Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-30
.F|1H1 GREW
TOO STRONG.
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MIRA Topham Acknowledges Her
self Beaten by Law and
Moral Sentiment.
PROP ERTY TO BE 5 RE !: . J !. ED:
Visit 10 Scene Today Revealed
place Deserted andsin Pro-
cess Of Rebuilding.

.vIS'NE
Place Deserted and5in Pro-
cess Of Rebuilding.
49,
Mortgage Forecloscd Which, Includes
Her Property Iii Ogden stocknde''
Nov Held By Eastern Owners.
slThc fight was too strong. I could
not hold out, And while i was not
nromlscd police protection from any
rity official. i did not anticipate the
htwouId be SO strong against me rs
II has been. I,hayc sold out to an
EASTERN company. and AM going to
/ move away.r--sirs. d. B. Topham.
n represent the New York Console
datcd Insurance. company. the owners
Of this block. We forccIoscd on II
mortgage held by our company on tho
property owned by. Mrs. Topha1n and
The Citizens Investment company. in
Tho sum OF 100000. The mortgage
was Is days overdue. 1t includes tho
property OF Mrs. Topham in Osden.''-
statement by G. II. Norris OF New.
York at the former ..stockade' grounds
this morning. y:
The work OF demolition of the walls
surrounding the former t'stockaden is
going rapidly on this morning. The red
brick screen fronting on Second South
street and preventing view of the
Did dens OF vice Is down. Workmen are
engaged In tearing down the walls OK :
ending from the western row ofs"cribs,'
10 the street, and evidences of new
ownership and different purpose In the
disposition of the buildings lately de-
voted to the uses of the "stockade'
are IN ample evidence.
AS a general thing, the cribs are
: empty, the Women lately occupying
them having left the place. and in all
probability the town. Only one or two.
! stragslers Were packing their belong
lngs in the small rooms this morning,
and the only signs OF activity in the
place IS the preseneetof express wagons
cawlns off the possessions of the woTn-
piIand the laborers who are tearing
down the walls.
As the News stated yesterday, the
3 sstockade'' is no more. III its place Will
be reared n large hotel and rooming
house, and I'M place Of the cribs and
other joints will be built substantial
bats and dwelling houses. The New
York Consolidated Insurance company,
which yesterday foreclosed the overdue
mortgage for 100000 of Mrs. Topham,
and the Citizens Investment company,
mas its representative,G G. R.Morris. on the
ground. Mr.. Morris states that he all
ready has blue prints of the proposed
buildings and improvements to be
made on the grounds.
FOUR STORY HOTEL.
We are going to put three more
stories on the building Immediately
west Of the street, which by the way
VIII remain street clear through the {
block. This will be a four-story hotel.
On the eastern side of the street the
roomins house will be extended back
10 feet. All the cribs Will be torn
out as far north as 10 II, and the 9TH
er buildings will be rejuvenated and the
entire western side Of the block will be
devoted to two-story brick flats. The
company expects to expend 100000 on
me property, and proposes to run the
pace on strict business: principles and
y viii be a clean residence and bust
ness district hereafter II # 3s
would like to request through your
paper that now that the place Is no
z longer devoted to illegal purposes, the
PEOPLE refrain from destroying proper
y on the block. Last night a number
q window panes were knocked out by
parties passing through the place, and
MesWoud like them to refrain from
damaging the property hereafter"
THE FIGHT TOO STRONG.
Mrs. Dora r. Topham, talked freely
3 W., asked for an interview by a
News New! representative.
The fight was to strong for me.
sad she. Il did not anticipate so
much opposition when L came to salt
Lake. did not come entirely Of my
NV, volition. invested my money
mere, and now it is all over. I viii say
.ilat MI Newton does not represent me
and never has represented me in any
way will say further that
! intended to handle this business
properly and give Salt Lake a restrict
~ aistricts which would be better than
me conditions which existed Before. In
~ tne seven months that this place has
wen running, there has never been oc-
aston for a visit with the patrol wag
~, ana there mas never been rob-
n psry But they fought me too strong,
a,'u could not hold out. l have sold
' !, 10 an eastern company, and after
nave cleaned up the odds and ends OF
~. ny, business. intend to move away. r.
Weeks YET
OFFICE A Busy PLACE.
While she spoke, Mrs. Topha1n, from
e ne,,lnd me wire-netting facing the
sso eo,n IN the building at 546 west
d ,lo,nnu south street, received perhaps u
s s,,S'.a. or more bills for supplies from
~, raa .. which she paid in coin of the
realm, demanding recent In .atf
, ,,,a "a nee. The little office was a busy
l'laee, and men and women of all kinds
tha eolors pesieged the woman behind
Y Wire They ali received prompt at
9n ana speedily departed. II mn
, winding up my affairs here. and they
WI soon be over with, Then / shall
ie save town. said Mrs. Topfain.
:, !, D9Wn the deserted alleys and broad
Maiss facing the cribs all was Quiet.
~ one OF these places a woman was
oeFarture. ? ~ = =
An angry WOMAN.
Ia g, should say am going to
Nis,, salt La he. said the woman
en,,t,. heavy accent on the am She
s6na s,.lue st They haven't given us
fha,.e zeal. They didn't know what
IT, we're doing when they closed nip
M, seocha0e.''s The W an went on to 4