The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
CONTRACTS ARE LET
FOR FIFTY HOUSES
New Building Company to Erect
Homes in Highland Park
Addition.
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION
of SALT LAKES GROWTH
Orders for Construction Likely
to Be Doubled Within
the Year.

The organization of the Kimball.
Richards Building company, which filed
articles of incorporation towards the
end of the week, brings with it the an.
nouneement that contract has already
been let for the construction this sum-
mer, Of fifty substantial residences in
Highland Park addition, and that plans
are out for fifty more, on which con.
struction work will start this year,
should occasion demand it.
This enterprise proves the rapid
growth of Salt Lake City's residence
districts and. that capitalists have faith
| In the continued rapid growth Of the
city. The demand for new homes has
kept up increasingly, Notwithstanding
the large number already built or un-
der construction, as shown by the
building permit record. The demand
still seems to be such that larger sums
than ever are being invested III the
city in homes of the better class.
The personnel of the Kimball- Rich
ards Building company is largely the
same as that already interested In High
land Park tract, through Kimball &
Richards, the real estate firm 1t is
the plan of the company to erect COM
Portable and substantial homes which
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chItectural design.
Various Designs.
For the fifty homes, for which con
tracts have been let, there viii be q
considerable number Of types Each
of these will be varied somewhat. both
at TO details of general appearance and
ornamentation, so that no two houses
will be exactly alike, The houses will
be scattered over the 800 acres in the
tract, and IN no case will two Of sim
liar types be placed contiguous.
By the letting of q large contract,
the builders will be able to place these
houses on the market at n rate consid
erably less than they could otherwise
be obtained for At the same time, cheap
ness is not a premier consideration In
the arrangements of the company. The
contracts call for houses of good con-
struction and the best of workmanship.
The houses will be chiefly of five and
six rooms, though they will vary in
size. as we'll as in the materials used.
1t is planned TO have homes to suit
schedule OF prices 10 suit any pocket
book. except that of the millionaire
The millionaire is expected to build his
own house in Highland Park.
Outside Inquiry.
The owners of the tract report that
there has been an unusually heavy IN
quiry of late from out-of.town sources,
and for this, conference week, it is be.
lieVcd that the number Of visitors to
the tract Will be exceptionally large, as
many have stated that they would take
advantage of the low rates and come
into the city 10 view the tract for them
selves. All of which, say the owners,
goes TO show that Salt Lake is the
center of public interest over a wide
area,
Special arrangements arc being made
to handle visitors to and from the tract
during this week. More automobiles
will be pressed into service and every
facility possible offered to the visitors
Especially Will this be the case, say
the owners, where appointments are
made for visits to the tract. In that
case a member of the sales force Will
always be on hand, and every detail
Of information possible VIII he afford
ed. In addition, there will always be
an employee of the owners at the Of
flee on the tract, TO take care of in
quires there.
Work on the various improvements Mt
the park. subject to the completion Of
which all lots are sold, is progressing
apacc, and the tract presents scene
of activity on week DAYS that is an en-
couragement TO the booster Of Salt Lake
and is guara uteed even to convert the
worst pessimist into his opposite