The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-11

in the position that all legitimate bus
ness should occupy. the absolute ncces-
sity Of rendering irst-class work.
Good Service Rendered.
Competition is said TO be the life OF
business, and there is reason TO beheve
that the demands made by those VINO
build homes Is creating sharp compe-
tition among the various companies III
their efforts TO render the pest service
az the most rcasona bic prices.
The manager OF building company
was interviewed recently, and concern
ing conditions in this city he SAID:
There is business enough for all
IN salt Lake, but none OF US can
afford To take advantage OF TINS
fact and impose upon our patrons.
There is a steady increase IN the
number of homes erected here each
year, and the companies tbat give
the best satisfaction now VIII get
the bulk of all future business.
There are at the present time IN Sait
Lake CITY about one hundred and twen,
tv.five apartment houses, whose total
vaIue represents an expenditure OF ap-
proximatcly $3,500,00o. No other city
OF its size in the country can boast or
having 80 many apartment houses.
First an Experiment.
When the building of apartment
house was first considered 1t was
thought 10 be more or less of an eS-
pertinent, but developments have shown
that this form Of residence was IN line
with the desires OF Salt Lake City s
nopulation and the success OF the few
who originally erected these houses
caused others to follow their lead an
til splendid array of apartment houses
now furnish comfortable habitation Tor
thousands who have taken advantage
OF the many convoniences to be found
therein. :.
All grades. sizes and styles of archi'
tecture are to be found in the apart.
ment buildings OF this city, and their
cost of construction may be estimated
to have run between $4,000 and $780,
001 each
Primarily, apartment houses are in
tended and designed for small famllies::
T:i -,ilics with children as general
thing are not desirable tenants for
arartment buildings 1t is we'll under,
stood that children by nature should
not be confined so closely as they
have to be when living IN
apartments. but rather should have rree
access TO a commodious yard in which
upon them they become sickly or de-
structive to property.
Children Damage Property.
Thousands of dollars worth of dam
age is done each year by children on
account of allowing them to be occu-
pants Of apartment buildings. This, to
saw nothing Of the ANNOYANCE and dis
turbance they cause nearby tenants IN
The same building While the time Will
never come when an apartment VIII
take the place of the home, still when
il is possible to avoid the care Of a
furnace. the carving out of ashes, the
sweeping of walks and Janitor work,
especially during the fall and winter
il is very easy to understand
why the apartment houses are as popu-
lar as thev have proven 10 be.
il would be erroneous to suppose thar
every apartment house in the city pays
interest on the investment. There are
various reasons why some do not, The
OF this class Of properties
bas come to be almost a commercial
science which, when properly done, ac-
counts for revenues making the invest
ment successful one. It goes without
saving that where many families and
persons with various Compartments arc
living under the same roof that gen
cral set Of rules which will afford the
greatest possible measure Of conven-
iencc to everyone concerned must be
formulated and enforced. Experience
alone dictates what these rules should
be and their enforcement is often a
matter which requires much delicacv.
Diplomacy, and sometimes welldirected
severity.
Then again the expenditure for the
such as repairs, new con-
struction and other things. must be
looked after most judiciously and eco
nomically.
Work Systenized.
For instance, one prominent tnstitu
ton having the care and management
Of twelve apartments of the city has
so Bystematized the work that the maxi
mum revenue is derived from these
buildings, and consequently the invest
ments are revenue,producing. As = part
Of this system there are skilled me-
chanics employed on salary, who are
continually going from ono apartment
TO another making such repairs and al
terations as are necessary, doing the
and tinting of walls, attend
ing to tho electrical apparatus, the
plumbing and other necessary work
Materials are bought at Wholesale
prices and the whole expense Is so ap-
portioncd among tho different apart
ment buildings that 1t amounts TO the
minimum expenditure,
Some OF the moro recently con-
structed buildings have been furnished
throughout There Is some advanta ge
in renting apartments already fur
nished because the wear and tear Of
moving furniture in and out OF build
ings has been big item of deteriora-
tion. OF course many apartments cam
not be furnished to advantage. II re.
ouires the exercise Of good Judgment as
10 location. conditions and demand to
decide when or when not to furnish
apartments ns we'll rs the class OF fur.
riture TO be used when the furrishir
is TO he done II would not be iudicious
m furnish All apartments with mahoCa-
nv and rich FURNISHING such rs tho
Tolland ausriment is furnished with
Neither would IL be profitable 70 use
furnishings when the class OF
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