The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
.C|TY'S GROWTH
IS PHENOMENAL
Week End Brings Certainty of
Operations That Mean Much
in Near Future.
THIS FALL WILL BE
SEASON OF ACTIVITY
News High School, Newhouse
Hotel and Big Department
Will Be Under Way.

Building activity, rivalling any that
Salt Lake has had in the past, was
commenced last week. The week began
with the commencement of work on the
beautiful new high school and the new
Auerbach building at the corner OF
Third South and State streets. This
was followed by the announcement OF
the progress made by the state capitol
commission in preparing for the erec'
tion Of the magnificent two and one
half million dollar state capitol. Prep.
arations were made during the week
looking to the early commencement OF
work on the new Walker skyscraper.
Efforts were made to secure the new
$500, 900 Elks home for Salt Lake. The
week closed with the announcement by
Samuel Newhouse that work on the
Newhouse hotel would be resumed In
the immediate future, and the plans for
the construction of an addition to the
Hotel Utah well underway.
Without ceremony ground was
broken last Monday at the site OF the
new high school building This was
mediate improvements of property IN
the neighborhood. The actual work OF
construction of the new high school
having begun, the locality on the east
side near the new high school has be-
come much more desirable as & resi-
Dental section and plans are being
| made for the erection of several ms
| homes within short distance OIL the
| new school.
Big Store Coming UP.
The work of improving the corner , OF
Third South and State streets was IKE
wise begun unostentatiousiy. Inc an
uouncemcnt was made. ny the Auel
bacbs that they would Immediately con
struct a large department store build
INC ON this site and the announcement
was immediately followed by the EN-
nlovuent Of a large force of men aht
teams on the work of eScavatlng io'
the new building, -.
During the week the topographlca
suryey Of the site for the new Uta'
state capitol was completed and tn
maps of the plat delivered to the com
mission. The next step looklng towai'
the immediate construction OF the heS
canitol will be the employment OF al
sxpert landscape gardener to furnisI
the commission with plan Tor th
marking of the twenty-nine acres
11rounds ON which the new state nous
r;II he built, The competition or tn
architects will follow, and II .poss'ol
nianr w}u be chosen, the architect 81
inSted ground broken and the. cor
~ rtruction work actually begun this fal
TLe nlan for the immediate cor
st-nction of the new state capitol
ha,';ng beneficial effect on Propert
naI,,os in the vicinity Of Capitol M
Manv new residences are planned an
- .nnears certain that In the nelei
horbond of the new state eapltal WI
=. one of the finest residential sectioH
in the city.
One More Skyscraper'
Tha new Walker skyscraper for IN
. nrnr nf Second South and MAI
I coImS, aate was brought nearer by the al
. ,,nnsmant that notices to vacate Ia
! i,oon sayyed on the tenants of the pro-
e oc VI. an which tho new building Will !
h sIs5 ,vncted Preliminary arrangement
!, - - understood, are being mnde .
: N;5,,t - as possible and in the near I,
.a, the frst actual work looking
.uu.' W. nnstruction of the new miiIlo
[. Lila All sltyscraper will be begun IN q
It uaat;ng of the small buildings whie
,: now occupy this site, H.. o.;r
=. Tbs Real Estate association aet,i
:. ,,;th the Commercial club inauguLatt.
;; oamnaiQn during the week 10 uSi,
y the new Elks National home TO snt E%
:; The new home is to COST Hoy,
400 and the main considerati0n WI
!" as,ccf TO location is a healthlul :.
,. mate For this reason, III Tor no osns
!; sa. Inke would appear TO nave ~,
l. arn,lIont chance to get the nome.
, paaI Estate association pledged III