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Show . COMDITIOWS Continued Dull Days Have Effect of Dulling' AH Kinds of Dealing. NOTICEABLE sliUMP IN REAL ESTATE MARKET Lively jelling of Ouf-of-I)oor Hji Goods Augurs Approach of Hf Snm m i Hl The late spring, I lie continued cold H( weather and I lie unusually large :ini(miiL H of nil n huvo seriously affected tho rc:il H estate marke!. ir. is said, besides our- H tailing (he business in dry goods and H. oilier lines.' Tho real estate business, H especially, started in with a rush abonL H a month" ago a nil many lnrge sales were H made. As the season progressed, how- over, and heavy rains and other dis-H dis-H agreeable features affected tlio sliowintr of property, trading in roaliy fell off greatly and finally dropped to a point H' below the normal. Hj Lluriug- llio past week-, (here appar- rntly has been a slight recovery, nl-B nl-B i lioiiirlL by no,menas a gain of u sh'.o to H. arouse' serious hopes for any great im- provojuc-nt for i lie present. The same virions situation which was ho marked B last week continues, however, with in- vestors slightly "skirli-sh,"' and the H, owner.'-; holdin.c prices at a good, stiff value. The trouble midenlly is not a H; yf confidence on the part of those "lio have money to invest nor of those wild have property to Fell. There has H, been no falling off in values, but in H! jnany eases rather a decided gain over Hli ihoso.of last year. Vet them have been Hj almost no transfers of nolo and few Hj of a largo size, i Building Is Active. The transfer of a block on .Second South,, between .Staie street and See-ofiU See-ofiU East for $ll.nOM. or about. $250 a H from fool, indicates Hoinntbing of the H low value of property in that vicinity. Hl' although it. shows an increase from val- i'CS a few years ago. It wr,v rumored Hj during the week that tin- Salisbury eoni- jinny is intending to erect a skyscraper fii the rieinily of the Xcwhou.se build-me?, build-me?, althougli nothing will be done at. K present. The intention of :i new creani- cry company to start operations within H, fw months is looked upon as an ex- M! eellenl. indication of the way in which H; outside business men regn rd't he oppor- H. limit ics for investment, liere. Hr hi lhe meantime, activity in build- Hj iiic continues. During thc"latt'r pari, H! C the week contracts were lrt for the H' erection of Ihencw Callaway, lloock H and Francis building on Main street. H lioino of 'the firms which formerly oc- H eii)icd rooms in the obi buildings along HL uppev Main street have moved into new Hj! quarters on Second South in the loca- H, J ions loft vacant by the transfer of the H railroad offices to 'the newly completed H. .ludge building. Mnnv rumors of tlio Hr erection of new warehouses are heard arid architects are busy on new apart -ni.cnt. houses ami other' buildings of all lands. Of Hi-? erection nf smaller build-i'lRH. build-i'lRH. ,theie appears to be no indication of any eessot ion. City Spreading Out. A person visiting the north bench will he struck with the many changes which have taken place there' and the iudica-"lions iudica-"lions of still more to como. Xew build-ings build-ings are going up on all sides, some of considerable value. TltQ Granting of water rights to the Federal Heighis district; during the week will have much to do witli the H. development of that localitv. Last Sut- urdav the talcing over of the "Old An- I, derson Tower propert' was reported, and it. is expected that the land in tbo vicinity will be platted and opened to iho public ?s a choice location for homes in the near future. Building conditions con-ditions in the south and southeastern section of the city are unusually active, ac-tive, it is eaid, and. indicate something of the manner in which the city is spreading out into the outlying dis- 1 tricts. Tho realty men have been the only sufferers on account, of the unseasonable unseason-able weather. The heads of the large drv goods stores reporr, considerable falling off in the volume of trade on that account. "No one wishes to buy spring clothes, when the rain is pouring pour-ing down and the temperature is away down near the freezing point.'' was the remark made by the manager of one of the big stores. His remark seemed to voice tne general feeling of the dry goods men at this time of the year. Bargain Sales Due. According to the clothing people, generally, gen-erally, the end of the spring trading has arrived, and from now on tha bar- gain sales will be carried on almost ever' day. iu preparation for the gel-ting gel-ting in of summer lines of nil kinds. Last week sales of summer underwear occurred, and tho coming week will see the holding of sales of shoes and dress goods. Tho same rule will -apply to the general clothing trade and to meu's wear as well as to that of the strietl- female type. The trading in men's spring clothes has been unusually unusu-ally light for the timo of year. tu keeping with the honio building, however, the furniture trade has been excellent. Not that there has been an alarming demand, but the. call lias been steady for everything that goes to makeup make-up the equipment of the new home and ; the refurnishing of the old- Furniture ' of all kindts, curtains, carpets, kitchen utensils, and other necessary lliings for the use of the young housewives, have 1 sold well. The'samo variety of goody from the hardware stores has also been,! in good demand. Plumbers' goods, gar-j den hose, nails, paint and the like have been asked for in quantities which indicated in-dicated that many people were moving iuto the city and wore on the lookout for new homes and the refitting of the older places. J Summer Season Boglua. The feature of the hardware busi- I ness has been the sale of saddlery and i harness. Tho indication here is that people peo-ple are getting out of doors, nrc rid- I ing and driving and have actually be- gun the summer season. Automobile supplies have increased in demand also, j so it appears that the rain and cold weather has not dampened tho spirits of the "auto' enthusists. The tradiug in pipe and fittings from localities outside of Salt Lake City where water systems are being installed is regarded as a good showing., ilost of this trade has been iu the wholesale whole-sale line, indicating that the call came from jobbing houses in tho surrounding towns. This picking up of tho trade is regarded especially favorable by the ' dealers in Salt. Lake City. Hammocks and tennis goods have sold unusually well, even above the amount for last week. The general business in machinery machin-ery has been excellent, the dealers report, re-port, although the mining variety has not been very rapid. Tho falling off of tbo mining industry last fall affected af-fected the trade in machinery for mines, it is said, and the market has not j'cl recovered. Loan Rates High. The general financial conditions of Iho city continue excellent. A good many people- have complained of tho lack of monoy with which to carry on largo enterprises, but on the .pther hand several real estate dealers have indicated that they had ample sup-pi' sup-pi' of cash, not only to carry on their own transactions, but to loau out to other investors. Loan rates continue high. Bank clearances vary greatly, but indicate an active business generally. gen-erally. It has been said that tho pending pend-ing 'disposal of tho wool crop will greatly affect business conditions, as the present sule of sugar has greatly assisted the otherwise somewhat dull financial situation. Following are the latest, quotations for stocks and bonds on tho oxchango Saturday: Amalgamated Sugar Co.. pfd 5 flfi.OO do common JCo.OO Henbflclul Life Insurance Co 119.00 Con. Wagon and lach. Co.. pfd.. 112. SO do common luO.OO Commercial National bank 140.00 Doi-erci National bank.. 237.00 ncserel Savings bank 510.00 First National bank, Ogden rilO.OO Homo Kiro Insurance Co 192. SO Ilober .T. Grunt & -Co 1.10.00 Lewlston Sugar Co 13.25 National Bank of the Republic... 1-tO.OO Ogden Savings bank 250.00 Provo Coml. and Savings bank 1-iS.OO 1 Rocky Mt. Kcll Tel. Co 62.00 Stato Bank of Utah 197.00 Sugar City Townsitc Co 125.00 Thatcher Bros- Banking Co 117.00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., pfd S. 10 common 3.00 Utah National bank 115.00 Utah Savings and Trust Co....... 110 00 Western Loan and Savings 106,00 Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Co. 310.00 Z. C. M. I , 201.00 BONDS. Salt Luke City Railroad 102.00 iSumpler Valloy Railroad 102.00 Utah County' Light and Power Co. 102.50 Utah Sugar Co 101.50 |