The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21
Plans Perfected for Erection
of Two Business Structures,
Which Will Cost Three
Quarters of a Million.
WRECKERS WILL START
WORK EARLY IN WEEK
New Streets Being Made Near
Proposed NeWhouSe Hotel in
Main Street, and Business
Section viii Be Augmented.
OLD LANDMARK MUST GO

Plans for the erection of two large
buildings, to cost nearly three-quarters Of
million dollars, were announced yesteT-
day, and tomorrow morning the work Of
clearing the sites will be started. These
buildings will be erected south and west
of the Newhouse hotel In Main and
Fourth South streets, and they will af-
ford ground floor sites for many retail
stores and 500 to 900 office rooms
These buildings will be erected by the
Walker estate, and the old S. S. Walker
homestead will be demolished this week
to make room for one of the business
blocks. Other residences on the block
will be torn down as fast as the wTeckers
can do their work, and they will be fol-
lowed by wOTkmen who will begin tmme-
diately making the excavations in this
important addition to the business dis
trict of Salt Lake.
Grading on Carson street and Walker
place, dividing the block bounded by
Main and West Temple and Fourth and
Fifth South streets, is now under way,
and the Improvements on these streets,
which have already been decided to the
city. will continue as rapidly as possible
The site Of the NeWhOuSe hotel at
the northeast corner of Fourth South
and Main streets is bounded on the
west by Carson street, and just across
this thoroughfare Is the site of the
100000 business block which will be
erected and ready for occupancy by
the time the NeWhOuse hotel is Opeuked
This office block to be erected by the
estate of J. r. Walker will have a
frontage of 2S4 feet on Fourth South
street and on Walker place and a
frontage of 155 feet on Carson street
On the ground floor of the new
buildings there viii be sixty store
rooms, the idea of the builders being
to supply the greatest want now exist
ing in rental property in Salt Lake.
1t is the belief of the builders that
with so many ground floor stOrerOOms
available il will create a new retail
business district in the vicinity Of the
Newhou hotel that will at once meet
with public favor.
This new building will be OF brick
and concrete, four stories high and SO
arranged with light court that all
of the offices and storerOoms viii be
among the most desirable and best
lighted in the city. In the erection
Of this building no time will be lost
and it is assured that IL will be COM
pleted within the next twelve months.
Immediately south of the Newh Gus e
hotel J. r. and G. A Walker will erect
another fOur-story building with store
rooms on the ground floor and office
rooms above This building will front
in Main street, Carsoy street and Walk
er place. Plans for the building are
now in the hands of architects, and
although they are not far enough ad-
vanced to give an accurate estimate
of the cost it Will be in the neighbor-
hood of $500, 900.
This building will be in two sec
lions, the north part being n feet on
Main and Carson streets and las feet
on Walker place. The other section
will have a frontage of 80 feet in Main
and Carson streets. This building will
occupy the ground on which the ola
S. S. Walker home now stands, and a
force Of workmen will begin this week
to clear the site.
The passing of the old Walker home
stead will mean the wiping out OF
one Of the residence landmarks OF
SaA Lave and a home which, before
the death Of Mr.. Walker, nearly twen-
ty years ago, was the center of social
activity of the city.
The illustrations show a sketch OF
the plans for improving the block
with the sites of the Newh ouse hotel
and the new buildings indicated, as
well as the new streets which are now
being cleared and made ready for the
! paving, which will be done within the
next three months. Another illustra-
| ton is from a photograph of the old
). ). walker homestead, which will be
torn down this week to make room for
| the building 70 be erected by J. R. and
c. A. Walker and the Western Invest
ment and Trust company.
The lot bounded on the east by Car
son street and on the north by Walker
| place Is owned by J. R and c, A
/ Walker, and II is to be improved IN
| the near future, although the plans
| for this building have not yet beer
| completed,