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Show y This Will Da a Series of Pictures of Utah's : Biff Men and Short Sketches - - of Men Who Have Built Up the State V r V ; ..' ; . v. - - , .y -:.-.,. . vy ; -. . . , . -Vi'- - - -' - - x ;.-:.: '..- .-"-x-r - S ,' ' -. x: .x .- .4 .' ' ' i i y. .' ? ' , - - ? y 4 4 JOHN G. ANDERSON, JR. u. , , . ,"'.""' , i . ". , " I im mm i I I I I I Mil in I I I I I I I I I 1 , , ,,,, n, iB Ml ,, , .. iiii.,.,,. . . Mm. i .in. m .. ii i nil mm ii M ' : . Dozens of men are among the greatest of the builders of Utah, yet their names do not appear in the public print. One of these quiet workers, the substantial men of the State, is John G. Anderson. Jr., a home, builder. - His present success is that of president of the Anderson E-eal Estate Investment company with nflices in the Herald building. He can boast of bringing as many families to Salt Lake Citr as any man in the State. On July 29, 1857, in Sacramento City, California, he was born. After receiving a high school education Bnrt a bnsi-yss bnsi-yss course in a college at Oakland, Cal.. he embarked on the sea of commercial hie. Byforesightedness and good business judgment, combined with hoi rstv and integrity, he has blazed a trail to success and an enviable reputation. repu-tation. On of his first ventures was to Icarnhe printer's trade. Then he heer,me a plumber and became a partner part-ner with his father in a hardware hoose in Denver. While engaged t that business he and his brother. J. M. An- derson, superintendent of construction work for the- American Smelting and Refining company, built the Hotel Glenwood at Glenwood Springs. After a short business life in Kansas City, Mr. AnderRon came to Utah, where he has been busily engaged, giving employment to thousands of men and brirging thousands of dollars to Utah. Or coming to Utah in 189, he and his brother formed the Utah Pressed Brick company, which atone time was the largest brick producing plant in the State. It employed in the neighborhood of 30o men, and produced more than 70 per cent of the bricks of Salt Lake City. In 1895 Mr. Anderson and his brother sold their business busi-ness and camo to Salt Lake Citv, where they formed the company now bearing their name. Under the direction of Mr. Anderson more than 500 houses have been built and sold by the firm. Scores of families have been induced in-duced to come to the State through him. ' Mr. Anderson was at one time engegf-d in the mining business in Colorado Col-orado and was the builder of the Massachusetts .Smelting and Refining eompanv emelter at Pueblo, at one time - next to the largest in the State. Mr. Anderson has one of the finest homes in the city.. It is at 89S Brigham street. In 1894 he was married to MifeS Ida C. Campbell, daughter of a wealthy sugsr planter of Honolulu. There have been no -children. Mr. Anderson has always been in the front ranks of progress. He has-always pushed improvements im-provements and fought for a greater Salt Lake City. . , : -: ' : --; ; " 1 a . .. . - - |