The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-07
REAL ESTATE NEWS AND THE
CITY'S BUILDING OPERATIONS

porch which will be one of the fca-
lures of the front of the building. has
been set up and promises to add greatly
! To the already unusually attractive
structure.
The home OF II j. Wallace. at the
corner Of East Second South and Uni
VcrSily street, is now entirely completed
outside, except the final finish of the
big concrete pOrchcs. The plaStCrcrs
arc now putting on the ornamental plas.
ter work in the Railways and are pre-
pairing tho other rooms for the interior
wood finish The building is an un-
usually effective type Of solid aud dig
niGcd construction with many features
which make it attractive and comfort
able.
According 10 reports from the Office
of the city engineer. the plat Of the
heights, which was presented 10 the
engineer for examination about two
weeks ago is now nearly checked up
and will probably bc presented TO the
council next Monday night for consider
alton The heights will he the first new
residence addition to be presented 10
the city with all improvements com
plcte. About Sl25.OOO has been cX-
pended To put the locality in its pres
emf condition and the roads, parks.
and the whole plan Of the placc is IN
like anything of the sort ever laid out
in the city before.
The announcement of tho intention TO
pave Eleventh South from Main street
to Thirteenth East calls attention 60
the benefits which Will be derived
through improved access 10 the now
additions ON the southeast bench. The
new street win be one Of the hand
soonest in the city and comparable when
completed to South Temple street cX-
ccpt for the handsome big residences,
although there are already large num-
bcr Of pretty residences along the thor
oughfarc and many more will be erect.
ed as soon as the improvements arc com.
Pictcd.
Attention is called to the advance in
property values which is due 10 the
cOnsummatiou of the undertaking. Col
lcge View addition and Emcr3ou
Heights Just over the edge of the
bench, University Heights, located
little further north and cast of Eff
teeuth East, Will receive added impetus.
Westminster Heights, which lies Just
south of Eleventh South, bordering on
Twelfth South, will be brought within
closer contact with the upper portions
of the city, and Idlcwild and SunnySide
additions lying along Twelfth Sonrh 10
the eastward of Westminster will be
given m additional boost.
4. n. Humphrcs. who controls the
ldlewild and Sunnysidc additions, re-
ported increased activity IN the local
iCy AS the result of the election, and
it is expected that within a short time
work on the erection of a number of
new homes in the locality will be
started. IL is pointed out that the ex
tension of the Sugar House car line
eastward Will bring about the develop
mcnt of the large tract lying TO the
southeast of tho city and produce great
changes in the residence map, With
the anticipated extension Of the Thir
tcenth East car line southwark from
Fifth South TO Twelfth South, the CON
nection of water mains for the new
additions with the Big Cottonwood
conduit and the other big municipal i'm
provements contemplated, there Will be
additional movement OF population TO
the eastward of the city.
The recent transfer of G. W. john
son, secretary and treasurer OF the
| Houston Real Estate Investment com
pany, of a piece Of property with n
| frontage OF forty-seven and a half feet
on Fourth South street, calls attention
TO the big Improvement to be made by
| the opening up of a new street from
| Third to Fourth South between State
street and Second East, Tho property
recently transferred was sold for $l5,-
900 by the city.
1t is proposed to turn tho locality
! into a business district, and although
no definite plans have rs yot been ar
range for tho Improvements to be start
| cd, it is understood that the street will
be cnrbed and guttercd and made ready
for business thoroughfare. which will
| bo utilized as soon as buildings can he
| erected. The Improvement will add
greatly to the value Of property in that
locality. and it has been suggested that
the undertaking may he only the be-
ginning Of similar important improve.
ments in other blocks about the city.
Activity in small realty transactions
has been considerable, according to the
reports from different dealers, and
many of the transactions involve large
amounts of money.
The Birrell- -Shipp Realty company re-
ports the following transactions through
their offices tho last week;
| Il, L. Merritt, the most prominent