Show HEAL ESTATE From the standpoint of real estate business no year In tho wholo history of Salt Lako from the founding of the city by Brigham Young down to the present was more satisfactory or successful suc-cessful than 1901 Thero was no boom there were no fictitious prices fixed and there wero few forced sales The business throughout the year Q on a solid and satisfactory basis and the buyers and sellers were brought together to-gether by legitimate means In avery instance Tho volume of the business of the year is almost 2000000 greater than that of 1900 which was considered c most satisfactory year by all dealers Another good feature of the business of the year now drawing to a close is that the property that changed hands Is not confined to any one section or the city nor to any one class < ton prop erty > ufc l3 true that in residence prop erty the greatest demand has been on tho cast side of the city has the ten dency to the southeast but there have been many sales made in all sections or the city especially where tho buyers were not securing the property for speculative purposes but for homes In the exchange of business exchDnle property a tendency was noted to extend the busi ness district While the heaviest sales of the year were made in Main street property there were many sales made at good prices on the side streets On of the interesting features strets the year In this regard was the public auction of much valuable property1 by the city Among some of tho Interesting transactions of the year may ho men tioned tho purchase of 100 feet frontage on tho east sldo of Main Street be tween First and Second South by Mayor Thompson for 100000 also the purchase of the threestory building on tho same side of the street further down tox 30000 the purchase of tho J property now occupied by the Freed Furniture company by Mrs Mary Judge from the Bambergcrs for 85000 and the purchase by the same jady from Aaron Keysor o 6 fact cast of the Cullcn hotel for 65000 the purchase pur-chase of the corner or West TQmplo I and West Second South streets for approximately Veit proximately 90000 the purchaso from Mrs Sarah Ann Daft by F W Gard nor of the fourstory building on the west Bldb of Main street between First and Socond South or0000imd the purchase by J W Hal lnn and Herman Her-man JBrieacher from the T G Sherman Sher-man estate of r piece of property on East Third South street for I7000 1 One of the most significant purchases of the year was that ol tthe Gardo house by Mrs Edwin F Holmes fort 18000 and 115 purchase by the sarhc lady for 30000 of tho historical old ron r-on Brigham and Slate facing on the Alta clubhouse and the Bcehlc house The story of the year Is told In detail In tho following figures 348OW January o 38018 February March i 2iGr April 16 May i5131 Juno 6fSj July 03I43 August 1 1 i September 6H2L October 3H1 1 November 2S December 1IGI3 Total oalerf for tho year7649716 Total sales last year 1 6 Increase 17K240 |