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Show - HER CHANGES I01IBI TO I FOLLOW SOON my Will Include Construction Con-struction of $250,000 !" Jtore Building on Third Suth by Paris Millin-Co.; Millin-Co.; Auerbach fcre to Occupy Entire 'imutgford Hotel Prop-and Prop-and Building. iafclNESS DISTRICT "EXPANDS RAPIDLY 2h-0'Brien Company S'uHces Magnificent New Jrolding Nearly Com-ited Com-ited at S. W. Corner m I Third South; Deal 5 Efcught With Great Im-fcrtance Im-fcrtance to Commer-'pAl Commer-'pAl Interests Here. nitotSk'M 'I- S;iil l.;t Ui-'s -l. Hi ' "Tstmvs i hr riiri. ;i rBiyfl'"!1111" -" Ain rhacll 'lly ' In HMir In Tliii'i :fl HI, (I Si;ir .(nvi Til- Jjfafii i oni;niv v ill iM-i'U)y mdUWLnuN1'"!'' I lii'l-'l. wliii-li is m k-h. HPP)I ;il nii'-r rr illili:: ld( Ak a l"url ni'-iii :-umv ami mOit.ll I I iri.-li , lius fur l' if! .-li r;li - 1 , iJaBprpprt'Mtf I'Miililiii'j ;i1 ihe Vhff SP' i-"ni-r l ih-' i ii) I'Mv. fi'W0 ,h" i,r "r !! 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V. ill lir ih by h,, i, ,;,.. 1( )K,ir rr lMlill- Jin- Ml:-. under ClLtW,U"1' ;'m will -r,!..,,,l be-njAB! be-njAB! .n",,n" '' I ' It.i.m- Thr ,..r L nine of thr tw -w sturrv ill fT JM - 'm-In ii, June H;,fin ; t,. i, t);(1 iiiW N":ir- "1 i-'in.-.M... ., Jrvt i! - , ,., ..ris sttort J and -!,., - nw ,,,,), rw','l n. ,k., k ITCil r in tat run into t ,!,,,. , ,, in ni$ 1 lm;'" :i ''nvnotion of pSfi "T,t '" S;,H ' - th"u-11 l'ri..u,',-, .,,,,, 1 1,-jjlljyl 1,-jjlljyl j il,...,,tr.a ,,, , , ,f. , 1 J "'at i oi mor, si.l t, ' tl,t' v" " vholo than ,f' ;7"7i!'r" K..,..rnri,n ',r ft J. .H hiMc in. ..i Sffitfl P,,0M " llft p-tirolT Pl'S .rationa that ,:n,- b,,cu con. sidecd .,M being- nwti the ioost rngetic nud ii)ii:lle of 11 DUWOOSS prbpertioG to the doirtttotni district, The Auerbach Removal. Tbc proposed moo of tbo SuorbcH Rriti to 9ttr Rod Third omh has, ot course been kuown for months, but m-mo i that company orijfinaily an-noinned an-noinned its intention f nioiug, 'I whs Miliar sftatod that in .ill probability the Mnin treei Auorbaub propertj wodld be improved irith modern de-partmcnl de-partmcnl store buildinjr. Nor, comes the decision to move the veri business i!-self i!-self from the foundatitndl thai huv carried i' since and, in companj with .tbc powerful and ioflnential Kcftb O'Brien concern, to leave M&iu street for State street, wbete they plan an expansion ! the shopping ;o-tinn thwt Bhafl Form an importni step in ih" c olution nl Sa It LK.i Por those men who. since Third South .-tr't ..I five years the poorly lighted, little freojoebted south' sni extremit.v of the do Wu town retail section, have watched the dovclopoient of the thoroughfare, und for tbdse who have kpt pace with the transition iif commercial re;,i ev.tHi below Third Soath and who have stu4iod and endeavored en-deavored t fathom the trend f mercantile mer-cantile developments Blbog lower Siajto Bnd Third i, nth r-tieets. tin- more of the Keith-O'Brien companj and the Auerhachti ili come a I be crystallization crystalliz-ation of many hopes mjI anticipations. anticipa-tions. Monument to Enterprise. Kni to those others whose business and activities been oven more closely associated with ll'c development ..i Third South and State streets the i!t'v of the Auerbach and Keith O'Brien d.-ii will come . monument to tv,,, men -Samuel Ncwbouss and Samuel II. Auerbach. Kir years ago l.-t m..uth Mr, ew house paid practically one million dol lars in cash (1902,000, i bo exact for ,-i half block of property between Main, FVurth South, 'J'hirij South and State Btfeeta. The greater portion of thi& property he took in at 1200 foot, Main street frontage The New-bo New-bo ind Host-oi buildings, the min iu oxcibaugc and the Commercial club quickly Follpwed the pnrcbasa ir the Newhousi property, while simultaneously simultan-eously with the development of thin .ground came nqws of dozens of other import :i nt di i in roalt y i n t he vieinit . Then two years ago, " November, 1900, came the announcement thai Samuel II. Auerbach of Now York, throng bis sun-.. Uerbert S. and George s, Auerbach, and Hours J. Wallace, their associate, had purchased as the closing font ore of one of the ro;iti-rtt years, s.-di Lake had evei experienced, ex-perienced, ton ;ind one-half ;'-ros of propert along Third South end Stan-streets. Stan-streets. Ths purchase embraced the Cnutsford hotel corner, the Linden hotel prbpefty on Third South, anil i the block bounded by Third South, Second Baat, Fourth Sooth rm-l state I streets, the following frontages; Two hundred ;nd Ihiifv-un" nd .i half feel on Tiiirii Sonth s t or r-; . rtmnfng '-aol ' froio the center p't tlve bjaek 330 feet on Second East otreet, isi'-.- Poet "n Pmirth soutii street and lo L'eel on su.to Btreet. Modern in Every Detail. In addition lo th" purchase ..i tfii- property, the Auerbachs announced at thai tin)-- the acquiMtion of tin- Mails bote! corner, as well se the property! in the rear of the Mission tloatcr, It: is oa tins corner that Keith-P 'Brie&'s I magniificenl store will be located, and! in ;i modern biUldiig that is today une of the largest, moat oxponaive nri beaut 1 1 nil; designed structures of its! kind to be found in tbe western conn-1 try; a itructure that is the result of' years of Btud by the mot expert architecte in department store work, the features and conveniences of which wtfl, when the building is e pletedl and furnished and occupied, nut. be excelled by any other estahlishment of it si.--c in the country When the Vuerbaebs announced the purchase r( th Knutaford and Linden Lin-den properties, and th..- hi' trt. m the IdoiT -in !.-,.-, hi- street south, to--1 gether with the scquisitioii of the Halls corner, they already owned the Brooks I :,r. .i.iie property, at Third South and State nt roots, and t lie Colonial theater'' and Touraine hdtel sites and buildings on Third South. Bo thai Mr. uerbarh , jioi his associates, prior io the erection . of the beautiful building thai is li occupied by rte1th0'Brien's, owned a total of bu iness property in the vicinity vicin-ity of State and Third South streets, : which they valued at several millions of dollars. Sixteen valuable business! corners are included in this property, r and the total business frontage on i Third South and 8tate sircot.-. is more 1 1 than 5000 f.-ei j The Newhousc Deals. It i doubtful if it will fall witinn the province of any other two men in ' st Lakd in the next twenty-five years j 1 ti do what Samuel Nowhouse and)! Samuel II. Anerbach have done! belotv Third Smith and between Main and Second East streets Mr. II ewhou-o led the way and his' Main street frontages sero the ties 1 which he felt bound him to A business 1 strait and district that was unaues-tionabh unaues-tionabh cstab)ishel and for all time. Thai mental easement was denied Mr, Anerbach and his sons, however, when , tbo latter put several millions ..r dol-i lars into propsrty n long bheh re- moved from t hi- aect'pted and ostali-i li-he-i shopping and retail si n-c ,,t the eHy. Gives Market Impetus. Mr. Auerbach 'b aotivrties gave thci OCal ronl rt;i t , market The L.-VO.II i est impetus it bnd experienced I Since the NewhoUBC imrc-hase, and 1 with the excavation scarcely com-(Coutlmted com-(Coutlmted ou Page Twelve) I IBWbM I WILL FOLLOW MOVF Deal Fraught With Great Importance to Financial and Commercial Interests. (Continued fro:n r&g One. I pjete-d for the building that the Keith 0 'Brien rompanv is to 0B BBJ rupv. rugeoe P Palmer, of the i oa I Batata firm of BtOW A. I'-liner, roil reived the advantages of the two in BBJ etftntloDS being located in close prox- BBJ i t t i the new, id. I ;.rru. and was largely instTOiDental in bringing the directors of the Aiicrhaeh and Keiib BBJ U Brien corni-aines together ni t In- v to tbc eitent ul the effects of tbs move of tbe Keith-O'Brien COW I can-, an I the Auerbach. to State and Third South 'treats and ;he immediate fl improvement the reawininK egtao- -iv holding! of tbc Aeerbacha and others in that vicinity, opinion, of o-re must be proulrinaticsl. That the . ainr of every piece ot propartj in the vicinitj aod of everi building will ifirirf i:. ( course, certain, i row ipuefa the raise Kill be Will vary. Looking- Inlo the Future. The briefest glanee at tbc situation , however. i sufficient tr. illuminate conditions 1 1 1 ?i t from nun on will cm - fl crn property , values in the district. H W BOUtfa of Third South street. A "fiitle man intorestod in thai section of the fl elti .nit line. I (be situation' as follow: "The Judge building :n Third Booth BBJ and Main. -peaks tor ilelf. 'he fl pfjoperty thai intetveuea on the south idc of i iie -tree! between thai .strim tine in. i the property now 'occupied by fl the Freed Furniture & Cat pet companj fl la alreadj Improved and not on the market. The Freed property baa bean purchase.) for VJdi'.'")" ! the Pari? Millinery company, and tbe latter eon eern will. during I be -resent year. ere. : :i four or flvo-atory building on the ground t- house its mercantile es-tabliabinent. es-tabliabinent. Tbie property has h front ape of ii" feet .n.i a depth of 275 "It ki'.Ii)o that : eeijiul firm rill "ne hsm.i. iate. with thn I'ariv Mil- i . I Auerbach Store in 1864 liocry company n jc occupancy oi the bew buildinsi. the coat of which aHI exceed ; iiJr(ei of ji inil'ion dollar. aw) which "ill le tborouffblv fireproof, : ffoj lin- the Paris companj three or rour times (he amoonl of floor apace available ia their preseni location. DP the Parii Millinery building will le 1 ;i rt r. within iv month.'.. online e::-r along Ihir.) Boutb, the Toucaine hotel bnilding, ii is hinted, v.iii bie occupied l large local concern con-cern lhat i aW' i nl err.! i'.l in lh' ex pandied retail Jiatrict. Own Much Property. "The property ou tbe north side of Third Houtb between Main anl state is all owned hv mofl who are shrowd real estate iia'ler.-, and from the . X. L. .n eastward to the corner, includ ing i he Brooka Arcade property, tho ground is owned h the Auerbacha. across State on Third South and up and down State several Important building improvements are under way. including tbe ontirc reconstruction or tin theater building just north of tho Knutpford, which, it i rumored. ha been lea sod to tbe Pantagea vaudovilb circuit for forty-five years, li if. 10 llae a seating capacity of 1400. The A.uerbacB bropertj across Third South from thu Knutaford ii to be improved by two Bizty-aiz-fool streets, going through io Hie center of M" bloi 1 . and store bnildinga ill occupy all avuil able State and Third South stroel frontages. "Il ia also Said that negotiations ore now pending that will result in the entire en-tire ground floor of thi Brooka Arcade building being leased by n local retail establishmonl upon th. expiration 01 the leases of the present tenuute of the ground door r the building. The up-, per floora "ill be maintained jusl a thev arc for office purposes, with 1 1-exception 1-exception thai it i possible two .itorie." ill bo added to Hie building. Paris Millinery Co.'s Plans. The building of I he Pari? Milli- Tirix compan.i will occupy the entire ground that tl ompanj haa pnrcbaaed on the south side or Third South, and the members of the firm will viai all of the principal eastern cities and the larger western cities thorougblj to in-spp( in-spp( and gain ideas from tbe newcsl ud largesl an. mosl moderns stores which "ill be ontbodicd In their local building. The firm will not open a do- i. , 1 rt meni bI bul will ' continue in exactly the same bine of business thoi it is now engaged in. The cooipany'a move, t is stated by Mr, Simon, was made noceaaaTj becauae the present bnaiueaa bad entirely outgrown the Man. street store. "Swinging down stale to Exchange place, the news of the purchase of tbe t'irt fool lo4 adjoining Boston building by P. Moras is but n few da old. " that propertj il ;,i reported re-ported Mr. SsToran ''ill ereel a ftreproof building to bouse the offfces of tbe companioa he la interested in. Adjoining Adjoin-ing the Mnran property "t the east Ul the lot just purchased by ! . Quig-i )" . general manager uf the Studebalvpr Brothers company of Utah, and it is tatcd Ahal .1 four-atory building ia to lie built on tin- property before .Ian- uary 1. WIS. W. J. Halloran owns the pnl v lot remaining between Mr. Qnig 'ci property and the Mining l-x-ebange on bxehange Place, atn) it is promised thai he. too, will improve the plround w ith a substantial building with- ill ."In- next few DQOnl ha An Important Group. Thr ew bouse am) Boston blocks, the 1 ommereial Club building, tbe Min- in. Exchange and the pew (irand hotel arc too obiou:-lv evidences ol the growth of the Block in ab iii t,o stand to Beeessitate com- :imt. :nil t Ik- mtuwI' of tin' ,wu tinau- cial inatitn&iona the two Newhoose strueturea honae, re' sulllcient criterion of the business thai has flooded it- wa"j along i 1 1 1 below Thini Sontfa strael The National "fijier bank began iui-Beaa iui-Beaa a year and a half ago without a cut of deposits and today it i a two- :nillion dollar -lejiosi: )at:. 'I'he Houston Hous-ton Baal Batata nveatmanl company, occ iwing in1'1 of tbe bjuidaomest of-flcea of-flcea ia the entire country ha in the tw- ar.. a half year? it has been in the nea district, paid its stockholders over s-JiKbwo in dividendf "The location n West Third South ;r..-i p the Denver Ac Rio Oraadc ami Western Pacific passenger station La regarded as of the utmoet imiortani-o as bearing on th future development of ESaat Third South, and low.-r Sttf? street, and it is now reported that r' West 'I hir.l S.nith ami e:tt of the depot de-pot a very l&r-e wholesale eoneern if to err 1 1 a iit-w hi :lding in .he immediate imme-diate future. Wholesale District Expansion ''Th. tndeuev of N e-t Third South, between Majn stre.-t tttd tha depot wil! it i battsrved, be toward the building uj fhfini of au important wholesale dia trie.v At pretnt tho adtniuiii' rati- , ,.t j flees Of Slt Lab., r.tv and fvlt I.eko j county, and x'v 5tat orhVe. are located in lower State, while at the head of street will within two year he found I'toh' magnifleea new eapitol. "It 1 aroxthy of note that the pres ent canter of population of Salt La'.. I itv is ...-t if t: street and beiOTt Third s,ntii tree. Fireproof Buildings. "Between Smith Tom pic and Fourth 1 South streets and West Temple and I State tbore aie nineteen fireproof ! buildings Twelve of the-- structures ! are lOC.Pcd below Third S(ui Ii street ; wii Inn : radius of 700 fed f the new Keith -O "Hrien building al Third Son,.h ami State. The evohltion f the busi-nc! busi-nc! .Ilt-i'-l belnr. Tliir.l South and down. State ha?-, in the opinion of mrn well poated, bpen dee LargeN to the cul tin up of the great unwieldy blocks and tbd creating of two business cor nr- where lnit one existed bofoTO. Mr Ne,vhousr be-;ui the work In Cutting Kxdia :ie place through the property he purchased. This block of property, including such structures as the judge 1 building, the Tonraine hoAel and Colonial Co-lonial treater buildings, the Mis-ion I theater building, tbe n,,w KeithiO 'Brien structure, ihe Mewhouso sud Boston blocks, Mining Kxchungc, ( ommereial bib and Vev Grand hotel contains twelve bu tnesa corners as aMins,. four eorner? in the block umlli o) it a comparison thai U illuminative in aoj event. "When Ihe 'move of the Keith -O'Brien ami uerbacb companies and the Paris Millinery companv shall have been accomplished early tl omiua sumnicr. Third South will house four of the largest dr groods and departmont Jjdnnh. It is Only 8 matter of time I when oiioi important ie:.s thai are now pending wlu be comploted." "K i-, ol eoursej impossible for me I to foretell the ettc-t on other merchants mer-chants of our move to the new district, dis-trict, ' ' s;,i,j Mauaget Walker of the Keit b-0 'Brian con pan-. . "It i- inv opiniou, however, thai we have settled upon d shopping area for our future activities thai will develop more swiftly than ha- . n .- other section sec-tion of the business district of s.-iit Lake, state street, Lo mj opinion, tapi and in the very nerve pf thai prosperous pros-perous agricultural community lying I to the south in the yaley, and over state street's tnternrban lines come ai IpreSenl the lbopjera and buyerj o! the smaller towna to the south of Salt I Lake. When those intcrnrban line.i ! a re exteuded and spread web-like to the mining camps ane other towua thai dot the Intervening country to the oast, south and west of us, the traffic OVOl 1 hem '. Iii:, I BtS tc street natural nat-ural gateway to the hoarl of -alt I. ike a businesi section and it is upon anticipations of this nature ami the obvious ndvantagca of the lioti Idea lion we have picked for the i.evver mid greatei Keitn-Q 'Brien ostablishmonl i1h;t we have based our expectations land hopes, of the SUCCOHS that v-ill far I outdistance the prospAritj ivc have to 1 date enjoyed al our presMiH location;-" Porhap in all the hist i nl the do-s'elopmenl do-s'elopmenl of the commercial Sail Lake, tin more interesting .-lory can b bdd than thai of tbc wosk which hi been don.- 1 io- pnal twp years in nffeeting 1 hp 1 ofujiaet botwocn two so large concerns con-cerns aV the ICeifh 0 -Btien cpmpany and the Vuerbacli company urith its diversified Interests, hi the decision Ol the-.- two liililo to make their joint j more ia found n crystallisation of thai I sentiment whien the lasi few years h.'c grown so stcatlily among the owners and managers Of grejil mercantile in-atitutiona in-atitutiona doing busiucss aioug the same lines. Compactness Desirable Thai Bontimenl has exploded the old-time old-time ides thai i1 is hiinoua for busi ' uessca of like class to be located in proximity to each other. As tho man agemenl of modern depart men t Htorev has become more and more a Bcieuce, men at the bead of the larger and more prosperous concerns throughout the country have nonio to realize t'm: in sfi-aii of :i disadvantagO) ii is an obvious ob-vious and material advantage that then institutions be located a- coni piicllj ;-s poaaible. the convenience t"j shop pert resultiug ii a groatcx volume 0l business to all. A- 1 1 10 credit for pioneering the way to SOUtll Main Miert -or. to Ml. NeVK-- iioo 'V o rnusl tlie i-redll for pioneering the wit) ens, on Third ifotith lo State and acroaj Stale Into I lie property beyond gu to Mr. Samuel Aucrbacb- Abiding Faith in City. From the flay Samuel Ei. Auerbach and his brother, Frederick n Auerbach, began their careai' as mernhanta and Hnanclera in Sail Lake, they have ' H. W. Walker J ";: V - . .. . ?-SrVv'-1 Vice Pion-.dent and Manager of Eeith-O'Brieu Co. never tost r.iitii in the ultimate auccess ol III Is en, in thpaC earlier days vtieu every new venture seemed years aiie,oi ot itie town, they built such atruuturcs as Hie l-:-ic;te bid k, the Progress block ami Ok Auerbach bloqlt on Main street, . irrylng Home of them far years at a Thi Is f.hc Ne; Buihilng at Corner of State .:.'td Thud South Streets, Which Will Be Occupied by Kiel h O'Brien Co , .'S-. store mereau.'ile inatitutiona between the Bfisaonri river and the J -1 ti cos si Loop for Shoppers. The downtown street system of the Utah Light i- Railway company haa figured importantly in the Auerbach- 1 Kcith-0 Tirien move and the men interested in-terested ie. ii bone thai a downtown I loop will be installed by the street rail way company to focintate the band-ling band-ling of shopping crowds from Main on Third SolitIi through to State. All concerned in ;he deal that haa in-: been closed, and particularly H. I W". Walker, manager of the Keith-O'Brien Keith-O'Brien company, and Herbert 8. and Oeorge S. Auerbaefa arc emphatic in their predictiona for a great future fori state street, it is their expressed onln-l ion. borne uit graphically by the deal they hav- jual Closed, that 'lie days of Salt Lake a- a one-.-i n et town, as thai ! term is applied to the retail shopping distrmt. are over and that henceforth State and Third South streets will afford foil a- tine advantages "or retail re-tail mercantile establishments as j,nc other street or section of Suit Lake They point to moderate rents and new and improved i-tor- building :is tea- I tures that cannot hdp but attract those merchants who t date, because of the restriction of the retail trade to vir-l tnally mio street, have been forced to retain locations on that thoroughfare .n high rcDta'-. Demand for Stores. "We have already received apptiea- 1 tiuns from representative bnainc 1 firms for more stle than we hve available," said Herbert s. Auerbai h I Saturday evening in dlecussing the 1 deal. "Rumors rave baas -fe during' the past tarn yastn of one dead or another an-other affecting our iuter. t in the ricinitv of Tn.ird S'i;it!i and Sj te ami we have held mny ! our locations vacant, pending the maturing ul our lillle ;:l .1 ,etii il in rCVenUCS lie- I'lse of j their fSltlp in Sail l.aUeY realty, i roio n very humble beginning In 186-1 when the business "f V. Auerbach i Brother was ctalllshe,l l.v l-'reiP-rl-K II. Auerhacii and 1 H. Auerbach, iiie busineaa ( the Auerbach company haul continually grown. In tv,;i Ihe firm began be-gan )uKine.-s in a small adobe building Jual a liiiie north of the preseni ECearnf building. Later;, as iin. business grewi l". AiicrlMich & Brother moved lo tllg preseni location ol tlie Mlraehman Shoe company. IQxandtrte -'ill further, the Orra pitrclmaed tha olcl Trowlirldge build-I build-I huj. tvliicb is a pan of Its prosent atore, ln,nd In it: moved to tlie locja.tlon now occupied li.-. Ihe Awciiwi, company. At jth.it iime there was an alleyway on the nortli of :iie store buUdlng. since hnilt lover and occupied t. tlie patlorn and I shoe depai'tmeuta. .Vest auutli was ipe inliilne.-. store of Madame Button, next j to wllh li was the !;:... f McC.'Of- I nlek tt Cov'a haul; next south was the propert) occupied bj Charles Auev. all of which small holdings later became 1 Hie on p-rt. of the Auerbaclia and ail of Which are today occupied b the Auerbach Auer-bach company, 'riies.- aeveral proper' 1 IPs were, sjme ..r them, rebuilt and made to communicate, s-o that the tres-eni tres-eni Auoi'bacli company !-i"i" consists of number of bullHlns erected al various times ami added to iIih ever-lowing buslncs.s !i I i !::- procreswY.,). Greatly Enlarged Space. in moving to the Knutaford building On State and Third South street:-, the Auerbach company will have alx times the floor space ii uplea at present, and in remodeling the Knutaford provision v in he made to give Its mans customers all the conveniences of u modern ijernirt-ment ijernirt-ment store, couple. 1 with depcndabl-! Bar vice. in the Knutsford building tbe Auer-hach Auer-hach company will find an iieH home. The building la six stories high, with n frontage rn st.-ite. street 132 feel and a depth on Third South stiver ,,r z feet. The alteration of the first floor will emislst in putting in modern store fronts around tills entire frontage, affording af-fording splendid window display facilities. facili-ties. The loftj ceilings ot tbe Rral floor and the spacious ceilings of those id--)ier un that win be utilised for the iettii aoi -Hon or the firm's business, ,-ould scarcel: be improved upon were the building to lie eonsiruilcd m w toda. The ton I floors will bo used for the Wholesale do- 2 ejffi Interior View, Showing the Grent Area of the Ground Floor. .,-jLaW esassBBj I l.'i "1 Hi,. ,1)0 WOlell will Im- in., 1 I'm1 J CM, ,. S(l ,;;1iwjWI e. V " 1 -1 1 ,f,l, the vMUSBSSa'' I ' 1 ' in u lheir hetw!Jfct Is Enormous Building, j S . ' I'' : Ue 0 UH fold ... Ift i- "o-- t:-:.r ii, laaaV' in. ii,. u&Si )r''riBa '"' I ' ..e.l I of Pip k U, I 'I'."' flom ,,, KtiiSBBBBBaM 1 of ;i,r stmt's p;aa..-: - 1:. !"' " ' '"I: , . J-; ipaiui-- ,, tron' JjM- , ,; x)?mp up 'nlBaBr - I iheLri larssasar 'nijiinHr.. Keith-O'Brien Mivc. I -,ir" 1 'i- i'is.'iiM)?tro"2Lft! 1 h ami a 1 ip. lIou.. ln.J0 lasSW oil" I VW S ' 'adu : 'flfitiora, itIr.' 1, ntflasaV I ade.iusi, jBB '" 1 'u t-.i-ihi- SaassLfif i:,ur.ililefc.-i I '-1 1 KUBaBBs! ' to, 1 - - ..ffJHt-':. He I' -. 1 - - -1 1-T I - - 9 uilv ill l it..- (ifliverssasH M;,n 9 no room In tmLassC'ir ,f nBafl '' ;.-lt-iiaeii'N v . 11, 1.... I thdBSBi ' : iu-iant aaaaBaW' it- f::et imaiiioi i hat thsBsasSn 1-1,0 ' 1 State via Third South. j n.a- :i'cemaiB . 11. w. iH . hi .-t.tii' P" .md B ; Die lal'T lieV We 'i. uiUi(,itnesS ejPBr-"!-1 - - lB :t , rapc-ft tSlM '-' tEW BUSINESS ZOKE I DUE TO 10 MEN iSlmamuel New house and Samuel "! 4 H. Anrlv:ch Made (ho i:x- pansion Possible M (Continued from preceding paxe ) a! ftJkrn,..- hide' h "trX,,. r , '" c h Lji, pel i , .;.. "'. ' ttii"'-- l.ufli l-ri.n--. '. Or ii 'he im Mil-Mi (Inn- nf !'- 'If 'Etlt li':-l - " ' I. ' i on 'i 1 1 -" : ' ' beyond thi u Mn) ', hciiis f'ir m-iXr i$?TI 1 " ir jjfc T : JlLK.V n TjtrM "CiU BSBF0' " '. i ! SHt ami m, . .i on.nai k-l ; ' i anil a icpu- Sgt . ',) v. . - " -' ' I ! ' ; i ,i,f"ij:.i 1 I I ''Kir . , ifiae public, ;j..'';fccires New uc'-i-h Building. ,th i.Tii.. . - - ' After, ii- ' i wftHT ." S:V fills. Hti lr. ...... d8XK. :hj ftiKtfv Am iiBfo i . "k gjpif mi i. .in. In- ' Kd . I" n p Ih luctajftjl if ' ' Jr7Kjri,c 1 lh.i J li' ' . . i Villi, Mill rcnlixallon of what It tlv CM'tu! H l'-.tM ce.lter of H CDP1-I" CDP1-I" to h new locality, conservative M :":r thai It .af been t'srv.lf n :,,; possible to I fHIIU in l.k.. TIlSl H ri !,.- vlll follow i conclusive, matter iv un ' .' ' for Ihe oret -ui far future consideration. Within '... Ave 'are. ten years, the .; :' i.-.ll f II Lake's bUSl-iii..:.i... bUSl-iii..:.i... wtM he changed. Among Nuinacfi. Third South to State will :i ! iii ifarn of Inlereatlnc fc'tt .f Ktraoi down to llie ell' cuniy hiiildhiB will crow Into a I Industry Ln 'a' streel Riiulua. ftb of Keith-O'Brien. '.! i rdlnat'j siu cess this de-ii de-ii ' i eads like .1 romance til iililniold) married nnd ever eirds i " 1 hnuplly." i liisi there borhnlox Kliuailonsi Inlcreetlna Kfl for trndp. many vic'settudes, chftnccF, Tii foundation wae riciii ten had tn own Ideals of standard. : - v. upset, ill mill baion itvfi'i' net - traveled. Tiip ?icn post., d in iipv. way. i province t,tt 5 if a now jiili There wera no u. f- ico dlfftfult m overcome the ;.. !ti -I-;'.: hIi?iI. Such doter-cffiirl doter-cffiirl it win uibl- fonfldprier Oi cenoroii inilii-y nn prfci t lu'ii-ti lu'ii-ti tlo.nc 'it things In :i big way I ht ultimate gmrlous rewnrd to .t m- z r,rV'!ilH' ii won luditK if Sri: .ie rltlzens and Ibr a'loti : Isrg' stort everywhere, s reputation Is more limn loral. ;i.n;ily !vl, :.-l!i ri-J Wllii:il-'D Wllii:il-'D wt-.r (In dircdinc spirit-.. Wllli-ra: Wllli-ra: Mr. n'Brlen retired, !lt tlv ianagei m- Graham. v. w. Arm-! Arm-! Ivram president nnrl n couple of Ulte:' wltlnlrow to organize imd be- 1 jprc ildem of i!if National spper! n- were .ser-ral mnnagers. II. v. j t assistant manaser. suci eeded to nnngemeut 111 i!ii";. Lnter. 1 . v. at became th" controlling owner.; La hrler period tli prfscm man-lit man-lit secured Ms Iwrge Interests, 'of tlv orlKlnal stoekhoUVrs and I a -s are still Identified with the store. ia.se Is Rapid Keith-Q'Hrlen ipany opened ars ror hufdne.ss on March' 22. !():;. vr' ln : " ! ;i was large ..re. tie 1 '.'' Hi lilSl 'A ro M-go in-nn in-nn H had I a Us clientele from atorr-. iroin the natural growth "" Ml the pHs.tn v. Bail t population iucreused raplrllv. from to :: ....in. approximately. On the U ; 1 svowth came im.st ie-ihle ie-ihle hi. rease in htisin.-.s. A 1 first Pere : ftnani lal looses, lnjl the ujue.l several years igo. VV. ,. 11..., upon assuming the o'i-K o'i-K management. showed peeullari i for mereiinndlslng "n -a broad ill;- sM.-p xv.ih lai-pe, his foreslghl anil In;, spleruHd executive, abllltvl ' Oulln m . i-niMnllnp aood felli.R -tn'nK the emplovrd. in developing lv - jam? br '' lep.-irtmenl nian- frliP ':'"''! ' . 'I . - !efo-e 0tl ' 1 ' - "'111 In ;: t ,, ifcTI V, ' "' "'' " ' "' '"'''- I'llMlies; ut& E. "!,rU 11 '".I- i-ach watching Cl Vt '1',H'1 ' 'I'.'- f'-"lM I'.ir I. iniii up2 : f;,,:' '- ' 1 '''. 1 ' 1 1 . : 10..111 . ith! 5 R"1'- ; n 'ru .Mi ..ti.,11 which fo-u-tvl no time I R '""n. Mi n.. i.-.n . Ti,;, sph it nifh- (VTlt Cl1 IJ"" h'"''-' h. nq, !-(,; ful M ;. jati"1 ' ' ln'"' ' tbtj ire Room Required. litM "r : , ... t)v iv - done" K '" ' " '"'ii'liMjr. which QOB J I COnxlin.l. ..I. I .... .-. , H, r. (,,,-r ,,; A 1111 'rf f? "p " depresaloii And agWJJ' C i.'i.cic' ii.- lifli. Plly. r-"' is 11.11 1.. 1, .i. a nior - or viDft n IL, '" ': '' 1,1 ' ' I , nu, pan: 1 MM!' ' i.-- Hli.n 'VVf "I -I'V ''u- I:..., e I ,.! ;,k- , .IM llioticht-mil plans re M in. 1 ,,f huxinrss !1 !,,. ner tlK!!'':!' ' ,VI ' uts a 1 1 1 1 '?J flU " - d-. 1- I-' I"i." 1 tug - ''' " 'v v,;,'k" The Spacious New State Street Home of the Aucrharh Company. ! "ce. of Kelt -O'Br'en company, has in-Le in-Le est in no other Btore and no one ;on- I oected wil 1 any other store has any e6n- neotion whatever v. itii tfaa KeKh-O'ptien company. The store stands entirely In- ; dependent oi similar lines of business Not a New Idea. "lp many 'nis'" cities buelnesa cen'' I te;s iien transplanted from one s-. 1, on to another," .j'al.i a member of 1 th: Fe;rti-i.)' Krren company yestrday. I "There are ie!v only a few of the large cities which have not w i,-neo.err i,-neo.err such yMikiii procedures. Notably among them Is Chicago, where H"-"i H"-"i es 1 stares own their own property In New York aie many examples, instances in-stances ;n the coasl 'Hie are freoAient. I Most Salt l.akeis are familiar' vfrfth the spectacular move of the rlamDurgters in '..; anfelea. liie removal of n Ipng-fvatabllahed Ipng-fvatabllahed buslnes fi'iu their location Jon FirSI U venue ami Main strei on the 'north nearly a mile SOUtll nf lOigiitii avenue to what was then strictly I residence section, constructing a build -jlng many iimeK inrpeT than the one they left and gradually educating the people j to come. nj the (iainburgers accomplished accom-plished thi1 hazardoua, buaineaa feat. "Olda. iVortmah A- King In Portland constructed a maanlficenl buslnese Ibuildlntx, which occupies an entire block. Ion a tiact of land which was forme rl 3 ! pond of etagnftnl water, and ai least ii c blocks from l,lie buaineaa section In Other Cities. In Seattle McDougall & Southwick company bought land to the extreme north of 'I ' business dlatrfcl ami erected . most creditable building The ground Rl :.;,t Mine nas of little -alne while nnr,- line buildings !ie COOBpiCUOUS in either direction ami property Interests have multfplh d "Kemp a- Kerberl of Spokane moved tni districl that waa nol considered at all nltahle I,, a lirst-c'.iss store, ;i districl composed 01 ".siia'-kf".' Now large buslneJn houses surround thein. "Balllargeon, of the same olty, moved m ihe axti'ome south of the business .enter. "Hale Brothers of San PYanoiaco moved to the extreme western pi 1 of the husin'ii;. districl ami are now en- Joylng old-time success, "These examples are but a few of the many similar moves In nearly all of ihe leading cltlea The Keith -O Btlen ami the auerbach changes are ii no wlae the extreme departures de-partures other stores have maiie. Btu-lenis Btu-lenis of commercial Interests recognize the soundness of such business Fore-thought Fore-thought where conditions necessitate a. - tlon In lilts '-aso I be dietance from uerbach's preaeni location is only two and a hair blocks; from Kelth-O'JSrlOn's II little inuie than one." Knutsford History Interesting. When i.i- Auerbach company moves Into Ihe Knutsford building .t wi.i occupy oc-cupy s piece of property and structure the history of which i.- Ultimately i.ienii- itieci with the growth ami upbuilding of stale street and Third South. The ground on which the great huiM- itng stands was purchased b ii. S. I Holmes. Mr. OarrlCk and "Jim" Rickets about twenl years K' and turned over I to Messrs, Cunningham and Thompson. 1 with the understanding thai they would ereci tn- building which ii"w graces the property This structure was put up in l!M anil at that time the ground was occupied by a Mnall adobe house and an apple orchard The Knutsford, doling- its existence as hotel, boused the moat prominent visi-"n" visi-"n" i" Salt Lake. Including Presidents Ilarrlaon, Reosevell and Taft, The meuibi'i-M of the original firm Mint operated the hotel consisted "i Major I Ki n .r the Hij Walker llouse, Samuel I Kwlna of the Cullen. M J. Beardsley and i. S Holmes. The latter I, the I only member of this original firm now 'living, and ) went into the Koutaford ..-on. the old Continental hotel. Planer Harris ws the runt oleick of tin Knuts ford aim served Iti thai capacity for many eurs. A casual glance at the building from ,'tate Street .Or Third South COnVSjrS onl- Is meagei -eit..ii ..r the Immensity of the interior. The main entrance will be Imposing Lo a. polPt of richness. Instead it the stale street and Third Bouth walls meeting, they conned diagonally, considerable con-siderable space bein given up in order thai a peculiarly Impressive entrance effect ef-fect may he obtained. Glancing from the entrance into ihe vacant stme room he appearance h- one of overwhelming Immensity. This may beat be appreciated when the statement i. made Lhal the total floor aiea is 12J,-nuo 12J,-nuo siiuarc feet, 01- about three acres. The long concrete spans twenty 10 twenty -six feet between syuarc columns accentuate the bigness of the view. As the gaze Minis, tin .-a broad sweep of vision continues. Vast windows on three sides, In addition to several large iishi- WellH, flood the floors With wraith of SOfl natural light, which v.ill lc supplemented supple-mented i sun lungatcn lamps, twenty-two twenty-two (laming arc lamps and II" lt-1 lt-1 urea; Every Convenience. in the renter of the atore four great1 elevators win traverse from basement to the third 'i1"""'- while provision has been made for more at s future time. Stairways Stair-ways in the rear of the elevators lead from opposite directions on the first floor to the basement, while other stairways On the weal side teach above and below. am floors, -,u stairways, - halts-, m ii separate sepa-rate rooms, are concrete. Natural wood flnlshlnga win .-over the concrete wherever wher-ever utiiitv an.i effect suggest. Twerity and a half foot iihii;:. afford adequate ventilating space above fixtures and merchandise. mer-chandise. On a un 7.7.. 1 tunc over the main entrance and between the window depths is space for mi orcliegtra. Rest Rooms for Shoppers. On the sc. nnd floor will be a finely appoint. ap-point. .1 rest room for shoppers and visitor-; ('Miuie. ting with this will be an Inner real room, and leading from this will be guests" lavatories, dressing and waah looms. Considerable attention will be paid to Ihe furnishings and appurtenances. appurte-nances. Tin- third floor, nu.- the second, provides large selling rooms, hue ventl latlon and light. The baaemotll IS as lare as the in. mm floor, in the rear will be located the shipping and delivery quartern. Ort ihe State st reel side on the Ural floor win be the employees entrance, which leads to the basement. Neat the basement b .' parcel room where packages purchased ami brought Into the stoic by employees may be checked, in tins corner la the coal room ami lavatories fot the men employed. I"ur- tber on toward the north end of chg basement are the women's coat roouM, rest looms and lavatories Kvery con-1 veliience for Ihe consideration f em pfoyeea lias been planned. Flowing- Well in Building. ill Ihe middle Of the basement a natural flow tog well, II i possible that a fountain may be installed on the oral floor. The basement will afford n'l need ed i"ootn ror surplus slocks, as well as a. vat selling area. It would take one t. win ti-n e-ii-. t(, axes vet the basement. The reinfoi .-lug bars place, opd te, end would reach 17" mile. ,.r from s.iit Lake lo Pocatello. in the building 830.000 brldka ware used. The bricks placed end to end would reach ill miles, More than bv miles ol piping and epnduiu nte in the building. ESIeven and one-half miles of InaU-lated InaU-lated wire are necessary for lighting purposes. Tne window glass a mounts to 10.)00 SQuare feet and there me yjfK, linear Peal oi show windows The mortar area between I he bricks co vara B seres. The columns placed end to end reacli QO00 fe.-t . in the store 800 tungsten lamps, '21 flaming arcs ami ii" gas fixtures will i ui ni-ii the Illumination. Porty telephones will be m service-One service-One spiral package ronvvor will be Installed. Equipment. Is Complete. Other features include a heating plant, three vacuum pipe stations fot 'leaning 'lean-ing purposes, a plot of ground ""viO' feet In the rear of the store for d livery uses, s roof garden capable of seating 1200 persona. The building Is Strictly fire proof. Bvery w-.iii is a fire wall. All connecting connect-ing doors n stairways, at shafts, and floors at.- enclosed In concrete, eliminating eliminat-ing all possibility of flame. In oni portion por-tion reaching to another portion ol the building. Even the stair floors are concrete con-crete The tmw building with 12L000 square feet as against i'".:)iS Bquarc feet In the I "Id stor :riv. a comparative Idea of the: lalsea of the two lores invid Keith, who owns the buiidin which la at present occupied by Ihe , Keith-O'Brien company. When anked yew-! ter.Jay b' a Tribune reporter as to the dlapoaltlon that, would be niade of the 1 building if the department store vaeatpd It. aald thai this matter bad not come, up to him formally yet, and in couse- I fU"o'e had not been decided. "I have been very glad to leam that the department store na. done so wei; thai .'. Walk v. the manager, feel that' a larger building is necessary. The ax- Ipanalon of the dry good-; district t0 State i stre. t la very gratifying to ma as it i (ndh a'es r heabhy grow th of the clt , thai Is bound to benofn every person In I It. In thi beginning I waa a stock- i hoi,;, r in the Keltfi-O'Brlen company, and O'.0 of ite chief nrga nlr.et :-. I have, I always been Intreeated in the siitcews of, ':b- companj emc the .aie of my stock.! las much s, as before, and it has my gcod w ibhes now as always in the past. "Since the rumors have become fve- i ioueni of the poaslbte varatlng of the David Keith building by the Keith-1 ' (' Btien company, I have had a number ! O' ap ii : I lent f-:- . The Kei t ' -O' Hrlen J Company !'s a Irase which extends for j six yf-ara lunger, and as 1 have haii no I notification from Mr. Walker, the man-. . H3 r of the ' impany. as to the Inten- on wit'-. .ega,.l to V-as. 1 have, of i .: rse. been i i fcble to maJte anv d-j clslon. "i part with the Keiih-O'Brhra com-1 pany w'th the best eooil feeiinr on my I paii -jtid wlsii them a continuation of leucoses bl their new ho:iie." i ' 7 1 i Brooks Arcade, One of the Substantial Buildings in the District to Which Keith-O'Brien and Auerbachs Are Moving. |