Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-20
Old 0eSeret News Corner viii Be
Purchased by Utah
Hotel Company.
NO TROUBLE TO SELL STOCK.
Committee is Today Securing
Subscriptions for Big Sky
SCraper in Short Order.
Tlrcproof Hotel VIII DC the Best That
Money Can Build and Archi-
tccts Can Plan

ou tho basis or $50 per loot for Tho
2a5 feet frontage ou South Temple
street. the sale of Che ground TO the
net Utah Hotel company was agreed
to at meeting this morning OF thosa
interested. The Price for the corner So
thus placed a. Sl6S.iJ0. which is cou-
sidorod cheap. The total may be O ltUe
moro or less than that amount as tho
frontage taken over by the company
may Doe a FOOT or two more or less than
that given above. The property g. Co
be paid for by stock I'M the now COM
psny which win be taken by the truss
tca-iu-trust
Tho committee appointed az the meet
ms Yesterday afternoon TO secure sub
scritions for stock Ga the company, COM
sisting OF John g.. Cutler. W. s. Nc
torniCn, 7. s.. Hll-. Charles S Burton
and Hcber j Grant are busily engaged
I'M their work today. and thoy are
meeting With "a very gratifying response
from the business mon Of the city. es-
psC.aIly OF those I'm the upper district.
who are. ds might Doe expected. very
much Interested in the project So gem
eraI has been the response that fl looks
as n worry little difficulty VIII be cx-
pcrIcnccd iu placing the whole uf the
stock among the merchants OF the city.
The successes that IS being met with is
very gratifying 90 the movers I'm tho
enterprise, though 90 does not sur
prise them very much because there
has been strong feeling among many
OF tho business men Of The city for ID
long time past that tho corner should
be used fur just such buildiuC 10 has
been talked OF FOR some time past. bat
nothing dehnite could be done.
ROOM FOR BOTH
IT has been talked OF "a certain places
r0r a long time" said prominent busi-
ness man today "a fow 81 as Na,
thought that tho location is ideal, and
We have spoken OF 10 quietly So e.Rl
time but no one seemed able u sue
cessfully taltc the initiative untI A
short tme ago. Tho decision q g
ahead with the work, and the responsa
~ The people was no doubt affected b.
the announcement Of Mr.. Newhou IS
plans. There need De mo- conflict, how
over. The city viii maintain two uIcn
hotels at the rate salt Lake o. going
% grow"
THOSE AT MEETING.
Al the meeting I'm the Dessert Ma
iioual bank yesterday afternoon tho
subject was discussed az length BY n
number OF those present among wh0m
We're.
Former Governor John c. Cutler. who
was chairman OF the meeting. n. q.
Weber superintendent of the q. a.. NJ.
l.; r. r., cutler, manager Of the Utah
Idaho sugar company; W. W. Ritter.
president Of the Deseret Savings bank
J.. S. HIS, president of the Dcscret
National bank. Anthem IT, Lund and
John T. Winder OF the first presidency
OF the church OF Jesus Christ of lat
ter-day Saints, W. S. Mccormick
George Romney. chairman OF the board
OF directors of the Consolidated Wagon
e. Machine company; Elias a.. smith
Heber j. Grant president of the Home
/ Fire Insurance company; senator w.
~ williams. W III. Bancroft, general
manager OF the oregon short Line rail-
road; Charles 5. Burton, cashier OF the
state Bank OF Utah, John Henry
Smith. and LOunZ0 n. StOhl OF the
Beneficial Life Insurance company.
BEST POSSIBLE.
Among those taking the Initiative ia
/ the project tho feeling is very strong
I that the hotel should Doe the best that
| money can build or that architectural
! skill can plan. That Il viii De- fwproof.
/ beautiful 90 the eye on the outside and
I uNuriously appointed ana finished on
/ tho inside goes without Saying Tho
! desire seems To- be- among am ~ those
! approached ou The matter chat it should
/ Doe made so attractive that % might
/ be known an over the void FOR its
/ excellence among those who have ever
/ been lls guc
MILLION PLEDGED
! 10 is said that nearly ono mllliou
! dollars has been pledged already and
J at the rate subs. lutious aIe hclnss
| occurred lhI. ie uo debut about tho
[ financial end of ihe proposition
Ih1 announcement on tho proposal
/ in tIH "NcWs' l1st evening was le-
/ ceIveI With delight by tle business
I intere. ts. who sec thareiu nothing but
! good fur SALT Lake City Especially
Be- This tho case nmong The business
! district north of Second South. ~ viii
| tend. many of tusm saH, tl equalI11
| tl'nrs from o. business standpoint nIl
| auuc Main street from south Temple
/ oI tho north t1 Fourth South. d. is
| Thought that ia Wiu also cncomuge
tn. building Of the upper part of Main
/ stree. With o. better class of buildings
I lu fno uHHr fumle. ro as 10 make tho