The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
REAL ESTATE NEWS AND THE
CETY'S BUILDING OPERATIONS

Stowe & Palmer, in their review Of
the week, say.
"The month Of December is usually
quiet, so far as the real estate mar
kot is concerned. This year. however,
il has kept UP much better than usual.
The demand is principally in property
now or prospcctivcly available for bust
ness purposes. Many deals Of greater
or less Importance are under way, but
the outlook rs for something of a lull
until after the first of the year,
The issue of building permits during
the last week has been remarkably
light. On Saturday not n single per
NIT was granted, and on two or three
days there have been only one or two,
The total for the week was only $29.-
600. For the month thus far, the total
has been Sl0S 200. At least 100000
more worth OF buildings must be
planned this month 10 bring the total
up to the $S,0O0.000 mark.
The Eardley- -Ball-Cannon association
reports the sale of the 10 by 10 corner
of Ninth avenue and i street from Jo-
seph Wirthlin to O. II. Hewlett and
Oscar Weller. On account Of the south
front and the fine view, and also the
new car line on Ninth avenue, this is
considered very choice corner. The
purchase was for speculation and they
intend TO Immediately cut 1t up and sell
| the lots.
II. \. Humphries, the real estate
man, reported sales during the past
week as follows. Carl y. Tucker, Gar
field, three Sunnyside lots; Thomas G..
| Durham, Garfield. three Sunnyside lots;
Alex Snced Bingham Canyon, four Sun
nyside lots: Alex Bell, Ouray, Colo,
four Idlewild lots; j. Mcfarland, 81
South Third East, three ldlewild lots.
He also sold James Fennel house, 469
East Ninth South, five rooms, modern,
| bungalow, for $1,000.
The Hubbard Investment company
reported the sale Of six building lots in
Nve addition on State street, near
Tenth South, to parties from Bingham.
These lots were sold for S425 each,
which is considered an excellent price
for property of the sort.
Reports Of building operations in
| Federal Heights were received as fol
lows;
John Dorius, Jr., the contractor and
builder, finished the concrete founda-
ton of his new house in the Heights
| Just before the first heavy Snowfall a
few weeks ago. He is now planning
to get his brick and other materials
upon the ground and states that he
would start putting up the walls of his
new home in 4 few weeks.
G., B. Bockhart. who owns three
building lots on Perry avenue. has an.
nounced that w. II. Lepper, the archi-
tect, has plans ready for his new home
and that work will be started Just as
property faces north with a frontage
of seventy-fve feet and forms an un-
usually attractive location for a home.
| In the meantime. excellent progress
is being made on the other new build
mos in the Heights. AT the Callaghan
pleted. The big fireplace in the rooms
on the ground floor have been finished
and Just as soon rs the plasterers are
through with their work the interior
finish will be placed. Various causes
have DELAYED the work from time to
time, but there appears to be no reason
why the building should not be ready
for occupancy by spring.
Unusually handsome is the new resi-.
dence being erected at the corner Of
East First South and Virginia street
by II. ]. Wallace. The interior wood
work is now being placed and split
grained fir which will be used in large
finished and the heavy beamed ceilings
of the library on the ground floor and
Of the big reception room at the head
Of the stairs on the second floor are
completed.
The homes of o. II. Gray and NJ; D.
Grosh arc nearing completion. The
new homes of j. z. Nibley on Sigsbee
avenue and Of Arthur Thomas on Lau,
rel street are ready for occupancy.
D. A. Smyth, owner Of the European
hotel at ogden, has recently acquired
an interest in an important piece Of
property on Main street, between Sec
ond and Third South. The purchase
calls attention anew to the interest
with which investors regard Salt Lake
realty.
K. A. Shipp Of the Birrell- -Shipp Re
atty company returned the first Of the
week from an extended trip to Arizona,
where he has been looking over condi-
tions, He reports the country waking
up and tremendous operations being
carried out, especially in the way of
irrigation. There is general conf
dcncc among realty men there and bus