The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
EAST BENCH WANTS
BOULEVARD BUILT
High Line Thoroughfare Popu-
lar Project With Property
Owners There.
CAR LINE EXTENSION, TOO
BETTER TRANSPORTATION Pa
CIIITIES ARE DESIRED.

Many property owners along the
east bench are looking forward to the
completion of the thigh line" boule-
ward and the extension Of the Thir-
teenth East street car line farther
south. on account of the anticipated
advance in the value Of east bench
property which will follow this work.
At the present time the city has
grown eastward from Eleventh East
street a distance of about two blocks
from Fifth South to Twelfth South
street 1t is pointed out that there can
be only slight extension Of the build
ing movement further east from
Eleventh East street before the con-
struction of another car line will be
necessary, and the extension of the
Thirteenth East street car line south
ward must be carried out in the near
future to provide for the people who
wish to erect homes along the high
ground of the east bench.
At the present time the boulevard
has been practically completed from
3 street to Y street, on the north
bench. In that locality the new boule-
ward is Eleventh avenue There are
already many houses far up on the
bench in that locality, and the compile
ton Of the Ninth avenue car line last
summer caused a large movement in
building. It is known that Samuel
Newhouse has arranged for the con-
struction of the boulevard across his
property at NewhouSe Park. The bill
authorizing the construction of a
roadway 100 feet wide across the Fort
Douglas military reservation has
-
the issuing of an order for the con-
struction of the boulevard there is only
matter Of the near future
Boulevard Extension.
Owners OF property south of the
reservation have also provided for the
continuation of the boulevard so that
its construction to Eleventh South can
be accomplished without great diff
Guilty. Owners of property on the
bench are also calling attention TO the
proposed covering of Eleventh South
street with asphalt to connect with
similar improvement on Main street,
so that with the completion of the
boulevard there will be a continuous
boulevard for carriages and automo-
biles from South Temple street, down
Main street, east on Eleventh East
street and thence along the boulevard
TO the north bench and south again to
the Eagle gate.
1t is expected that the completion
of this work will be followed by
general movement by property owners
on the east bench to build homes
there. At the present time the only
deterrent Is the lack of adequate
means OF reaching the property. The
additions adjoining Thirteenth East
street are az least two city blocks
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new additions are near Fifteenth East.
There Is now no good road for auto
mobiles along the bench, and the new
additions are reached from Eleventh
South and the new streets which have
been laid out across the properties
Steps are now being taken to grade
T'hirteenth East from Tenth South to
Eleventh South by some of the prop
erty owners. This will leave only
few more blocks to be covered in or
der to put the street IN an excellent
condition The lines Of the tracks of
the street car company extend to
Fifth South at present, Further ex-
tension will provide all those people
who wish to acquire new homes on
the east bench with easy access to The
property on the bench and permit the
starting of work on many new homes
which are now delayed because the
property owners feel that they will be
too far away from the city
Up to the present time only one OF
the new east bench additions has been
built up. This is Westminster Heights,
which is located Immediately north of
the end Of the Sugar House car line
The advantages of the new Thirteenth
East car line. therefore. can hardly be
overestimated. At the present time
people reach Westminster Heights over
the Sugar House car line. People liv-
ing near Thirteenth East must take
the same line and walk a block or two,
according to the location of their
homes. With the construction Of the
new line on Thirteenth East the peo-
pie near that street will be benefited,
because they will not then have to
walk the distance from the present
car line to their b )mes uphill, and be-
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