The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-14
HOME BUILDING
SHOWS CITY IS
GROWING FAST
Hundreds of Residences and
Numerous Big Apartment
Houses Are Under
Construction.
AUTOMOBILE RIDE
PROVES REVELATION
Mr.. Pessinist Decides After
Trip That Salt Lake Is
"Ihe Greatest Little
Town on Earth"

At the Commercial club last Sunday
two mon were discussing business ant
financial conditions In Salt Lake City
One Of them said:
Well, I can't see what's getting
the matter with this town. It
strikes ME that there is about as
much energy being displayed here
as there is in q cold-storage egg.
There's no building going on,
there's no paving being done, curb
ing and guttering seems to be a
thing Of the past, and, In brief, 1t
seems to me that we have simply
quit business. I can't understand
It Merchants say that business has
been good this year, there Is an
abundance Of money in the banks
and everybody seems prosperous.
What's the matter with the town,
anyway
Booster Gets Busy.
It was just here that the booster got
busy. "How much Of the town have
you seen recentlyi" he asked
"Why," replied the pessimist, ~
see 1t every day and have been seeing
it every day for thirty years. I live
ON tho north bench, and I ride down
town on the car and back every day Of
my Life. Know the town. Why, I
know every foot OF 1t, and want to
tell you that It's dead-nothing doing
at aN.'
At this point W. e. Hubbard Of the
Hubbard Investment company Joined
the two men. The optimist winked at
Hubbard and said to the pesimist:
"suppose you take an automobile ride
with Mr.. Hubbard and me next Friday.
You say that the town Is dead and l
say that it was never more prosperous,
except during the downtown building
boom Of few years ago. We will take
a trip over the city and leave the re-
suit to your own Judgment. If you say
that the town Is dead after the trip, I
will buy the best dinner to be had In
the city for the three of us. II you
agree with me that the town Is prosper
ous you are to buy the dinner.
Trip Over the City.
This was agreed to, and the trip was
made Oh Friday Of the past week W.
E. Hubbard, who knows every foot Of
ground by sight In the city, acted as
guide and chauffeur.
The Journey began at the corner Of
Min and Second South streets. The
big car, which Mr.. Hubbard was guild
ing, ran over TO State street and went
north TO South Temple, where Its nose
was turned to the west. After swing
ing into South Temple street, large
number Of mon were found working
lust west Of the Lion house.
The optimist explained to the pessi-
mist that the Mormon church had begun
tho erection of building there that
will be four to five stories In height
and will cost considerably moro than
$780, 900 The auto sped westward and
turned south at the o. 8 L. depot One
half block south was Been the $4,000
concrete building being erected by
Kahn BROS, the wholesale grocers.
New Apartment Houses.
Mr.. Hubbard then doubled on his
track and went back up to Second West
and turned north. On the east, between
South Temple and North Temple, was
seen the handsome Sasse apartments,
inst finished, which cost $4,000. An
other handsome apartment house, which
cost 100000, also was seen between
Second md Third West on North Tenn
Mo street. On Second West and Second
North, another apartment house, which
coat $50 900, was 6een. 1t has only re-
Gently been completed,
On Second North between First and
second West, is n now laundry building,
recsntly completed at cost OF more
than 100000. A little further on a
handsome store building was seen. It
Ia on the corner Of Second West and
First North. There arc rooms upstairs
and the building cost $4,000,
On Second West and Fourth North,
work is being rushed on an apartment
house that will cost $4,000, On Fifth
North between First and Second North,
three handsome bungalows are being
constructed, and between Fifth and
Sixth North, on Second West, an apart"