The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
IMMENSE REALTY
DEAL IS CLOSED
Largest Single Track Ever Plat
ted to Be Opened on East
Bench.
MEANS OPENING or a
NEW RESIDENCE SECTION
Transaction Between Denver
and Local Firm Involves Con-
sideration Of $200,000.

With the closing of deal between
the Hubbard Investment company of
this city and tho Douglass Heights !
Land and Improvement company of
Denver preliminary arrangements were
perfected fof Placing on ,he markct
some tir1e in eellv spring the largest
tract of ground ever plated for =
new addition al ono limo in the city.
and the opening of a new residence
section which promises 10 be orc OF
/ inc most attractive on tho cast bench.
The deal. which YRS corsummatci
Saturdsv. has hccn under considers.
ton FOR some timc and involved a
consideration Of aboNt 500. 900 The
property is located lust south OF She
! Fort Douglas military reservation and
east of Thirteenth East. I: - Block
md u half deep. north and south. end
extends easterl,. from Thirtccrth East
, 4 distance of II mile. Ninth South will
/ lie extended directly through the pTop-
/ ertv. with lois facing thc street from
| hUtn directions.
Wen Situated
/ roGr, ccnth, Fifteenth. Sixteenth. Sow
! Cn'ccuth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth aud
J Twentieth East streets win be cuS
! through thc property 10 the south line
, Of the reservation. Building lots will
also be placed, facing the reservation.
AZ present the line Of The Cmigrn-
/ ton Canyon railroad passes immediate
| " south Of the reservation and viii
, consequently pass INC new addition on
the north. This l;nc viii accordingly
provide excellent accommodations for
rapid transit 10 and from the business
section Of the cify
Thc tract contains l93Ts acres of land
or about 1000 building lots An At
tyactivc feature Of the addition is the
fact that the conduit of The All Hal.
lows tract passes directly through the
property, so that city water viii lac
available for the uew home builders
from the first. The property lies high
UP on the bench. aud beautiful view
OF the salt Lake valley and inc sur.
rounding mountains may he obtained
from all parts Of the property. The
ground Will be surveyed az once aud
laid out Streets will he cut through.
AS stated. sidewalks laid and shade
trees planted, Every effort viii he
made 10 turn The locality into , high
class residence addition. comparable 10
the finest in the city.
Throws East Bench Open
With the completion of the under.
taking, east bench land viii then be
Iopened from Ninth South ~ Twelfth
South, with the exception OF 2 small
piece between the south line of this
property and the north line Of Uniyer-
Sity Heights. The extremity Of the
Thirteenth avenue car line al Fifth
South will then be only four blocks
away. and The eutirc development Of
the whole southeast bench from Thir-
teeuth East eastward. and as far south
as Twelfth South will he accom-
Plished
Besides being one of the largest realty
deals in residence property ever car
RED out here, the transaction is import
ant from the results IL viii obtain IN
the development of the beautiful couu-
try lying on the east bench, Projects
which have been hanging ire for timc,
for fear Of delay in the development
Of bench property, viii probably bc
rushed through, and the city will be cT
tended eastward by number Of blocks.