OCR Text |
Show m WORK BEGUN ON OGDEN SKYSCRAPER R Eight Story Block Will Be Erected Hf On Site Of Burned ft Ecclei Building BH Ogden, Oct 7. Actual preparation j for starting work on tbo eight-story Hp I'ccles building, corner of Washing Hp ton avenue and Twenty-fourth street, K were commenced this morning when Bk i largo forco of men under the direr- Bf lion of SI. R. Nllcs began remov B' ng tbo wnljs which .remained stand B Ing when the Commercial National Bt btnk instituted Injunction proceedings BHT? last spring. Manager W. A. Lar Bf kin of tho Dlnwjudio Construction Bk company of Portland, Ore., says that B ' the' additional excavating will have K t cen made and the foundation com jBl leted ready for tho steel before win Kt' tr prevents further work. IHyC In ricparing for the new bull I in Bv It will be necessary to excavate to Hj n point about four feet below tho HjL level of tho old basement, In nddl E' tlon to which all of the space under flB" tho sidewalks on two sides of tho IHt new structure will bo utilized. On the K ground level tho building will occupy Bj & space 72-122 feet, tho height from IHEu the sidewalk level to the top of the Bvl coping to bo ninety-two feet. With B' steel construction throughout, tho B,, first three stories will bo faced with' H terra cotta, the next four stories with M fire brick, tho eighth story and cor- K? nice to bo terra cotta. Much of tho Efc steel, which Ib being prepared by a P Chicago firm, Is now ready for do- livery, and the term cotta will bo received from Snn Francisco, For modern construction and finishing, finish-ing, no business structure In Utah will oxcel this building, according to Whltnker & Hodgson, tho architects. |