The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28
PLAN TO BUILD
MODERN HOTEL
Kenyon Is to Be DiSmantIed
and Eight Story Structure
Will Take Its Place.
TO SPEND 100000
NEW HOSTELRY WILL HAVE 400
ROOMS.

With the contamination this week
If negotiations that have been on for
several months between o. j. Sails
bury and several other Salt Lake cap
atalists, work. will be started early
next spring on what is TO be the finest
and largest hotel ian Salt Lake and one
of the most magnificent hostelries in
the entire west
The plan evolved by Mr.. Salisbury
and his associates cOntemplates the
dlsmantling of the present Kenyon
hotel building at Main and Second
South streets and the construction of
mammoth eight story hotel structure,
200 by 1876 feet, with a wing running
back of the present Wilson hotel $50
feet deep and so feet wide. This means
a hotel of over 400 rooms, constructed
after an elaborate design and present
ing an imposing appearance on one of
the most valuable corners in the bust
ness section of Salt Lake.
Million Dollar Deal.
The destruction of the present Ken
yOn building and the construction Of
h the new eight story structure, will i'm
vOlVe the expenditure of at least 81. 000,-
600. According to authentic statements
= made to The Herald yesterday by sew
eral persons interested in the project
the equipment of the new hotel will
Dt tie IllltSl III TIE west anu Oll q pa
with the best eastern houses now
ranked as the leading hotels of the
country. Mr.. Salisbury is in Provo, and
could not be seen yesterday in regard
to his new enterprise.
RemodeIing Plan Discussed.
It has been known for several weeks
that Mr.. Salisbury, the present owner
of the Kenyon, had decided to alter
and remodel the building to a large eX
tent late this fall or early next spring
The original negotiations embraced the
construction of two new stories on top
of the fourth story hotel building
proper and five stories on top of the
three story annex building on Second
South street. This would have given
the Kenyon more than $50 rooms, 200
of which would have been provided
with bath rooms and with hot and cold
running water for each room.
Decides on New Building.
Upon going over the local hotel sit
uation with several other capitalists
however. he practically decided than
an entirely new building would be ne
cessary TO meet the demands Of local
tourist business from now on, and to
fulfill the natural advantages for an
imposing structure offered by the Ken
yOn corner.
AS DldnIleQ DIT present. the lIi-c
story Kenyon annex building on Sec
ond South street will be torn down
first and an eight story wing run up
while the regular business of the no.
tell is transacted in the hotel building
proper facing Main street. Upon the
completion of the Second South street
wing it will be put into commission
Immediately and the six story portion
of the Kenyon torn down and another
eight story wing constructed. With
these two new wings in operation, pre-
senting a solid eight-story corner
structure at Main and Second South
streets. a third wing running back of
the Wilson hotel $50 feet from Main
street and approximately sixty feet
wide Will be erected.
Will Have 400 Rooms.
This will give the Kenyon a 400
room structure, one Of the largest no
tel buildings attempted i'm the west in
>syears. According to preliminary plans,
y II is understood an elaborate scheme
Il has been evolved for a magnificent
Hobby with entrances on Main and End
South streets. Elaborately fitted cafes
are TO be installed on second floor and
a big banquet room is to be provided
1t is possible that move may be made
TO interest the local lodge of the I'm
tied Commercial Traevlers in securing
an entire floor Of the proposed new
building foI club. lodge and sleeping
room purposes.
VIII Be Modern.
The building is to be thoroughly
modern This will be true i'm finishing
the chambers. Every room viii be pro-
vided with hot ana cold running water
any by a patent arrangement, each
room will be continuously supplied
with ice water.
The present plans for the construc-
tion of the new building are subject to
several decided changes, but enough
information has been given out from
authentic sources to insure that a big
new eight-stoTy hotel building for
Salt Lake on the site OF the Kenyon
will be built next spring that will prove
one Of the most important projects of
the wear for the city in metropolitan