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Show PHOTO'S A. A Building Season Representing Represent-ing $250,009. Work on the 3. Y. Academy and Central Buildings Progressing Lively. Contractors Report All the Work That They Can Handle. "Talk about dull times in Provo," said a prominent man to a Dispatch: reporter the other day, "you just look around and see the money that is being be-ing expended in buildings this year and consider the amount of employment employ-ment it is furnishing and then answer ihe question for yourself." In obedience to this behest the reporter re-porter started out, and the following is a partial list ot the buildings being rushed to completion in Provo: First we have the P. Y. Academy; there is no "wind" about its completion, comple-tion, as masons and carpenters have been working for some weeks now, and th result of their labor is that the places where the weather and small boys had played havoc have been rebuilt, and in addition to this the basement story has been capped -with a veiy handsome course of white stone from Kyune. Price Cafion. Joists fourleen inches wide have been placed for the floor of the smaller rooms, w hile trusses twenty inches wide have been used in the spans of about thirty feet and over. The building will be in order in a few days when fifty men will be started with nothing to retard the work to the completion of the building. The Central building, opposite The Dispatch block, is the next largest building, and already its basement walls are beginning to peep above the ground. TLe basement walls are built of red sandstone brought from Spanish Fork Cafion. As the west front of this building is to be built of this same stone, the number of masons already employed will be kept at work, besides an addition of about fifty bricklayers and a number of carpenters, carpen-ters, who will commence operations next week. "We will then-see Provo 's handsomest business block boom up towards the clouds. Ben R. Eldredge is building, in conjunction with the Central building, a structure of the same demensions, so that the block will.be altogether about 100 feet square. In the matter of residences Provo again comes to the front, as some of the houses being built are the prettiest pret-tiest in the country. Richard Brereton Id erecting a brick residence, . one story and a half, containing nine rooms, and fitted up with all the modem mod-em improvements. Just across the street, south, Judge J. D. Jones is building just such another building as Mr. Prereton's, with the exception that it will have one room less. A. W. Pierce has the contract of these last mentioned houses, the cost of each of which is about 2.500. East from Judge Jones, Teddy Crane, the engineer of the "Woolen Mills, is building build-ing a neat three-roorned brick house. James Snyder has the contract for the work. E. Lund, the architect has a house in course of erection on N street, between be-tween Eleventh and Twelfth, the walls of which will be of concrete. It will have about ten rooms, and will cost over $2,000. The reporter made a call on Geo. W. Mickel & Co., and from them learned of a large number of contracts they had for buildings and of which the following is a list: Geo. Gee, a thirterin-roomed brick house on the corner of W and Ninth streets to cost $2,700. Mr. Gee's son will build a few feet west, a two-roomed two-roomed brick house, at a cost of SS00. These two houses will be models of modern excellence. Alex. Iledquist, a five-roomed brick house, in the Fourth Ward, at a cost of $1,300; also a barn to cost $200. James Richardson, a two-roomed brick house, in the Fourth Ward, at a cost of $700. David Ponnett, Fourth Ward, a neat two-roomed frame house, at a cost of $500. - Mrs. Allman, on Fifth street, between be-tween N and O, a six-roomed brick house at a cost of $1,(!50. Jos. Giles, along side of Mrs. Allman, is building a five-roomed brick house at a cost of $1 .200. Miles Strong, on Third street, between be-tween K and L. a neat brick liouse of four rooms. Cost $1,200. Steve Pee is building an eight-roomed eight-roomed house on the corner of Fourth and F streets, which will be the most substantial residence in the city when completed. It will cost in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of $2,500. Gotlieb Klinger is building a two-roomed two-roomed brick house in the Second Ward at a cost of $700. Mickel & Co. are figuring on six other residences. In addition to this list there are a large number of structures struc-tures being built, of which we have mentioned from time to time, such as the Knudsen Pros, two houses, costing about $1,200, while there are others in the Third Ward unmentioned. Anvone looking over this list can see at a glance that there is a great amount of money being expended at the present time in building, and this is bound to circulate and so benefit the town. The season has opened up fairly, and there are many other buildings build-ings to be started" before fall. |