The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-13
MILLION DOLLARS
IN IMPROVEMENTS
Vast Sum viii Be Expended
This Spring in Various
Subdivisions.
BIG ACTIVITY EXPECTED
MANY NEW TRACTS TO BE
PLACED ON MARKET.

While exact figures are not obtaina-
bic so early in the season, it is estimat-
ed that about a million dollars viii be
spent i'll improvements in the various
Salt Lake subdivisions and additions
during the coming spring. These i'm
provemants include the grading of land.
! the making of streets, the laying of
sidewalks and curbing, installing of wa
der, gas ana sewer mains. planting of
trees and erection Of houses.
From all Indications this year will
witness a greater activity in subdivi-
sion and addition property than ever
before in the history Of the city. over
TWO score tracts Of this kind of prop
erty viii be offered to the investing
public in lots and building sites.
IN the gradual expansion Of the resi-
deGce district the southeast bench
seems 10 have been especially favored.
due perhaps To the fact that more bench
land Was available for plating pur-
poses. a number of tracts of what vas
farm land last summer are now being
plated ana will be placed on the mar
ket in the spring.
What is undoubtedly the largest sub
ulVlSlOn Of recent years, Highland Park
south of Twelfth South street and east
of Eleventh East street, will be an
early spring offering. This subdivision.
owned by Kimball & Richards. has
been cut up into 2.51g lots Work has
already been commenced in grading the
large tract, preparatory to other i'm
prOVements. 1t is said that this port
of the Improvement alone will involve
an expenditure Of $4,000. Attractive
monuments are To be set up at street
intersections at a cost of $50 each
Among the other improvements are the
laying of cement sidewalks, four feet
wide; the installing Of gas, sewer and
water mains; the planting of trees and
The erection of houses. Arrangements
nave already been made for the pur-
chase of 5000 trees to be planted early
Ia the slT-nS. The firm plans to t,rect
at least 100 houses on the propertv 3 =
soon as weather Will permit and as fast
as the building can be pushed.
Many Improvements Planned.
Extensive improvements are planned /
by the Hubbard Investment coInparv in /
the large tract Of land purchased bv /
the firm south of Mount Olivet and pa
ralleling the Emigration canyon line on .
the east bench. In this tract there are
was close ID the 100000 mark The
work of plating this property is now
going on, and by the opening of spring .
lots will be offered for sale Everything
VIII be done by the firm i'm the way or
Improvement 10 make this new subdi-
vision an attractive one for residence ,
purposes. Figures have not vet been
given out as to the amount to be ex-
pended, out II viii be We'll into the five
HgureS. No name has as vet been de
cIued on for the subdivision
Honman Brothers viii spend thou I
sands of dollars in improving the sub
division tract recently purchased by
them from I. 3. WiCks for approxi- ]
mateiy $4,000 This tract is located be-
tween Ninth and Tenth South streets
and seventh and Ninth East streets. II
VIII be plated within i short time and
the work of Improvement started. The
owners intend to make this the most de-
slrable Of the forty subdivisions that
they have offered to the investing pub
lie since they started in the real estate
business in this city.
Among the other subdivisions on
winch improvement work Will be done
during the coming spring are Sunset,
Emerson Heights, University Heights
University Heights No. .. CIermont
Hill Crest, Fairmount Springs.
College View. Valley View, Idle,
wild, Sunnyside, Laurehurst Glen
wood, Westminster Heights. Oakley
Park, Oakwood, Nye's, Oakley Park and
country Club Place. In some Of these
subdivisions the work of grading and
the installation Of mains has been done ! ,
SO that the contemplated improvements .
mean the erection of houses