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Show E TIMES. MONDAY, SEFT The Djmand is Good and Prices Keep Up The Demand For Houses, THE INQUIRIES PEOM THE EAST. A Cincinnati Man Wants Special Information Infor-mation on Some II ning Stock-4 Personals and Notes, The real estate market opened firm this morning. Several pieces of property prop-erty were offered at the call meeting of the exchange, but no falling off in prices was noted. The fact is that snaps are becoming very scarce. There is a good demand for inside property. It is much greater than the available supply, and while this state of affairs coutinues there is not the slightest dan-gor dan-gor of any drop in prices. The demand for houses is increasing every day. The city is full of people who propose to remain here, and are waiting their chance to get a home. A real estate man this morning said: "Hack cast people move on the 1st of May, but in Salt Lake they move when they get a house." The Mall Hag. The mail received by Secretary Montgomery Mont-gomery of tho real estate exchange this morning was heavier than usual. Among them was a letter from Mr. T. Thomas of Meridian, Miss, lie, after asking for some special information in regard to Salt Lake City, asked also for j the address os GovcrnorThomas saying that he thought that the governor was a relative of his. A gentleman in Cincinnati asked for illustrated pamphlets about Salt Lake Citv iukI irtn.li. and also wanted some special information in regard to the Horn Silver Mining company and the Utah Limo and Cement company. A banker in Proviuccton, Mass., asks for general information about Salt Lake city, and also wants Mr. Montgomery to give him his opinion in regard to the safety of investing in real estate hero, and' also the market price of some that ho considers the besl. A man in Gloucester, Mass.. intends to move west and thinks that Salt Lake is the place that ho is looking for, , and wants the real estate exchange to send him such information as they may have at hand. Other requests for information about Utah and Salt Lake, especially in regard re-gard to real estate investments, come fir.m New York city; Canal Fulton, O.; Fostorio. ().; Reidingion, N. J.; Perry, Kans.; Fau Clare, Wis. Before Snow Files. The contractors are beginning to push their work so as to get as much as possible pos-sible under roof before snow flies. The . . . i i 1 1 1 new commercial oann ouuuing win do a beauty. It is now up to the top of the second story and work was continued contin-ued on it all day yesterday. Quite a number of the contractors on other business blocks in the city also kept right on with.their work. This is necessary nec-essary as the scarcity of materials has thrown them seriously behind and they are beginning to be ai'raid that winter will bo on (hem beforo they get their buildings under roof. lie Want I'otlers Clay. Secretary Montgomery of the real estate exchange, is rushing about trying to liud some potters clay. lie has a letter from a large pottery manufacturer manufac-turer in the caMt who wants a cigar box full of the clay 'that grows in Utah, as he has some idl.-a of starting a plant out here to supply' his western trade. Kent F.atate Notei and Personals. Mr. Tousey, of Tousey & Do Ricqles, reports several good deals on foot. Mr. Meloy says that tho week promises promi-ses to see some important deals consummated. con-summated. A local real estate man this morning received a letter from an eastern man asking for the whereabouts of Samuel C. I'aucake. J. (J. Conklin was lamenting this morning. Ho lias been caught on the grand jury, he says, for the lirst time. There is $'J a day in it and that alono reconciled him. |