The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
Street Grading and Sidewalks
Progressing on Southeast
Bench Tracks.
MANY NEW HOMES
ARE BEING ERECTED
New Boosters Club at Sugar
House Promises Effective
Service.

Southeast is a direction in Salt Lake
City that is often talked of at pres
cnt. 1t comes up in every meeting OF
the city council or its committees. One
Of the largest paving contracts in prog
rcss is on Ninth East south to the city
limits. Large additions TO the city have
recently been made in that direction,
and more are pending in council now.
The building permits record shows n
large amount Of building of homes and
OF business blocks in that locality. II
has many new sidewalk extensions. The
city council s waterworks committee
has many petitions for Waterman eN-
tensions before it-almost all in the
southeast. There are several new lines
OF street cars proposed there. The gas
company is making propositions TO eX-
tend its mains. Telephone lines arc al
ready there, and the electric light com
pany is following suit.
One of the first of the locality boost
clubs-a variety of organization of citl-
zens that has been found able TO ac-
comphsh wonders in other cities, both
east and west-to be formed in Salt
Lake City, was started this week in
Sugar House; and present indications
are that 1T will be one of the most
active IN procuring for its portion of
the city whatever that region needs
The boost clubs, by the way, are IN
themselves characteristics of the large
and growing city-a city large enough
10 have within it communities with
special interests TO be furthered, while
all are wiling TO join hands in further
ing Whatever advances the interests Of
the city as whole. While other local
clubs have been formed in Salt Lake
CITY, they have had more or less
spasmodic and brief existence. The
Sugar House Commercial club. there.
fore, promises TO be a real pioneer In
lis class.
Signs Of Activity.
1t is IN this southeast section that
the largest real estate addition now
or the Salt Lake City market is 10.
Gated a trip along Highland Park
drive, as the portion of Eleventh East
street south of Sugar Honse is now
called, VIII reveal as great activity
there, perhaps, as in any portion of the
city. Fully 100 men are at work, MANY
OF them with teams. Street grading is
proceeding at rapid rate, in order to
pTlng the streets of the tract to com
p9ance with the requirements OF the
cry engineer. Cement sidewalks are
oelng laid, the necessary permit having
been secured from the city council this
week, the work starting Immediately
a1ter. Applications for other permits
are now before the council, and still
more Will be made, the intention being
TO keep this part of the work well up
with the street grading.
Inc season has closed the work OF
Tree planting for the season, but evi- |
aence OF great activity in that direc-
lion IS 10 be seen there. About 2O0O
trees nave been planted, and the nurs-
erles are under contract 10 plant 5000
more Every lot in the whole Of High |
trees
The Kimball- Richards Building com.
Pany has foundations completed for n |
na1-dozen houses, and excavations made |
Tor several more. 1t is the intention
TO erect fifty houses there this summer.
Whlie lots are being reserved for 100
such houses on the tract.
Uptown, kimball & Richards. the
owners OF the tract, have found il nee. |
essary TO move into larger offices. at. |
1ordlng them double the floor SPACE
tney now occupy At 5S Main street
Iney Will open tomorrow with about
Zoou square feet available. Two wears
ago the firm started in with about 100
square feet Of office space The firm
TINS week issued a booklet On Hiob.
land Park, which has been in prepara.
tlon Tor some time. The publication is
PROBABLY the most elaborate tbing OF
It's lund that has ever been prepared
10 boost Salt Lake real estate and in
itself IS thing Of beauty. both in
design and IN workmanship.