The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-09
HAS THE RIGHT RING.
The Improvements Being Made
by Mr.. A. G. Bast.
THE ELDORADO AND BAST FARMS.
One Of the Biggest Laundries In the West Soon
to be Erected In this City
Other Notes.

Ii there is man in this city with moro
schemes on foot that promise better line
of substantial Improvement for this CITY
and county and handsomer returns for the
protector than A. G. Bast, the HERALD rep
resentative has not met him.
| The nucleus of Mr.. Bast's fortune was
made by closing out his property interesta
IN other cities and planting the money
right down in Salt Lake city and county
real estate with ayiew to making it his fu-
ture home. These interests include farm
ing, stock-raising, mercantile and laundry
business, together with big line of spec
ulation in city property, including mum.
Der of additions which he proposes to i'm
prove and beautify.
II have just returned from taking pos
session OF the Baskin farm" said Mr.. Bast
to the HERALD man. ''This farm contains
lf5 acres of rich bottom land in the finest
belt of agricultural land in the west. The
Denver & Rio Grande runs through it.
while the Utah Central passes right in
front OF the farm. AS you NAV know
Judge Baskin was great horse fancier.
and his stables contained many fine ami
mails.
with the farm purchased sixty horses
OF Hambletonian BLOOD including the
stud Inkus, which | would not think Of
parting with for s., 900 Sam Halter comes
next and $1,000 would not touch him. In
all there are eight stations, from two to
eight years of age. | consider the entire
outfit worth at least $4,000
II have already ordered car of lumber
to build fences and am going to put up
some fine barns, besides repairing the two
houses used by the farm hands,
THE ELDoRADo FARM
81 also own $50 acres Just south of Ell
| Dorado and am considering the question of
erecting there one of the finest country
houses in the county. In fact it will be far
the best farm house | have seen in the
territory. L also will plant out many
thousand trees this spring.
GRAND BOULEVARD SCHEME.
The country south of FL Dorado COLI
tains one of the thickest settlements
in the country and the farmers
to the city during this season of
the year on account of bad roads, am
trying to get them to join me in scheme
that would give to this city the most
beautiful drive in the whole county. The
present boulevard runs on West Temple
street for three miles south, then
turns east past the Utah Driving
1
propose is to extend it from the turn
west to FL Dorado. The boulevard would
| touch the Riverside and Hempstead's adj
ditions and Garden City, besides touching
other additions whose names | cannot now
recall If it was carried on due west il
wouldsstrike Garfield Beach and make the
most popular drive to that resort. If / can
get some aid from the city and county and
the cooperation of the owners of these ad-
ditiOns and the farmers, | will put il
through"
What plan of a boulevard do you pro-
pose!"
| 1.-THE roadway will be macadamized,
twenty feet wide, with to rows of shade
trees on each side of the roadway This
would be more valuable two the farmers
than railroad as it would enable them to
reach tho market at all times of the wear
without paying freight"
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
''What other improvements have you in
| view"
| II own 120 acres on the territorial road,
one and half miles from the White bridge.
| This land is on the summit of the rise and
the artesian wells flow both ways. expect
to plant 1t out in trees and make one of the
most delightful spots in this city. | have
also an addition Of forty lots in the Nine
teenth ward that will treat the same way.
| BIGGEST LAUNDRY IN THE WEST.
''Dr. Woodruff and myself are going to
build laundry building 50x200 feet and
put in all the modern machinery of which
THE HERALD had good notice.
There may be other points of interestar
I'VE have sent a man on east to inspect
all the best laundries and to secure the most
improved plans, combining the good fea-
lures of all the best. We will spare no
money to make it as good as any laundry
in the United States, and do not know
but that it will be the largest and best
equipped in this country In connection
with this we expect to erect number Of
houses for the employees. The plant will
cost as least $50, 000
In connection with the farm it might be
of interest to know that have breed of
cattle that is going to revolutionize the
cattle business. 1t is breed larger and
better mixers than the Jerseys They are
unique in being different and distinct from
anything else in the country"
Mr.. Bast is the kind of man that adds
something the prosperity of the city and
country, and materially helps to further
beautify this valley. He does not belong to
that class that stand idle on the street cor
ner belittling the labor of others, while
they have never titled an acre nor turned q
furrow.