The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-06

Like Salt Lake. all of Utah and the en-
fire intermountain country are sharing in
the tremendous wave OF building activity
which Il is believed. Will not end until
Salt Lake becomes the largest city be
tween Chicago and San Francisco. Salt
Lake owes It's progress to the develop
ment Of the surrounding regions: the
building of irrigation systems, which ada
thousands Of produc i've acres to the ter
ritory tributary TO the city. the erection
of power plants which add TO the min
ing activity and bring new industries 10
the intermountsin country. and other en-
ierprises all have their effect upon san
Lakes advancement.
The Grace power plant on Bear. river
gives an idea OF the magnitude OF the
work of DEVELOPMENT in the territory
around Salt Lake. Although il is only
one Of a chain of power plants required
for furnishing power TO mines ana manu-
factories. and for lighting cities the first
cost nearly s., 100000. and the completed
plant will cost nearly s6O00.0O0.
Architects In Salt Lake are being KEPT
busy preparing the plans for new struc-
lures in other Utah cities and towns
In the suburbs OF Beaver City. at Fori
Cameron. 100000 is TO be spent in improv-
ing Murdoch academy. LiljenberG q
Maeseri the architects. are now prepar-
ing the plans for the large central build
ing for the academy, Work on the foun-
menced. IL will be three-story building
with twenty-five classrooms. a large audi
torium and offices for the president ant
faculty of the academy. About this bulld
ing will be clustered the other academy
structures. most of which have been II
use for some time. All Will be improved
Until recently the academy was brancl
OF Brigham Young university. but IN th'
future Il viii be an independent Mormon
church school. IL has been named aftel
Nfnr6Oclr "a ninnPpr and fOrmel
president Of Beaver stake. The academy
owns go acres of ground surrounding th'
school buildings.
I.lienbere & Maeser are also at worl
upon plans for other schools. opera houses
business blocks and residences for outside
places Some Of the more important build
ings are as follows:
The Nephi opera house. which Is near
Ing completion, viii cost $4,000. II Is
brick building and is the property OF Z
R Foote.
The SpringviUe opera house which viii
cost $4,000, and Is being erected by I'M
SnrlngVille Commercial club. II is 10 o.
a brick and stone structure. Work upol
the foundation has been commenced
The Beaver City opera house. which L
heins built Of cream-colored stone. ant
will cost Sl5000000
The Beaver City public school. which
VII cost 10000. IL is 10 be two an'
half story structure with eight rooms.
The residence OF Thomas Girard a
Taylorsville. which is being built of bur
brick. and will cost 5000. 1t is nearl!
completed
The residence OF J. NJ. Peterson, tn
Rchfield banker. which is also of bur
brick. and will cost 100000.
The stone residence of President {. ID
White at Beaver City, which Will cos
5000 and the residence of r J. Farms
worth, at the same place. which Will cos
The two schools are TO be built b.
Inc hoard of education of the Jordal
scnoo! district. one. at Riverton. WI
cost $1,000 and the other. at Brigham