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Show KUILDINO AND WAGES. When we read of the carpenters strike in Chicago, and the bricklayers strike in New York, and of tho strike of other building trades in other cities, we feel like congratulating the workmen work-men of Salt Lake upon their more fortunate for-tunate lot. Instead of being underpaid and periodically thrown out ol employment employ-ment altogether, there is a keen demand de-mand for their labor at reasonable wages. Indeed, although bricklayers get $5.50 for nine hours work and seven hours on Saturday, and stone cutters u for eight hours a day, there is such a scarcity of these mechanics that builders build-ers and contractors find it very dilllcult to koep their ranks full. Common laborers la-borers are not so scarce, yet there is employment for more at wages ranging from 82.50 for shovelers to $2.75 to $8 a day for mason tenders, according to the skill of the latter. Carpenters command $3.50 for nine hours work. In tills connection it may likewise be stated as a gratifying fact that the delays de-lays and vexations in building caused in the beginning of the season by the scarcity of material are now practically removed. There is quite a quautity of brick ou hand, though more could be iised if it could be manufactured faster and the supply of rough ston is at present sufficient to carry on the building build-ing now under .way. Brick is worth $8.50 delivered on the spot aud stone brings about sixty cents per foot delivered de-livered here. All the quarries in the vicinity of Salt Lake, to wit, the Bamberger, Bam-berger, Kyuny, Diamond and Castlo gate, are working to their utmost ca-pacityto ca-pacityto meet the coustuutly increasing increas-ing demand. And as in wages and material so also iu the quality of the latter is there no causo for complaint. Our brick is notoriously no-toriously of a superior kind aud the stone compares favorably with the best Colorado sandstone. Altogether we have right at our door the means with which to build up a great city. |