The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
FEDERAL HEIGHTS
IS UNIQUE PARK
Completion of improvements
There Show What Can Be Done
With Other Property.
NEW IDEA SUGGESTED
FOR PLATING ADDITIONS
Salt Lake City May Have Most
Beautiful Residence Sec
ton in World.

The recent acceptance by the city
Of the Federal Heights addition and the
announcement almost Immediately by
prices would be increased for all unsold-
lots after January L, calls attention
anew to the general move of the city s
population eastward, and especially to
what is being done TO improve the
ground on the cast bench
Ever since the beginning of the
unique scheme of laying out the Federal
Heights addition, there has been ten
dency OH the part of owners of other
additions 10 depart from the conrcp.
tional way Of plating their ground
and TO produce the new sections some
what different from tho old cut-and-
dried, checkcrboard fashion of streets.
with the houses all built in Tows and
each exactly like the other.
The most prominent movement to
build up d. new residence district that
was distinctive after the beginning OF
Improvements in Federal Heights was
hat made to produce park on the site
of the old Poppcrton place. Landscape
architects and engineers were set at
work and the entire tract was care
fully laid out according TO an elaborate
scheme in which the natural advantages
OF the ground wcrc utilized 10 produce
effects which would vie in beauty with
tho finest residence sections III the coun-
try
Good Beginning Made.
Only beginning WAS made, however.
and except for the completion OF the
street car line through the property,
Ncwhouse Park is scarcely changed
from what jt was two years ago. |,
is understood that Mr. Ncwhouse is
simply waiting for the working out of
other more important matters before
Idcvoting any more time ard attention
TO the ncw residence addition.
I'M a smaller way, however, the idea
set forth IN Federal Heights mas been
carried out in other additions situated
idea embodied in the new HaAton place
on East South Temple street, where a
small area OF excellent ground is set
apart from the main thorougbfarc by
gates and by such au arrangement OF
building lots that the place becomes
4 coZy park, Is one example.
Residence avenue, near the southeast
bench, laid out by the Salt Lake Secur-
Ity and Trust company. ls another at
tempt TO utilize natural conditions OF
the ground IN laying out streets aud
locating new homes. Hamilton place,
lust south Of the city and county build
ing, offers another demonstration of
what can be done by careful planning
even in blocks where the lines are al
ready fixed and little departure can be
made from thc old idea established with
the layiug ont of the city from north
10 South AND from cast TO west.
These arc only Il few Of the places
where IN attempt has been mado TO
carry out new idea Of residence con
Struction. aud in all OF these tho build.
crs have been hampcrcd by the old
conditions. II is pointed out by realty
owners that the best opportunity for
carrying out scheme Of improvement
similar 10 that in the beautiful addition
at the head ot Brigham street is found
in the new addition recently placed on
tho market and which includes most of
the ground lying along the cast bench
from Twelfth South 10 the southcrp
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