The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
NEW SUbURBANPARK
WILL Be OPENED UP
Fairmount Springs, in Sugar
House District, Will Be At.
tractive Addition.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
BEING CARRIED OFT
Spring Water, Shade Trees and
Schools Among Features
Of the Place. d

Within few days there will he
opened for homc.building tract Of real
estate in the southern section which
promises TO he one Of the most beauti.
full and popular residence localities in
the vicinity Of the city. The property,
which includes an area of more than
forty acres. is TO be known as Fair.
Twelfth South between Ninth and Eley-
enth East. near The present Sugar
House district.
AT the present time there are located
close 10 the tract a number of band.
some residences, Including the beauf;.
full summer home owned by Charles $.
Burton, cashier Of tho Utah State hank
1t is only Il short walk from the prom
erty 10 the Sugar House car line on
Eleventh East: and to the Ashton ave
nuc line on Ninth East. The property
itself Is unusually beautiful and will he
improved In y manner thoroughly in
keeping with the natural advantages.
Will Be Park
The place will he laid out info
park. Streets are already cut through
the property and carefully graded and
graveled. Concrete sidewalks will be
laid at once. and additional trees plant
ed. This will be done in spite of the
fact that there are already hundreds
of beautiful shade trees on the prop
crty, many of them eight aud ten wears
old. 4 feature of the locality. However
and something which is true Of no other
addition in the vicinity of the city. is
The abundance Of spring water obtain
able by the residents of the place.
The water is furnished by natural
springs. which at The present timo over
flow and feed a large lake which occu.
pies portion Of The property The
surplus water now Is used 10 irrigate
tho farms of the locality and is then
turned into Parley's Canyon creek This
water will bc pipod 20 every building
LOT in the place by the present owners.
There Will. hence not only he no neces-
sity for depending upon the city water
supply, but at times like the present,
when the city wafer has been muddy,
the residents of this section will he pro-
vidcd with the hest water in the city.
Ashton School.
The Ashton school. a practically noy
building costing 100000, is in the i'm
mediate neighhorhood, 50 tha; families
with school children viii be well sup
piled with accommodations for their
children IT is also pointed ont that
the recent important improvements in
the Sugar House district itself are of
a nature 10 attract here a larger and
better population even than occupies
the locality II the present tune, In
short. II is pointed out that this district
is destined to become an important
suburb of Salt Lake CITY. The en-
largemcnt of the Westminster Heights
district, College View. Lanrelhurst, Idle
wild and tho other new additions which
are being developed and improved in
the southeast must have some central
point for business which does not de-
maud visit to the central portion of
the big city. The growing business sec.
tion OF Sugar House, therefore, prom
ises 10 he an important business center.
The property is controlled at the
present time by the Fairmount Springs
company, which includes H. p. Clark,
II. Y. Lane, Frank Harris, o. X, Lewis,
DR.. WortbiDgton and others. The prop
erty will he handled through the office
of the Hubbard Investment company.