Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-23
REAL ESTATE and BUILDING

business has been good during tho
past week In lots in the various sub
divisions southeast and south Of the
city. Inquiry FOR such lots is brisk
and vendors arc kept busy running
prospective buyers out to look at the
sitos Some OF the additions are sold
out and the owners are looking over
the field 60 secure other suitable tracts
o. plat and place ON the market. A.
illustrating the demand Tor these lots
II may be- mentioned that College View,
which contains 2i0 lots was sold out in
Three months t,ucrson Heights is
also practically sold. only seven re-
manning ON Friday other additions
are IN tho same condition and stu tho
cry from the investing public is Tor
more suburban lots. and deals are nov
on ~ secure suitable property with
which 20 meet the demand.
Friday was the busiest day this week
for Building Inspector A. y. Hlrth.
who issued permits aggrcgatng a total
Of upwards OF 100000 OF this amount
the well known building firm OF Burt
& Carlquist took out permits for the
erection OF IS four-room residences and
six five-roor'. al a total cost or S42J0
Twelve OF 4 q four-room cottages are
a. be built IN Jefferson street. the oth-
ers viii be built In different parts OF
the city
Meeks & Mccartney report the sale
of 100 lots in additions southeast Of the
city during the past two weeks. fully so
per cent Of which are said to have been
made for the erection OF homes in the
spring. and not as an investment. With
the brisk sale Of lots ln all the additions
IN the southeast section now going on
the members OF this firm are sangune
that II will not be long before an eX-
tension Of the street car line viii enter
the subdivision districts, and greatly
enhance their value.
The largest transaction In suburban
property this week was the pur-
chase by Meeks q Mccartney Of
city for So. 900. The sale was
made through the George NJ Cannon
company for a local investor. who sold
out at a handsome advance after hold
ing the property only seven months.
The property Is located in Fifteenth
East and extends about halfway from
Tenth TO Eleventh South. II contains
in all 210 lots. which will shortly be-
placed on the market. The county
surveyor Is already at work plating
H. and the work Is expected to be com
pleted next week. The land is said 10
be level and at such an elevation that
II commands a good view OF the city
and other points of interest. including
the Fort Douglas and the university
Kimball q Richards. land merchants.
report an active suburban property
market with lively demand FOR build
ing sites among people who have In
view the erection OF their own homer
During the past week this firm sold 80
lots In Glenwood, Jackson Square and
Burton place. the balance being In IA
Nor OF Glenwood which Is located in
Twelfth South street. between Fifth
and Sixth East streets. Eighteen lots
were sold there. the purchasers being
all local people. Several OF them have
announced intention of building as soon
as possible. An even dozen lots were
sold in jackson Square. between Ninth
and Tenth South streets and Second and
Third East streets Tentative plans
have been made for several pretentlous
homes I'm this subdivision. In Burton
Place nine lots were sold. bringing the
total sales OF the week up to 80 lots.
Architects who are experimenting the
different jobs in the city where struc-
tural steel is being used and the con-
tractors Who are doing the work, feel
"a little easier this week. with the arri-
val OF supplies OF structural material.
Contractor Dumdas Is now rushing It's
erection az the 2. G. NJ. T. addition.
Tho steel frame work is up to the sec
ond floor and rutherford and Hansen.
the architects. expsCf to see all OF the
frame in place four stories high. inside
Of two weeks. Excellent progress has
also been made at the Felt building.
where the steel is now nearly all in
place. The Fisher building is stu
dragging. and work on the Wallace
building on Main street Is az a stand
still waiting for steel. The same condi-
ton prevails at the Newhouse hotel
though advices received this week from
tho east state that the FIRST shipment
Of steel for this building will leave
Nov. !. The reinforced concrete walls