Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-09
REAL ESTATE a,sd BUILDING

Real estate ici lcrs report business
quiet Do inside property during the
past week. tho ash there bias been q
good inquiry for and a number ot sales
Of suburban property in the various adj
ditiors Confcn nee. 80 is said. has me
tcrfcrcd with the ordinary run of city
busincse. and people iu the city arc said
10 have glyCn thi mselNes up to Che en-
furuInmeut of .iauls. attending the
races ana tho G,iI lCn estate men
now look for o. st.lson OF activity until
winter sets m boo learuCst a rumhcr of
Eood dclls u'c pe. ldiug. Involving husi-
moss property ac cage and residential
property. and .hrtuuook for Che ututc
is said 60 Dc WIZ hopeful
The difficulties which contractors
have experienced 90 settling material
especially steel. hive not entirely dis
appeared. Boz spite VI Che receipts of the
mast week cor DO d9l r Work ia still he-
ing held mp on go 'crent jobs hccaust
the material sent is not that which is
most needed This > the reason why
the Z G.. a. ada zion Beg NOT being
pushed. Contractor fcponald expect
"a that an the steel cork would have
neen up by this time, ana the delay
is costing the hrm mo ics- ms same
condition prevails on Oh Ri' buildings
with the Issuance of building pcr-
mil yesterday to Albert Fisher for the
erection of % four-story tcel and brick
hotel and store at iel-l-b south West
Temple. az a cost OF sl00 900 tnc total
building permits Tor th Z first eight
days of October exceeded sne total for
the whole month OF Octol er last year
by more than $4,000. TIT -otal last
night was S3S9.O00 as cor 2pared With
s3t,. $50 for the whole month of October.
1905 The forecast that the building per
mits FOR the month win cNscf $1,000
900 is apparently going TO be. ca ily full
filled, as the permit Tor the Nearns
building Is yet 10 De- taken out. amount
ing to about 100000
The Hubbard Investment company |
reports "a lively demand FOR lots iu Ar /
lngton Heights. between seyeath South |
and Twelfth ami Thirteenth East /
streets; also in Fairrnount Springs and !
oakley additions. a number o. sales /
have been made this week i'm all the /
above places.
Among the 'mportar.i announcements
OF the week was that of the improve
mcnts 20 be- made by George Mueller /
Of the Royal bakery, vino Is contem-
plating the erection of "a commercial
hotel on 40 feet frontage on Third
south. just east OF the Sanitarium. A
large addition % the bak cry building in
the center Of the block Us also being
considered. 20 cost a1out 100000.
The jefferson school bull ding between
Main and West Temple str BETS just be-
ow Ninth South is nearing completion.
md when done VIII be among the nota-
,le examples OF hreproof bJulding i'm the
'ity. The building rs constructed en-
irely of concrete reinforced with steel
Il rests on "a solid concpDo foundation,
which provides against cacks result
ng from settling All of The latest iu-
.cntions for preserving ( the acoustic !
properties. doadenlng the sound from /
he floors, heating and ven Hating the
building have been utilized. The build
ng Is absolutely hroproof r. lIlctting
Is the architect. and since tho failure Of
Fanderhost OF san Francisco the work
has been taken in hand by a. and j
Mcdonald, the contractors
Local architects builders and con-
tractors will be Interested In abe move
mont being inaugurated la thair behalf
10y the Manufacturers association. La
"a letter which is now being sent TO q
number of those Interested, Secretary
Collctt OF the Manufacturers associa-
ton states that the local nrcn have
been shut out in preparing plans for
some OF the buildings Of the city, aud
some Of the local builders have also
purchased outside goods when articles
lust as good could have been bought
which have been made IN the state
In addition to selecting outside archi-
tects to make their plans, some OF the
of salt Lake City have given
their work q, outside contractors who,
In some cases. are said To- have prom
ised revelation IN speed. IL is now
pointed out that they were ignorant
of local conditions, and that. as in the
ease Of the Vermont building and Oth-
FRS, nothing remarkable IN the way Of
speed in erection has been shown by
these outside firms The work OF a,
and j. Mcdonald. "a local firm, in TAX
Ing over the Mccormick and Mcintyre
building ON Main street. and the JEFF
ferson school. after the failure az an
outside contractor, is pointed 10 as cvi-
sonce that local men can do just as Well
ls outside men.
Secretary Collctt asks for expressions
from architects and contractors as TO
The best means Of overcoming present ]
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