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Show Salt Lake Security & Trust Company Building Changes Hands. Property formerly occupied by the Salt Lake Security & Trust company at 32 South Main street was sold yesterday to Ash ton-Jenkins company for $75,000. In commenting upon the transaction, Edward M. Ashton and Edyward E. Jen-. Jen-. kins, managers of Ashton-Jenkins company, com-pany, said: "Our business has been growing- for many years and remodeling of our oid location was well under way under a ten-year lease when we saw the oppor-tunitv oppor-tunitv of buying the former home of the Salt 'Lake 'Security & Trust company. The purchase was made through the Utah Savings & Trust company, receiver for the Salt Lake Security & Trust company. com-pany. The sale was consummated yet-terday yet-terday morning in the Third district court, the purchase price being SoO.OoO for the ground and building and $2o,000 for the furniture and fixtures, which include an expensive vault and 1&00 steel lock boxes. "Our lease on the old location has been sold to tho White ho use Furniture company, com-pany, and the building will be used in connection with tho letter's Main street store. Among the changes wo contemplate contem-plate making . in our new location is the removal of the large vaults, formerly used for abstracting purposes, which will give better office space and light. Tho other vaults will be held Intact, as we intend opening a special safe deposit department. de-partment. After the completion of the remodeling we will have an opening day. AVe will continue the renting of the four upper stories of the Constitution building on our frontage of thirty-one feet." It is of Interest to note that the ground upon which the new quarters of Aehton-Jenkins Aehton-Jenkins company is located was first occupied oc-cupied by the pioneer stores of Livingston, Living-ston, Kinkald & Co., who erected a small store there in 1S57. By slow degrees buildings were torn down and built up. History records that Hooper, Eldredge & Co. occupied tho property in 164, and Kldredge & Clawson In 1866. The "old Constitution building" was erected in IStiS, and in iSf9 the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile institution occupied the location. loca-tion. In 1SS" the old Constitution building build-ing was reconstructed and continued to bo known under the name "Constitution building." The 'Salt Lake Security & Trust company com-pany bought the building in 1904, spent $40,000 in improvements and occupied It until 1918, when it went out of busl-nes3. busl-nes3. Ashton-Jcnklns company moved to the new quarters last night and will be open for business at 9 o'clock this morning. ! : 1 |