Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-29

FHEN wv
a months Of the most stupeh-
1ons work, the new Deseret
|EIN Nows building viii be ready
a., occupancy on Tuesday
next April !, 1902.
n This ls not to say that the
great edIdce will have been
Van ,bo last finishing touches by that
.,,o That happy contamination WIN
~, be reached till the business once
y" N. editorial quarters Of the Des-
'Dl vo,ys are ensconced within It, and
''V ,yil not be IN the Annex on the
'l. a, I. ready for the reception of the
..,onlcal departments, several
months IN the future
po, the upper floors OF the new
handing. those leased to the oregon
|esor Line FOR the next 10 years. VIII
,'.. received the 300 or more em-
',oy,s Of the big railroad corporation
"A ,bo place viii have become the
ss,i,aba hive Of industry that the
i,.sd,uarters of so great system Is
'toard TO be.
M. book stationery and Church
rorss departments OF the News
/, Mar are to occupy the north store
n tbe ground floor viii remove during
n lmD from across the street The south
n ,me whose tenant win be selected
fom the half dozen or more firms
NeAlch have put In bids for lease, viii
\ ready about the same time, The
,,eond and third Goors are rapidly be-
5ns pushed to completion. and the vari.
os Institutions which long ago booked
4,st.s there win Immediately move In,
h amoor them are such representative
n ,uterns as the Utah Sugar company
N inland Salt company, the Salt Lake
4 Los Angeles Railroad company the
4sanlr Beach company Joseph Geoghe-
han broker Of the Utah ogden and
Moan Sugar companies, the Colorado
Niue and Iron company Dr. Joseph $
,gehards. Atty Richard w. Young,
npt stauner, Culbert & Olsen, the
6Nsstem Expanded Metal company,
HAw j. F. Smith and others. a
.feg other Offices on these floors yet re-
imam to be rented but the likelihood
M they win be disposed OF before they
b. ready for occupancy
"A The old Hall Of Relies building-the
las, surviving remnant Of the jubilee
~ lS9,-rhlch stood on the corner, was
'&tcmolshel In November 1899. The
2rst week In December saw the excay-
"A tlng work begun, and from that lime
bp tll the present, except only for brief
|pauses during extremely cold wealth
m, the work has been steadily pushed
Onward Il has been followed with AZ
ndagging interest on the part Of the
|4ublic that told Enthusiastically the gem
Ma pride that was felt IN the vast
undertaking and on every hand was
beard concentration for the enterprise
lnd public spirit that made such a
magnificent building a possibility As
IN began to be seen that the edince
HtOud not only be the handsomest
Xllruriure In the intermountain region
'}ut that II would be absolutely fire.
Brooi The demands for space within its
pals became such that the idea OF
ESTABLISHING the entire plant OF the
Fhurch publishing house there was
abandoned The destructive fire which
pslted the Oregon Short Line offices
PN fan not only left them without a
2fme but emphasized the need OF a
Heproof building for their headquart-
'N and the leasing Of the three upper
Rrories for ten years followed. This
4 \ once rendered the necessity for an
Piher building for the News" operat
sfg plants imperative, and the building
" The Annex to the west was decided
pom II was at first planned only TO
<'ulld four-story structure, but the
oregon Short Line needing a full floor
Y the Annex, the newspaper quarters
occurring three as well as the base
'henl' requests from tenants continu-
~ 10 arrive. and great quantity OF
rone and brick and other material be-
.hsleft on hand from the other building,
was decided to make the Annex the
Fsh''stofy structure shown in the cut
IN tAe following page. Thus tho
'aufch publishing house viii be pro.
tnlsd With the modern up-to-date
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