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Show :j;mt mm- r . v. I Gzneral flanager For Contracting Firm I Lets Contracts to Local Pecple and i Today or Tomorrow Work Will Start on the "Newhouse" and- "Boston." . . Schemes for a greater Salt Lake, for beautifying the v city by the erection of stately office buildings, by the con-. con-. Btruction of hotel and theater buildings, even greater than at first given out, are now contemplated by Samuel New-house. New-house. ' L. J. Morton, general manager and superintendent of the Thompson-Starrett company of New York City, arrived ar-rived here today from Washington, where he was superintending superin-tending the construction of the new and magnificent $14,-000,000 $14,-000,000 terminal station, and intimated facts which gave rise to the foregoing statement: Nothing definite concerning these new, Newhouse plans was vouchsafed by Morton. But by hints and half- uttered statements, it was learned that the mining magnate mag-nate contemplates the erection of buildings on a greater scale, than that which has been given to the world. Of enormous magnitude are these plans, and of incalculable benefit to Salt Lake City and Utah. for his company the constrnctioa of the immense Bears-Roebuck building in Chicago. This structure, one of tha largest in the world, cost M.000.000. Seven thousand men worked on it at one time. From the time ground was broken until possession was taken, thirteen thir-teen mentha. ersed,.oBoJLth beat building records known. Other noted structures erected by this company are the Kna.be building, New York, Title Guarantee and Trust building, John Claflin store building, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, John Wana-maker Wana-maker store, Philadelphia; National Museum, Washington; Heyworth. building, build-ing, Chicago; Illinois Athletic club, Rockefeller building, Cleveland. . CONTRACTS WERE LET TO WILLIAM SHOWELL TODAY FOR WRECKING THE OLD KIMBALL HOMESTEAD, FOURTH SOUTH AND MAIN STREETS. WORK WILL BE-"OIN BE-"OIN AT ONCE. EITHER LATE TODAY TO-DAY OB EARLY. TOMORROW. MOR- TON WILL LET CONTRACTS FOR EXCAVATING GROUND FOR THE j "BOSTON" AND "NEWHOUSE." , SEVERAL BIDS ARE NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION FROM PROMINENT. PROMI-NENT. LOCAL CONTRACTORS.. OFFICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUC-TION COMPANY -WILL BE BUILT IN CASINO' PARK. AND WILL BE v OCCUPIED BY SUPERINTENDENT YM0TON AND MS LARGE STAFF v OF ASSISTANTS. MORTON WILL REMAIN HERE ABOUT A WEEK LONGER, WHEN HE WILL RETURN RE-TURN EAST. BY THE MIDDLE OF APRIL HE WILL COME HERE WITH. HIS FAMILY. Long and lean, with clear,- penetrating penetrat-ing gray eyes, slow and. sparing of speech, a man with a double-action mind, and an immense reserve force, is Morton. "I expect to stay in this citv for almost two years. One year will be required re-quired for the completion of the 'Bos-N 'Bos-N .ton' and 'Wewhouse.' "Soon after, we expect to figure on i- other and yet greater structures for Mr. Newhouse," said Morton. "This is my first visit to Salt Lake. 1 like it. It's a fine city. It's bound to be a finer. Newhouse is considered by the most influential men in the East as one of the really big men of the United States. "Two hundred men will work on the excavation, with fifty teams. About 15.000 cubic' yards of earth will be dug. Six weeks will be required to finish thispart of the work, which will be begun be-gun on both buildings at once. Each excavation will be 95x172 feet. "As to the interior schemes of the two structures, we have not as yet settled the question. But you can say that the edifices will be the finest between be-tween Chicago and the coast. Everything Every-thing that can be purchased in Utah in the way of building material will be utilized. We expect to nse great quantities quan-tities of Utah stone, granite, cement I and marble. We will give Utah men the preference In every way. I . "There will not be enough wood used in both buildings to fill a match box. The first two stories will be faced with granite, the rest will be stfnc. Six fluted columns of granite will appear in the front. Both front j elevations will be almost similar. Instead In-stead of six columns on the 'Boston,' there will be four sets of double columns. Both buildings will be absolutely abso-lutely fire-proof. Both will present a rich and dignified appearance." W. N. McDonald, one of the large force of construction supervisors of the . hompson-Sterrett company. Is also In me city, and Is assisting Mr. Morton, lie will return to. Chicago In a few . days. tMcDonald took part in supervising |