The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
Extensive Heights Available for
Residence Sites Compared
With Other Cities.
SCENERY AND FRESH AIR
FOUND in ABUNDANCE
Iwenty-SecOnd Avenue Incline
Railway a Vision of the
Future.


and natural of accomplishment said
local property owner yesterday "The
great basin in which it is located of
feTs the greatest opportunities for
amphitheater effects from the business
section Of the city as well as from the
benches and foothills surrounding.
Many OF us are wont to consider the
high ridges and buttes to the north of
the city as impossible heights, whereas.
In fact, they will undoubtedly contrib
ute much more than any other section
OF the city to its beauty and attrac.
tIveness. From these heights may be
seen panorama including our forest
city, green acres marking prosperous
stretch OF blue sea, the horizon dotted
with smelters, the backbone of our
community; this panorama at night is
a verltable fairyland with it's myriads
of lights.
''The Ninth avenue car line has
made 1T easy for those inclined toward
hill climbing to become acquainted with
the coming Mob Hill section of
the city
''On Sunday can be seen hundreds of
scenery lovers roaming the hills, many
of them travelling as far north and
east as the Crest or Black mountain,
10000 feet high, capped with good
sprinkling of evergreen trees, ranging
in height from fifteen to one hundred
feet.
"An eastern visitor Yesterday haz-
arded the opinion that the ridge be-
tween City creek and the valley, be-
ginning at point about north of |
street and extending to the Twin peaks,
which is on a line with the university
campus, will in ten years comprise the
highest class residence section of the
city,
Natural Amphitheater.
"This will readily be seen 10 be nat
ural when it is stated that within the
one-half mile circle from the city this
natural amphitheater offers building
sites for hundreds of fine homes north
Of the Wasatch boulevard eleventh
avenue), which, by the way, is now
graded, curbed and sidewalked bring
ing the farthest only about three and
half miles from the center of town
A very cursory comparison of the con
dition here with the heights about
Seattle. where the exclusive residences
are seeking the high points, where pure
air and scenic beauty can be com
bined, should convince one of what we
may confidently expect of our wonder
full health-giving hills, or with dis
tricts in and about Portland, Tacoma
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas
City, Cleveland and Pittsburg, where,
in the last named city, incline rail
why's are seen all along the Ohio and
Monongahela rivers, brought into use
by those wishing to enjoy the delights
Of the highlands surrounding the city
In Portland so great is the demand for
the 'knolls from which an .unobstruct
ed view may be had of the city and Will
lamette valley that such building sites
readily bring from $4,000 to $4,000 on
Portland Heights or Concil Crest, from
five to eight miles from the city. Many
OF her subdivisions were sold out at
fabulous figures. With the opening of
the Wasatch boulevard encircliug this
city we may look for the motion to
strike. when you will see our pros
porous residents follow the very rea-
sonable lead of other cities and make
for the high hills to build their up-to.
date homes. There are no obstacles OF
transportation comparing with those
met and overcome iu the cities men
toned above, and city water is now
piped to the alley between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth avenues and. strange
as il NAV seem, the top of all the City
creek ridge is south of Eighteenth ave
nue. extending north and east to the
Twin peaks and it makes probably
Twenty-secopd avenue corresponding
on " account of the short blocks 10 about
Ninth North, west Of Main street.
In Other Cities,
Some of the cities which utilize sur
rounding hills, with approximate val
ucs of property, arc as follow:
Oakland-Fourth avenue heights
twenty. five minutes ride from business
section, eightmiuutc service; 300 feet
above town. Houses cost from $4,000 to
SIS 900; fifty-foot lots, $500 to $500
each
San Francisco is building north and
south Of the beautiful Golden Gate park
in the barren desolate sand hills, where
lots bring from $500 to $500 each,
Los Angeles offers the suburbs of
HOLLYWOOD, Casa Yerdugo,, Highland
mark. Alhambra, Oak Knoll, Oneonta
park, Boyle heights on the cast SIDE;
the building restrictions range from
sI5nO to $500; elevation above business
section varies from 300 feet TO 500 feet;
DISTANCE, five TO fifteen miles: prices,
$1,000 to $500 for fifty-foot lots.
Al Seattle, similarly located heights
command Brigham street prices. Ihc
fashionable Queen Acme hill goes readl,
iv ~ Sl00 TO 5000 foot Capital and
Renton hills about the same distance
from Pioneer Square totem pole, about
tbree minutes from car service; elcVa'
ton zoo TO 500 feet above town,
In Cleveland, exclusive residence dis,
tr;cts aive fair idea Of values and
relative locations. Euclid. heights prop,
ertS'' ertr north and east Of Lake View
cemetery. with asphalt drives and and wide l,de
parked sidewalks. sells for 500 per
fionI fi.,n ,,;les from the postoffice. Amber
ho;ebts' LiHe rs, three miles further out, brings
sI!E" sIy0 n front foot for building sites
yarylms ya;f,np mark, west Of town, is similar
"a IN most mos ways to the last mentioned
east side subdiyison,o its bun, building hSvsss re-,
stretiSns ne5OS fsSGgdD%n nnq built
cGsI,"Ih cc;th the object of taking complete ad
,,auta@e w,rp % of the gorgeous view out over
ike gnh, Erie of the city of Cleveland,