Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-24
BUSINESS NOTES.

II. j. Rivers has obtained q sixteen
year lease on the Thomas Quaye & Son
property at al south East Temple
street. II Is Mr.. Rivers intention TO
erect two-story brick business block
with basement, on the property. The
building will be 27x12O feet and the in
tention is to begin work about the first
OF June. The property Is opposite the
Walker House, and Is occupied at pres
ent by two small frame buildings,
which win be torn down. Rivers Bros.
business now occupies two stores, one
at AZ east Second South, and one at lao
south East Temple, but II win all be
put In the new building. when II is
completed, which will be some time in
the early fall.
A large new wholesale grocery firm
is about 10 be Installed in Salt Lake.
The promoters Of the enterprise are Ed
ward K0mpkst OF Salt Lake and Max
Gerstle, a Denver capitalist The name
Of the new firm will be the Gerstle.
KOmpkat Grocery company, and IL will
start out with 100000 In the business,
A ten year lease has been secured on
the ground floor and basement OF the
j r. Walker estate on the east side OF
East Temple between Second and
Third South, The building Ia now oc-
cupied by the Fair notion store, An
thony La Torres. the barber, and John
II, Knlckerbocker, the matchmaker ana
optlcian, The rental viii be $500 per
month, or Si,S00 year The ten-year
lease VIII therefore come TO SS. 900. The
front Of the building viii be torn out
and the two rooms thrown into one.
The new firm figures on being ready
for business on the first Of Septem-
Der.
Work on the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company's lines is being
pushed rapidly. The line from Nephl
10 Sprlngvllle VIII be completed within
a week The additional line from Salt
Lake TO Stockton has reached Grants
VILE. aud the Park City line has reach
ed Gogorza. The material is arriving
for the line from Manti to Beaver; the
material for the line from Evanston TO
Kemmerer and Dlamondville Ii on the
ground and work VIII commence at
once, Foreman Larson has been sent
10 string two heavy copper wires from
Dillon to Butte, Montana. The COM
pany Is preparing new schedule rate
for Salt Lake whereby so much a call
Will be paid.
AT the meeting OF the board OF public
works yesterday afternoon the award
Ing OF the contract for constructing
stone curbing on the north side Of
South Temple from the Eagle Gate TO
h street was deferred. because the City
Council had not yet decided In regard
to the petition Of number Of property
owners for the paving OF that portion
OF South Temple street, and the board
decided TO walt until the paving propo-
sitlon was disposed Of. The board
thought that II II were decided to pave,
the curbing and paving could be done
together with greater advantage than
at separate times. II was also sug-
gested that II the street Is paved Il
would be better TO remove one OF the
| two car tracks now on the south side
| OF the street TO the north side.
At the meeting OF the hoard Of COM
| missioners OF the state insane asylum
| held In the office OF Governor Wells
| yesterday afternoon II was decided to
| erect two cottages In close proximity
| TO the main building as a means OF re.
| lieying the cramped condition OF the In i.
| stiution Superintendent Hardy met
| with the board and plans for the cot =
| tages were discussed. The last Legsla.
ture appropriated $751; 600 for the pur.
| pose OF building and furnishing the
| cottages. and the board decided 10 adj
| vertse for bids for that purpose. to be
| opened May 10th. The cottages, OF
| course Will be as good as can be built
FOR the amount that has been placed al