The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-04

OSenior City lies seven miles west of Salt
Lake, and is almost on straight line with
Liberty park. The grade of the west side
Rapid Transit route which will be operated
by electricity, is now finished from Roper
street to the shores of the lake. distance
of Fifteen miles. and this grade runs along
the north line of Senior City. The power
house Of the line will stand on the north
east corner of the new town. which is a
point just about midway between the
eastern and western termini. 1t was the de-
cision to locate the power house at this
point which decided Mr.. Senior on the pur-
chase of the plat of land. He said that this
would be central operating point, and
that the homes of many employees OF the
line would naturally locate close by. With
electric connection with Salt Lake city
seven miles on one side and with the great
saline sea eight miles on the other, there
could be little question as to the eligibility
of the site. The purchase was made and
with characteristic energy, the firm went
to WORK to put it into shape.
The tract covered by Senior City runs
one mile north and south and half mile
east and west, covering 800 acres il all. A
well boring machine was already at work
near the location of the power house, and
the success of the many arteslan wells
which dot the locality all around, leaves no
doubt as to plenty Of water being fur
purchasers OF lots it is expressly stipulated
that shade trees and fine water are guaran-
teed in front of every lot sold and, say the
contracts, sin case there are not three pop
lar trees in front of each los, with q con-
tinu0us stream of running water alongside
by April /, 1898, then said Edwin w. Senior
shall return to the purchaser the money al
ready paid with interest at the rate of l
per cent per month"
no ma
awarded the contract fc- grading all the
streets, and he has already done consider
able work that shows up well. The first
houses to 60 up will be those of MeSsrs.
Senior and Edmunds, who will build on the
tier of lots facing OH tae electric line, and
remove their families at once. 1t is ex-
pected that rails on this line will be laid to
the site of the power house this fall, and
next year the Rapid Transit will be q COM
petitor for lake traffic. Mr.. j. G. Jacobs,
its general manager, will return from the
east this week, having placed the bonds of
the road, and the fifty men now employed
on the grade will be at once increased. The
directors Of this line are the following
well known gentlemen. Their names are
q guarantee that the road will be all that is
promised: 8. +. Walker, r. G.. Chambers,
w. S. Mccormick, Frank Harris, j. G. ia
cobs, M. K. Parsons, William Fl. Shear
man, j. j. Snyder, F. Boyle, Charles S.
Wilkes.
Sinior City, however, will not rely ex-
clusively on the electric line for it's COM
munioation with thetcity and the lake. The
Union Pacific track scrosses through one
end Of the plat, and frequent trains fly past
in both directions.
The visit made by The HERALD repre-
sentative to Brighton, where Messrs.
Senior and Edmunds now reside. was full
of interest. The thriving condition of the
various institutions which had been in
duced to locate there through the gener-
osity Of Mr.. Senior and other west siders,
speak volumes for their enterprise and
foresight and indicate what may be looked
form the new town Of Senior. The pickle
company. so Mr.. Anderson, the superin-
tendent, informed u.s. is way behind with
its orders, and it will have over thirty
hands employed by Oct. /. They are now
at work on big order for the q. G.. M. l.
The normal college and conservatory of
music, which was given ten acres of land
on the guarantee that it would expend $780,
GOO within i've years and not less thon S10,-
900 in any one year, has the foundation in
for one of its wings. The district school
building is just receiving its finishing
touches, and the Lutheran church, to Sc
cure which the Brighton people gave q
block OF land and &, 500 cash, now holds its
regular services.
Senior 81 Edmunds will put Senior
lots on the market Immediately, following
the low price instalment plan which has
been SO successful in Mr.. Seniors former
enterprises. They have decided on some
thing that will be of interest to q good
many Salt Lakers, viz, the opening OF an
offica and a bureau of information regard
ing Salt Lake in 8 prominent location in
the city of Denver. Specimens of our
minerals. grains, cereals. views, curlos,
etc. etc., will be on exhibition, and the
bureau being a permanent thing cannot
fail to be q decided benefit to our city.
For the next year Mr.. Senior will have
charge of the Denver Office and Mr.. Ed