The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-14

Although yesterday was the last day
OF grace given persons occupying the
condemned buildings on Twenty-fourth
and Twcuty-ffth streets which are to
be ra1ed for the extension or Hudson
avcnde, only one Of the several BUSH
ness houses 10 vacated.
When the council passed the ordi-
nance calling for the opening OF Hud-
son avenue, the work Of ra1inG the
buildings In the condemned district
was to begin July FL For the con-
venience Of the occupants OF these
places, twelve days Of grace was CIV
en- them. This time has now expired
and, with the exception OF the La
Mode Millinery store, which moved to
243S Washington avenue, all OF tho
buildings arc still occupied. The rca-
son for this failure to comply with
the mandate OF the city. according to
the occupants. is that they havo re-
ceived no official notice to get out
John Smalley. the Twenty-hfth
street jeweler, stated to Standard re-
porter that be would In oil
probability not move before the
flrst OF the month He has leased the
shoe store, giving a bonus TO tho
shoe dealer of $1,000. The lease gives
him possession of the room August l.
The Great American Tea company
will quit business and expect to va
cate the building by the first OF the
month.
]. W. McKenUa is not believed 10
have made any arrangements to move.
10 understood
have employed an attorney and may
tako legal action TO prevent being
forced out until such time as they can
conveniently move into other quar-,
ters. On Twenty-fourth street the
dealers, say that they have as yet
10 move their business. The n. II,
Goddard real estate firm is still camp
Ing in the tabooed district.
While the business men claim that
they have received no official notice
TO move, it Is stated from the city
engineers Office that the necessary
legal notification has been given. This
would make tho business men still In
the condemned buildings trespassers.
but II Is hardly likely that any radi-
cal dCI1On VIII pG LdKfu
1t Is more likely that the city will
allow the occupants a few more days
of grace.
Assistant Engineer Roche states
that the razing Of the buildings Will
probably DO done by small contractors
and that the expense Will be very
small Attorneys Willis and Deylne,
acting az regular counsel for the city
in the project, also affirm that the
cost will be but little.
This expense will be made up by the
taxation OF the properties. For
a distance OF one hundred
feet north and south by for
ty-elght feet east and west the
corner lots will have square foot
taxation of twenty-eight cents. The
property fronting only on Hudson ave-
nue.. about 450 feet north and south
by As feet deep, has been assessed
at s9763 per lineal foot This raises
a fund of $4,000 to be paid wholly
by the property owners directly beDe |
flied by the opening OF the street.
The building to be erected on the
new avenue are to be all substantial
modern structures which will add
much TO the beauty OF the business !
section. This improvement is per-
haps augmented by the fact that the
condemned structures are all small
and not altogether modern In appear
ance.
Already movement is under foot |
by citizens to petition tho city coun- |
ell to extend Hudson avenue from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty.third street |
Just what course this project will |
take can now only be conjectured. |
but should it be looked upon favor
ably by the council, the movement for |,
the construction of the street will |
probably be started within the next |
six months.
In the block OF Hudson avenue be- |
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-flfth !
streets there will be a unique feature |
in the sewerage One half OF the |
block will be drained toward the south |