The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-28
TO RESUME WORK
ON THE BOULEVARD
Improvement Begun Years Ago
Is to BE Completed at
Early Date.
ONE OF THE PRETTIEST
DRIVES IN THE WEST
Property Owners Are Coming to
the Aid of the Propo-
SitiOn.

Property owners along the "high-
hne bculevard' have made arrange
ments to undertake extensive improve
ments along that road which will make
1t ono of the best in the city and Will
be the means of carrying out a substan-
tlal Improvement not only TO the prop
erty high up on the north bench. but 10
much of that on the east bench. ex-
tending from the northern boundry of
Newhouse park as far south as Twelfth
Souln. 1T IS proposed TO eXpcnd at
LeaSt s 10, ,O0G IN putting the boulevard in
nrSt.class condition. and the owners of
holdings south of that property have
promised to carry on the work started
farther north so as TO make beautiful
boulevard nearly three miles long ex
tending from r street along Eleventh
avenue TO and through Newhouse park,
passing Just to the east of Federal
Heights, back Of the University Of
Utah and Mount Olivet cemetery, TO the
city limits
Old Project Revived.
The decision Of the property Owners
along the boulevard means the consum-
nation of project conceived as long
ago as 1908. when about $4,000 was
expended on the Improvement Of
Eleventh avenue, including about $4,000
raised by the Commercial club. TO make
that street, the northern limit of the
city. scenic driveway which, was in
tended to be one of the most beautiful
highways in the country At that time
the street WAS graded and laid ont for
a distance of over a mile, extending
from 3 street to NJ street. since then
little has been done on the street and
numerous improvements have been made
on tie east bench. thereby shifting the
movement of residence building TO the
southeast of the city. With the taking
up Of much of the property lying on The
extreme east bench. however. II is felt
that there is now need of CARRYING out
the Improvements which were started
at that time.
Among the property owners along the
p. Kelsey. a real estate dealer Of this
city, and W, A. Kinney of Honolulu.
Tie latter owner, especially. controls
good deal of property along the way,
aud the fact that Mr. Kinney is so
largely interested in the growth of Salt
Lake CITY is commented upon as an in
stance of the manner in. which outside
capital is coming here for investment.
Curbing and Guttering.
The first work done will be the curb
ing and guttcring of tbe roadway be-
and NJ streets. The roadway will be
made fifty feet wide, with a sidewalk
sixteen and one-half feet wide on each
side. Any inequalities IN the present
roadway will he careenl'v leveled and
Trees Will be planted along the sides of
the road The city will be asked TO
erect handsome copcrctc bridge across
the hollow Just north of Newhouse
park and attention Mill be given to the
artistic possibilities of the surround
ngs at that point,
The work Will be started at once and
will be pushed to completion as rapidly
as possible. As soon as the improve
nents now being carried on in New
rouse park have progressed far enough,
t is understood the improvement of the
portion of the boulevard which passes
through the park will be completed, The
federal Heights owner will then com
,lete the portion of the road lust in
he rear of the property, and the prop
rty owners along Fifteenth East arc
expected to push the completion Of the
Dad the rest Of the distance to Twelfth
,outb