Show Sf STAND STANDON A AN ON N P. P D. D O OPP OPPOSED S Chamber Realtors Deny Favoring Walker Site for Building ing Exception to the statements attrIbuted attributed at- at to Senator Reed Smoot regard re- re gard ing several organizations and most of the business men or of Salt Lake favoring the Walker site at attain Main tain street and Postoffice place as th logical location for tor the new federal buildIng was taken up by two of the organizations Thursday Senator Smoot who Is reported to be InsIstent that the building be bec c on the Walker alker site Is quoted as saying that the chamber of commerce the Real Estate association asso- asso elation the mayor and In tact fact all of the leadIng citizens favored the I site A denial that the tho Salt Lake Lale Real Estate Board had gone on record ot of favoring any site for the new building or had entered the contro contro- ver very y In any way was issued Friday Fridy b Jy Thomaa E of the the organization durIng 1928 A search of the records of the chamber of commerCe showed that that organization had never at any anytime anytime time gone on r cold coid of favoring the tho Walker site o 01 any other site J C. C general secretary an- an Mayor John F. F Bowman stated that after atter a careful study or of all three plans while In Washington h he had agreed with Senator Smoot that thatto to construct the new new buil building lIng on the Walker Valker site would do more to beautify that section ot of Main street than having the building built on the south or in the rear of the en ent st structure uc r I w. w v. v J. J Halloran president of th tile Judge Halloran-Judge Trust company in taking exception to the statements reported to have been made by Senator Senator Sen- Sen ator Smoot declared that the senator senator sena- sena tor had approved the plans of the department for the extension extension ex- ex tension or of the present building to Fourth South street on Main street in a statement issued last MayA May A much more impressive building build build- I Ing that would woud add dd to the beauty of I Salt Lake could be made by extendIng extend extend- I Ing the present building south Mr Halloran stated It would woud give the department the much needed addItional ground floor space and would woud place of the government government govern govern- ment departments In ono one building I An appropriation ot of has ha I been made for the construction o of the building in Salt L Lake ke according to reports from Washington Of this amount would be expended for the purchase or of land and re- re moral mo of old buildings while would be spent for a new ture The remainder would be used for tor the mechanical equIpment and I th the remodeling of the old building I |