Show FIN UCE AND MINING Lead Advances Five Cents and Silver Gains a Point THE ORE AND BULLION OUTPUT TJie Local TradeA Starch TrnstThe Business Busi-ness Outlook A Sngtr Fraud Idaho cud Utah Mines The volume of tra1e during the IVCOK Just closed has on the whole been decidedly decid-edly satisfactory The unseasonable weather however has had a slightly depressing de-pressing uffcct upon some lines Tho coal trade has of course reaped a harvest the demand upon the resources of the various companies being in many cases far in excess ex-cess of the supply Building operations have also been retarded re-tarded to a great extent although the contractors con-tractors have taken advantage of every opportunity to push forward as rapidly as possible the many structures now in course of erection getting in such work as they could between storms The weather has not interfered with excavations already commenced any ctcnt although it has delayed the commencement of others that had our usual weather at this time of the year prevailed would long ere this have been in readiness for the mason The fact that the Hotel Ontario on West Temple street is now an assured thing and that the work will be at once commenced has had a good effect It is said by those who arc dn the inside that this structure will bo one of the finest in the west and that it will throw into the shade its rival to ba erected on the corner of First East and Third South streets Speaking of this latter it has been an open secret for some time that there was a hitch of some kintl in connection with it Just what the difficulty was no one in this vicinity appeared to know but certain it is that word was received from the eastern parties interested to take no further steps until the receipt of orders to po ahead Those orders have now been received and the contract for 500 carloads of stone for the foundation have been given to the Kyuno quarry people who will at once proceed to execute the order All is now clear sailing and in a few days the corner will be once more a scene of life and activity Everything considered tho real estates estate-s es during the past week have been phenomenal and the total for the month shows a decided increase over February of a year ago There was tho usual brisk Saturday trade yesterday |