Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-09
A ROUslNG BOON
LII the Sale Of Lots by the CITY
Today.
ae LOTS BRING AN AGGREGATE
OF sT7.aoo.
The Choice Lots Aeout Cspi,oi Hi,
10 be Sold Tomorrow.

sunulng the heavy storm, a larry
E crowd assembled, and the corrido
! Of the Hall was crowded. TIN
7 legislative chamber was decidec
upon as the scene Of operations, an,
thither the mass Of investors wende,
|, their way.
: Soon the room was crowded 20 il
utmost. License Collector b. Y
Hampton was auctioneer, and h,
did bis work splendidly. On tn,
wall back Of the stand was a map o
the city, and at the call Of Records
; H. NJ. Wells, City Surveyor J. w
Fox, Jr., designated the lets as the,
were put az in order.
The lands in Plat n, Twentieth
ward bench, came first. A few
minutes after 10 Mr.. Hampton p-o,
claimed that lot 4, Rl-ck 81, Plat d,
was the E:si on the list. II i.
located at the corner Of Fourth
and y streets, OTpOsite the
west side of the cemetery. The
inst bid received was $1,000. This
was quickly supplemented hy sIlOO:
then $1,000 came, and finally the lot
went to b. :. Young, for $3.50.
Bids ran upto 5000, but those above
Mr.. Goungs offer were withdrawn.
Inc next three lots were In Block IS,
the block to the west Of No. 81, and
went 10 Mr.. Young at $500, 5000
and $500, making SI3, $50 for the
tour, to one purchaser.
Bidding was very lively, and the
inst six lots brought I'm a total of
500 Then, as the pieces farther
up the hill 10 the north, in the
neighborhood of Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, We're put up, the
prices fell little. The lowest price
paid WAS by James VI. Kennedy.
who got Lot :, Block I5S, for $1,000.
! The reason this went so low was be-
cause 1t was on the side Of the hill
where the sandpits are located, and
has slope of about 100 feet to the
mile. The highest price paid was
by i. r Kelsey, s4l75, for Lot l.
I Block l2S, lying Immediately north
/ Of AndersOn's tower, and close 10
Z the side Of the canyon.
The list Of lots disposed Of is as
follows, in the order Of sale, all of
z them being in Plat d:
Lot !, Block 81, sold 20 b. s.
Young for $3.50.
Lot /, Block IS, $500, B. s.
Young.
Lot :, Block IS, $1,000, b. s.
Young.
Lot J, Block IS, $500, B. S.
Lot l, Block S.. $3.50, Charles
AueT.
Lot 5, Block S., 5000 Kosler &
Lot ;, Block Ils, $3.50, F. w.
Little.
Lot l, Block Ias. sI7OO, L. p.
Lot /, Block lss, $500, L. P,
Lot ., Block 1a5, $3.50, F. w.
lot 3, Block 1876, $1,000, F. W.
Lot I, Block I5. s9o5o, J. H.
Give.
Lot :. Block l45, $500, J. H.
Lot ;, Block rs, sleaO, c. F.
Lot !, Block is. $3.50, L. P.
Kelsey.
Lot /, Block Is5, $3.50, L. p.
Kelsey.
Lot /, Block les, sIs75. NIL. /
Cummings.
Lot /, Block IGa, $3.50, L. P.
Kelsey.
Lot ), Block lsI, sle55, J. L.
Lot !, Block l59, sls5o, J. L. !
Perkcs.
Lot !, Block III, 5000, Jas. NJ. /
KennelIey.
Lot ?, Block ~, 5000, J. H.
Give.
Lot ;, Block l47, sIsOO, J. l..
Perkcs.
Lot 4, Block ~. $3.50, Jos. F. |
Simmons.
Lot /, Block I5s, $1,000. L. P.
Kelsey.
Lot ;, Block l5S, sIe25, VIM.
Hartman.
Lot !, Block l5s, sl55O, J. L.
Perkes.
Lot ,, Block I55, $500, VIM.
Hartman.
Lot l, Block LOB, $3.50, L. G.
Hardy.
Lot >, Block I5a, $3.50, J. Z.
Lot ,, Block I5s, $1,000, J. NJ.
Kennelley.
Lot ], Block I6a, $500, L. C.
Lot /, Block 1e8, sH75, L. P.
LOtS, Block Us, sa525, J. B. To-
ronto.
Lot ;, Block lbs, $500, Joseph F.
Simmons.
Lot j. Block los, $3.50, i'll.
Perkes.
This closed the list Of lots in Plat
d. Calls were made for some other
lots, but it was stated that no more
would be sold at present. The lots
reserved are those which, because Of
suits, the city has been enjoined
from disposing Of till the cases now
pending in court are determined.
Lot :, Block lOa, was put up for
sale. 1t belongs TO Simon Bam-
berger, and is below the line Of the
water mains. The bids ran up only
to $500, and Mr.. Hamburger called
it in by bidding S26O9.
Two lots were put up, but it was
learned that there was some dispute
about the title, and they were with
drawn.
1t was then announced that the
sale would he postponed till 10 am.
ut the same place. The
first lots TO he placed on sale tomor-
row are those surrounding the
Capitol Hill Grounds, and they are
The choicest in the whole lot offered
10y the city. They are not so large
As those disposed Of today, but in
every other respect they have the
advantage, and lively competition is
Some question having arisen he
cause Of the notices of ]. H. Linck
and others, the matter was set at
rest by the issue, under orders of the
City Council, Of the following by
Mayor Armstrong:
NOTICE.
Tho city council Of Salt Lake City at
Is session the night, OF the Srd inst,
~ resolution duly passed, determined
o give warranty deeds to those
its lands at the advertised
ale on the 9th inst, and in accordance
herewith the city attorney was in
10 draft deed with the ordi-
lary covenants of warranty to be given
hose buying said lands. Since that ;
late the city council OF Salt Lake City
nave met and ratified the deed pre-
pared pursuant to that order, and