The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-03
FEWER LARGE BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION FOR TWELVE
MONTHS PROBABLY $4,000, 900.


with half Of the year gone. the
building permits for salt Lake are only
$4,000 behind the record OF 1908, or
less than j per cent This Is shown
By the books Of Building Inspector A
j. llrth and Indicates a continued
healthy condition g building In salt
Lake that had not been expected. Tho
record for June Of this year was Sf5s,-
400. as against &6S0,l00 for the CORE
spending month Of 1903 and the totals
up TO July I we're S2,sf0.t00 for this
year. as compared with s2.96f.500 for
the first half year Of 1909.
Il Is probable that salt Lakes
building record viii not show the total
OF last year when the books are closed
for the year. as the record OF 1903 was
Tar ahead OF any previous year. owing
district which were started. as well as
many costly apartment houseS- The
total ran over the so.OOO.OOO mark and
bals2 f S Gl eSt tSa a' SS'a which T
will be more than the 1905 record.
business men declared last year that
10 would be some time before salt
Lake again saw year wherein the
building permits would represent an
outlay or ab.OOO.OOD. and IL IL be-
liCvcd that these estimates will be
verified BY the showing this year and
probably the one follOwlng-thOuEh II
ls Impossible % guess at what mi ght
happen to stimulate building year
hence
During the early part OF the present
year the building permits showed
healthy increase over those OF 1909.
and Tor the first two month. there was
an increase Of nearly 100000. But
Tor March. April. May and June the
showing Of this year has been less
than that OF a year ago. until the
total figures dropped under the half
years record OF 1903 with the closing
% the books OF Inspector Hirth last
Thursday.
BIE Permits In June.
In comparing June OF this year with
the record OF year ago. the decrease
is f222.3O0. or nearly 60 per cent. and
there rs little in sight which gives
encoura cement in the hope that the
rest % the year may run even with
Among the large permits OF June.
which helped TO build up the months
record. are the following.
street. five-st0ry brick wholesale
plumbing house II will have eight
large rooms and will cost IN the
neigh horhood Of 100000
syndicate Investment company. 21s
90 -Gf south First West street, four
story brick Wholesale buildinE. $4,000.
Board Of Education, Waterloo school,
two-gtory brick and concrete school
building Of fifteen rooms. $4,000.
ut. A. keyscr. ll0f East First South
street. two-story brick residence. S10,-
There were eighty-eight permits Is
sued during Junc-cNactly the same
NHINHtE as were ISSUED TOT the same
month OF 1903. This shows an average
for each permit Of f5.20S FOR the June
just osed. as against an average Of
gI.Ta5 for each permit FOR June OF 1909.
During the last half OF 1903 there
were many large permits taken out,
and for two OF the months the record
went more than S1.00O.OOO. No month
% 1910 has Jet reached the million
dollar mark. though January came
within little more than $4,000 OF that
mark. While the record thus far Is
a fair one for salt Lake. Il will PROB
ably drop steadily behind that OF
gear ago and wind up The year with
loss OF az least s2.000.000.