The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
Many Homes Being Built in
Previously UnnotiCed
Section,
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES
FACTORY employees ARE FILL
ING UP DISTRICT.

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western and northwestern sections be-
yond the tracks, which are growing as
rapidly, if not more rapidly, than those
| localities concerning which there has
been so much talk.
With prices of residence lots more
/ reasonable than in other sections the
same distance from the business dis
trict with excellent street car service,
and with such natural advantages as
high, level ground and air uncontam-
| mated by the smoke of a great city,
there is little wonder that this locality
is rapidly filling up with homes.
The main cause for its growth, how
ever, can be found in its proximity to
the large number of manufacturing eS-
adjustments and industrial enterprises
situated along the Denver & Rio
Grande and Oregon Short Line tracks.
These institutions employ hundreds of
men, who from necessity find it ad-
VantageOus to live near the places
where they are employed. Beginning
at the Rio Grande shops and going
nOrthWard along the tracks to the con-
templated site of the new Intermoun-
/ tain Milling Company's plant at First
North and Fifth West streets, such in
situations as the Salt Lake Engineer
| ing works, Fishers brewery, the power
plant of the street railway company,
! the gigantic new plant of the Utah Gas
| x Coke company, between Ninth and
Tenth West streets and First South
and South Temple streets; the Oregon
Short Line shops, yards and round
houses; the Hyrum Silver foundry and
the Utah Bedding Manufacturing COM
pany can be found But these are in
reality only a few of the largest con-
! Germs. and many OTHER smaller enter
pTiseS are also situated contiguous to
this section. Then there are the new
manufacturing establishments contem-
plated and already planned to be To-
Gated in this neighbOrhOod- All these
institutions employ large numbers of
men, and this makes the section in
reality the industrial center of Salt
Lake.
Evidence of Growth.
As an evidence that the growth of
this section is a reality and not a
dream, the fact that 100 new houses
have been erected in the district north
of South Temple street and west of
Sixth West street is conclusive evil
dence. Again, the growth of any given
section of city can always be deter
mined by the number of school children
it contains. For years the Jackson
school, at First North and Seventh
West streets with d capacity of $50,
has been caring for the education of
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past two years, however, it has been
so crowded that the school board found
! it necessary to erect a new $4,000
school at Fourth North and Tenth
West streets to accommodate the rap
| idly-increasing population. This school
/ has recently been opened and with a
capacity of about 500 is already well
| filed, and the prospects are that within
another two years It Will be found nee
| essary to provide additional accommo-
dations for the children of this locality.
One of the signs of the future of the
district is that many of the employees
| of the various manufacturing establish
ments already mentioned have been
/ shrewd enough to pick out desirable
/ lots and build their homes there. These
! lots were purchased for almost song,
and have already in some instances
doubled in value and are sure to prove
d profitable Investment to the purchas-
| eTs.
Property Growing Valuable.
That property in this district is in
cTCasinG rapidly in value is beyond dis
pute. and the recent revival Of inter-
est in real estate has led many shrewd
investors to see that there is q golden
opportunity for them west of the
tracks. That it viii be a community
of homes all realize. and as the prop
erty is now so cheap that it is within
the reach of all it is expected that in
creasing numbers of industrial work
ers will take advantage of the chance
to provide themselves with homes of
| their own.
There are two street car lines tapping
this section, which makes it easy of
access from any part of the city. Both
are university lines running on First
South street. one extending to Fifth
70 T. ,,
North street, and the other going to the
fair grounds and thence northwest to
Fourth North and Twelfth West
streets.
There is now under construction the
big gravity sewer, which will drain the
entire section and add the advantage
of perfect sanitation to the abundant
natural advantages of the district.
Besides all this the city council has
recently ordered ten miles of cement
sidewalk to be laid throughout the dis
trict. This, in itself, is an advantage
that cannot be overestimated as there
seems to be a general tendency of peo-
pie to shy at residence districts where
there are no sidewalks.
Growth Not by Chance.
The growth of any city in any GER
tain direction is never by chance. There
is always some good and sufficient
reason for it. In the section referred
to there are many reasons why it
should grow and prosper. Most of
them have already been mentioned.
There is also another axiom in the
growth of cities which in itself is
enough to explain the development
which is expected here, and that is
population follows like electricity the
line of least resistance. In this western
section this axiom is expected to work
out without an exception. Here are
manufacturing enterprises of every
character employing hundreds of men.
These men all want homes and they
must have homes within easy walking
distance of their work, if possible, as
the time and money spent in riding on
cars to and from work is in the aggre-
gate a large drain on their resources.
No tII1.a II1- they will tIIrn To this nnIla=