Show I REAL ESTATE BRIEFS J rI rr rAn r I r-An Apparent Brief Halt in the Transactions 1 4 HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS 1 taut Weeks Transfers as Compared With the Previous Week Miscellaneous Mis-cellaneous Mention In real estate circles yesterday the damp chilly air which at times prevailed pre-vailed had a tendency to cause a temporary tem-porary stand among the rustlers in realty Still whenever old Sol escaped from behind a cloud and smile on humanity below conveYance J carrying threes and fours of eaitern men accompanied accom-panied by the over present boomer were btijg driven to and fro The men here now and most deeply interested inter-ested in purchasing land appear to be chiefly from Denver Omaha and Kansas City though of course there are a few from other places One wretched state of affairs was developed yesterday and one which needs attention It is that there is on absolute absence of either houses or rooms to rent Many who have sold or rented their residences with the expectation of securing a place to live in are without a shelter and several are in a pitiable plight Now is the time for those who have the means to pitch ia and erect some dwellings for the homeless Theres money in it t THE WEEKS TRANSFERS During the week ending Friday night last the transfers recorded by the county recorder were as follows Transfers Amount March 33 98270 19 21 41952 20 12 22810 1 21 IM 40555 1 22 18 37060 23 Iti 31735 Total Ii4 281382 This agrees with the statement in THE HERALD of yesterday that there had been a lull in the business during the past few days and for which the reasons were assigned The transfers trans-fers of the week before numbered 158 and the amount involved was 300000 in round figures MISCELLANEOUS As an instance of how property has advanced it was stated yesterday that a small piece on Third South Street which was bought last spring for 3700 was sought after by eastern parties and 7 000 offered for it Another one is a small spot on Fourth East tor which the presnt owner gave 1800 before the boom and a day or two ago he was off of-f H el 5 lOO for it These are a couple 1 of instancis similar to which numbers f have been leporledw thinja month A rumor gained credence yesterday that a transaction was under consideration consider-ation by a California capitalist and the owners involving 180000 and the possession of property on Main Street and South Temple The committee appointed by the I Chamber of Commeice to solicit subscriptions I sub-scriptions to be used in advertising the resources of tho Territory are meeting wit success and are confident that the sum of 5000 can be raised A number L of 50 and 20 subscriptions were made 7 yesterday The list of contributors to tbe fund will b3 published in a few days The firm of Marks Casady have a list of properties in this issue of THE L HERALD to which the attention of investors T in-vestors is directed The first named gentleman of the firm is Mr S R Marks an old and reliable citizen of Salt Lake and Mr Caeady is an Iowa man thoroughly conversant with the ins and outs of the real estate business The ranks of the real estate men aro still being added to although not to such a marked extent as during the first fortnight of the boom The advertising ad-vertising space of THE HERALD this morning is further occupied by recently recent-ly formed firms Among them are Young Brown Sharp LawsonBros Wilkinson Taylor it Harrington Wiiidbjrg Dalquist and McCrae Heywood Co I I |