Show 2 D Sunday Mornlng- - £jjc Salt £akc tribune - June 1939 '4 Salt Lake Realtors Sell Multiple Single Family Dwellings in Week Brokers Report Active Trading in Lots Residential Proper ties Sale of multiple family dwellings building lots and homes featured the Salt Lake real estate market during the past week Inc agents for Jack T Birkinshaw owner of an eight-un- it apaitment house at 17 Fourth East street sold the property to T Fred Hardy Recently reconditioned the building is three stories high Each unit has four rooms Also listed among their sales was cluiive In block four Colonial firebrick home at 1487 Heights to the L D S church was a Harvard avenue sold by Polly R announced by Edward M Ashton Hardy to A G Olofson The home & Co has seven rooms and two baths Comprising approximately 250 A library faces upon a spacious front feet between Laird and garden to the rear of the home Princeton avenues on Eighteenth Woodbury corporation reported East street the site will be reclosing four sales served for a new church structure At 386 J street ji story and half Construction ts not contemplated eight-roobrick residence owned for some time broker reported by Home Owners’ Loan corporation Union Trust company closed deals was purchased by Max B McHenry for three properties A Also owned by II O L C was a home owned by H O L C at 443 brick bungalow at 313 East Marion street was bought by J A Eighth South street sold to Lee Galptn Another H O L C home Carlston at 139 Edith avenue having five Archie Carter purchased a rooms was purchased by Mr and brick colonial residence at Mrs John Anderson South 1055 East Twenty-sevent- h At 57 Boulevard gardens the comatreet from Zion’s Saving Bank pany aold a English type and Trust company and Joy Huff home of five rooms to Grant HutchSituated on a well land purchased a small farm and home inson at 424 East Vine street Murray scaped lot the home was owned by the Metropolitan from A H Gilman Life Insurance company Sales Eight Home Gaddis Investment company sold Large seven-rooEd D Smith & Sons reported sight properties including a y brick home at 978 East Thir- sales of a square brick teenth South street purchased from home at 1579 Harvard avenue to H O L C by J Richardson Morris S Brown for B W Bea-so- n Other homes purchased through and a building lot on the norththe company Included a brick duplex east corner of Fifteenth East and South streets to at 550 and 552 West North Temple Twenty-sevent- h street sold by Minnie Gray to Kenneth H Williams for August J Mr Williams will build Claude Herbert a mod- Martin ern brick bungalow aL3740 Second a seven-roostory and half colonial East street Vernalta Fadlgo to residence on th4 site Mary E Gregson a similar type Keyscr Realty company sold a home of five rooms at 29 Redondo brick home at 1303 Thiravenue H O L C to Lynn Larsen teenth East street to Wilford Ruff a brick bungalow and of Price for Bert J Wilson thre acre of land at 4350 Seventh At 1968 Douglas street Charles W East street Albert N Dickey to Gibbs sold a brick cot co- tags to Ellen Hill through AmundJ Toyn and a new three-roplonial residence at 3074 Richmond sen & Romney Realty company atreet B B Nowlin to Frank J Toronto & Co listed sale of a brick bungalow at 1016 Briggs Kensington avenue to Mrs Olga F Lota Sold Knudsen for R A Hummel Also listed among their sales were two lots Ray Smith purchased an acre in Olympus heights from C O Bloomfield and C Fullmer Tebbs bought a large lot on Yale avenue near Nineteenth East street from Smith Oil Inc The new owner will erect a colonial home on the site A nursery Is one of the most imMiller and Viele brokers reported y brick portant rooms In a home It should selling a nine-roohorns at 164 North First West street be light airy and designed so that to John T McEntee Mervin W it may be kept clean and sanitary Davis owned the property Mr little effort as possible MoEntee will remodel the home with as A sleeping ponh annex to a nursinto a duplex residence g Other Miller and Viele sales In- ery will greatly increase the cluded a frame colonial feature as well as create dwelling at 1319 Tyler street to welcome additional spce Such an James W Linton for Edna Cunning ham and a frame cot- addition should be plainly but cheertage in Bingham to Albert Pollock fully decorated The walls done In for S Phoebe Fullmer light pastel paint or paper woodSale of all of lots 25 to 31 in- - work deep cream and a composition floor simulating natural-woo- d planking is effective and efficient lighting fixtures with shades will eliminate glare and mako exposed wiring unnecessary Plenty of closet space and built-i- n shelved for storing playthings and Complete Financing nursery equipment are handy adOne financing operation for pur juncts chase and installation of your Apartment House Residence Building Job Typify Realty Activity n ' ‘fill j H A nr hr r Hi: Slore Reveals H Plans for h Modernization rrir 1 "St 1 ’a two-stor- y §vqa 'she 1 five-roo- mfe I 4 m m Of S- v p&m n ti' f ft kS $ i VVQ&" Home Building Progresses On East Bench m two-stor- New residential construction continued to claim the spotlight of Salt Lake realty attention lat week as workmen added finishing touches to homes in east bench subdivisions Attracting considerable interest i a new home nearing completion five-roo- five-roo- fl II m five-roo- five-roo- two-stor- health-promotin- five-roo- five-roo- Wall-brack- PLUMMNG plumbing equipment arranged through us have time money! IX & IS v r 1 r 1 ::u 1 Realtors Plan Meeting I jj 104-fo- ot - ““ fchA&v - Building Questions Answered Q — Is it practical to use an electric water heater In a residence? A New electric water heaters with economical thrift controls are now being used quite extensively in homes Some of the features which add to their efficiency are the multiple-blade heating element whuh has extremely long life because of its low surface temperature thermostat inserted in the tank to give automatic and accurate control of water temperature a device which keeps the heating unit clean and guarantees efficiency and the interior of the outer shell coated with a special airplane rust resisting material j5erj Js v v ? r By Blair Richardson In 1921 780 new homes were built in Salt Lake City As new roofs showed up all over the city some citizens began to worry about where the people were coming from to occupy them The following year 769 additional homes were built 1923 closed with 711 During the years 1924 1925 1627 more homes went up From 1921 to 1930 5737 new homes another and were constructed and 3230 other uth as apartments family umtv and duplexes In 1930 along with the remainder of the nation we had a United States census In 1920 our population was 118 110 During the censustaking some of our citizens began to forecast w'hat the census would Some actually didn’t think show it would be increased One banker estimated a growth of but 3000 When he was told over 9000 new family units had been built during the decade he said he didn’t believe it One merchant estimated a 3000 increase and ba ked his judgment by a wager of $10 Open for lKispef ion Today lJHill Emigration St IlFST 1IOMFS IXCOlironATFII ‘‘low-burning- LUMBER you a home on a platter and allow you to pay for It over a period of yrara — out of Income Sime JH60 BUILDING SUPPLIES FINANCING CONTRACTORS Inquirlea Uw I rosL vtssr cordially iavimss u niieiTio or An increase og 2217 residential water connections means a decrease in our city of that number of choice homesites During the past few yeurs some sections of our city have been almost solidly built up— built up to such an extent that along some streets one cannot find a vacant kt for bloi ks Building Growth That condition has forced out farther from the center of the city and at counts for the tremendous growth and hullikng movement south of Ninth South and east of Thirteenth East streets If anyone who lai ks faith In the futuie of our ( ity will take the time to ride over this area his conception of our community and its future will be greatly i hanged Out there every home m ana another beautiful yard and parden happy home life children faith n the future and confident e In the prosent It how what the younger generation Is doing and how they are doing It Last week one buslnesu man In our city wb hesitating about renewing home-seeke- Members divided Into sponsoring According and active groups are not confined to Salt Lake City but will represent the home budding industry in all sections of the western states Mr Crofts predicted MB® mu bit Laundry Trays Aid In Small Basement zanine new fixtures will be In stalled throughout and space pro vided for an infants’ shoe depart ment On the main floor several thou sand new display tables and othe fixtures will replace present sale equipment The company's 28 large displa windows will be fitted with nev backgrounds and lighting fixture1 at a cost of several thousand dol lars In the basement the company delivery facilities will be revampe for greater efficiency Separate contracts will be let fo carpentry plumbing and paintlnj according to Mr Shoemaker Su pervision of the work will be fur nished by the company’s head of fices at Chicago but local labo' will be employed throughout CompleLon of the program Is ex pected by August 1 without Inter ruption to business company of fi cials stated to M L Dye ir fcan vMK8fc? vf presi- I When laundry trays are installed in a crowded basement where there is no space for adjoining shelves It is sometimes preferable to select trays which have a shelf built to the back rim There are many uses for the shelf but the primary one Is a resting plate for soap aoap powder blcai solutions and other malelnals necessary for laundering Another space the time saver found In modern laundry trays is a budt-l- n washboard on the slanting elds of the tub This affords permanent stationary scrubbing surface and eliminates the movable washboard Firrl Floor Washroom Old kltiliens may be given a new youlh bv covering Ihs walls wilh one of the many varteties of welt boards made to look like tile They ere easily ererted and add hrlgbt color that ran be kept clean with litU tenals available In the infants’ department a the northeast corner of the mez dent of the First Federal Savings and Loan association cost of homes In the subdivision is limited to not less than $5000 for building Plans for each home must be approved by the company and must be drawn by an architect AM Youth to Kitchen Invited ci Brokers Join Plans Bureau ’ It really hand i '4- The current demand for a first-flocalled sometime downstair lavatory or powder room should not be overlooked by a prospective home owner or one on store lease the he the occupied who considering modernization After a two hours’ ride over the of his present dwelling southwest area he was convinced that he should renew his lease A frend asked him: How do you find bUHiness?” and he replied “Iiy going after It Out south and east of the ohlcr a Lon of our city i a new city There a lot of business to be had put there nd 1 m going to get my share of It” ’' We offer a first mortgage plan that gently but Inevitably consume every cent of debt on the home you buy build or refinance ROMNEY ’’ will it is estimated actually show decreases of population since 1930 so an increase here of from 10 to 15 thousand within our city limits will look rather well Many cities throughout the country have stretched their counts in the past by every possible means The one most generally used has been to extend the lines of their city limits Locally no person or civic group has paid any particular attention to whether our population showed any increase or not Today our city limit lines are almost identical with those of 3 920 Durng the 19 jears since the areas south and southeast of our city limits have grown by leaps and bounds but that growth will not show as our city’s growth unlees our city limit are extended If Salt Lake City is to take advantage of any opportunities to show increased growth it will have to be accomplished within the next few months because next year another United States census will be taken and the results of that count will be all the facta and figures the people of the United States will have about our city for another decade New llainlilin CoiiiKH'tieul Fanil House oil Hast llenoli Planning Reference Library 4k Jtf Writer Advocates Extension Of City’s Boundaries Sec the Distinctive to ' ready-to-we- Emigration heights Planned by the First Federal Savings and Loan association and Best Homes Inc to eet the standard for new homes in the district is a rambling firoora home of modified early American design One of 10 houses now completed in Emigration heights it is located on a lot at 1363 Emigration street A Virgil Tollestrup architect for the subdivision designed the home Of frame construction accented by cut sandstrone trim it features a beige color scheme In the living room woodwork and wallpaper along lines used In Jeanette MacDonald s home in California Five Rooms Although only five rooms are planned they are unusually large The living room measures 15 by 20 feet Off the two bedrooms is a 5ft realtors and powder room and separating them Approximately others identified with the home is a dressing room The kitchen is painted white with building industry had applied for red trim Tile sink and drainboard membership Saturday in the Moun- are white with a small red line for tain States Budding bureau newly trim Off the kitchen is a utility room organized planning service John W Crofts secretary of the for washing ironing and storage bureau estimated more than 100 Unusual treatment of the bathwill have asked for membership be- room lavatory is one of the home fore the bureau gets under way on features Beneath the lavatory are or about June 1 cupboards and drawers for storPreparations for publication of a age The unit is tiled up the back book of 60 small home plans have similar to a sink The bathroom is been completed and accompanied finished In pink and blue A sepaby complete specifications will be rate shower with glass door fin available by June 1 Mr Crofts ishes the room stated Home builders will be able to ob- Covered Passage tain at small cost expertly drawn Covering the pasaage between the plans of small houses all of which garage and house is a roof afford have been approved for construc- ing protection from winter atorms tion under federal housing author- while entering the house from the ity insured mortgages garage in I ' Laverns C Bane debate coach at Q Up have a colonial fireplace In our house and are going to the University of Utah will address the regular weekly luncheon meetremodel It What would be a good rLUMBING & HEATING ing of the Salt Lake Real Fstate lacing? board Wednesday noon on “Fublic A If the present facing is of 0JS So 11th Esit fly 1097 Speaking as an Aid In Selling” The brick and In good condition why meeting will be in Hotel Utah not let it remain1’ If you desire sum new material a marble or stone suitable for fireplaces may be selected Wager Lost The merchant lost his money and The of are Q my porch pillars was greatly surprised rotting What is the easiest W’ay to the banker Neither of those two men is in repair this situation’ A The posts should be removed business today Whether or not their and all the rotten wood sawed off lark of undi rstanding about condiand replaced or better still new tions in our city had anything to do Be sure with that fact they alone know (W ITH Rt D ROOF) posts should be Installed Salt Iake Oity s 1930 population to revet the posts on a masonry or concrete base extending above the was 140 267 and that of the county 19 102 The county s ini rease out ground level as wood in contait At the with the ground is subject to decay side of the city was 12733 and offers a point of entry for time our last census was taken there were 24881 water connections with termites homes in our city At the preaent (’-Block East of 17th East on 13th South) time there are 27098 residential waQ Up plan to nep sonic orna2 TO 6 P M ter connections or 2217 more than mental inclal work on the outtnere were in the latter part of 1931 side of a building and wondered and Compared with our growth during cast use we Iron could if Presented by the twenties the showing of course make It look like brume? is a little disappointing but when A Cast Iron cannot be chased compared with the growth of other 239 SOUTH STATE it will average up W’ASATUI 3235 or Was 2016 and finished like bronze and should communities not be used as a substitute for it pretty well Many industrial cities If you'r planning a new home or remodeling the old don't fail include insulation It more than pav for ihulf in added comfort the year around and lower fuel bills Visit our Home i 1 u ! m Nursery Porch L Aids Health m ' I na ic five-roo- L TV’’ I u ready-to-we- k'SS ftve-roo- m Plans for a general moderniza tion program calling for an ex penditure of more than $22000 s’ J the Salt Lake City store of Sears Roebuck & Co 306 South Man street were announced Saturday i by H C Shoemaker local man ager jU The program part of a genera renovation which in the past fevt months has already modernized th first and second floors of the build JJ will get under way abou ing June 15 Several departments will be en larged for additional sales spaci Mr Shoe and modern fixtures maker said Increased business re ceived by the company in Salt Lak City and the Intermountain are was responsible for the decision L modernize the store company effi cers stated Planned by the company archi tects at Chicago the modernizatioi will focus principally upon the mez zanine floor where women’s am and in children’s farts’ departments are located On the west side of the mez de zanine floor the partment will be rearranged to giv greater selling space Fitting room will be moved several feet and re constructed New fixtures will be installs and a modern women’s lounge am The restroom will be provided will be furnished In the latest ma J interest in the past week’s real estate dealings were sales of an apartment house left at 17 Fourth East street to residence above at 1487 T Fred Hardy and a seven-rooG Olofson Below a A avenue Harvard purchased by new home which sets the pace for Emigration heights subLocated at 1363 Emigration street it was dedivision It signed by A Virgil Tollestrup for Best Homes Inc features a new color scheme in interior decoration & W v ? ’viAfc m five-roo- m five-roo- m “W The MULTIPLE LISTING SYSTEM “A Itutlng with on noting w(h claculftr Mellon tixlny A- W 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Co Home A ardrn I o liiHuiao Really I Kevaer Realty Co v jgf AN'VSl'l f 4 E Co Nrw Grand Realty Co Peterson R E A In? Co Lt ih Realty and Comtruttlon Id Co Smith A &na Halt lake R F A Inv to I niun I rust ( n Wlrka F R t o U oi1 bury I ip D Iona Put This Sen ice to trouble IF5x Re MUIer A Vlrlo Mi Conminhy R Inc If W KpaIIv ( 9 ork iSOll ! J 4 s of The Salt Lake Real Estate Board Is the Most Ed EECTIVE Method of BVYiyC or SELLISG Any Type of Real Estate I 4 Fl fueyp |