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Show DEALS IN DIRT, Some of the Heavy Transactions of Yesterday and Jo-flay Record, ed at Lencth. A BAD TIME FOE CROAKERS. Houses Both Permanent and Temperas; to be Erected An Eastern Ex- j . cursion Talked Of. I Yesterday and today have been disastrous dis-astrous for the. croakers. Nearly f200.-000 f200.-000 vorth of property'ehangod bandv yesterday and the amount of transfers today, will equal those of yesterday be-i yond doubt. Some good sales were tiled with tho recorder during tho afternoon after-noon of yesterday, among them being one from E. Jenkins to Bella L. Lynch for seven lots in block 18 plat J, tho consideration being $12,300, w hile J. A. Fritseh purchased of W. Sehauffeleu 3x10 rods In lot 7, block 50. plat A, paying pay-ing $20,000 therefor. L.L.Ormsby bought of M. II. BeanUley lot 1, block i, plat l. for$lj,000; C. C. Belcher purchased of F. A. Mitchell lot 8, block 29, plat F, for 23,000. The largest sale of t his day was that of E. M. Biggs to ft. S. Holmes of lot 1. block 00, plat A, for $.37,730. Iu addition to these several other good buys were Indulged in. The record of to-day when completed will show some very good sales, several being now In course of perfection. It la, asserted that a brick manufacturing manufac-turing firm of St. Joseph, Mo., are negotiating ne-gotiating for a purchase of brick laud on the south side. This firm manufactures brick from dry clay aud will produce 100,000 per day when their machinery is in moliou. Tho price of the land which they aro trying to purchnse will he about $25,000. and it U understood that the deal is iu a fair way to be consummated. con-summated. The real estate exchange meets tonight to-night in the chamber of commerce building, and a good attendance is an-ticijutud. an-ticijutud. Tho exchange will be of the greatest benefit to Salt Lake, and the leading dealers aro very enthusiastic. With a clearing house, a real estate exchange ex-change and a mining exchange, Salt Luke will get to the front In good shape. The question of buildings is uow' being vigorously agitated and ere fall this city will have grown one-third at least.' A movement is on foot by one of tho leading associations which will be made public in a day or two which will surprise some one. It is proposed to erect one huudred good cottages on land which Is now being quietly purchased, pur-chased, w hich w ill be rented at reasonable reason-able rates. rtENir or hocres. The Portable House company, mention men-tion of which was made exclusively iu TjiE a fow days ago, has been organized, and in a very short tlmo live huudred dwulliuga will be, on tlm way from Chicago to Salt. Lake f'iiy.: The companv baa been rocentlv organized organ-ized with a capital stock of (30.000. and will begin business at once, It is proposed pro-posed to purchase at once the entire five bundled of the manufacturer In Chicago and ship them at oner. Ten solid trains will be required to ship the ; dwellings to this city, which will without doubt be the best advertisement tho city has ever had. The. stockholders of the new company are among the enterprising real estate men wholiave arrived at the conclusion conclus-ion that something must be done to meet the demand for more houses. The officers of tho new concern are John T. Lynch,' president; T. Webb, vice-president; T. A. Wickersham. secretary, with W. Glassman, W. Waterman and J. H. Van Dyke in the directory. The principle upon which the dwellings dwel-lings arc erected is that the patent sections sec-tions aro all three feet in width and the doors and windows being made of tlm same width, can he set in any part of the bouse where the. faucy or convenience conven-ience of the. builder may desire. The section post of studding U planed on four sides, with beaded faces and a dove-tail cut on the inside so that the rustic drop siding which Is a dove-tall to match, can bo slid in and forced dow n tight." The combination sheeting lath is raada (our inches wide aud from eight to to sixteen feet long with dove-tails cut on its surface so as to allow tho plastering to clinch. The frame work, siding and lath are thus placed ou board the cars and shipped to whatever point they may be desired. The roofing, flooring and plastering w ill be supplied in this city. A three room cottage can bo purchased pur-chased for $400. Fifty of these honso have been ordered for Garfield City. ., to advertise salt lake. Beck. Stephen 4: Kennedy aro working work-ing in the interest of an excursion from Denver and Missouri river points to Lalt Lake and will bring the. matter liefore tho Seal Ext.-ilo Exchange to-night. It is proposed to nmku a round trip rate from Denver of $13 and from the river 425. Ample hotel arrangement w ill be provided. Other real eatuto men are urging the matter which is a splendid scheme. |