Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-05
NOTES FROM SALT LAKE.
Remarkable Activity in the Building
L'ne-A Magnificent Hotel.

remarkable Activity in the Building
L'ne-A Magnificent Hotel.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 1.-lSpecial Tcle.
gram to THE BEE. "A recent statement on
the basis of carefully selected statistics, puts
the building during the past year in this city
and suburbs AT s1,966, 500. Tho amount
would be larger, had the supply of building
stone and brick, and chiefly OF skilled labor,
equailed the demand. An immense building
boom is In prospect for next summer. Among
n number Of larger buildings, the new hotel
on the corner of the Third South and First
East streets deserves principal mention.
The hotel ID designed by Omaha architects.
1t will be 165xlSS feet, six and seven stories
high. The height from the sidewalk to the
base OF the flag pole VIII be los feet. There
Will be Two main entrances, one from First
East street and the other on Third South
street. These will connect with a rotuuda
6Nx6S feet which is to be two stories high and
gotten up in the highest style of art, with
fine palisters and columns. The ceiling anu
skylight in particular bid fair to be superb.
Among some of the features from this mag
nifcently planned building may be noticed
the following: A reading room, 30x30 feet,
embeilished with terra Gotta iireplaces which
extend to the ceiling; billiard room back of
the rotunda, 40x4O feet. On the second floor
there will be a promenade or foyer along the
south side twenty-four feet wide by
sixty.four feet long. A parlor 30x4S
feet, and adjoining II the bridal chambers.
room, 24SG4 feet. Connected with this large
room are two ordinaries, each 20x3O, which
may all be thrown into one splendid dining
| room 46x9O feet by removing tho screens and
high and will be finished in the finest woods,
antique oak pilasters, wainscotings and cell
ings. There will be ESQ bed rooms 30 ar
ranged that there WILL DO suites of from two
to five rooms.
The ground on which this grand structure
will stand Is estimated at not less than
500, 900 In value. Three hundred thousand
dollars will be the cost of the building and
500, 900 Of the furnishing, hence the sum
total will be q full half million of dollars.
Among the many other buildings planned
for early completion may be mentioned the
Hooper-Caine building to be erected on
First South street. cast of the Deseret
National bank. II will be five stories high
and will nave a frontage Of 60 feet with q
depth of 104 feet, The front Is to be red
sandstone. The architect is Mr.. Kletting OF
Salt Lake city.
building aud McCormick's bank on Main
street are to be vacated and in their place
an eight-story building will be erected, on .
more pretentlous and magnificent scale than
any other OF it's kind in the city.
1t is too early perhaps to speak Of several
other immense structures already planned
or about to be planned. So much ia certain
that the building boom now setting in will
eclipse anything of this kind in the entire
inter-mOuntain region ana far beyond.
On Thursday afternoon, December 90, @
large crowd at the corner OF West
Temple and Third South streets to witness
the raising of the tiagpole and presentation
of q fine flag, q gift of q Chicago citizen, Mr.
A. q. Spaiding.
The long desired connection with Park
City, our Leadville, has been at length &C
complished. The road Is not only important
for the mining industry of that place, hui
also for the purposes of tourists and Others
who desire TO be benefited by the fine noun
tain climate and the magnificent scenery.
The completion Of tho new broad gauge
track of the Rio Grande & Western railroad
is another important fact. This road vii
connect at Grand Junction, Colo, with thu
Colorado Midland and reach Eenver via
Glenwood and Leadville. The extension Of
the Union Pacific to Barston, Colo, with
connections to Los Angeles and San Fran
CISCO, Is also assured. But OF those import
ant enterprises i will write in another letter
We are still having very mild weather
The air Is all that could be desired by tn
patient and health-seeker. Business durini
the holidays Is reported to have been ia
superior 10 anything of the kind ever ex
perienced before In this city. The prospect
are bright for trade and business, for ricI
harvests OF grain anu fruit and for q stead
increase In the products Of our mines.