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Show I CEDAR CITY'S m BUILDING boom HI k HI Big Program of Substantial Im- B provements Under Way K for Current Year. HI AGGREGATE OVER HUN- HI DRED THOUSAND BONES HE Architect Jones and Builder Ashton Hf Have Expenditure of Over Sixty Hf Thousand Dollars Modern Homes. BI v H Mention has been made in the col- B umns of The Record n number of H times of the building activity of the H present season, which is attracting H wide spread attention and has brought H together here prominent building Arms H from various parts of this state, us H well as one or more from California, H and has also supplied work for all H the local mechanics who cared to par- H ticipate. Besides the erection of four H substantial and creditable business H blocks on Main street, the building jH program of thiB season includes not H less than six or eight substantial and H modem homes, und as a little side H issue, so to speak, the County Fair H buildings that uttructed favorable at- H tention at the time the fair was being H held here. H In ail, a total of considerably more B than $100,000 will be expended in the H city this year on new buildings. H A few days since the editor of The H Record made a tour of inspection of H tho buildings under course of erection H atid had the plans explained to him H by one of the architects who drew up H the specifications for the greater num- H ber of them. It is certainly gratifying H to note the substantial improvements H that are being made, which speak vol- H umea for the permanency and bright H future of Cedar City. H Pretentious Business Blocks. H The most expensive and preten- H tious of these new improvements is H the new business block that is being H erected for the Cedar Sheep Associti- H tion, at a cost of approximately $25,- H 000.00. This will be one of the most H commodious and convenient store H buildings in the soutKern part of the H state, when completed, and will pre- H sent a most attractive appearance, H with its front of beautiful imported H pressed brick and pleasing nrchitcc- H ture. The plans, which were drawn H by Cannon & Fetzer of Salt Lake City H with whom our local architect, R. L. H Jones, is associated, contemplate, also, H the refacing of the present building Hj to give it a uniform appearance with H the new structure, and the interior H arrangement and furnishings will be H most convenient and compact. Mr. E. H T. Ashton and Sons of Salt Lake City H have charge of the work. The base- H ment is now all completed, and the H walls are being rapidly reared. H A ten or twelvo thousand dollar ad- H dition is being erected to the Cedurs H Hotel, which will add some eighteen or H twenty rooms to its capacity, and will H greatly improve the appearance of H the structure. Mr. Bert Wood, a lo- M cal contractor, has charge of the work H and is pushing it along at a lively H clip. The roof is now on and the plus- H tering and finishing is under way. H Ashton Sons have just completed H a large garage for Mr. U. T. Jones H on the east side of Main street, which H is strictly modern in every respect, H and conveniently arranged for taking H care of this line of business. The H front portion of the upper floor, which H is being completed in a modern and H convenient manner, with full plumb- H ing, etc., has been rented for office H and living purposes, and the remain- H der of the building has been rented to H John H. Fife, the local distributor for H Ford cars. H Almost directly across tho street u H large and substantial brick garage is H also well under way, a portion of H which will be occupied by tho project- H od steam laundry as soon as the build- H ing is completed and ready for occu-H occu-H v pancy. ThiB building is being erected H Mtf &t tno expense of the management of H the Palace Drug Store, and Mr. Thom- H as Perry has charge of the work. The H cost is estimuted at about ten thou- H flund dollars. The walls of this block H are now up and work has commenced H on the roof. H Some Splendid Homes. H Among the new and costly homes H that an being erected, tho rosldonco l B'' HL " I , of James Smith, a new comer here from Kane county, is perhaps the most pretentious. The plans and specifications specifica-tions were drawn by Architect Jones, and the work is in charge of Mr. Ash-, jton. The estimated cost is $9,000. Imported pressed brick arc being used for surfacing all the walls, and the interior in-terior arrangement represents the last word on home construction, with built-in closets, cabinets, flower re-ccpticlcs, re-ccpticlcs, etc. There will be a billard room in the basement, and the houso will comprise ten or a dozen rooms in all. The finishing work in this building build-ing is now under way and it will be ready for occupancy by the time cold weather sets in. A brief doscription of T. A. Thor-ley's Thor-ley's new residence on Main street has already been published in these columns. col-umns. This is a very beautiful modern mod-ern brick bungalow, and will cost approximately ap-proximately $8,000.00. Mr. E. Burton of Nephi, the well known contractor, supplied the plans and has charge of the construction work. Another few weeks will see this home ready for occupancy. Mr. Arch Swapp's now home will be another of Cedar City's finest residences. resi-dences. Jones is again the architect and Ashton the superintendent of tho work. The cost will be approximately $7,000, and the arrangement is very modern and convenient, with full plumbing and heating, billiard room on the second floor, and ull conveniences conven-iences built in. Mr. Swnpp is also having n neat and substantial enough brick gurage built to answer for a home for the ordinnry family of mod-crate mod-crate means. He, also, is a new coiner here from Kane county. Over in tho east part, of town, immediately im-mediately south of tho J. J. G. Webster Web-ster residence, Messrs. Jones and Ashton Ash-ton have a new $5,000 home under way for Thomas Bulloch. While not very large, this will be a strictly modern and convenient residence, with full plumbing and heating. It will contain six rooms, and will consist of two floors and basement. A neat 5 room bungalow is also being be-ing erected by the same parties for Mr. William Ford immediately south of his old home on First East street. It will be very attractive and convenient, conven-ient, and will cost approximately $2,-500. $2,-500. Another home in course of erection is being built by Mr. J. II. Patten, a California contractor, for Mr. Byron Ahlstrom. Add to this the $7,000 swimming pool constructed to the Ward Hall, and a number of minor improvements to residences, etc., besides the County Fair buildings and we have n building program that Cedar City can well be proud of. Mr. Ashton informs us that the buildings being erected under his direction di-rection alone aggregate more than $60,000.00, so that the entire expenditure expend-iture would considerably exceed $100,-000.00, $100,-000.00, as before mentioned. |