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Show SKYSCRAPER FOR THOMAS KEARNS He Is Figuring on Discounting the Efforts of Samuel Newhouse to Date. Sal Lake, March 29. News: Not to be outdone by Samuel Newhouse, Thomas Kearns Is proposing to put up a skyscraper on Main street. Friends of Mr. Kearns are authority for the statement that the proposed structure will place the Boston and Newhouse blocks In the also-ran class. They affirm that the contemplated structure will be at least 11, If not 15 stories lu height. Mr. Newhouie, It is remarked has had too much advertising as a builder and booster for Salt Lake and as Mr. Kearns is still Inoculated with the sting of the senatorial bee ho Is going to get Into the game and show In tho columns of his two papers that he is in the buildlng-up-of-a-motropolltan-clty contest also. The Minneapolis Steel company has been asked to furnish figures on a skyscraper, sky-scraper, and a bid on the cement work has already been Secured. The slt for the building Is across the street from the Tribune building on the property owned by Mr. Kearns and now occupied by J. P. Gardner and company and Rowe & Kelly. When called up today Mr. Kearns admitted that he was figuring on erecting erect-ing a modern fireproof building on the site named, but he would say nothing noth-ing definite as to the size of the structure. struc-ture. "If the price comes out all right and satisfactory arrangements can be made with the tenants occupying the old buildings a fine business block may be built." he 6ald. The frontage of the building, according accord-ing to the plans that have been forwarded for-warded to tho Minneapolis Steel company, com-pany, is 120 feet. |