The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
MORE TERRITORY N
ADDED To THE I'll
Large Acreage of Bench L,
TO Become New Residence
District.
ANNEXATION INDUCES
PURCHASE OF PROPER|
Sugar House to Be WeIcaI
Addition of Tipping Zion
This Week.

Within the next few DAYS abou,
acres will be added to the territory u
I'm the limits OF Salt Lake. and mora
Two thirds OF this land Will be high be1
territory, especially desirable for =
dcncc lots. Ono addition alone IA
southeast Of the present cItv I,,,l4.
known as Highland Park. contains r
than $500 lots. II is assured that AT ~
100 homes Will be built In this addIt,,
alone. and instead OF an acreage of aa>.
brush, Highland Park within tba T.
two or three years will be one y, h
prominent residence districts of the cA
The proposed annexation OF this tar
tory includes practically all the huairs'
district OF Sugar House excepting IN
corner occupied by the Granite Lumh,
company, which is within the limit. =
Forest Dale.
The Significance OF the proposs1 an
nexation OF this territory I'm real pste'.
circles is shown by the fact that oos
real estate firm alone In Salt Lake IA
ten lots in the proposed addition 10 me
city within twenty-four hours aftsr H.
council committee reported favoraf1~
and. since the promotion committse Il
the Commercial club took UP the natt1I
ground, the inquiry for land in the pia
posed addition has increased TO Die
nomenal extent.
The proposition of annexing Surs
House, Waterloo and Forest Dale can
up for serious consideration on the h,
OF progressive business men In those ~
tricts almost six months ago. and tho
has been no attempt to disguise the III
that one consideration was the ded|
TO extend the city limits TO their logi1
extent before the census takers get bu1
Commercial Club Active.
When the matter was first broached|
the Commercial club the board OF g.
enors OF that organization told the g
zeDS OF the various additions to PREF
their petitions for annexation and d
they could expect the support of
club when the petitions were ready
presentation TO the city council.
petitions were circulated and signed 4
then turned over 10 the promotion Cd
mittcc OF the club which presented
views OF the business interests OF
Lake in handing them over to the
council In the meantime, some oppo
tion 10 the plan for annexation of Fon
Dale developed. but the sentiment in d
locality is rapidly turning in favor
annexa ton. and IL Is expected that
fore the census-takerS start their w0
Forest Dale will also be part OF
Lake City.
llG ltlibII VI llls tIly NpuitNll HW
day night in making q favorable q
mittee report on the annexation OF SD
House means, without doubt. that thai
rltory Will formally be taken into the ?
at the regular council meeting No
night. The territory included in
petition is In three tracts. ono T.
tends from Downey avenue to TT@'
South street and from Eleventh Eas
Thirteenth East street. Another d
extends from Downey avenue to I've
South street and from Eleventh g
street TO the Salt Lake and Jordan c4I
while the third tract lies between Tvqt
and Thirteenth South streets, eNtenoI
from the old county road on the weG|
Seventeenth East street on the east u
grounds of the state penitentiary in 4
tract arc excluded from the proposed
nexation
To Build Many New Homes.
This last tract OF land. known as Hl|
land Park addition. containing ain
200 residence lots. will be graded,
Kimball & Richards, the owners.
posted a bond OF $4,000 TO guarantee
they will grade all streets and put
cement curbs cutters and sidewalks.
real estate dealers will also finance
building of at least 100 houses In the
dition In tho next year.
In addition TO these houses, many &
chaSers OF lots In the Sugar House
trict have already signified their I'M
tion Of building next spring. -
The progressive citizens Of the FoN
Dale district are still working for ann
alton and in this movement they