The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-17
BIG UTAH HOTEL
GOING Up RAPIDLY
Three Stories Added in Last
Week Now That Steel
is Here.
ROOM FOR ALL HOSTELRIES
LANDLORDS SAY NONE WILL
LACK SUFFICIENT PATRONS.
ROOM FOR ALL H0STELRlES

With the erection of the steel on the
new Utah hotel to the eighth story, the
big building begins to assume an i'm
posing appearance. The delay at first
} encountered from lack of material is
over, and work on the big structure is
being pushed rapidly. The increase from
five to eight stories was made during
the past week. which shows something
of the rapidly with which affairs are
being carried on.
THE NewhOuse hotel is to be a bust
ness mans hotel" is the remark con-
stantly heard among business men of
the city in commenting on the fact that
two big new hotels are being construct
ed here at the same time. II is pointed
out that there will be little competition
between the two hostelries, because they
will cater to different sorts of trade.
The Utah hotel. at the head of Main
street. viii be too far away from the
real business center of the city to be
used effectively by the commercial peo-
pie, and win, accordingly, offer the
highest attractions to the tourist trade.
The NeWh0use hotel, almost in the heart
Of the business district, near the new
mining exchange and the new Copper
National bank, viii be used almost ex-
clusively by business people.
Going Up Rapidly.
Any fear of further delay in the con-
struction OF the building was dispelled
with the arrival recently of the cross
beams which have prevented the plac-
ing of the upTights, and the steel frame
work sprang up almost as il by magic
The complete frame is now up to the
fourth story, and being raised rapidly.
Interior arrangements are being
planned by Sam Porter, who is to have
charge Of the hOstelry in conjunction
with the architects, and include the in
stalation Of many features used only
in the big hotels of the east. Running
cold water in every room will be a fea-
ture, and apparatus on the door of
every room indicating whether the place
is occupied will also be installed. 1t is
intended to have the hotel ready for
opening by the first of May 1911.
There is to be a surprise in store for
the people of Salt Lake when the new
Semloh hotel, at the corner of Second
South and State streets, opens next
Wednesday, according to the reports
which have been received of the fur
nishings up to the present time. Ever
since last. Monday sixty people have
been hard at work putting down car
was received from the east. The fur
nishings are declared to be the finest
obtainable. With the advantage Of To-
cation, the new hOstelry promises to
make an excellent showing at the be-
ginning.
There viii probably be no fear Of
the success OF the two big hotels here.
The difficulty Will be with the ordinary
hotels, which now do the best business
of the city, the Cullen, Kenyon, Knuts-
ford and even the new Semloh will be
the ones to suffer"
The above remark was made by one
of the prominent hotel men of the city
recently. He explained that tourists
generally secure the finest accommOda-
lions possible wherever they visit a
city, and would hence use the Utah and
NewhOuse hotels as far as possible The
middle class trade would continue to
frequent the same places as formerly,
so that the present high-class hotels
would be deprived Of their patronage.
1t is worth while a visit to West Tenn
pie street, between First and Second
South, to see the handsome new hotel
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