the site on which ti.e Walker Building company is erect mi' a sixteen storv building, have been closed. The price agreed upon was not made publil - The McSorlev property, situated at 19 East Second South Btreet. is occu pied In a saloon which will be movc-1-The work of razing the building will begin mt Tuesday in order that the entire sixteen-story structure can be built at the same tune. The addition which will be 'J''X' feet, will only be three stories in height, but the. foundation, founda-tion, Walls and steel work will be made ol sufficient strength to sustain an.- increase in height thai may be later determined upon. Construction, work on the Walker skyscraper at the corner of Second South and Main streets is advancing rapidly. The concrete for the foundation founda-tion i- now being placed. Kapid pro-cress pro-cress has been made in the work of excavation, which is nearing omple-t omple-t ion - , Word ha been received that the structural steel is now on its way to tins city. This portion of the work will begin soon.