Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-17

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The past week has been character
lied by lot OF figuring on the pea of
contractors, many OF whom are hIn-
CRY after the long winter and anxious
10 get TO work al something. For this
reason bidding is keen, especially on
the big jobs which are undef way, such
as the Holmes buildings and the Com
morcial club, and others.
The ldeal weather of the past week
has enabled the contractors 90 make
a good showing on the various places
I'm course of erection about the city.
In some cases the contractors are maxi
Gus 10 got them finished So that they
can set In on the spring work that
is coming along The long winter and
the difficulty in getting mater a. has.
ga one OF two ca-ses, delayed contractors
greatly on jobs left over frOm last
year
The real estate market has been quiet
this week. though there is a good de-
mand for cottages from people who arc
able 10 pay down about 10 Per cent
OF the total cost The tightnc of M
money market. and the aisp siuon of
the banks 70 make lt a little harder 90
get money for purely speculative par
poses iu building, OF ina buying real
estate, is Responsible perhaps. for the
rather slow market
The building permits for the pas,
week do not make an aggregate Of such
pretentious proportions as those re-
corded earlier In the month, but they
Will DO sent skyward beyond all pre-
Cedent, if the NewhOuse hotel company
takes out a. permit during the pres ,nt
month. The total FOR the week was SEQ
900, as compared with S2l50JO Tor The
first nine days Of the month.
Work on another comparatively large
building was started early this week
whom a force OF men started to work
tearing down the old buildings imme-
diutely north of the offices OF the Utah
Light g. Power company on West Tenn
pie street h. Fisher proprietor OF
the Fisher Brewing company. intends
to erect there "a four or FIVE story ho-
tel building. The building viii
be 79xl25 feet, and win contain,
70 is said. upwards of 100 rooms. The
cost is expected % run close to 100000.
Preparations are being made bv Il. O..
N. l. To- tear down the old building be-
tween the shoe factory and the old Ju-
vcnile Instructor building on South
Temple street. In IT'S place will be
erected a new store three or four stor-
les high. having a frontage on South
Temple street The building rs calcu-
lated TO cost between $4,000 and $780,
900.
Work has been started this week
by lions Coop Home Building COM
pany on seven cottages bungalow
style on Seventh South and First West
streets The same company also has
10 cottages under roof on property
running into the center Of tho block
between Seventh and Eighth East
near South Temple street. Six more
will b. built there and an apartment
house is being planned facing South
Temple on the same property and two
tWo-story buildings near the outlet on
Seventh East
Messrs. Swaner. Rogers and two 9TH
or employees Of the Oregon Short Line
are asking for bids on the coustruc-
ton Of two cottages Of about $4,000
each and two cottages 10 cost about
$1,000 each, They are going to build
them for homes, and they win be 10
Gated on Eighth East near Tenth
South. As they viii erect them on the
same lot OF ground, they propose hav-
Ing contractors figure on the four cot
flEoE and thus save money.
Mrs. Felt IS considering the advisa-
hility OF tearing down the old adobe
house al the corner Of First South and
Seventh East and erecting a modern
double house. or building am apartment
house i'm the shape Of fats
Couam and White have Just COM
pleted iivc-room house on H. street
above Ninth avenue. ana thev arc al
them to SELL They will also slant
work shortly on "a story and a half
Elchtb East between Ninth and Tenth
south.
With the arrival of spIfng weather
This week KimbaU & Richards have
put "a number az men al work GRADING
-tr-et- ana sidesyalks ON their 20-qrrs
plnt ON state street between TweIftb
ana thirteenth south. In addition to
nuttIna Am cement eid,vnlE- ana corr
men stone monuments nine feet bIpH.
hey have planted some $50 young
PLANS for r,mule,Iinq No t8 North
West Temple afe btinp prepared far
William II Nuttau bv Architects
Young A. Young. III Is the Intention
40 mako double house b,- addition and
changes 40 me ono There now.
The plans and epaci0cationq for tGa
.t,,n.,r.r.iaI Club builafnr ar. -4id by
gortIarfors b. h. 4s tbor1ueh ana
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