The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14

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plans to completion, P. J. Moran, con-
tractor, will have the most complete
contracting plant in the west, and he
will have spent 500. 900. When the
buildings which are now being rushed
to completion are ready for occupancy,
he will have spent nearly 100000, and
I next year he will do the rest.
Mr. Moran purchased nearly the
whole block between Second and Third
West and Eighth and Ninth South
streets a few months ago for a perma-
neRt home for his large plant He paid
! for the property s35, 600. With the ex-
the entire block.
The buildings now being erected, and
to be completed in sixty days. include
large twO-stOry building i'll the CEN
ter of the block to contain $50 single
stalls and tan box stalls for Moran's
horses. machine blacksmith and car
penter shop, warehouse and a row of
wagon sheds.
The big barn In the center of the
block around which the buildings will
cluster about will cost $4,000. 1t is of
brick, two stories in height, with ce-
ment foundations The entrance faces
ten feet wide. There viii be four aisles
down the buildings, with rows of stalls
on either side, and II viii be possible to
drive directly through the entire build
ing from the entrances. AT the north
end of this building is a buggy room,
where fifteen rigs may be kept. This
room is supported by a forty-foot steel
truss to eliminate the posts, making
turning easy.
An eight-inch sewer pipe runs down
the barn in each aisle, and every two
horse stall has a four-inch lateral This
makes it possible to make the building
thoroughly sanitary. The floor of the
barn will be six inches of cement, and
the keeping of it clean will be a COM
paratively easy matter.
Complete Water System.
A six-inch water main has been run
into the barn, and there are pipes con-
Meeting with this all over the place
Standpipes with hose connected will
furnish the necessary fire protection.
There is, of course, a fire hydrant con-
veniently placed.
There is a wash room for wagons at
the rear, and another portion set aside
for washing horses. The blacksmith
and machine shop is for the purpose of
keeping Mr.. Moran's men busy making
necessary repairs in the winter months.
This is located in the northeast portion
of the property. and is of brick. with
solid cement foundation. a little fur
Their along Second West is the new
warehouse.
The barn is 116x171 feet, inside meas
urement and will cost 49,. 900. The
blacksmith shop measures 130xS0 feet,
and will have small Office in one end
Of IT. 1t will cost $4,000. The ware
house is 100x150 feet. and rs costing &c.,
OOo- All of these are of brick, two sto-
ries, with cement foundations.
Around the Ninth South end of the
property Mr.. Moran is building sheds
for the storage of his wagons at a cost
Of $500. These will enclose the south
end of the property, the rear serving
the purpose of a fence. There are $50
feet of the sheds, and each is sixteen
feet wide.
These buildings. which with the DUR
chase of the property represent an ex-
penditure OF S97, 800. are all Mr.. Moran
will undertake to erect this year. Nhe
remaining buildings i'm the group as
planned will be completed next year.
They will include two more ware
houses at the north end of the property.
to cost $4,000 for the two: an asphalt
plant. costing $4,000, and a new rock
crushing plant to cost $4,000
Putting In Spur Tracks.
The Oregon Short Line is putting in
a spur track to the property, which will
run around three sides of it, and will
connect directly with barns and ware
houses. From the barn, F. B. Gawan. |
Mr.. Moran's superintendent, is plan !
ming conveyor, which VIII carry the |
grain directly to the upper story of the |