Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-18

When the sale Of city real estate conn
menced in the Council chamber at 1880
o'clock this morning A, Il. Hyde asked
that the sale Of the old city hall site be
postponed till Monday morning as
James A. Cunningham, the highest bid
der yesterday afternoon, had requested
him to endeavor TO have the sale put
over FOR a few days, he having to leave
the city and desiring 10 bid on the
property when he returned. The sale
Of this lot was therefore deferred TIL
10 o'clock Monday morning.
The first lot offered for sale this
morning was the north half of lot 3,
block /, plat *, on the southeast cor
ner OF Hillside avenue and state street,
It was purchased by c, i, Holland for
$1,000, who yesterday bought the south
half Of the same lot for $3.50. This
makes the complete corner lot, lVQx1SS.S6
feet.
Auctloneer l. u. Jones then turned
his attention to the block to the north,
where the city has four lots next TO
that which has been reserved for the
Governors residence. These lots are
1887 feet deep with twenty-foot alley
IN the rear, Three Of them II, ~ and 10,
have IruCtage Of so feet.
Nos. II and u were sold TO the Hous-
ton Real Estate Investment company
for Slli) and 5000 No, lS went to
c. II. Holland for sl,015, and No. H.,
with 6l6O feet frontage. which Is on
Hillside avenue, the south corner Of
the block the lot reserved for the ex-
ecutye mansion. being on the north
corner sold for 1850, also to c. II.
Holland
This completes the sale of the prop
erty listed for Auction with the eXcep-
ton Of the old city hall site. This
mornings sales aggregated $3.50. which
added to yesterdays sales amounting
to S4O,S5O, makes total Of Si6,l
YESTERDAYS SALES REACHED
SiOS5O.
After the News" report closed yes.
terday Auctioneer Jones continued
with the sale Of lots in the East Side
subdivision, bounded by Twelfth and
Thirteenth East and First and Second
South streets, tin all were sold except
lot Is. which VIII probably be retained
by the city to be used as an alleyway.
Bidding was commenced on the old city
hall property fronting 100 feet on First
South street and 1855 on State, with a
right-of-way in the rear, The bidding
was started at $4,000 by J. c. Grihths,
and went no higher than $4,000, James
A. Cunningham's ui1Ur, 80 as The after
noon was we'll advanced Commissioner
Westerfeld had the sale adjourned TIL
10 o'clock this morning. on the UNDER
standing that Mr. Cunningham's ofror
Of S3b, 900 would stand when the city hall
corner was offered for sale again today.
The remaining lots In the East Side
subdivision brought the following
prices? Lots 10 and IA. Home Invest
ment Co.. 81 265 and SLABS; lot lG, j. G.
Lynch, $1,000 lot IL, Edwin Cleophas.
81 1856 These lots are Axle rods each.
Lot 49, l0xlO rods, corner OF First South
and Thirteenth East streets, Edwin
Cleophas. 50, 500 The remaining lots In
this block are ixlO rods and face on
Thirteenth East They sold, lot 10,
Alice Merrill Horne, 1866, lot 20, Thomas
H. Atkins, $685.; lot q. John Weir Jr.,
$500 lot %, Edwin Cleophas, N,l3O: lot
! 23 John Weir Jr., $l,l50 The only
| other lot sold was the south 30 feet OF
lot 3, block /, plat X, facing west on
state street and within 80 feet of Hill
side avenue, which went TO c, f. Hol-
land for $3.50.
The total sales for yesterday amount
ed to AO,S5O.