Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-02-17 | Page 2 | Contract is Let on New Building

CONTRACT IS lH LET LETON ON Financing Is Completed for Erection of New Medical Arts Home The gen general al contract for the erection erection erection tion of a ri nj new w Medical Arts building building building build build- ing io o be b lt immediately at a acost acost cost of approximately In Including including in- in eluding t th land immediately east of the Deseret Book Bool company on the he site of old L. L D. D S. S church historians historian's office has been let to James J. J Burke Co it was vas announced announced announced an an- Friday Fiday morning by Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non Fe Fezer Fetzer zer architects for the building The announcement was made macIc following a complete fInancIng financing Ing ng arrangement Ashton Jenkins company com made a loan of and another junior loan of which will be taken over by an Eastern l company it was announced The balance will be betaken betaken betaken taken up through sale of common stock of which physicians have subscribed to entirely and x preferred stock sold to business interests GROUND BROKEN Ground was Vas vas broken several days ago The work will be completed by January 1927 The general contract Includes all ll subcontracts ts except that of the plumbing which has been awarded to the James Plumbing and HeatIng HeatIng Heating Heat- Heat Ing and only awaits the signature of Mr James It will be a ten-story ten structure wit with f full LuIl lI basement and will have a street frontage of ninety feet with witha a depth of two eighty-two feet the upper office floor portion will extend ex ex- tend back back OnlY fifty feet however and will b be occupied oc pled almost lmos entirely entire ly Jy by doctors doctors' tB 5 l w Footings fou foundations da lons and framework framework framework frame frame- work will be of reinforced concrete the walls walls' of fine texture brick and terra cotta with a base of polished granite Corridor floors and nd stairs will be of tile and waln- waln of marble Windows throughout will b bo be of steel-sash steel type Three modern elevators will willbe willbe be Installed and the building willbe will willbe willbe be heated from its own plant by vacuum steam with automatic heat control 0 I