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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-13
Chorus Is Large.

The curtain wen, up With the entire
chorus gorgeously attred in a variety of
colorS and arranged in series OF steps
singing who Are You With Tonight
Mel Savillc made a hit in his song
Lord Have Mercy on Married Men,
while the Misses Elsie Brown. Louise
McEwan and lnez Wctzcl sang AN
Alone with pretty effect Other ica-
lures ot tho musical par, Of the minstrel
were Don't Wake Me Up, Am Dream
ing" by Joseph kjars Maybe III Come
Back" n. W. James; Gee. But IT'S
Great TO Meet "A Friend from Your Home
Town. by w. Booker Preston: Tn an
Honorary Member OF the Patsy Club
by Hank Rarncs: Come Along. NV Man
dy." by Edgar Lund and oh, You Great
Rig. Beautiful Doll" by Bislc Smith. as
sisted by claire Randolph.
Miss Ruth Fcrnstrom in her pretty
dance, the Ballet Beautiful" made a de-
cidod hit and was compelled TO respond
to an encore. SIX OF the members OF the
chorus also appeared In a pretty flower
dance composed by Miss Fernstrcm. Sev-
crai other dances were also included. the
feature of which was perhaps the splen-
did toe dancing OF little Evelyn Phelps
and the Spanish dance OF Mercedes Gil
son.
Tho minstrel closed with a melody OF
songs by the entire chorus.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-13
Large Forces Employed.

'"rhcre are about 5000 white mon and
so. 900 negroes employed Most nj the lal-
ter are Jamaica negroes and speak the
English language. The white and black
Ia borers are generally designated there
as gold and silver employees. as white men
are paid in gold and black mon in sil-
yer az all of the workings on the canal
The silver money there is worth Just
about half as much as is the gold. steam
shovel men get $40 a month in gold
and the other gold laburcrs are paid IN
proportion The cheapest black labor is
paid about % cents an hour III silver.
which is equal 10 IL cents nm hour in
gold. In addition TO the actual pay the
government furnishes rent, furniture,
heat Ugh! and water Tor all or the en-
ployees. The most important Of these
Items is the water. filtered water being
supplied 10 all of the employees.
THE colored laborers were at first IN
efficient but when those in charge taught
the coored laborers how 10 eat and live
properly their efficiency Increased and
they began 10 consider the canal zone
their home. AZ first the negroes would
work on the canal only until they had
laid up a little money and then would go
back 10 the island TO spend IT, The gov
ernment pay is about three times as
much as they We're accustomed to receive
and the effect was demoralizing. Since
thew have seen what the white men arc
willing 10 do for them. however, they
stay IN the canal zone and are laying UP
small fortunes for themselves.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-13
Good Solo Work.

In part two Elihu Call sang Queen Of
the Earth and Miss Pearl Larson gave
a fine rendition OF selection from La
Traviata.'' by Verdi Miss Larson was
made the recipient OF a beautiful bouquet
OF flowers and was called back for an
encore. She sang the chorus a second
time. Prof Call also responded 20 an en-
core.
John Robinson sang ~ Soldier and a
Man and NJ. J. Brines rendered vocal
solo.
The second part concluded with lit
the Run on the Bank. This was a
unique little playlet. which caused much
laughter. The performance closed with
"AleXander's Rag Time Band by the
minstrel band.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-13
Loan of Half Million.

when undertook 10 finance the
rroiect wen; 10 ST. Louis 10 ihteTcsi
The proper interests. Ne" YORK anu
Chicago capitalists are not lending any
ruoncr FOR western hotel building
Thruush the cooperation OF Mr. New
house and leading business men ahc
fIrIns OF YOUR city. ST. Louis capitalists
became interested. They ara represent teo
by W. q. l.ackay, who VIII arrive nerc
SUNDAY with others Interested. The deal
comprehcnds loan OF 100000 for the
completion OF the hotel structure which
iu total. will represent All expenditure
OF $1,000. 600
Great credit for their support ano
influence IL due such firms as th'
Keith % Rricn company, the Salt Lake
IJardware company Walker Bros. DRY
Goods company. +. Aucrbach Il Bro, tlt'
Paris Millinery company; also 10 NJ. ~
Walker W j. HIsloran, John y. paly
Adolph simon, Louis Cohn. w W. Arm
strong j. W. Houston and others, These
aud others supporting the Newhouse ho'
tel project offered such strong array
or sound money interests and presenteo
such logical. strong reasons Tor th'
structures completion that negotiation
could hardly have failed OF their pur
pose.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-13
st. Louis Men Interested.

II have come in advance Of others IA
tcrcsiod in order 10 learn "f 'onnlt,ons or !,
here, including prices Of matorial ah9
labor This task IL comprehensive an"
has l,ecn taken up by me as an arcni
iccr Tho men Interested represent ~
Iouis capital and VIII leave that city
neXi Friday. arriving hero sunday ]
nxpect TO have everything In shape TO
warrant the closing Of the dca' upon
"rhc-r T. no room ,or question as 10
whether this city handles sufficient Dusl !
-,ass ia warrant tho establishment OF TWO
great hotels. Thc other VIII oe we
Ncyhouse hotel AS soon as tnc
final negotiations have been closcd
fh. structure will begin 10 as
sumc shape believe I can say
with more than necessary assurance
tha, the hotel will nc completed, Icased
and opcrating by the first Of the year
The perceniase OF investment mas Deer
daclded upon. arrangements for the hoia-
ING and leasing companies are sausiac-
tory and N only remains for the parucS
concerned 10 adjust final details
THE hotel plan was put before me
two months ago in New York. IL APP
nca,ad 10 me strongly al once. lts
Feasibility was plain. and il became only
!. matter of interesting the rlSht per
sons 10 sinaucc IT, II is my business 20
uromot. hotel building. There naye
bncn "A multitude OF propositions utterlS
irnpossible placed before me, but ths
%cn,house hoiel is not only safe and
r,aciicT Investment; II il one ot the
,sst things I know OF and will be com
plctcG and operated with great success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

More Brooklyn builders are active and
more structures have been planned this
year for the borough than in the CORE
spending period last year The records
show that 2g3j buildings have been pro
iccted since January 10 date as against 25Oo
for the similar period last year
This years group Of structures will cost
so, l20,52O Those planned in the late win
ter and spring seasons last year repre-
scented an Investment Of sl5i62, go. SO the
increase in building cost this year IS over
$5,OOOO0O.
Those figures ought TO dispel doubt as to
the building outlook and also as TO tho
prospect for a good purchasing market for
the structures now being built or to be
erected this year.
Some old and popular residential Sec
tions Of the borough are being transformed
into strong and attractive apartment house
REGIONS. And more ccs,ller fathousos are
bc.rs built in other sections.
The Merchants Lloyd Realty Company arc
Going 10 erect a $500 five story brick nat
house IN Pacific street Just east OF NeVins
street. from plans by Shampan & Shampan'
T. viii have rooms for twenty-five families.
on the westerly side OF Williams avenue,
north Of Dumont avenue, two -FOUR sIoIF
brick fathouscs will be constructed ny
the Grant Building Company at a total
cost Of 10000 The plans were recently
elcd by Louis Daunacher & Co. architects.
The william H. Baker estate VIII IN
vest $500 in the erection Of a six story
fathouse on the westerly side OF RoebIns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
TRADE MOVING UPTOWN
Efforts to Stop II Will Be Futile,
Say Brokers.

There are many important articles relat
ing TO the real estate market OF the greater
city in the last issue OF THE Bulletin OF the
Real Estate Board OF Brokers"
In regard TO the newly formed Wholesale
Drygoods Centre Association. organized ex-
pressly 10 combat the uptown movement OF
the drygoods trade, It says:
Conservatism is a good thing, II mixec
with tinge Of radicalism, but unadulter-
ated II is a dead one walking around 10
save funeral expenses. The northern limit
OF the city would have been at Wall street
IL the ancient unadulterated conservatives
had had their way. and we can watch anG
wonder why sensible men will deliberately
organize for defeat
To the men OF this new association we
send greetings and ask them 10 consider the
history OF this town and deslst from vain
labor Their business is 10 sell drygoods,
ours 10 provide the places, and when they
organize TO turn the hands Of the clock
back 10 insure the further economic life
OF the small WORKOUT buildings in the old
dryEoods district where the signs are out
on all sides moving day has come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
PROGRESS AT KEW GARDENS
City Advantages TO Be Found at De
lightful Suburban Place.

Kew Gardens. the beautiful, exclusive
4O1-acre residential country AT Richmond
Hill Long Island, IS attracting the atten-
ton Cf persons Of social and business prom
inCnce, particularly the New York bust
ress man. Kew Gardens is most allur-
ing country property OF natural beauty
comprising broad. vo.dao; plateaus and
hills, it's location being on the main line
Of the Long Island Railroad, only fifteen
minutes by electric express TO the heart C.
Manhattan. All the comforts and conven-
fences, with added pleasures Of the coun-
try, are to be enjoyed at Kew, with the
additional advantages OF a city.
Under the able guidance OF a we'll known
] landscape architect and engineer a per.
fectly organized construction force has
transformed Kew within the last fen
months. Sewers, sidewalks, bluestone
drives and cement walks have been laid
electricity gas and water carried to homes
and walks we'll lighted. Kew enjoys fire
and police protection. There are picturesque
yistas of the shrub and trce-clad hills, the
| ocean, Sound and bay. and on clear days
tho, majestic Palisades ~--- -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

street. $50 feet north of Division street. 1t
will be put up from plans by shampan &
! Shampan.
Shampan & Shampan will also be the
architects Of another $4,000 fathouse This
one. however, will be six stories, and VIII
occupy a plot on the easterly side OF Beh-
ford avenue. about IS feet south OF South
Third street II will be owned by william
Z. Baker.
For a plot at the southwest corner Of
Newkrk avenue and 18th street. a $500
four story brick hathouse is planned by
the Iefferts Construction Company. An
other four story fathouse 10 cost 5000,
will be placed on an adjoining site by the
same company. Both houses will be erected
from designs drawn by DOminick SalVatl;
buyers are well scattered throughout the
borough. The recent sales indicate a fair
demand for dwelling and fiat houses on the
Park SLOPE for vacant and improved sites
i'm Bay Ridge for properties located IN or
near the Clinton and Carlton sections and
also for Eastern District parcels.
There were rumors last week that negoti-
ntions are pending for the purchase OF a
large plot near the Flatbush avenue sta
ton of the subway, and that theatrical
syndicate was the prospective buyer. |;
was also said that the proposed theatre
would be the home Of high class dramatic
productions.
Money conditions in the borough are most
favorable for small home buyers. Reliable
builders too. can quickly get liberal loans
for IN. fultheranCe OF dwelling or fat house
projects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

Lsplendor and coapla .eness is TO be the
smost wondrous thing that has ever been
fdone. and which is lready certain to be
fsomething Of a triumG h. Mrs. West IS not
syet ready 10 disclose all her tournament
Eplans. Knights and fair ladies-all Of
fthem well known 500 lety hgures-wil be
fseen, sixteenth century CARRIED, fitting on
Shorseback, while the galleries will be filed
with properly costumed spectators.
81 The Queen of Beauty Wall sit on her
throne watching the jpusts, and the tour
5iney promises to be one Of the events of
the season.
q Dances and tournaments and the En-
Spress Hall do not monoponze Mrs. Vests
sattention There is the Globe Theatre TO
Ebe considered, and here, among the com
ling events Is an amateur performance of
B@A Midsummer Nights Dream" with
LADY Lytton as Titania.
There IS not a deIail ofthe show that es-
capes her notice The signs outside the
yIudor shops are particular hobby Of hers,
i5Apd IL must be a matter Of some regret 70
ther that it is impossible 70 reproduce
4 5lizabethan shooting galleries and Tudor
9iwitchbacks.
s3 Mrs. West. is an admirable example Of the
leidle rich" EarIs Court was practically
3 6erelict. She has revNihed 1t, and, Incl
EGentally, IS not only giving London a dis
Etinctiye pleasure ground. but is finding en-
Enjoyment for hundreds Of workers. All
Ethis is done not for profit Tor for popular
B tty (Mrs. Vests position is far too as
I sured and distinguished for thaD, but from
kinterest in a fine scheme. and also from
the pure love Of getting about and doing
! things.
s Mrs. West is the friond.of queens and en-
presses. She has been on intimate terms
I with most Of the famous men and women
Z Of her generation. Her "reminiscences are
! sort Of inside history Of our own times.
( And she is spending her days walking about
kBarls Court Exhibition concerned with
pleasure planning and the proper obsery-
! ance Of tridos
Ii is all very wonderful. and, in a way,
very insIiriH7.
( How this rnastercul lady. succeeds In look
ing after everything, 10 approaching just
i the right people, and iu carrying through
pall her thousand-a.d-one plans, is little
F6ifhcult 10 understand. But her chin Is
tyery strorr and she has tho cool nothing
Eill-nutter-me' aspect Of the born organ
lizer. Moreover no tIne IS wasted in IN
Necessary discussions ana halter
She herself IS the committee assisted by
,sub-commltIees.
Mrs. West Is not the least anxious 10 talk
about her work She Is just keen TO make
the thing memorable success, and success
Without work IS impossib!e-and there !s
Sno more 20 be said. II IS a new Earls
lcourt that she has called into being, and
There is a new spirit in the place.-Lo ion
Daily Express.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
BUYS BELLE TERRE COTTAGE
John 3. Philips Gets House Of the
Switzerland Mountain Type.

John 3. Philips. Of Glen Ridge y. j.
member of the firm Of owens < Philips,
insurance brokers. Of this city, has pur-
chased of the Dean Alvord Company the
Swiss Chalet in Belle Terre, Long Island.
This picturesque cottage of the Switzerland
mountain type occupies a commanding po-
stion on the crest Of ravine directly over
looking Port jefferson Harbor from the
bungalow section near the entrance TO the
Belle Terre estates The chalet is con-
structed for the most part of concrete ana
hewn timbers Ovcrhangins beams ana
rafters supported by rough-hewn brackets
give to the roof a most artistic effect. the
house comprises seven rooms, bath and two
fireplaces, besides a number OF closets and
storage room. Entrance is by CONCRETE
bridge to a mezzanine hall leading to the
great living room and dining room below.
From the vista windows or from the deep,
overhanEing balcony with barrel staVe rails
there is a charming view Of the Port JET
ferson Harbor below and Of the Long
Island Sound in the distance. The fireplace
in the dining room is a dominating feature.
II is so big that il will take logs more than
nine feet long The dining-room has
heavy beamed ceiling and a flooring of
flagstones of various sizes and shapes. a
wainscotng of hard wood completes the
craftsman design. The chalet occupies
about one acre of ground. Mr., Philips, the
new owner is improving the property by
the construction of garage and creating
new landscape features. lie will occupy
the chalet. with his family, this week,
vaMs pop ,oJeG 'aouId lBUl Ulno lIf o.
tI8I -. z! Il no "a I ) la Ia Il a I.,sl5S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

BUYERS and builders are buster in the
New Jersey districts than they have been
in many months.
This is profit taking time in the cities
and big residential centres near the down
town Threshold of New York for many
owners who invested in Jersey properties
before the plans Of the Hudson & Man
haitian Railroad Company were perfected
All the roseate prophecies about the de-
velopment of the business and home dis
tricts in northern New Jersey made by
experts In the last five years have been
more than realized as the building expan-
sion and the enhancement Of values have
exceeded the expectations Of the strongest
optimst.
Newark is now one Of the brightest
speculative places for traders with large
financial resources. Conditions in that
great city are most favorable for the rapid
rise OF the earning power Of all kinds Of
improved properties there The imposing
trade marts are being rapidly enlarged the
residential districts are almost weekly eX-
changing some Of their old building forms
for more modern ones, and there Is a
confidence In the realty stability of the
town based on experience and a correct
perspective of the building and industrial
record yet TO be achieved by ii.
Newark is going to have the most pros
porous realty year IN its history, in 1913,
according 10 the majority Of experts. So
those persons who have been planning TO
buy property there should do 50 at once.
They should DO their realty shopping. as
II were through a capable broker. There
are lots Of brokers there who easily
measure up to that standard
A large number Of important building
projects have recently been launched in
Newark. The proposed pier in 18th street
OF the Lackawanna Railroad Will cost $780,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

why. gentlemen, you can sell dry
goods but you cannot hold or make trade
centres. Changing trade conditions, econ
omic pressure and your customers make
these centres, and we real estaters help
some, as they point the way. by promot-
ing real estate development where we see
it is needed. AS for holding back and
dilting up against progress, that is a rep
rehensibe joke and a foredoomed failure.
As our friend Chlmmie Faddcn says. For
get it. "
AS to the cty's future. 1t says.
The amount OF desirable new land 10
be opened up for settlement by the new
tunnels. railway extensions. elevated rail-
road third tracking and new subways is
tremendous. If our capacity for absorp-
ton is not unlimited there viii be a shift
ing OF residential population In the next
few years of an entirely natural but of a
most amazing kind. Heretofore normal
growth has not been properly supplied
with adequate extension of transit; now
the scene changes and We approach a
period of abnormal transit development.
with conditions and perplexities Of lew
kind which We apprehend and see as
through a glass darkly. but in the OBJ
security some few things may be fairly
prophesied''
Half baked, badly located developments
are doomed.
New land developments must be crack
aJacks 10 10 SUCCESSFUL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
WOULD HELP MANY OWNERS
Association Suggests Placing
Street Numbers on Tax Bills.

The House and Real Estate Owners As
ISOLATION Of the 18th and 18th Wards has
appointed a committee 20 confer with Law
son Purdy, president OF the Tax Board, and
Controller Prendergast to urge the placing
Of street or house numbers on tax bills
whenever possible, in addition 10 the Sec
ton. block and lot number.
Commissioner Purdy has already told
the committee that in the preparation OF
the assessment rolls which he furnishes TO
the Controller the house numbers are given
whenever feasible.
At the last meeting OF the association
David l. Kelly. former chief Of the Bureau
OF Combustibles, spoke about the require
ments Of the new fire prevention law. lie
said
The Fire Commissioner is given the
power to vacate and condemn buildings in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

600 ard the six story huildlrg to be put
I'D by John MuIiin 6 sons a: 30. p;
Marke, street VIII represent an invest
nent Of $500
Estimates recently prepared by Joseph
Crawford, traffic statlstician for the Board
Of Works. and John l.. O'Tooe. Of the
Public Service Corporation, show that
about 10000 persons, nearly one-half the
population Of the city, pass the Intersection
of Broad and Market streets every twenty
four hours About 5000 pass in the three
rush hours" Of the day. About 5000 go
by from 5 a. m. to 9I5 a. m, and the
same number from SIS p. m. TO $50 p. M.
these periods making up the rush hours"
The intersection Of Broad and Market
streets IS widely known as the -Four Cor
uere" There pass the -Four Corners
every day COZ trolley cars, one thousand
going by during the rush hours In
automobiles and other vehicles and on foot
5000 persons pass daily. About 10000
pedestrians 20 by during the rush hours
Philip J. Bowers, one Of the largest own
ers Of Newark property said recently:
Central business property in the heart
OF Newark can be compared TO the hub
Of q great wheel - there are plenty OF
spoles anl plenty Of rim but only one hub
and that is the business section in the
vicinity Of the -Four Corners
"All you ..- add 10 the rim in the
form Of SUBURBAN -evelopment and all the
spokcs you choose TO add in the shape
Of new industries and feeders for the
city will serve to Increase the value OF
the property at the hub at an enormous
ratio to the increase in the neighOorng
district.
Instead of a few blocks OF business,
d to-day, in ten years the whole heart
Of the city Will be given over TO business
and property values WIN be more than
tWotOld."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
SALES AT SAlTAlRE.

Fire Island Beach Development Company
reports the sales OF plots at Saltaire as fol-
lows: on the west side of Marine Walk 10
Irving X. Harrington & Co. on the east
side Of Marine Walk to Dr. Ralph S. Fra
lick: on the east side OF Broadway to Fran
els X OConnor; on the cast side OF Navy
Walk to DR. Purvis A. Spain; on the east
side OF Marine Walk TO Miss Maude f. Ho-
mer: on the east side OF Marine Walk TO
Miss Martha Z. Monaghan on the south
side Of ocean Promenade to f. Van Ness
HARDWOOD, on the west side Of Atlantic
Walk TO Mrs, Margaret u. Garrigus,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
A COMMITTEE 0F ONE
Mrs. CORVALLIS Vests Activity
at Ear1'S Court.
HER ENERGY IS TIRELESS
She Plans and Puts Though
Elaborate Enterprises, AS
sisted by Sub Committees.

A handsome, fashionably dressed lady,
with striking dark eyes and notably
strong chin, is standing in a hall the size
OF a railway station with half dozen men.
The lady IS talking The men ara listening.
She asks them, questions-terse, straight TO
the point. and the answers are given equal
1y directly
She is Mrs CORVALLIS Wesa, the orig
snator and tireless director of the Shake
peares En-; tlamR' exhibition at EaTIs Court
There IS Ything amateurish about Mrs
West's mana cement of this great exhibition.
There is nothing casual Her staff are all
experts, but she directs.
The features of the eXhi bition-the Globe
Theatre the II, avenge" ana the rest-were
her ideas. She IA responsible for every new
developmcnt ShC knows exactly what she
wants and she !las very shrewd idea
now IL is 10 he doile The big railway sta
zion han where an rEXpressE' representative
found her was the old Empuss Theatre,
the scene Of Saws &c South Africa and
many other famous shows, and Mrs. West
was intent on auralging for a series Of
sixpenny popular dances which are to COM
bine the sta!d joys II EliHahethan morris
dances with the wilder thrills Of the twen-
aieth century turkey iEIg-'' The floor, the
sitting out accommodation the refresh
gnerts We're al discussed. Mrs West Is
nothing If not thorough.