The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
HALL MILLION
IN FLOUR MILL
Big Concern Aquires Property
That Assures Establishment
of Enterprise.
MANUFACTURERS LOOKING
FOR SUITABLE PROPERTY
Real Estate Man Says There
Would Be Good Returns
From Factory Buildings.

With the purchase Saturday by John
K. Mullen, millionaire milling and cle'
vator man Of Denver, of S21a by l22
feet Mt the southwest corner Of Third
West and Fifth South streets, through
the Tuttle Brothers company, the cree
tion Of a mammoth milling and eleva-
TOR plant 10 cost approximately Sooo,-
600, is assured. The corner acquired
is what is known as the "key' to the
property situation there and gives the
necessary frontage and the tracking ia
cilities for the big plant.
Mr.. Mullen is associated with August
Vogeler, the local seed and produce
man, and B. T.. Miller, secretary and
manager of the Intcrmountain Milling
company. and it was through his local
associates that the necessary property
transfers were made. The big milling
interests now own about one-thlrd of
the entire block bounded by Fifth
South and Sixth South streets and by
Third West and Fourth West streets.
The corner just acquired is the old Ap-
plequist bakery place and the old build
ings on it will be torn down this sea
son TO make room for the mammoth
Touring mill and elevators.
Key to Situation.
Announcement was made some time
ago that the Mullen interests intended
to erect a large Touring mill and ele-
vators on property that had been ac-
ouired by them in the block described,
hut at that time the corner piece had
not been bought. This was the key
10 the situation and with its purchase
the building of the big plant is assured.
Mr.. Mullen is president and manager
Of the Colorado Milling and Elevator
r. ,tar ha
local field by Mr.. Vogeler, and more
than half million dollars win be ex-
pended in improvements on the proper
ty purchased
lust how soon work viii begin on the
mammoth plant is not known at pres
cnt. but it Will likely be this season,
When completed the new plant will
furnish employment for several hun
dred men. The new mill will be one
of the largest in the western country.
This is the second sale made by the
Tuttle Brothers company during the
past week, which means the location
of manufacturing enterprises in the
city. A quarter of million-dollar
corporation has been located with a
factory on Pierpont avenue, between
Second West and Third West streets,
which win employ fften or twenty men.
Have Eyes on Salt Lake.
Waiter u. 1uttle, president of Tuttle
Brothers company, says that many man
ufacturing concerns are looking con-
inually toward this city as a probabl
place to locate, recognizing the fact
that this is tho logical distributing
center Tor a region embracing 500
miles in every direction.
.TThere is big demand for factory
buildings said Mr.. Tuttle, "and it is
with great difficulty that any one pro-
posing to start factory in this city
can find suitable quarters. Some local
capitalists should erect buildings suit
able for factories with the idea of
renting them, because they would pay
big profits.
'f1t would soon be ascertained that
buildings of this iknd would rent quick
y. There are many concerns that
would like 10 come into the state,
which have not the money TO pay for
ground and erect factory. Quite often
all their capital is tied up in machinery
and In stock. The buildings erected
for factory purposes should be con
structed with high ceilings so that
there would be plenty Of room for the
machinery.
"This matter should be taken up at
once by capitalists or builders and such
buildings erected go that there would
be no trouble experienced when pros-
pectlve companies come in here LOOKING
over the field with a view to locating y