Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
Owners Of Salt Lakes Business and Residence Districts

DloCk corner SCOOu IN the name of
q. Snow. the Intervening two lots
between there and Smiths corn.r
being owned by Joseph. Youn.
and John Young. North Of snow
was G. Give, and the Halliday
Drug store corner was not mark.
ed.
This property has a unique his
tory. It belonged to the Church.
standing In the name of Brig
ham Young. "A family named
Carlisle lived for many years in
n little house adjoining 1t. They
were subjects OF charity and
Were given free rent. Finally
they decided thar they had oc-
cupied the corner long enough to
be entitled to ownership and 10
fused to move, The case was
carried through all the courts OF
tho Territory, and UP to gtNe
supreme court of ae United
States, being finally decided
against the Carlislcs.
WHERE Y. NJ. G. "a s.rANDs.
Where the splendid Y NJ. c.
a. building stands. Inc City
Council" originally held titlt. with
f. Snow ownino tho present Fer
amorz Little corner. The corner
west of tho Grand thcater was
held by Millen Atwood, and it
R Is now a portion Of the Atwood
esta te, wizard SnoW was 10
catens on tr'e soutlcast corner
Z al. oil t'le s.',s plocn, .Wni,e Jetef
N5,i'' to,l, ia al'si ~ inc present
commissioner ~ ot '7itlt Like couIl-
l''aue MS i w, Wncrc me
t1i'ilariah cl1fc sl STANDS.
The corner near wherc Mrs
G. A. Eldretlec lives, First South
and Second East, was secured by
her late husband, General Horace
S. Eldrcdge w. q. Young
had the southwest cn'.r"" of that
block. r. II. Young, was on tho
northeast corner, but on the map
the southeast corner is d blank
Intervening lots We're owned y
John J. Greene, John Clark aud
P. Horricks.
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MEX.
Coming again 10 Main street.
II, 10 found that thc KENYON hotel
corner, running east and includ
Wilson Hotel originally belong
cd 10 Eriant Stri,igham. An in
tercstinr story K told Of how this
nronerty' many wears later chang
"a hands for $500, the ground
heinr 10 BY 20 rods. Aftcr pass
ing from the possession OF MIR.
Stringhan, 1t was owned by two
or Salt Lakes then foremost
merchants. It was under a mort
gage and as the owners were
about to take an extended trip
n California. to purchase goods
the senior member called S,,pon
the person holding the mort
gase TO make settlement. Cold
coin was niled un and gold dust
weighed until the merchants
supply WAS WAS exhausted. and still
II will bring in the balance
before | leave. SAID the debtor
Never MIND, said the mort
gage. want you 70 brlng my
wife silk dress pattern from
the coast, ana theh we VIII be
square.
KILLED ny INDIANS.
The merchants never returned
from the trip, both being killed
by Indians. and the mortgage
was foreclosed for the balance
due.
Orson Spencer owned the st.
Elmo hotel corner. and between
him and the Kenyon We're u. VII
liams. Samuel Neslen, ~ Wells
William Nixon and George
Stringham. Dan Grant owned the
corner where the Dayton Drug
company is locaIed and Dalllei
s spense eornn as next III 10 the latter
on the north was claudi,ls
Spencer, ana sun Iartnsr9 horth Z
ii. Hyde.
WHERE JUDGE BLOCK
SLAMS - -
Where the Judge building
stands, Jacob Houtz once held
sway, while Daniel Drake owned
the ground where the Newhouse
skyscrapers now rear their lofty
heads, and the same ownership
took in the property OF the KIM
ball estate on the corner.
The corner occupied by the
drug store on Fourth South and
State was owned by D. Fl. Wells. 3
and the corner a block north was
the property of Edward Law
renee. Eli Fl. PIERCE. ST., was
located where the new Colonial
theater opened its doors last
month.
a man named Calkins owned
tho Knutsford corner, while the
northwest corner on the same
block was held by Edward Hunt
err.
,rEpe an yyir tyEp s1rtn
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Where Walkers store stands