Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY AUGUST q 1909


)ESERET EVE.
good condition 4 it Is Sc. little quiet Y;
Work was started this week on the
new $780, 900 addition which is to be
made to the Alta club. The addition
will be 6Sx7D feet, and will be built to
| match the old building, both In the
color Of the stone and the style of
architecture. It will be three stories
htg ii, and contain u dlnlngro om 3Qx60
fleet and "a billiard room the same size
on the second floor. In addition there
will be an open-alr diningroom. On the
first floor Will he the cafe, while the
third floor Will consist entirely or bed
rooms, each of&whicf will have separate
baths and other. convenlences The
interior finish has not yet been decided
on. though TINT 1t wi II be Of the best
goes without saying. Hale and Nc
Donald are assoc iates architects for the
work.
Architect d. Q. Mecklenberg is pre-
Iiaring plans for a new three-story
building to be erected by j. e.. Lynch
on the northwest corner of Second East
and Second South streets. The build.
ing Will cover the piece OF ground on
y the corner. owned by Mi. Lynch, which
measures SSis feet on Second South and
4 81 feet on Second East The basement
and first floor will be used by the Stu.
sdebaker company as salesroom and.
garage md the upper stories Will be
fitted as a hotel, which will consist Of
about 60 or 4 rooms. rhe cost Is cstl-E
mated at about $4,000
The st. gecile hotel, erected by G. S.
Holmes on State street between Second
and Third South, on part or the old
John IT,. Blythe property, is now ready
for occupancy It7cost approximately
$50. 1000 and contains 100 rooms, all of
which have hot and cold water laid on
The building has a frontage of so feet
OH State street, but there is a depth
of 165 feet with an i on. the end which
makes the building larger than it APP
pears from the front. Anumber of the
rooms have private baths and ward
robes built in them. The building Is a
ithree-story brick and steel structure
the front being built Of fire brick. The
work of tearing down the old livery
stable that formerly occupied the site
was commenced April 10. The lessee
has furnished the building with furni-
ture at a cost of upwards of $50, 900, 9ss
everything being of the best. +
Il Cannon & Cannon report a good de-
mand for lots in Fill Crest dition at
Thirteenth South and Tenth East
streets. Several lots were sold this
week and deals for others are pending.
They also report that two OF the five
cottages they are building at Forest
Dale are up to the SQUARE.
+ There is talk of taking steps to open
up the center of the block south of the
iKnutsford hotel between State and 1
Second East streets, either by extend
State between the Newhouse and Bos-5
ton buildings to Second East, known
as Exchange Place, or by running
street through the center of the
block from north to south. The pro-
.ject& has received some consideration,
and tits said to be among the proba-
bilities of the near future.
Work will be started next week by
the Salt Lake Real Estate and tile
company on a 12-room double house for
Thomas Steele, which Is to be built on
d street between Third and Fourth
avenues, at a cost Of SIS, 800. The build
ing will be 34x40 feet. 1T will be two
stories, with full basement. The inter,
Tor finish Will be fir with hard wood
floors. The same firm will also start
work next week on two modern five
room bungalows for j. e.. Johnson. one
of which is TO cost about SO, $50, and the
other about $4,000. They will be built
at Thirteenth East and Sixth South,
and will face west
ST The sale of the two-story terrace at
the corner Of Second East and Second
South streets was reported during the
week for $4,000 At this figure B.
Davis took it from the Irving Improve
ment company with which firm he is
prominently connected.
j. H. and Dan H. Magdiel who are
Interested with Nephi u. Morris Of
Elias Morris & Sons CO.. in a number
OF patents for the construction Of fire
proof houses and buildings of every
kind out of reinforced concrete, are
forming company for the purpose of
demonstrating the mercantile value of
their ideas. is the intention to build
one or two small homes for the pur-&
pose OF showing that tireproof buildings
can be built Just as cheaply as any
other kind. Whether this will be shown,
remains for the brothers to PROVE.
Others who have looked into their
scheme have been impressed with 1t,
and Cannon s. Fetzer, the architects, A
have been asked to prepare working
plans, and sketches of houses suitable
just been completed is for q cheap four
room house, which the Magdiel broth
ers claim can be built for less than
$1,000. Tie patents cover floors par
titions, castings and all openings, as
well as methods of putting in place
marble facing on the outside of large
buildings in such a way as to make
each slab OF marble thoroughly secure.
Any other rock may be used just as
WE'LL the idea being to save valuable |
rock by saving it down to q thin slab
about one inch thick: when 1t is poll
lshed, put in place, and securely fas-
tened and made part Of the concrete
wall at the minimum of cost.
With the arrival of the architects for (
The newUtah Hotel, who are expected
% reach Salt Lake from Il Los Angeles
next week. bids will be Invited for the
footings of the mammoth
structure. The contractors Raleigh and
Harmon, have practically finished the
which has been carried to
/ depth OF &c feet below the curb in T
he portion marked for the boiler room.
rhe building will be pushed to compile
ion MS rapidly as possible, and unless
nforseen things occur. to prevent it, the
of the hotel will make a
lew record in rapid construction for
his city
"A force of nntn has been busy this
week at the Newhouse hotel putting in
he footings for the beautiful structure
hat is to occupy the site at the corner
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