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Show SALT LAKE If. ICl BUYS (JEW HI Long Pending Deal for A chase of Gordon AcadertB Is Closed. ' W tomakeimproveme! Downtown Quarters in Co n.ental Bank Building W Be Retained. I ! Negotiations which wer begun Ji one year ago for tho purchase (3 Gordon academy property of tTyo onc-holf acres. Third South and'l East streets, wonj concluded ytni when the property passed Into tho of tho Salt Lako branch of tho n Women's Christian association. Tho deal was cloned with EIh Goshen, president, and J. B. Kvans rctary. of tho Salt Lake college of the Congregational church, by J. R. Bowdle and Miss M. L, Rod! representing the V. W "'. A , The total amount Involved In th chase of the property Is $25,000, ofi' sum $1-1.000 is represented by a h the property held by the Congress. Educational society of Boston. Ji dltlon to the purchase price, the C. A. will pay tho pavlner tax o property, amounting to $3000, at annuity of $150 a year to a Ma Dolphin, on a bequest made the iG academy. It wns stated yestcrda Mis Robinson that $11,000 of th chano prlco had been subscribed hy. em members of tho association, jj For School and Home, Tho property will be used by th soclatlon as a school and an a J though the present downtown qui In the Continental bank building H rotalncd as administration hoadqua and tho reading and rest looms an cafeteria will be operated annate cnl. The property ban a frontngo.i feet on Third South street anil 1W on Third East street and at preaei a depth o( about l"i foot. A lot I center of tho block. 100 foot stjuan joining the Gordon academy propw tho east, may be purchased by tl soclatlon for use as an athlotla f It Is purposed to evcntuully estftij large iichool of home econonucB. 7 present studios will be establlnhed; college building and tho regular"! tlon.il and boarding homo work v purEued until tho plans for the llshment of the classes are com The work of romodellng and reno tho unused portion of tho dor building will hegin within a wee! the new rooms will bo ready for, poney next month. .! Plan Improvements. t Included In tho plans for the honj Kchool Is a brick annex to be bu the rear of tho dormitory building,!; a framo church building now standi annex will be of two stories, o ground floor of which will ho locati kitchens nnd dining room, ami a d lorv will occupy tho second floor. A nls courts will bo built at the ri tho grounds, and the construction gymnasium building to cost about I Is being conslderod. Mlas Robinson said yesterday ttu did not wish It to be understood ,th downtown quartern would bo abaji nor that the cafeteria an-J women' change departments would be i tlnued. The new property will ba solely nu a home and school and rfc ministration of tho affairs of th ai tlon will be conducted from tho dow rooms as nt present. j |
