The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-12
HOTEL FOUNDATION
HAS BEEN FINISHED
Work on SuperStruCture of A.
Fred Wey Building Starts
This Week.

The recent letting OF contracts Tor
the new hotel to be erected by a. fTeo
Wey on Second South street Just easl
of the Grand theatre calls Afternoon
10 further improvements which Will be
earned out there IN the near future
lIhe foundation OF the new buioihs a.
ready has been completed anu WORK on
the supcrstruCture VIII DC staEttu mex
week IL is SAID. The building viii cost
S65.OOO anu viii be known as the a
FRED Wey building, with four STORIES
AND a frontage OK 90 feet The depth
will be 100 feet. The lower floor VIII
Icontain four stores, two on each Sue
iof the main entrance. The otner three
floors Will be occupied by a hotel o.
have baths. and all viii be PROVIDED
/ with hot and cold water and every
modern convenience. The building Will
be of brick and concrete, and Whl De
thoroughly fireproof
| This will be the third new building
70 be erected recently on Second South
street. including the new SENIOR 1 mo-
the new Lynch building at the corner
OF Second East street. other improve
ments have been made TO the street
I within the past few months, not so
large as those contained in the other
three buildings, but scarcely less I'M
portant in the general scheme OF open
ing up the street TO strictly business
ptirposes Within two years the other
STRUCTURES along this street used tOI
business purposes have been rernodeieo
residences. There are now ohAS rev
vacancies on the north side OF the
Istreet. most important Of these being
the old hotel building just east OF the
old Twelfth ward meeting mouse ano
now used as cheap rooming house
Tine structure is IN a pretty Wei al
lvanced state of decay and Will no
doubt be pulled down in the near fu-
ture to make room for a thoTousnly
modern business structure. On the
south side Of the street there are nc
vacancies except near the corner OF
Second East street, and already the
vertisinE the property for rent with
the proposition to build to suit ten
ants.
An Automobile Center.
! This widening of the business dis
I growth of the city because Of the re-
cent improvements which have been
carried out on First South and Third
south between State street and Second
East The first street has been a
lQuasi-business street for several years
THE progress there has been compare
lively slow, however. and only recent
lly the corner OF Second East was oc-
lcupied by a new business structure
lOther new structures also have beer
erected on the south side of the street
within a few months and the place mas
become an automobile center.
The extension of business enterprises
Eastward en- Third South to Second
East is now being carried forward anc
lstreet will, IL Is pointed OUT, act as
Ian incentive for business men TO ereci
new buildings there, especially on tht
south side OF the street. This WORK
J will probably be carried out in con
Injection with the building up OF th'
lentire block east Of state street be
tween Third South and Fourth South
The south side of this latter stree
lis a part Of the grounds of the cit,
land county building, and no business
, places can be erected there. Already
the block is being cleared Of the ole
structures and the grading Of the new
streets will be commenced just as sool
as space can be secured there. TIT
north side of tile street is already &C
cupied by many business structures
land more new ones Will be erected
soon to I'LL IN the vacancies. Stat
street has already started to becom
. an important business thoroughfare II
the vicinity OF Exchange place. TIL
| erection OF the Newhouse theatre viii
) Increase this movement. The occupa
tion OF some Of the space by real es
= tate concerns cannot fail to increas
( the movement to push the availabl
property there and the tendency Of tn
lcheaper concerns to move TO lOcaiitie
B where rents will not be so high
II is pointed out that the beginning
. of the movement to change high-clas
D business houses from other location
to state street as far south as Fourt
South has already commenced. and i'm
Z lportant developments in this localit
[ may be looked for within the next fey
= months.