Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12

Extensive improvements arc peinG
made In the Alta club building, corner
State and South Temple streets A
large addition. Is being erected on the
cast end of the old building. The main
entrance on the west side of the place
has been temporarily closed. and inc
now entrance opened on the north IhE
work of Improving and cnlareing tne
structure. will not be completed ior
two months at least.
improvements Involving the cxpendl-
turc of $4,000 are now on at the j. ~
Marriott building. % west. FIRST South
street. Part of the old Wills are pc
Ing rcpIaced. and the general appear
ancc OF the building greatly improved.
Fine plate glass windows are being put
In. Machinery and fixtures costing
sc 1000. and modern cold storage sys-
tenn installed
The Hubbard Investment company
reports seven or eight small snies for
the week. with number of good ones
on the tapis.
The Peterson Real Estate company
reports q quiet week generally. with
prospects in sight for hummer wnen
spring really opens up. They closed
several unimportant deals during the
week.
Ashton & jenkins report a fair week.
with n record Of closing mp several
small sales. but nothing worth men
tfoning In detail
John ] Daily has closed n contract
for the erection of hve-story hotel
on the corner of Main md Fourth
South. adjoining the Newhousc build
ing on the south. 1t will cost s200sooo.
with frontage OF 100 feet on Main and
l67 feet on Fourth South. The hotel
will be modern In every respect, WIN
$50 rooms It Is intended to have IL
ready for opening by fall.
The biggest real estate deal pulled
off in Salt Lake for six weeks was
the acquiring this week by option by
the Saltair Railroad company of the
new depot site on West Temple run
ming into the block back OF the Cullen
hotel. The property Is worth S2oO0 900.
and it is proposed to Greet $50, 900 de-
pot upon it. The deal was negotiated
by Tuttle Brothers and has been pend
ing several weeks
DanIey & Johnson report another
deal closed on state street, c. Spencer
to James Nicholson. prosperous
rancher of Wyoming. The piece IS
Az by 165 feet at 52S south state, the
price 12,e93.75. cash, That is S3!O
front foot Mr.. Nicholson seems TO
know a good thing when he sees It.
He contemplates improving this prop
erty In A substantial way in early
spring They report the following ad-
ditIonal sales: From Ed Chamberlain
to Anna f Funk, n nice brick cottage
in Wellington avenue. for s.. 500; a lot
in Capitol hill from W. W. Rivers to
Mrs. FL Dorus; price sIe0. She expects
to build a double house on it at once:
two lots in Emerson Heights for $500 to
Clarence w. Hess OF Logan; also a
nice nve-room brick cottage on Sec
ond East for s3.500 from John Dodge
to Mr. Pyle. who is n new arrival in
our city He says Salt Lake is good
enough for him
The purchase OF two more building
lots In Federal Heights this week by
J.. A. Brown OF Denver. calls attention
to the fact that investors and home
builders have an eye to the splendid
property lying within the beautiful
residence park and arc alert to take
advantage OF the exceptional condi-
tions offered there. Mr. Brown Sc
cured lots % and "a in block s. The
property lies just east of Wolcott
avenue on the top OF the bench. facing
out over the Salt Lake valley. The
purchase price was $500. This pur-
chase was only one of many inquiries
made for property in the heights and