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Show NEW THEATER AND OTHER BUILDINGS Tearing Down of Lyceum to Make Room for a Large Structure Maule Estate to Erect Modern Playhous; Other Improvements Being Made. erty in thfs city. Mr. Shaffroth visited vis-ited Ogden cn)OD Friday evening for recreation and he was much delighted de-lighted with the gorge. He made thr stutcmcnt that h had Tlnlted many canyon resorts, but ho thought Or-den Or-den canyon the roont picturesque In , blj travels. He spent a short time at tThe Hermitage, and aftcrwirds stopped off at the power nous of tie Utah Llfcht & Hallway company where he made a close examlnatloa of the electric generate procew j The great pipe line the pipe being seven feet In diameter was a com rlete revelation to hlra. Governor Shaffroth was loud In hi expressions of admiration at th b autles of cviynn scenery and stated that the gorge should prov a most valuable asset to tbe city's resources. He left on the afierooon train lor Salt Lake. "Honest John" Shaffroth Is known to all In the Inter-mountaln region throug'h his sensational resignation f-.'om his seat in Congress on thi grounds that there was possibly om? dMibt na the legality of his election. His Republican rival succeeded to hl reat at Washington and "Honest John" was subsequently elected governor. Reports from o1her sections of the country Indicate that business activity activ-ity Is lagging considerably during tho extremely hot weather, but In Ogden there seems to be no holding back and the building operations are keeping keep-ing pace with the progress of the times. There Is no longer any trouble trou-ble In getting carpenters to do the work at hand and many buildings are in course of construction. One of Ofrden's old land marks Is being razed to the ground today, and, In the course of the next few days. It will be a thing of the past. The tearing down of the Lyceum theater on Twenty-fifth street, between Grant and Lincoln avenues calls to the mind of the old settler and business man of Ogden. days of yore. Something like 40 years ago the Lyceum building was constructed and since that time It has been used as a 6choolhouse, a business house and a theater. It is now being cleared away to give room for a modern playhouse. The carpenters and draymen dray-men are at work tearing d)wn the building, and, before many days shall have passed, the old building will be no more, and the masons will be at work building a new house. The exact amount of money to be expended cannot le determined, but the plans and specifications call for a rncdern structure, two stories high, 42 fret wldo and 94 feet long, having a seating capacity In the auditorium of 800 people. The atage will cover a floor spaco of 42 feet by 20 feet and will accommodate all the smaller shows on the road. The fiont of the building will contain a ladies' retiring room, and office quarters for the company com-pany operating the place. The dressing dress-ing reor.i for the actors will be In the tasenient underneath the stage. Kvery possible convenience will be added to the building and it Is stated by the people who are constructing con-structing It that no means will bo spared to make the new theater one of the bst in the western country. When George E. Maule died a few years ago, he left his nlans for the building he had In mind and his survivors sur-vivors propose to carry thorn out as best they can To this end the Geo. F. Maule estate Is building the new theater. J.Irs. Mtule, wife of the da-ceased, da-ceased, states thst she expects the theater to be ready for use by September Sep-tember 1st of this year. i In the lemodellng of the Reed Ho- ! tel building, much money Is being t spent and modern Improvements are , being made. In the completion of, the Rio Grande office rooms, facing Washington avenue, a marble stairway stair-way will lead lo a reading room on , the first floor of the ho'ei and the ' room will have an entrance to the ho- i tel office. This is expected to b' onj ' of the prettiest annexes of tile hotel,! and will provo a favorable adjunct to ' the Rio Grande office. The present 1 front of the office will be taken out In the course of the lvcoiiPtructiou and remodeling of the Reed block and replaced by a modern cno. Frank Fouts. the Rio Grande rgent, I delighted de-lighted with the plans fcr his ;p -town office. He Bays it will he among the best city railroad offices In the state. I. L. Clark & Pons are building a new front to their buslnrts block on "Washington avenue, between Twenty-third Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth strec's. It t will be made mr.dern 5n every particular par-ticular at a cost in tbe neighborhood of $1,500. A. B. Vcrbeek Is building a fine residence on Chewier street, betweeu Eighth and Ninth s'roeto. upon which he will expend over $1,000. j Harry Garvos Is building a residence ; and bakery between Twenty-fifth arid Twen'y-slxth streets and l-etweon j Lincoln a id Wall aenues, that will j J cost about $2,1100. . j 1 J. Johnson has begun the erection I of a residence near the Garvos pla.ee, ' that will coet In the neighborhood of I $1,100. I On Jackson avenue, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth. If. M. Poikiomi is building a residence that will cost. Sl.r.o.i. i George Folk man is building a $1,-200 $1,-200 residence on Donsl.iss avenue, he- i tween Twentieth and Twenty-first! streets. I Tho larjre steel girders :ire in place. ! in tho Lewis block and the masons are busily engaged In building fho ' large brick vault. The f'oor cf t'ie buildirg is also bekig braced fo a 1 to ennbb. the placing c.f til" blocl n. j Mr, Lewis says he anticipates b.il'd-Ing b.il'd-Ing the prettiest and ir.uy; modern til floo- in Utah. Rapid prociTFK Is being made on the 1 David Maule buflnes? block on Twenty-fifth street near Lincoln avenue, the hrlrk masons now having thi well well along toward the flrnt floor. |