Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10

new building will be three stories high
and have frontage Of 60 feet on First
South and a depth OF liz feet 1t VIII
contain thirty apartments, consisting
of four-room and tive-room suites. John
NJ Whitley is erecting the building
which is expected to be completed be-
fore the end Of September.
The construction of the new car line
on Ninth avenue is being hurried, and
it is expected that ii will give even
more impetus to the building of homes
on the north bench than its anticipation
has already done. The poles are being
put in and preparations are being made
for the track laying. which Will be COM
pleted before the summer Is over. In
anticipation of this line, a wonderful
transformation has taken place this
year on the bench north Of Eighth
avenue, where q great number Of cot
tages have been built UP as high as
Tenth avenue and as far east as *
street
Work was started this week on the
excavation at the corner of c street
and First avenue for the splendid
apartment house which Is to be built
there by Hyrum Stewart, formerly of
Kaysvllle. The building Will have 81
three stories and a basement and Mr..
Stewart says it is the intention to have
everything first class. Mr.. Stewart is
building 1t as an investment. The
plans re pepared by George S. Walk
er.
The promoters OF the Emigration
canyon Improvement comany are
meeting with gratifying success in in
rcresting people in the lots which the
company is Offering for summer homes.
A number of people have gone up near
" every evening this week, going to Mt.
olivet by car and then taking the beau
tiful cars of the Emigration canyon
electric railroad. which go right to
Maple canyon, where lots are now being
offered for sale.
After several weeks of enforced idle
ness at the Newhouse hotel site at
Fourth South and Main street. owing
to the delay on the plans for the base
ment. work was started yesterday with
a force of about 40 men. cleaning out
and squaring the basement preparatory
to the work of sinking to the clay for
tho big. footings the foundation With
this preliminary work done. the work
Of construction will be pushed to ccm-
pletion as rapidly as possible.
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Advices were received few days
ago from Architects Parkinson and
Bergstrom OF Los Angeles, that work
on the plans OF the new hotel which is
to be built by the Utah Hotel company.
is being pushed as fast as possible. 1t
was stated that they would be ready
for the contractors who are to bid on
them at the end of the present week.
Former Gov Cutler said today that as
far $ he was concerned he wished all
the local people who desired to bid on
the construction to have the oppor-
tunity of doing so, thought the archi-
tects state that people all over the
country are making inquiries about
the plans, with the object of bidding on
the work. Those OF the local men who
do bid on the job will have to conf
pete undoubtedly against some Of the
biggest outside contractors In the
country 1t is stated that Raleigh &
Harmon. the contractors, will have the
biz excavation for the basement fin
ished on time though they will have
to put in a night shift to do SO This
they did last night preparations having
been made for II by the installing or
two arc lights in the center Of the
hugo caraitS.