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Show . .J:jl u'' L-LuuU yLUii NfcJ.:b - J- - - 7- u Ji-J : li .-V . - ?.::cr0s of Btiiljng Insctor During Tirst Pour Ilonllis of Yecr Sho 9 Per Cent Increase; liillions Being Snt, Not" Shovn in Estimates. , I HOW. SALT LAKE IS GROWING. ' r- () Amount of building- permits la first four months of 1906 .. $625,520 Amount of building permits in first four months of 1905 367,884 . - , Increase In 1906 ... .. ". $357,838 j Itatlo of Increase i... 94 per cent rJ 3 5" close on to a half-million In the erection erec-tion of a depot station . and the improvements im-provements of its freight yards, etc. The new smelter and concentrating plants at Garfield will cost not less than $5,000,000. The Western Pacific and the Rio Grande Western will spend several millions mil-lions of dollars In and around Salt Lake within the next. year. Work on the new packing flant and stockyards north of this city, which is now under way, will cost not less than $150,000. . The exact cost of the town which will be bu,llt near the new smelters at Garfield Gar-field cannot be stated, but it Is known that It will run above the half-million mark. . Building Situation Bright Said a well-known contractor to THE TELEGRAM: . "The building situation was never In better shape in Salt Lake than it is at the present time. - The outlook for more buildings was never as bright as it is at present, and the beauty of it all is that the workingman is getting good wages and we are putting up good substantial sub-stantial buildings and not shacks. There are more homes being- built in Salt Lake at the present time than at any other-time that I can remember. Every contractor and . architect is rushed to the limit: tn fact they cannot keep up with the demands that are made on the.' ' . - . ; , Salt Lake City Is enjoying a building boom at the present time, one of the greatest in its history. It li not a building boom which means the ej'ectlon of firetraps and one-story iha Jmt one which means the erec- " if substantial business blocks and pititl- homes. Building permits have been Issued in this city during the first ' four months of this year calling for the expediture of $367,000 more than during the corresponding months of last year. . To be exact, during the first four months of 1905 $257,636 of building permits per-mits were issued in this city; during the first four months of this year $625,-520 $625,-520 of permits were issued, a difference in favor of 1906 of $367,884. i By months the figures are as follows: ' , 1936. 1906. January ...!., ..;.$a.775 $169,670 February 64.&J1 WJ.8W) March '0.OJ6 13X.&M April ... 181,276 133,5.i0 TotaIs ...........$)7.6M . K-3,620 Jlgures From Last Tear.. . The high figures of April. 1805. are accounted ac-counted for by a $100,000 permit being issued for the erection of the Herald building on Main street. During the first four months of 1905 the following permits for $10,000 or over were 'lBSued: ' Covey "Investment com pany, $14,000; Vadner estate, at Fourth South and Third Last, $10,000; the Herald. Her-ald. $100,000. - . Showings of This Year. . ' Durinjr the first four months of the present year the following permits of $10,000 or over have been issued: 8. D. Evans, 44, 46, 3 South State street. $20,000; Salt Lake Brewing company, $10,000; the O. J. Salisbury company and Houston Real Estate Investment company. Market street, $60,000; Western West-ern Pacific and Rio Grande Western, "y$20,000; A. Fred Wey. 131 East First South street, $20,000; P. A. Sorensen. 4S 1 and 45 East Third South street, $70,000; J. M. Wilfley. Pierpont street. $20,000; Covey Investment company. $55,000; C. W. Mldfrley. 230 East Third South street. $16,000. and W. J. Halloran, 18 and 20 East Second South street. $12,000. A few of these permits are for residences resi-dences and apartment houses, but the greater number are for business blocks. Mostly Home Buildings. During the first four months of 1905 seventy-seven permits were Issued for the erection of buildings, mostly residences, resi-dences, costing from $1000 to $5000. During Dur-ing the same period of this year 132 permita were Issued for the erection of bir-'ngs, practically all being for resl- ." ' T' vse figures will give some idea of tV.filpme building that is going on in this cy at the present time. Other -buildings Not Included. These figures, however, do not represent repre-sent the entire building operations which are now going on in this city at this season by considerable. For instance, in-stance, no account is taken of the . $250,000 Catholic cathedral, lor wnlclt permit was granted in 1900 and which Is nearing completion; the $150,000 First Presbyterian church, for which a permit per-mit was granted in 1904, and which it is expected will be completed this year. Nor do the above figures take into account ac-count the following, for which permits were granted. during the last three months of 1905 and which will be completed com-pleted in the next few months in fact, some of them will be completed within . the next few weeks: "The Metropole," on Third South between be-tween Main and State street, $30,000; E. D. Swan, 56 West Third South street. $20,000; the Masonic Temple,' First South and Second East streets, $50,000; J. H. Heren, Second South and Floral avenue. $29,000; Emerson ward meeting, house, $10,000; Utah Ice and Storage company. Third South and Fifth West, $12,000. Improvement; Hewlett Brothers company. South State street, $3000, improvement. im-provement. llore Than ?!,O00,000. i These figures run the total of build-t build-t t contracted for and now in course oi construction In this city to the sum of $1,284,520. None of these figures take into consideration con-sideration improvements that are being made outside of building permits that have been Issued by the City Building Inspector. Among other improvements thnt are now being made In and around f nit Lake might be mentioned the fol-' fol-' Zing: ' , . he city has already let contracts for rrJy $500,000 improvements in sidewalks, side-walks, streets and watermalns, with more to be let within the next month or wo-- This does not Include the $1,-eoO.OW $1,-eoO.OW Big Cottonwood conduit. Trillions in New Enterprises. The Utah Gas and Coke company expect ex-pect to spend $1,250,000 within the next a ear In the erection of their plant and the laying of mains, i The Oregon Short Line - will, spend " : . ', |