The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-29

Surprising the dreams of Salt Lakes
most enthusiastic boomers, the record of
building permits for the first eight
months this year has already Outstripped
the record of all of 1893 by $45OO4O, with
this month uncOmpleted Building In
spector A. 3. Hirth now believes the 1903
figures will be nearly $7.000.000-a record
far eclipsing anything in the history of
Salt Lake City.
There are still two more working days
in August, as the building inspectors Of
flee viii be open until Tuesday at noon,
when the work for the month Will cease.
After the record Of Thursday and Fri
day of last week, it was expected that
Saturday would fan back but permits
aggregating cost Of $1l6,500 were issued
yesterday. The two largest are for the
keySOT Investment company for five
story warehouse at 32S West Second South
street, to cost $1,000, and a $4,000 three
story apartment house at 1886 South West
Temple street for the Alexander Realty
company.
Last weeks business establishes a new
record for six days in the growth of salt
Lake. and brought the total for the
month up to a new record. During the
six days only twenty-three permits were
issued but they aggregated Si,45T 100. The
largest. of course. was the new Utah hO-
tel, which viii be erected at Main and
South Temple streets. at a cost Of Sl,lOJ,-
900. But even without this permit, the
record thus far in August is far ahead Of
mits for the month amounted to SSSS5OO,
while during this month, without the hotel
permit, they aggregate S523,42O.
More Coming This Month.
Inspector Hirth declares that he has not
finished with the month, but that permits
amounting TO at least 100000 viii be re-
ceived during Monday and Tuesday, un-
less plans OF builders miscarry and the
permits are held over for few days and
come in under the September list.
Several buildings for which plans have
been drawn and upon which work VIII be
started this fall will take out permits
within the next week or two, some of
these amounting to more than 10000. Mr..
Hlrth says he knows of six buildings,
which will be started this year, not one
OF which will cost less than $SOUOO, All
of these are business blocks down town,
and in this list is not considered the
scores Of homes for which permits viii
be taken out every day from now until
the end of the year.
One Of the best indications of the inn
proved class of homes in Salt Lake Is
shown by the cost Of dwellings during the
present month, now nearly over. build
er or contractor always tries to place the
lowest possible estimate on the building
he proposes to erect. but in spite Of this
the permits for dwellings have been aver
aging more than $500. In the main, the
homes are of five or six rooms, of brick,
and will cost 5000 or more
In new buildings, with the exception Of
the hotel and the COvey apartment house
on South Temple and A streets, which
will cost $4,000 for the completion of the
first wing the larger permits have been
issued for the construction of buildings
on lower Main street or on State street.
This is also true of the new buildings now
being planned and upon which work will
start in the near future. Most of the
new ones, however, will be on the cross
streets or on South State street
The southeastern part of the city was
the most heard from during the early
part of the year, but during the last
month or two the permits for dwellings i'm
that part of Salt Lake have dropped off
materially Residences are still going up
in great numbers IN that part of the city,
but in most instances permits were taken
out for them during the spring.
That already with the eighth month not
quite completed, the permits have ex-
ceeded the whole of last year by S450,O40,
has caused 10 end of surprise and the
amount Of building that is going on here
in every line has attracted no little in
terest through the country. 1t is calcu-
lated that an average Of at least SJoO,OD
will be made for the next four months of
1893, which will bring the total for the
year well above the S.010,00O mark and
establish a new record for the city.
Yesterdays Permits.
Building permits aggregating S116,5OO
were issued yesterday by Building In
spectOr A. e. Hirth as follows:
Keysor Investment company, five-stoiy
brick and fire-prGOf warehouse, 32S West
Second South street, $4,000.
Alexander Realty company three-story
Groom brick apartment house, $50 South
West Temple street $4,000.
w. F. DromerhaUser, two-story, 70
room double brick dwelling, 81 South
First West street, $1,000.
J. L. RaCkley, One-stOry, five-rOom dOu-
bic brick dwelling, rear 1919 Eleventh East
street, $500.