The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15
MAIN STREET WILL
Be METROPOLITAN
Buildings Going Up Give Thor
oughfare a Different
Appearance.
EXPEND FOUR MILLIONS
OWNERS OF NEW STRUCTURES
MAKE IMMENSE OUTLAY.

The near approach to completion OF
the frame work of the NewhOuse and
Utah hotels together with the erection
OF the steel work of the RearnS build
lent suggestion Of how Main street
Will appear when these structures have
been finished The four blocks along
the main thoroughfare of the city from
South Temple street TO Fourth South
street present q metropolitan appear
ance with the numerous high struct-
urss which have been erected mad are
now under course of construction and
the improvements which have been
made in the fronts OF the old building
improvements aggregattng in value
close to $4,OOO,O00 have been undertake
en- within a period of q few months. At
the head of the street at the corner OF
South Temple street the huge frame
OF the Utah hotel furnishes an excel
lent example of metropolitan architec-
ture- The building Will cost probably
more than 100000 and will require
another year at least for completion,
although the steel frame work is now
completed to xhe top of the eleventh
story.
Just west of this building. on the
other side OF Main street, are the Tenn
pie grounds. The Desert News build
ing and the Templeton building occu-
Ply the other corners Of the street.
Immediately east of the TempIeton
building is the new annex being erect
ed by the q. c. NJ. I. at a cost OF more
brick and steel and is intended to pro-
vide for the trei --ndous increase IN
the business of the z. c. NJ I. within
the past few years
Many other Buildings.
Just north OF the corner of First
South and Main streets, two new
buildings have been erected only re-
Gently, the new structure for the Gala
way. Hook q Francis company, and
the big eight-story Mcintyre building,
which cost about $3.50, 000- An addition
about thirty feet in width has also
been made to the Mccormick building
that structure and presenting addition
al Improvement to the appearance Of
the street.
A new four-story structure has been
erected on the ground formerly occu-
pied by the Fergus-Coalter company
and the front of the Hooper Eldredge
building has been entirely remodeled
within the past year. On the west side
the way has been improved with a new
front. A handsome three-story build
ing now used for the Luxor hotel has
taken the place OF an old structure
This is called the McChry building
Between First South and Second
South streets, the most noticeable,
destined to be ten stories and already
something Of the change II
VIII make IN the street with the six
stories OF steel which have been put |
Z
ed to cost at least 100000 and will /
probably exceed that figure. Another
year will be required for its compile !
ton. The building occupies frontage /
Of nearly 100 feet on Main street and \
takes the place Of a long row of old /
small buildings.
other improvements along this block
within the past year include the re-
OF the Godbe-Pitts corner.
where the United Cigar Stores com
pahy VIII have a location. The drug
store has moved few doors farther
south and placed large plate glass win
lows IN the space which was formerly
Z plank brick wall Fronts all along
ne street have been greatly improved.
ilSo, including the erection of several
lew buildings Some of these struc- !
ures are of more or less temporary
nature. TO be sure, but they call atten-
lon 70 the general tendency on the |
art Of merchants to improve their |
,Iaces OF business and provide sttrac-
i've show windows.
The old Dart building on the west |
1de OF the street, just north OF the
ew Kearns building, has been I'm
roved with a new front Shopkeepers
nd property owners along the way
ave torn out the old fronts and put in
arge plate glass windows. The old
-uerbach building, occupied by the de-
store OF F. Auerbach & Bro.
as not been changed and nothing Will
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