The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-07


Building Operations Reviewed.
According To builders. contractors and
architects this city is experiencing at
present a period of construction and
building Of unprecedented magnitude, es-
pecialiy in the office building line and the
demand for office space seems to be none
the less on the decrease.
Several new structures. representing an
expenditure Of about 31,J00.000. are ready
for occupancy or will be completed with
in q short time. Most of these have been
under construction for the past six
months or upwards of 4 year. but the
fact that they are now nearly ready to
house many office tenants seems to have
no bad effects on the spring building i'm
petus.
II is stated by building and real estate
men that the present demand for office
and storer00m space has been set at its
present lively pace by the eastern manu-
facturcs' agents and wholesale firms
seeking an outlet for their wares in the
territory centered by Salt Lake City. Al
ready many new firms coming thus TO this
city arc numbered among tine business
houses of Salt Lake. Quiet bat firm eff
fort is being made to center the whole
sale dry goods and notions and builders
specialties business on West Temple
street The completion of the l. & A.
Simon building is the first important
stride to this end Now also is the new
Jennings worthingtou building, now in
course of construction, open to tenants
OF that class
Simon Building TenaHted.
The Simon building. which has just been
completed and tenanted, was built with
five floors and basement and each floor
divided into three sections. Thus each
story is divided into three distinct floors.
Occupying this building are the /. Cline
& Bro, with a stock of wholesale no
tons and stationery. two floors and
basement. The stock of the L < A Simon /
company occupies four floors and base |
ment. The wholesale firm OF Rosenbaum /
Bros. dealers in clothing. covers five |
floors and a basement. The structure was /
built at A cost of $4,000 and is of fire |
proof material Adjoining this is the |
Jenuings-Wor burlington building which |
while originally planned for hotel, is /
now being converted into a building for |
wholesale purposes. This structure when /
complete will cost in the neighborhOod of I
$50. 900. It is being constructed OF rein
forced concrete
Other buildings just completed are the l
new two-story brick built for and occu-
pied by the Joseph Nelson Supply COM
pany. This one is located at 1896 West /
First South and was built by the Francis 1
Armstrong estate. It IS now under lease
to the present tenants for a period OF ten
years The Western Moline PloW conf
pany is Just now taking possession of new /
quarters at 1915 South State street. built
especially for that concern by Mrs George
4. Lowe. It is a mill construction brick
building In addition to this new space
the company will continue in its old quar-
tors using them as a warehouse
Among the buildings now nearing COM
pletiOn are the NeWhOuSe office buildings,
costing in round numbers 81 ,0Oo 600; the
large warehouse of the Salt Lake Hard
ware company. north of the oregon Short
Line viaduct valued at 100000, and the
new sheds and warehouse of the Utah
Lumber company.
Mormon Church Buildings.
Work on the administration building of
the Mormon church is going steadily for
ward except where minor delays occur
from lack Of material. Contractors do not
complain Of any scarcity of labor in any
line. After n short delay in the letting
of the bids for the mason work on the |
new gymnasium at the L. D. 5. univer- t
sity, Architect Cannon states that work /
will be rushed to the finish. The steel /
work is about complete and it Is expected /
that the place will be ready for occupancy /
by the first OF the year, OF at least by the /
beginning of the next school year The /
construction of these two buildings Will
represent an expenditure of S3j0,0eO
Steel is rising for the Vermont building, /
new six-stOry brick and steel structure |
TO be used for office purposes and cost /
ing Sl6s.O00 This will occupy lot 1Oox95 /
feet on South Temple street just oppo- 4
site the temple grounds. This building /
will have about rs rooms, large and mod /
ern in every respect, and the upper floor /
will be converted into music room.
The Morrison Merrill Lumber company |
will soon have completed its new struc- |
ture at First North and Third West |
streets 1t will be of mill construction |
and viii cost 100000.
The building on West Second South, /
which will be called the Syndicate block, /
and which has been leased to the Smith /
Bailey Drug company and Fairbanks |
Morse & Co, is progressing with all pos
sible speed The steel work is now nearly /
done and the brick work is done to the |
second floor. 1t is expected that the /
building viii be occupied by the first of 4
May Of this year. This is of brick. stone /
and steel and il will be equipped in the 4
most modern manner. 1t will cost $780, /
00e.
An entirely new building. the excavs-
ton for which is now being made. is the /
McCrystal building on Main street be-
tween South Temple and First South. /
This is TO be an up-tO-date apartment /
house Of fireprOOf construction costing 1
$4,000 1t will be three stories with base i
ment.
The new DAILY block on South State and