Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-28 | Page 8 | Ten-Story 'Skyscraper' Beings Built in Madrid

oo , TEN-STORY 'SKYSCRAPER' BEING BUILT IN MADRID j MADRID. Oct 31. (Correspond enfce.) A gigantic effort lo settle the I housing problem of the Spanish capital capi-tal by the Inrush of thousands of country coun-try folk to the citv, Is in progress in the noithern section adjacent to the suburb of L'uatro Caminos. A pmate concern has acquired an enormous ; tract of land and has begun building what for (Madrid ore skyscrapers of ton stories. Fach of Ihe.ie buildings is to contain 100 flats and 40 stores. The new model suburb Is to be in ill respects modern Engineers are now engage, 1 n laying out n boulevard running thrqugb its center over half I a mile long and 130 feot in width, with two carriage ways and a central promenade lined with trees.