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Show BUSINESS, TRADE, AND FINANUS. The week has been warm nnd pleasant, pleas-ant, forwarding growth and advancing tho prospect of an excellent year for the farmer. The sheep-3hearlng season has begun, and the flocks are apportioned appor-tioned to the different shearincr places In' such manner as to expedite the work 'and avoid confusion or clash. It is demonstrated, what was believed bo-fore, bo-fore, that the sheep have come through the winter with but small losses, and that the animals are strong and healthy, with heavy fleeces. There will probably be paid out in the region of which this city is the center, within the next few weeks, more than three million dollars for wool. The mines continue their very rich and steady production. Rather more than half a million dollars a week is the measure of this output. The smelters smelt-ers aro turning this into bullion at a rate which allows no clogging of the supply of ore, and which is satisfactory to all concerned. As the mines of Utah are noted for their permanent ore bodies and their excellent buslness-llko management, so the smelters of this valley are famous for their enterprise, their up-to-date facilities, and their careful methods. The opening of the Uintah reservation, reserva-tion, though put off till the early fall, Is the subject of wide and anxious interest. in-terest. There Is constant inquiry, and all possible information is eagerly sought. In The Trlbuno this morning, we have a fine article on the reserva-lion, reserva-lion, with map, by Captain Hall, who Is stationed at Fort Duchesne, and who has every facility for getting at the precise facts. The week brought out the announcement announce-ment that not only will the Hazen cutoff cut-off be built at once, but it will connect with the Carson & Colorado, which in turn will be extended from Keeler to Mojave, Cal.. thus giving a shorter line by several hundred miles from Nevada points to Los Angeles, and, for through Southern Pacific (Ogden route) freights, the advantage of the shorter haul and eliminating the pull over Truckee sum-" mlt. Without any reservation. The Tribune Trib-une has received Information from the highest possible official source that the Western Pacific will be built and work started this year. In emphatic confirmation con-firmation of this Is the story printed this morning of the lease by this company com-pany of one hundred and sixty acres across the Jordan, on which to store construction material. Mr. Moffat, too, assures the public that he has fully financed his Denver & Northwestern road, which is to run fro it; Denver to this city, and lhat he will push construction with vigor. The road Is already running seventy-seven miles this side of Denver, and the pleasant assurance is L'lven that the line will be completed through to this city in about two years. The Short Line and the Salt Lake Route nre rushing work on new lines and reconstruction, and the latter will surely slart trains May 1st. The two first tin-ouch excursion trains, with diners and sleepers, will leave this city next Saturday night for Los Angeles, carrying the Woodmen on their big excursion. ex-cursion. ' i Conditions throughout ihe State are optimistic In the highest degree, The money already in hand by reason of trie great mining output, tli exceptionally exception-ally good year agriculturally, and the heavy wool clip, with the very high prices for all, make things easy nil along the line. The annual reports of the Utah Sugar .Company, made to the stockholders on Wednesday evening, showed . marked prosperity. These reports covered the year ending March 31st, last, and In- ijfr eluded the fourteenth year's operation? .tt of the Lehi factory, the second year of'UWriB the Garland factory, tho second yeur UI1' of the Bear River power plant, and the ' j third year of the Bear River canal sys- tern. The company paid out at the two I factories, $700,000 for beets, the factories I I made over sixteen thousand tons of sugar, which sold for Jl.700,000. The I preferred stock dividends were 7 per J I cent per annum, and the common slock, I R Hi per cent per quarter. The other fae- I. ij torlcs, those at Ogdcn and at Logan, jl doubtless had an equally good year. y d The jobbers of this city are moving i' I forcibly lo avail themselves of the open- ' I Ing offered to capture the trade of jrl southwestern Nevada- Goldficld Is the I distributing center for this trade, and !: I to that point the Utah jobbers can send i P freights quicker and cheaper than any ' tfj other jobbers can do. A communlca- Hon received on Friday from Goldlleld I Invited attention to the opening for i I millers to send there their flour, a I committee of the Commercial club la ' I sending expert investigators into that I region, to report upon routes, facilities, and possibilities. ) Southern Idaho Is coming to tho :i front mightily this spring. The coun- try along the upper Snake River is tak- ; ' I ing on new life, and tho new reclama- I Hon works at Twin Falls and Mlnldo- ' I ka nre offering such Inducements to settlers aa have seldom been seen In i fS, this country. All this is excellent in : f 5 Itself, and It Is also admirable In afford- II Ing new business for the merchants and sj: Jobbers of tills city. I Business in this city i3 on a solid " ? basis: the great output of the mines makes money plentj', and the heavy ; I payments soon to be made for wool liu '. jy crease the feeling of confidence and f ? plenty. The banks have great reserves of cash, and It can be had at low rates. Collections are good, and the volumo ' of transactions is fairly shown by tho Increase of 22 per cent the past week In the bank clearances of this city, compared with the clearances of the Jf corresponding week a year ago. Thol.M indications are that the coming season.9 will be very busy In the. building line, a fair rival to last, which was ro great -yi In this line. The city has every reason : ) f$ to be confident, it being the center and ' f established clearing house for all tho ' & mining business of the State; the proa- pective railroad center for the wholo i J mountain region, and tho city which has such a start in population, wealth, - s and business connections as to make i it pre-eminently the metropolis of a i ; S region which extends a thousand miles east and west, and a like distance north I and south. 1 : H i : y i j ;Ji The great commercial agencies report , I S the sjtuation of the country ns Im- ' pj proving, in spite of some unfavorable j i 5 weather conditions. Collections, .on the i whole, are more prompt, and the best ' f 1 reports come from tho old West, with i ' J uniformly good reports from the Pad- 5 d fie coast. Freight traffic Is very heavy, ' j and railway earnings In March wen ! : b 9.2 per cent larger than last year. For- elgn commerce Is Immense. Business 1 S failures were for the week rather fewer , than the average. j Bank clearances in New York for tha : g, week were 715.5 per cent greater than ifc for the corresponding week last year; In the cities outside New York the in- I crease was 8.S per cent, a gain for all . J of 4G.7 per cent. The New York bank statement, issued yesterday, showed ' great money reserves. j j j5 The money market was interested : during the week in the point whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury '. would make another call upon tho i ; banks of deposit for the volume of pub- : S lie moneys which they hold. Opinion : j was about equally divided on the ques- ; tion, as the Treasury has an available i ! surplus of about 516,000,000. without I s making any call on the banks. The ! I j stock exchange went by fits and starts $ during the week. The announcement of a preferred stock Issue of 5100.000,000 , i . by the Union Pacific was well support- ? ed, and a growing- confidence in tho " is money outlook, with the great activity -; reported in all lines of trade and In- : dustry aided by strong merger and combination rumors, gave renewed life to the market, and much animation and buoyancy marked the latter part - of the week. The country evidently is enjoying a period of marked pros- perlty, confidence, and activity in all lines of business. Industry, and ; finance, of which the railroad con- , ; structlon noted for this region is a ' j strong evidence. j 6 |