Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11

to the working personnel have been
general and not a man is there but who
is bending down to work which
stretches far into the distant future.
Owners Of unimprovcd properties who
contemplate building in the spring are
thronging these quarters and there is
not an architect IN the city who has not
more on hand than he can do The de-
nand for plans and estimates Is gem
eral and with the advent Of the building
season Salt Lake will become a vcrit-
able Industrial beehive.
The inclement weather of the past
week has placed heavy handicap upon
all building operations. Work on the
Utah hotel has been practically sus-
pended and this rs also true OF the
Kenrns building AT the NewhouSe hotel
some teams have been at work on ex-
cayation but have been working but
part time. There Is nothing doing on
the DAILY excavation, at Fourth South
and Main streets. and practically all or
the work which Is exposed has been
discontinued. II is estimated that over
500 men and 50 teams have been laid off
because of the weather.
The advent of the cold and wet has
undar cover but amenable to change
In weather conditions. Plasterers have
been forced to suspend operations to
large extent and this cessation causes
the laying off OF carpenters and other
mechanics whose work Is affected by
the general progress. On the Mcintyre
building In Main street near First
South. tho work is very much enclosed,
but 1t has been found necessary to lay
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the Commercial club there has been a
general curtailment. and this Is true all
over the city, even where the work has
arrived at an advanced stage. A better
ment of weather conditions. particular
ly in regard to moisture, Will bring
about a general resumption OF building
work.
a feature OF the week has been tine
determination of Il number of large con-
tractors to become permanent business
connections OF Salt Lake. This condi-
tion has been brought about by the In
dustrial prospects which these far-see-
ing men have sized up as the best In
the country. James Stewart e. Co. oil
New York and St. Louis. who are
building the Utah hotel. Will locate hero
permanently The Thompson -Sterrett
company, which is erecting the New
mousse motel has opened offices In the
Ncwhouse building and viii be per-
manent fixture. This is true also of u
number of smaller firms. all OF whom
have more than tl)ey can do with every
prospect for brilliant future.
While the building trend OF the past
has been largely to the eastern part OF
the city. the general progress has ar
fected the vicinity Of the railroads, and
many houses are being erected. OF pro-
jected to the west OF the Denver g. Rlo
Grande railroad. These are mostly In
the form of homes for the railroad men
the locality appealing to them because
of its nearness to their places OF EN-.
ployment. The real estate men report
very general activity In the market
for properties west of the tracks.
Near the new Denver & Rio Grand,
depot. a. II. Vogcler. the seed man. ha.
purchased tract IN the square bound
ed by Second and Third West and Fifti
and Sixth South streets, which. it Ii
raid, he intends to hold for Investment
The property measures Il by 19 rods
and Is particularly attractive to busi
nesses in the line OF manufacture o.
warehousng, It's ncarness to the ncv
Denver e Rio Grande freight house be
ing n large asset. IT is possible that Mr.
Vogeler Will improve the property him
self. The site WAS procured from Jam
Anderson and the consideration wa
$4,000.
Tuttlc Bros report an active wee
along general lines with number 0