The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-03
REALTY DEALERS
ARE NOW ACTIVE
County Trades Property With
Local Firm to Staighten
Fifteenth East Street.
WORK ON NEW BUILDINGS
OBJECTIONS TO STRUCTURE
PLANNED BY {. 3. WICKs.

A the result or a tour Of inspection
Yesterday afternoon by the firm OF Meeks
* Mccartney and County Commissioner
NTsckev and Clinton, st was decided 10
accent deed from the realty company
running in favor Of the county for strip
of land = feet wide. that Fifteenth East
street from a point Just below yale ave
nue. may be Strengthened, intersect lIs
Tempest avenue on direct line WIN the
balance Of the street ,,
Fifteenth East street, in the College
View subdivision. handled BY Meeks *
Mccartney, curved east az a pOlnl JUS JUS
south OF Yale avenue. passing OXFORD ana
Stratford avenues on sweeping curve
and meeting Tempest avenue at point
about five rods out Of straight Inc
with the rest of the thOroughtaIe
That their subdivision might De squared
off to permit OF the proper balancing OF
building lots, Meeks < Mccartney ASKED
the county commissioners TO permit OF
the closing Of the present street, H t,.0lt
would entail the opening OF new street
through their land west OF the pfesent
intersection. The transaction viii amount
10 an exchange Of equal quantities OF
land, but giving the county sualsl ~
thoroughfaTe.
Building Activity.
Tempest avenue. or East Eleventh
SOUTH street has been the scene of much
activity in the past few weeks George NJ
Cannon having acquired recently twenty
fiva acres of ground near WestInln = 7
college which is to be graded, subdlVlded
sn5 Improved. In addition the girls
building at Westminster IS to be erected
shortly and the laying Of water MAINS
sidewalks and the planting OF shade trees
ts TO be hurried forward that the various
building properties in that district may
he disposed of during the summer
IN the same district George WychOlI OF
NontrOse Colo, is to erect flfteen resi-
dences in the near future, and the ehllIe
state street north 10 the
city limits is being improved with nearly
completed homes 49,
Ground was broken yesterday at Third
South and State streets for the erection
Of a ope-story building by Z. b Wlcks
rapresenting the Burlington syndicate
The new structure is 70 replace t's On
slightly iron affair which mas ocCdpleI
she corner opposite the knutstord LOT SC
long Local realty dealers criticize tnt
authorities for allowing a building such a
the one proposed, with q solid BRICK si9'
on Third South street TO pc erected II
the district made doubly valuable rece =
Is BY the recent NewhOuse Improvements
Clearing Up Hotel Site.
The work of wrecking the Sells liver!
stable between Second and Third Soutl
streets on State to provide clear sit
for Gus Holmes new hotel and garas
was practically completed yesterday, ant
the foundation work is to commence a
once The ground floor is to be occI
r,ied nv DDod Thomas Automobile com
pany. as a garage and selling agency
while the upper floors, containing u
rooms, is to be sub-let 20 Mrs T. NJ
Bartlett for a European hotel
Another building scheme OF Mr. Hoime
- the erection Of another motel buhdln
at State and Second South streets on IN
northeast corner Inc work OF dlsHiaA
Ting the present buildings viii proceed a
soon as the present tenants can aFTans
TO move.
Samuel Biner Of Butte, president of tn
West Temple Realty company an an
George f. DeSnell, holder of large realt
interests in this city. arrived in salt Lax
yesterday for the purpose OF looking Owe
their various properties. Both stated ina
while they have no immediate plans fo
the future concerning Improvements the
are willing to eXpend considerable none
on any desirable proposition Which ma
be submitted.
New Laundry Building.
The RovaI Laundry cOmpsnys ne
building on State street between SKI
and Seventh South streets, Is rapid
nearing completion ana II Is a,l.'clp *
that within the next three weeks II WI
be possible to commence the lnstailauo
Of the new machinery.
The building equipped for business Is
represent an investment of $4,000 q
greater portion of which is said 10 be II
profits of the company since maJoril
Of the members left their positions vii
local laundry companies ana commence
business for themselves.
New College Building.
Ground is TO be broken within the ne
few DAYS for the erection Of the girl
building al Westminster college. which
10 cost between $4,000 and $4,000. III
location of the new building has been sc
tied on as at the intersection OF SOU
Fifteenth East street and the cole
property and. as necessary Improvement
such as sidewalks water mains sha
trees. etc, are to be installed in the ne
future II is believed that the new bull
ing when ready. will be one of the be
Of its kind in the west