Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

bor difficulties and the ao-
vanced price OF building ma
terial. Notwithstanding THESE
exceptional difficulties the
record OF Building Inspector o'nei
oa,ce shows that building permits nave
been issued during the year for pui'u-
,nea % the total value OF sl,5bI,2s4. TINS
amount is below the phenomenal reeo'u
~ last wear. so far as the issuance Oh
nermits Is concerned, but there mas peep
mora actual building this year than 'as''
vast amount OF It being based OH per-
mits Of 1908 J..
In addition to the above amount " ~
estimated that there has been ',els'oo
expended this year on the WORK anu
completion Of buildings when W.
started last year, and stun some VI WY
larger buildings, such as tne Ieueaa
building and the Catholic catheural, re-
main unfinished. There are also large
nnmber of important buildings START
ed for which no permits nave as ~
been issued. These are Incluueu III 'ne
above estimate OF money expehueu III
work done this year, 1t VIII De se.n
therefore that Salt Lake nuiioers NV
moi been idle even though they nave
had a great deal to contend win pc
cause OF strikes and other dlihcultes
M grand total sum OF $3OooVVo IN
round numbers has been spent In puilu-
ings this year.
sENsELEss AND COSTLY STRIKE
Although the contractors OF the CITY
were paying their mechanics ana iapvl-
ers good wages, still there was s'rlke
declared In the early spring by the car,
penters, bricklayers, hodcarriers anu
other laborers and great loss was en-,
tailed and building operations receiver
such A baokset that total recovery
was ,mnossible this year BY that strike
scores OF persons who intended TO con-
struct buildings here this year were
deferred from doing so because tney
aid not desire to take the FISK oil nav
ing their buildings tied up by a strike
According to the statement or prom
inent architect OF the city, salt Lake
builders are paying top-notch WAKES
for inferior workmen, and are paying
better wages than any city In the west
ern country
HIGH MATERIAL PRICES.
The increased price of material has
DlAXo0 ltS part III itNoiNfho
the city. The increase In brick ana
steel has not been so noticeable az ~
lumber, That material has Increased
about 81 per thousand and IL II Keeps
nm increasing. other building material
win have to be used altogether and
lumber practically discarded. The ad'
vanced price OF material and the IN.
creased wages were such this year tnal
n cost $500 more to build a fve-roon
cottage this year than 1t did TO puiio
the same cottage last year
WHAT PERMIT RECORD FAILS TC
SHOW.
There were a number OF fine buildings
completed and a large number unde'
nrocess OF construction this year Worf
an the $500 900 federal building mas pro
creased steadily and the stone an'
masonry work Is completed up 70 I'M
aacnr story. II Is estimated by the su
nerlntendent OF construction that sloo'
oOO has been expended on that bulldint
this year. II is estimated that soo'vo
worth OF work has been done on IN
Catholic cathedral this year Apou
5000, 900 has been expended In tne com
nletlon Of the Holmes Eagle Gate ma
ana 900 600 in the completion OF tn
Holmes First street fiat. The new La
fayette school building Is now unde
nrocess of construction and VIII COSY
when completed, about Sl75,OOO' The Al
Uallows college annex was complete'
at a COS, of 100000. The sum OF SIb,oU
WAS expended in completing the Desere
News annex and about the sam
amount in the completion OF the helih
OBrien building. The Universlt'
clubs new building on south lehp,
street has been completed during UI n
year, there having been about 'oVuV
expended upon It's completion TINS yeai
The Groves Latter-day Saints nos
initial Ia now under process Of construc
lion and will cost when completed slso,
900 THE Brigham Young Memoria
hall has been completed at a cost .
40 600 and the new school OF mine
building at the University OF ut tn M, ne
been completed at cost OF S5o'VoV, ~
new PRESBYTERIAN church Is now peIn
constructed and will cost N0,oVo. IN
Utah Light & Power company ma
constructed and equipped new poWe
plant on the Jordan river at cost :
40 o00 In addition to the above Their
have been a number OF handsome resi-
aences and apartment houses cor
structed during the year, costing lars
sums.
NEXT YEARS PROSPECTS
The prospects for building In 1904 AZ
extremely hattering, II Is believed thu
conditions viii be more favorable INA
thIa wear and already $1,000, 600 In III
proyements are contemplated by u
Short Line and Rio Grande roads %n,o oton
including two new handsome uepo's
cost not less than $50 900 each and ais
new shops for each road. II Is b'ne
that another phenomenal building reg
ord viii be established by the city ne'
year and, nothing short OF strikes or
financial panic will prevent 1t.
USUAL TWENTY PER CENT.
Building Inspector Uulmer says 1t
necessary to add at least 20 per cent
what the records OF his Office show,
persons securing permits for buildinl
Invariably say their buildings VIII co
much less than they actually do; this
account of a desire to escape as muI
OF the burden OF taxation as posslbl
The figures by precincts with this q
lowance added follows In detail;