Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-14
On Tuesday Next Ground VIII be
Broken on Richards
Street.
THIS A CONVENTION TOWN.
Phil S. 0mara, Formerly If Me-
ohanic's Pavilion, San Francis
co, Man to Erect Building.
Place VIII Accommodate az Least 5000
PcrsonS-.Iust the Kind Of structure
salt Lake Is IIaukcring For

Salt Lake has been having dreams ~
a big auditorium building for over
yosr Tuesday next me ground win be-
broken for jlst n, kind or structure the
city has been hankerIng after and not
the least amusing feature Of the pro-
ject is that the builder never heard NJ
one Oh. Hewlett. is un3cQuaiuted with
the Manufacturers and Merchants as
ISOLATION. doesn't enjoy the confidence
Of the Commercial club. and hasn't been
Influenced ny the Real Estate assora-
ton, excent into the belief that salt
Lake often queers IT'S chances by Of
ferlng inflated values to promising in-
Nestors
The builder Of the auditorium was
attracted % the city because he knew
81 had no such place. lic bias been here
before, md has kept a close watch on
the citys 81 cWth for several years Last
SUNNI 7r h. tried % lease the Salt Palace
from MI Heath. and the deal was hot
completed. 80 he went on 90 san Fran
cisco end leased Mechanics pavilion
the famous hospital rendezvous of the
first hours Of the FIRE ana earthquake
and which afterwards went with the
other buildings, down 10 rs destruc-
ton, With the rest of the city
PLACE FOR CONVENTIONS.
Phil s omap is the name Of the
young man who Is going TO construct
the building. He came here two weeks
ago yesterday. and had the plans IN his
pocket. Since then ne has stumbled
on the very site that the Salt Lake or
ganizations have favored for such a
building. leased the ground and let the
contracts, construction 10 begin Tues
day. and 20 be rushed TO completion, az
least for the main auditorium floor
which win accommodate q convention ~
900 people, with galleries which allow
the use Of the main floor for horse
shows, dances, exhibitions winter cir
cuses, such attractions al the recent
Sarah Bernhard entertainment and
the like salt Lake, says Mr. Omara.
VIII have on the completion ot this
building, no such question 20 answer
again as was asked By the National
Educational association, can you care
for the convention
LEASE or TEN YEARS.
The site selected is on Richards
street, near South Temple. An en-
trance SO feet wide has been secured
facing west. Il runs 50 feet tack into
the block, and then connects with the
main structure which viii be ll5 feet
wide and $40 feet long the length eX.
tending north and south. The lease
on the property has been signed with
the Clayton Investment company aud
Is for 10 years with the privilege Of re-
newaL The Commercial National bank
has been selected by Mr.. Omara as his
local financial headquarters, and he has
deposited there the funds with which be-
viii begin operations
you have heard OF one Beresford
Hope haven't you. said a reporter 10
Omara today IN asking about his plans,
'and | think 10 would be Well % make
you hand out your references ON a gold
platter and with a notary pubiiC's oath
attached TO them
The answer OF the young builder was
one 10 az least disarm suspicion. He
said that since he was putting Boo his
own money he didn't think he needed
much " reference list although no
couldn't recall anything In his % years
Of lie which he needed 10 hide from a
reporter
REFERENCES IS PLENTY.
IT you really want references" he
continued, you can Try the Gcrmth
American Bank in BLOOMINGTON. ill.
or any reputable business man On Pc
oria, IN. ! drew some OF the money
from there THAI Is now 200 Salt Lake,
and some from San Francisco.
did you get burned out ~ Frisco2'
was suggested. No didn't was me
answer. 4 leased the Mechanics pa
villon last August. and ran Il as
roller skating proposition and for big
entertainments through the winter
Two days Before the earthquake ] let
for Los Angeles, after closing the
place for the SUMMER months. ln Los
Angeles was interested with ]. r.
Morley In an amusement proposition.
and vent down there 90 look Do up.
WILL RESIDE HERE
Nov" be added. Il have decided 10
come 90 salt Lake move my business
Interests an here. and 90 in 90 make
the auditorium big success. and }
am sure 10 can bc made such from my
experience elsewhere You see Z am
not a stranger here. and have had my
eye ON the town quite a while
The next few sentences showed the
young man vas repeating an over
again that old sermon about the
course % empire moving west ward. ana
The Injunction Of Horace Greedy. Go
west. young man You sec. he went
on in an entirely natural way. n got
into the amusement business when 7
was quite a younrster ana 30 soon got
me into the big building business 7
found that in the east capital was 80
plentiful that a. soon as you started
proposition there were a dozen others
doing the same thing ln mighty lt-
ne while, and competition was too keen
10 lei the man with o. little capital get
much Independent action ON h.. So
cam out west last summer. and tried
70 lease your SAT- Palace grounds
when ! couldn't complete the deal
tried San Francisco, with better 20.
suits
HOW HE GOT A START.
when asked how ne got started IN
that hnc of work Mr. Omara said d0z.
On years aEo he noticed that the Conn
nercial club 81 Lincoln. Neh had
white elephant on its hands in the
shape Of large auditorium which
wasn't paying, and had been closed for
some time. Re leased Il. and put o. on
good paying basis. then leased %
agaln, or rather gave up his lease 20
the secretary q the Commercial club
lie had made 10 20 by installing winter
smustments' and opening 80 10 hand
concerts. travelling shows, and other
respectable attractions
PICKED SALT LAKE.
AMER ne term AZ manager ~ the
Lincoln auditorium ~ took hold ~ A
biz armory az Bloomington. ~. ard
ran that successfully FOR time tesoit
coming west. The salt lake project.
u appears from his answers 70 ques.
lions an be says nothing tii a direct
question brings him the dcmsrs 70 ,ns