The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-13
PLATING PROBLEM
FOR CONSIDERABLE
Transformation of Bench Lands
Into City Blocks Requires
Skill and Judgment.
EXAMPLES ARE AFFORDED
On SOUTHEAST BENCH
IcM Addition illustrates Scien-
tifc Division to Utilize
Greatest Area for Lots.

How TO plat a modern residence ad-
li;jou is problem thnr has frequently
presented itself OF laio in salt Lake
,itv ard has No; always bccn answered
mrccssfully
II might seem 20 the minitiatcd
hat given the dimensions Of the piece
n ground tu bc GU: up INTO blocks ana
o.s. II would br = romnaTaiNeiY SIMPLE
;I?ficr 10 do i,in work. Yet there IS
,ftan dissatisfaction enough expressed
II ihc manner in whi.A the work mas
ocrU done.
In some sections the contour Of the
rrnund IS such that il IS a rather an
'iculi matter 10 lay out the. district III
nis Of n convenient size without nay
mg much waste ground Yet IN sucu
,crtions Il skilled landscape engineer
IAN CGtcn obtain some beautiful results.
Aud tho ''parll system as ii IS some
lines called, is not unknown IN Salt
lake City.
In other ;racts 10 be plated the sur
Face OF thc ground is OF comparative
v even nalnrc. But there are other
problems present. The shape OF inc
;ract may he such that 1t rs dlthcu!t
20 get it divided mp properly without Il
argc amount OF ground wasted III
streets. for, while streets help the sale
Of = tract for residence purposes, the
pwncr Of the tract cannot sell the
streets Naturally, lie wishes that the
streets may occupy as little ground as
possible, consistent with giving con
vcuient communication between lhe
various parts cf the tract.
Many Considerations.
Then. too. the widcawakc real estate
man in the present day must see TO II
pf fIr district he
convenient 10 church, to school, to gro
crry store and TO thc business portion
nf the city, no matter IN what part oil
lhe proposed tract they may hive. And
there are questions OF sewerage, OF gar
bage disposal of light poles and many
others 10 be answered IN advance, If q
tract is 10 be perfectly satisfactory TO
the future resident.
And unless the real estate dealer has
planned a plat that Will be thus salts
factory. he will find. in this modern
age, much difficulty in selling his prop.
erty For his competitor Will have at
tempted to show foresight in another
addition. and, further. will be quick to
point out defects in his neighbor's s plat.
An examination of the plat of the ter
riCorv recently added 10 Salt Lake City,
including Sugar House and the land TO
the east and south OF that busthng lit
tic business center, shows how one firm
m realty dealers has endeavored TO
make good and sufficient provision III
advance for all the necessary consld-
erations. Highland Park plat shows
that careful attention has been given to
all details.
For Comfortable Homes.
This tract is designed to sell in small
sized lots to persons of the class that
has already found that region deslr-
able place in which 10 build homes,
These are chiefly moderately wcll-to-do,
able to build and to own their own
homes of a substantial, but not preten-
4ious, type OF course. 1t is expected
that there viii be some rich persons
who will be attracted by the beautiful
location and who will buy sites for
homes of the mansion type. And there
are many locations In Highland Park
where such may be set off to advan-
tage. AT the same time, the size Of the
tract and the values at which the lots
are held cannot but mean that many
of the more modest type of homes Will
he erected on the tract. And the lots
arc OF a size that will give plenty of
room for such
The tract has n gentle slant up TO the
foothills Of the Wasatch, bur its surface
is comparatively even 1t did not
therefore. present some OF those dl1fl'
cult problems III landscape engineering
that have TO be solved IN other tracts
The streets arc all strai ght, and nearly
all at right angles TO one another, run
ming either straight north and south or
straight east and west. They are sixty,
six feet wide. which has been found
sufficient for residence districts.
The great majority Of the lots in
Highland Park front on a street, while
the rear touches an alley twelve feet
wide There is only one short street in
Che addition that is not at right angles
with lis cross streets. This means that
there is only one block In which the
corners are not at right angles. Every
thing considered, the rectangular lot is
1he one that wins general favor
One set Of lots in Highland Park ad
diti6n some dav VIII provide sites fol
handsome residences. These are on Hill
crest avenue. facing that thoroughfare
while from the rear homes there Wi
overlook the 10o-acre city park along