The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-25
NEWHOUSE IS
NOW OWNER
OF POPPERTON
Mining Man Buys Beautiful
Residence District From
Judge C0Iborn.
WILL EXPEND THOUSANDS
BEAUTIFYING PROPERTY
HENRY IVES COBB coMMIs-
STONED TO DRAW PLANS FOR
ARTISTIC HOMES.
Especial to The Herald.)

New York, Jan. 24.-Just before en-
barking for Europe. Samuel Newhouse
closed the. largest and most important
deal in suburban property in the his
tory Of Salt Lake City. In the deal h
purchased from Edward F. Colborn of
Salt Lake City and associates what is
known as PoppertOn Place This is
said to be one of the finest residence
districts in the United States, present
ing view and possibilities for i'm
provement and adOrnment second TO
none anywhere in the country.
POppertOn Place as purchased by
MIR. NewhOuse covers 140 acres of
ground, every foot of which is avail
able for residence purposes. It lies on
the bench in the northeastern part of
the city, and 6verlooks the entire city
and valley.
No figures are given out here as to
the amount Of cash involved in the
deal.
All Things Of the Best.
Already the property is plated and
laid out in streets, avenues and parks.
There are almost six miles of street
frontage. the water service is first
class, there is the best of street car
service, and as there is a minimum
building limit established that will be
rigidly enforced by Mr.. NewhOuse, it
is expected that Popperton Place with
in few years will become the ideal
residence district in the entire west
The significant thing about this pur-
chase by Mr.. NewhOuse at this time is
that the purchaser intends TO expend
at least S250000 i'm improvements at
once. These improvements will in
clude street paving and parking, beau
tiful entrances to the district, land
scape gardening on Il broad scale, the
planting of large trees in order that
good shade will be secured without loss
Of time. the placing of all public serV-
ice wires in the alleys. and the carry
ing out of other plans for the beautify-
ing of the place.
Newhouse Has the Means.
Samuel Newhouse. fortunately is in
a position TO carry out his ideas with
out fear of being hampered for lack
of means. He is one of the big mining
men of the United States, and has the
strongest financial backing both in this
country and Europe. His connection
with such properties as the Cactus
mine in Beaver county, Utah, and the
Boston Consolidated property of Bling
ham, Utah, gives an idea as to the
ing enterprises. A short time ago he
purchased business property and en-
tered upon the construction of bust
ness blocks in Salt Lake City that are
said to involve the expenditure of So
900, 900. In addition to this, Mr.. New
house and his wife take an active part
in all charitable work, and both are
public-spirited to a marked degree.
Cobb VIII Draw Plans.
Already it is said here that Mr.. New
house has given Henry Ives Cobb, his
architect. a commission to prepare for
the erection of from twenty-five to
fifty artistic homes in POppertOn
Place, and these homes will set the
pace for those who viii follow in his
footsteps in the matter of building.
This purchase of POpperton Place is
regarded here as one of the most i'm
portant moves ever made in the west
for the upbuilding of a city.
Edward F. ColbOrn and associ-
ates, who transfer this property
to Mr. Newhouse, has been in
possession of it for the past TWEEN
~ years. He has done much in
the way if improving it. He would
never permit cheap houses to be erect
ed on the ground, and had an abiding
faith that sooner or later it would be
made one of the show places Of the
country. Fort Douglas military reser-
walton joins POppertOn Place on the
east, and there the government is ex-
pending large sums of money in the
erection of buildings and the beautify-
ing of the ground.