Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04
THE FIRMS VINO BUILT IT.

Pacific ocean We feel safe IN assert.
ms mat no more modern structurei
arr erected In the home OF SKY SCRAP.
els' New York city, itself. than this
tAc new home Of the mechanical de.
pultment of the Deseret News. 1t hes
pten our desire TO give credit where
credit is due In preparing these no.
Tics or the men and firms that have
assisted In making this annex what u
IS, Therefore It is but Just to devote
special space to the above firm which
successfully handled the contract for
the masonry work upon the building
which included the brown stone front
While the building is infinitely de-
scribed and illustrated In another por
ton Of this article, It may prove Of
N terest To state In this connection that
the brown stone used by Ashton Broth
ors In carrying our building TO the
c'shth story, was quarried at the famous
thistle Quarrios located about two
miles south Of Castella Springs on the
Rio Grande railway. The quality Of
the stone produced in these QuarrlcA
Is most excellent brown stone, claims
"a by many TO be equal to the famous
brown stone Of the Vermont hills and
lIdeed II we were to judge we sno
say II was superior At the Quarrles
steam derrcks with a lifting capacity
OF many tons are Installed ana greatly
facilitate the work OF loading the rock.
The demand for the stone is SO great
that the Thistle quarries have been
unable to meet all orders that have
boon placed. The firm Of Ashton
F,t1I g.,Nt a.
Work undertaken upon the annex, bat
this was what the management had
reason 10 expect when they faced the
contract, as the firm has had an eX-
penenCe Of over 20 years In the con-
tracing and building business in this
city. during which time they have adj
cd much TO the material growth Of So
Lake City's imposing buildings Thu
year they erected over IS cottages and
Ian ger residences besides many import
ant business blocks Among the most
recently completed pieces OF work we
make mention Of the immense ware
house az the corner Of Third West and
Seventh South streets occupied by the
Consolidated Wagon and Machine com
pany of this city This firm has also
lceu instrumental In the erection ~
ruuy OF the power plants I'm our state
end adjoining territory, Their contracts
during the year which has passed
amounted to over 100000. and Included
everything from a humble cottage 10
ma gniiloent buildings
In addition TO general contracting
business Ashton Brothers are interested
in the well known firm Ashton, Whyte
end SkillicOrn Co.. successors to Wat
son Brothers, stone contractors This
firm besides saving the stone used IN
the original Deserct News building has
furnished stone used in the I.atter-dny
saints college. Barrntt hall and Uni
Ncrslty OF Utah buildings. They are
q; present busilv engaged In milling mo
their yard, corner South Temple ana
sixth West streets, stone for the Min.
c.R' home on the east bench ana the
beautiful Catholic cathedral on east
Brigham street, which IS one OF thn
largest stone buildings In our state
This firm has also begun contract for
tho milling Of stone necessary In the
construction Of the Federal building on
South Main street The equipment of
their large plant enable them to exc.
cute the largest kind Of stone contracts.
Mr. Edward T. Ashton, Of Ashton
Brothers, Is also president OF the Ash.
ton Fire Brick and Tile company
Which promises to be one Of the Inn
logtant manufacturing establishments
&C. our progressive state
The firm of Ashton Brothers is so
well and fayorably known IN The city
ana state, especially in the building and
trade circles, that a description OF q
firm and It's attachments would appear
hut many OF our readers
art not familiar with the details and
the men who accomplish the details IN
the completion OF an immense office
building Mr. Edward T. Ashton has
Aotr engaged In his present line OF
business for over 20 years and fog The
past 10 years his brother George s.
Ashton. has been associated with him.
Eoth gentlemen are master mechanics,
practical builders. The success they
have attained is clearly the reward Of
application to business
End an adherence to those principles
which are so essential to the successful
conduct of any enterprise,