Show i 7? 20 l 'F? t - Ja V jus Sunday Morning- - -- J i J f ITJjc 'it Waz fSTflq Salt £akc £ribvmc- jipar 4o ' - July 16 1939 - Road Materials Testing Laboratory Nears Completion at Capitol Country Estate Tops List of Salt Lake Residence Sales Bridge Construction Methods Employed in Building Sale of a large rambling country home in Cottonwood last week brightened an otherwise dull pei lod in Salt Lake real estate business Situated on seven acres of improved land at 6710 Holladay home is one of the better known suburban boulevard the more than three decades ago by H W built been residences having n Inc Walker then manager of Through the Kcyscr Realty cornpany Henry 'vV Dost her purchased the property from M A Kejser ewner since 3919 The most unusual of the home's in rooms is the living room measlong and about IS uring 60 feet Hand-hewsquare feet wide two-stor- of Completion of the new $35000 materials testing laboratory another was step the state road commission at the state capitol nearer Saturday as cement finishers completed the exterior finish of- - the y building According to Christensen and Gardner contractors for the PWA project the building will be ready for occupancy within 45 days It was scheduled for completion more than three months ago Plastering of the interior walls will finish the work When finished the building will house all of the state's road ma’-riasigned by the commission’s engito incorpora'e testing equipment and will neering department modbe the scene of some of the most principles as well as style of wi ern bridges important functions of the departThe reinforced concrete was spement cially finished to avoid need for As the focal point for scientific facing or paint g the buildknowledge A day after the concrete was ing will contain laboratories for h plywood the poured testing almost every conceivable forms were removed and handroad material from the soils in surface begun Dewhich modern highways are em- finishing of the road commission the veloped by oratory offices in the basement of the capitol bedded to the final paint which for bridge construction the methautomoendless streams of guides and at the University of Utah Novel treatment of the od of finishing produces a smooth tive traffic natural surface White cement was cement produces the unusual texture of the building’s to Vernon L Bell According for contrasting effect w’hile exterior surface eliminating necessity for special facing state road engineer in charge of used the ordinary gray cement was used the project the building was de (Continued on Followlns Page) two-stor- y Keilh-O'Brie- n beam lend an old world dignity tn Its celling and harmonize with a huge native rotk fireplace which ooeupleg the cen'cr of one wall Wherever apace was not taken inup with windowa the builder Woodstalled built-i- n bookcases work la of dark fir Along the front of the home three pairs of French doors open Another onto a screened porch set of doors opening onto a perengola on the north serve as an trance to the home Three exposures — north east and smith— are a feature of the living The south end Is built alroom most entirely of glass windows Dining Room From the living room large doors open- - Into the dining room which was finished in antique Ivory A fireplace also forms an Integral There is anpart of the room other living room on the second floor In all there are nine bedrooms y residence and four In the complete bathrooms The kitchen Including sink floor and wails is finished in white tile A long row of trees lines the driveway leading to the house Among the improvements added while the Keysers occupied the house were an outdoor swimming pool bath houses a tennis court and a glassed sleeping porch turer From more than 2000 designs submitted in the contest House Beautiful In Its spring building manual published pictures of the 11 homes and their floor plans Two stories high of brick veneer construction the home is situated high on foothills east of Salt Lake Since 1932 when the Keyser family moved into their present home on Walker's lane the other home has been rented Under the new owners a corps of workmen is engaged upon extensive repairs and modernization of the property Homes Sold Other sales reported by Keyser Realty company included a brick bungalow at 1030 East Thirty-thir- d South street purchased by Clyde G Allred from the Evahns S Walton estate and a similar residence at 1886 Fifth East treat sold by Geneva J Carhart of Los Angeles to Walter A Johnm City Grille Covers Heating Units radiator concealed in the wall behind a plaster or steel grille front is among the new equipment available for the fall modermza tion of heating plants The new unit which fits in the wall where it is entirely out of the way and out of sight is said to be A - two-stor- five-roo- d four-roo- five-roo- five-roo- five-roo- semi-coloni- m “jurri(wooLl INSULATE V Trailways at State street and Exchange place to Andy Kostopolm our Own h o who will remodel the building inlo a beer parlor Ncwhouse Realty company owns the property New Grand nlso sold a frame colonial residence chicken coops and two acres of land at 18“ For room home — 2hxJV fret 2 inch thick Thl Wool ill Rertiu Your Furl — Hill Pat for Itself Bill lj four-rom- IMtMS - OWPASY- Hork riiaranterel— Fre Inlmit ot Imltatloni here Bax 2214 F O Has J' Home Owners’ Queries Answered Q H hat type of flooring would be practical to use on a terrace half of which la open which will be used a great chuil for dancing? A A flooring that is both prac-ticand decorative is a cement The individual tiles tile flooring are eight inches aquare and they will resist weether extremes as well aa the Wear that the danoing will give them al About 50 years ago Salt Lake City was having its only real estate boom Outsiders from other states purchased vast areas of our land They saw a great future and higher and higher prices Before ths boom ended they sold and resold their land to each other and to local people Sometimes there was such a demand for a paicel that it was sold two and three times during a day It was a time of jand speculation without rhyme or reason Long after the storm was over and the atmosphere was quiet and on the northeast bench up as high serene realtors began to study the as Eleventh avenue less than 190 causes of the boom and its effects vacant building sites are available on the future Out of the study Most of the land north of Thir came interesting data One item teenth avenue is owned by the city of interest was the fact that very so room for northeast bench ex few outsiders purchased high land pansion is extremely limited but along our hills and slopes Even it will not be long now until what today many parcels of our low was a barren hillside covered with land are still owned by easterners sagebrush and June grass will be & solid lawns park of flowers When a westerner sees land in appearance dry and trees and shrubbery surrounding covered with sagebrush he knows homes every fifty feet or so A decade is a short time in the that it is fertile and that ell it will take to make it productive is water life of a city but during the last and irrigation To the westerner few years many value adding who has grown up with irrigation changes have taken place in Salt the beautification and development Lake Just a few years ago the of such land is in no sense a mir- government built a dam in Red acle or an accomplishment He has Butte canyon back of Fort Dougwater was seen it happen so many times that las There the run-of- f he just takes it as a matter of stored Today the beautiful Fort half-inc- 4X10 PHtilyod Horn Listing With Air Im todars rUnififd portion In lluildert ipion llnwmin Inc Cook Realty Cn n half-inc- Douglas Golf Course with its many acres of green turf Is the result Now instead of our citizens and tourists visiting a military reservation in a great barren dry and unattractive area with scant foliage around the barracks and officers' quarters they can now see and enjoy grass trees shrubs and The beautification at gardens Fort Douglas has had a great stimulating effect on even the soldiers They as well as Salt Lakers are proud of the attractive grounds Deer Creek M ater Within a few short jeers the Deer Creek project will be finished and Salt Lake valley will have available an abundante of water This water will b available to property owners at a cost so low that they cannot afford to pass up the opportunity of using it In other words as we go into the future an increasing amount of land value will be based on water use Land improved with trees and vegetation will look so attractive in comparison with dry barren areas that bujers will be quite willing to pay for the beautification Salt Lake's per capita water consumption is greater than that of most cities and is increasing ear by jear Home beautifua-tioadded parking golf club grounds parks and air conditioning ate creating increasing demands n at 1127 to 1163 Sunny side Avenue WEST OF EAST HIGH (ONE-IIAL- BLOCK F SCHOOL) The “Wonder Homes” Featured in Ladies Home Journal (July Issue Page V rc 31) 4 4iJ f 4 4 '‘v r - a J? ££ THIS BASIC PLAN with Its six variations was developed by a group of housing authorities as the building industry’s answer to BETTER HOMES at moderate cost The beauty In this plan is no accident The result of over a year’s research by the leading technicians of the building industry it was selected as the best possible plan for a minimum house By “minimum house” is meant maximum value for minimum cost All the rooms have cross ventilation The economy of each of these homes is in its shape — absolutely square A square is the most economical form of construction enclosing more space per foot of wall than any other shape Come up today— See for yourself this NEW idea in building homes For Appointment Today — Call Wasatch 9350 or Hland 9194 lrPiHGS AXEL A No 19 Eat Wasatch 5082 1st South THESE 6 SMART NEW WONDER HOMES ARE OF — CINDER BLOCK CONSTRUCTION Homes constructed of cinder block units are recognized as the finest type of masonry v known today They have great structural strength are mechanically perfect age proof damp proof sound proof permanent and offer unexcelled insulating qualities CINDER BLOCK INC at STEWART BROS YARD South 170 West 17th Hy Latest Type Famaces GAS —assure fully automatic heat and superb comfort with winter No in these new homes imoke 1919 soot ashes or clinkers— no furnac- e-tending MOUIJTAIH FUEL JUPPLY CDHPAUY a Wasatch 1300 36 South State p A MAY WAY TO I'LAA YOUIt IIOMi: Th SO STATEEfSffls Save $50 HfmI Fctnta I'rfcraon tc I tti nc Inv i 0 64titli Inv I n If ogle Inv Cm Home h Oftrri Hillman Health I Flcti fcallf fn MlUar A Ylcla M ( onnnghy II T Haw 4rn4 Haalljr R K ln Cc (a ( ( tnh RaaKv and ( imMriH Una I o Fd n ftmith it Kona R K A Inv C a Hull o ( nlon 1 runt o Hliha F H Corn Hnorihury Ktona KmIIh i n lkc Refrigerator Similar n Qulk Kelaxe Iraji AH st bhown Cabinet Srjlrd Motor I ubrliattoa ftff Down— liberal Term sr-TTKrr-T- ri new way to build a home is to PLAN every wanted convenienc Our Home planning Come in any time STATE and planning 25 years building is Library is available We are proud to be dealers of line Quality Merchandise SUCH AS HAS BEEN USED f dependable y IN THESE IIOMi S Our guarantee materials is your assurance of a BETTER HOME We welcome your inquiry on any building problem first-qualit- to you LUf-lOE-El III LAND SnqorllouscLumlicrfllanlujareO) O A'HroN Hyland SO the beginning Our cheerfully given to help you achieve your desires We gladly offer to you our ONE STOP BUILDING SERVICE — plans liberal financing first quality Kiln dried building materials including lumber for your new home M 1701 in of experience in home tM Fr HOR UM 117 4 RK HIH)C Mff 2Ul (tout li rt t t- - A Q I ted) ith One Is Mi Ucavifle !T©im fi© Isaspesil rjoThese 6 NEW "Wonder Homes” By Blair Richardson Q How ran I get grease stains off a marble top table? A Mix white gasoline with plaster of pans into a thick paste Ap- course ply this to the table top spreading h thick When Outsiders Shortsighted it on about a it dries wash it off and the slams An easterner however who Is w ill come off with it used to seeing land grow grass trees and even crops from rainfall I will appreciate your adQ vice on the rotors to use on the alone can seldom visualize high dry land possibilities During the home outside of a Spanlsh-tjp- e A Homes of Spanish or Italian boom in the nineties the low lands architecture with red tile roofs looked good to him They needed water of course but water was usually favor white light cream available to the land Also deep cream buff or cement color easily as a bodv color The trim on bal- the land was level and accessible conies shutters and sash can be by wagons or horses and buggies Much of it would also be suitable strongly contrasting for railroad trackage and for infan we use cast aluminum dustrial purposes without expenQ sive grading coats Instead of cast iron for ornaIn 1880 Salt Lake's population mental work? A Cast aluminum can be used in was 20 000 By 1890 it had ini reased lieu of cast Iron where fine detail to 44 000 Mines were opening up If it is to railroads were expanding newornament is required be decorated painted Lhc metal comers were arriving from all parts should be sand blasted and it is not of the world 'Boomers'' were travnecessary to use the more expensive eling over the country to sell peoalloys of aluminum for this purpose ple lots even before they came here Alumnuim to be decorated is just These “boomers" had beautiful ‘aluminum" but aluminum to be folders and maps and sketches finished natural should be specified Many of thoae who did buy from as an 'architectural alloy of alumi- the traveling salesmen and came ” here discovered that the subdivnum isions were in the lowest of lowM to make do hut ran I Q lands and too far from town to been be of use They had been "taken paint stick to tile winch has used around the opening of the In” as most people are who buy firephiee in my living room? It land anvw' here sight unseen is In had shape and I think paint All during the boom and the will improve Us appearanee ears that followed our highl mds A The glared surface of the tele lay dormant until they were needmakes it impossible for the paint to ed As our population increased It is water mams were extended sink m ami form a bond higher suggested that roarse emery cloth and higher upon the hills Today wood of block a wrapped around be used to rub the tiles and cut through the glazing as this should prepare the surface so that paint w ill adhere to it (RllfhOf IT sr Writer Cites Importance Of Abundant Water Supply On a 19)9 luxe” Model ( T ft Rapidly nearing completion on the state capitol grounds is the new materials testing laboratory of the Utah state road commission This reinforced concrete structure will house all testing equipment now contained in lab Is the Most Ef fertile Method of Buying or Selling 'Any Tpe of Heal Estate “A Listing 1 7 k¥mm of the SALT LAKE REAL ESTATE BOARD RUT THIS TO HOKK NOW ! vV 7 THE MULTIPLE LISTING SYSTEM FfRMfE aJ h BOM) INMLVIION -- C ' V I am converting a small room in mv bouse into a dark 1 room for photographic work want to arrange for ventilation hut it is important that no dust an you sugget into the room 2175 East Thirty-nintSouth street gest a way to accomplish this? aJr A A comple'e si to Arthur E Lind for Grace Farrv Toronto and company sold a five filtering svetem is now available room frame residence at 27 which can be easily installed in any Twelfth East street to John J sliding window to provide the room with a positive continnoiia supply Erickson for C W Neal of clean filtered air The tur will be free from dust soot and pollens making it suitable for the dark room you plan to build r m & ls U A On the first floor Is the living He plan to use some ornaQ room somewhat detached from the mental work on the outaide of a other rooms by a large foyer Dining room dinette kitchen and building and wondered if we laundry extend along the rear of rould uae cast iron and make it All the first floor are connected look like bronze? by a hall A Cast iron cannot be chased A winding ataircase gives access to the master and two smaller bed- and finished Jike bronze and should rooms on the tipper floor Bath not be uved as a substitute for it rooms are on the first and second floors If we have a glaa door inQ Red shutters and a black roof stalled in a shower compartment afford pleasing contrast to the is there danger of the frames white painted brick rusting? A Well - made 'shower doors have a heavy chromium finish which wull last Indefinitely one of the most Inconspicuous heating installations now available The grille flush with the wall is the only evidence of the source of heat The grille is removable for cleaning When it is slipped out of its frame the convectois which conson Five sales were made during the stitute the heating unit may be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner The week by Inc as followsplRstie grille may be obtained in six colors y The steel grille may be For J D Thiriot a square red brick residence at 189 painted to harmonize with the decoR street to V V Dreymann who rative scheme The plaster front of will remodel the home into a du- the unit below the grille permits the white shingle home owner to carry out a tasteful plex a new over-adecorative scheme colonial residence 1516 Westminster avenue to Hcber McDonald for Leslie Newton at 477 Uni- Capa Cod cottage at 1702 Pacific brick avenue A G Miller purchased a versity street a fiv semibungalow to Sara Pearce for bri k cottage at 1277 Ivan J Mathis and at 1231 Wes- Eighth East street from E B four-rootminster avenue a frame Wilks company From the Chemcolonial cottage to Fred Hirochi for ical Bank of New York Lester J Mrs Eleanor Savage brick Wright bought a At 1829 Yalecrest avenue the bungalow at 318 court and Argle company was authorized to start Home Owners' Loan corporation construe tion of a ramsold to J C Fraee a bling brick residence for J P brick bungalow at 2288 Windsor The will home have street Langcnbacker three bedroome and two baths Sale of a B E Wieke company reported brie k home and an farm Sale of four homes Jay Money were reported by Miller and Vielo Sold J W Button a new brokers F Boyd Squires bought located at 3229 the residence from HOLC Herbert Browning Hahn of Pingree Idaho purchased the farm from the Ameruan Falls of Canal Securities company Aberdeen Idaho Owned by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company a shingle duplex at 601 Eleventh East street having four rooms to the unit was purchased by J Leo Jensen Heat Summer Stop Blithering through Union Trust company Gnt YottrHumf tec 8rm GxJnmt New’ Grand Realty company reported leasing a business site formerly occupied bv the Burlington four-roo- i A two-stor- five-roo- r Experts Select S L Home For Display B Paulson Salt Lake architect was advised last week a home designed for Harold H Holmes at 2379 East Thirteenth South street had been selerted as one of the 11 outstanding examples of home design submitted in a recent national architectural competition sponsored by an electrical manufac- Modern Structure Will Alleviate Crowded Condition SUEiTOfJ £ HARDWARE 1303 2220 CO SOUTH HOME EOVINS for Building Buying Benutdeling WALKER BANK TRUST CO li STATE 1 |