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Show If BEftEfl TONE IN 1 BUSINESS WORLD H Stimulus Follow ill; Election Causes Surprise in Almost Every Line of Trade. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS POINT TO PROSPERITY Collections Are Good, Work Is Plentiful ami the Merchants Mer-chants Are Busy. To tha atudent of business affairs, a inir ..f Blt T.ii.- center of trade affords unlimited opportunities fnr thoupv. and a wiund ba.il HH upon which t.- build hl hop for the future UJ Qo up hi I down Main street and then vl.lt tha lei pretentious establishments on the HH varlou. Hide straeta. oak two questions: HOW UJ la bualnaaa?" "What la the proapert for the HHJ nw ;r?' and the Answers in, almost vvlth- HH out exception, of one tenor and chajTcUrr: HH "The beat bUltnaaa we have over luul. the bright- ,mi' h ',; we have over s. i n " Change in Sentiment Noted. PH While the tradn throujrhoul the fall has been HBJ generally satisfactory-, there Ik no doubt svsn the coniwrvsthi. admit It thot tho gencroJ HBJ unanimity of sentiment roRarillna; tho future UJ of the cliv It duo. in a lurire degree, to tha I victory achieved by tho American pAily In ajfiirtng Salt Lake CltJ at least two years of a pro(jresl.- and untrttmmeled udmlnlHlrutlon, coupled with the Inspiring of n atroDg hope that such a condition win continue to pre-!Ol Buying- of Homes on Evidence. Here la one portion of the record that cannot be controverted: Iiurlnir the ten days following election there have tM-n mteied uf record on the books of tho Recorder of Sa.lt Ijkn county lf.7 transfers of reol esint. and the total consideration con-sideration of the deeds Hied amounts 10 J i : -jjj 70. This for Dull Sert6on. I November Is usually regarded as one of the dullest months by tha rn astata men. aj the moving season ..f the fall la practically over, and not until tha Utter part of Jonuarv do homeseelcers begin to maJcn preparations to build In the spring. V. rv few of these transfers trans-fers have been of magnitude. Mra. Judge a jurchaae of the corner at Third Snuth and Main afreet, for $1TS.OHO. Bnd the purchase by tVtavlus Simpson, a Wyoming sheepman, of 'hree residences on the east aide for $21,000. bring the largest People Buying- Homes. Reviewing the week In real estate circles. A A. Robertaon of Homer A Robertjon aald "A large ajorlty of these purchases represent tha securing of modest, medium-priced homes by persona who will thus lircomo permanent . ItlsSBS. This tide of homi--buylng In SaJt .ake ia aettlng In more heavily every dar on people art regaining their faith and confidence confi-dence In the town and are filled with hope for Its future " Scores of New Cottages. One has hut to walk through onv portion of the residence section of tho city "to note the Immense number of new cottages that are arlalngr on every hand Ride out on the penitentiary peni-tentiary line and you may count thirty new homes where canrn. r, bricklayers and masons are bus,. Take the ICoat Heventh South car and you will ne aa man) more The ncrtheiWT l,er oh i J no .f .,,11, activity, and on tho west sido there are at leaat nrty homos under construction Furniture Business Booming. This rapid erection of naw homes has as might be expected, given an unuaual Impetus to the trade of the furniture houses. All of them reis-irt good business, statements as to the amount of incrvoso over the corresponding period of lost year varying from In in per I cent. Not one house but announces a greater volume of trade Those firms that sell .,n the Installment plan sny that collections are much better than they were a year og.j. a fact which I, In Itself argues strongly for Improved condl- ! tlnn of bjKlnoes "We note this, too.-' said the rli: manager of one of tho largest houses In tho J t,,v- people are huylnc a much hlgh-r grado of goods than they wrrc There is nnlv one h ' xplanatlon: they are rr,,NH-r..us and do not ! ; txpect to go elsowhere." In Generrtl Merchandise. N'otwlthatandlng the unusual prolongation of the warm weather, nil ..r the clothing m.r- chants sj-e happy and ready to testify to a , larger volume of bOSinesS lhan thi.y "r-xpcrl- I enced for the first half of November 1U t . Of course, we nrbuld like to ee.. a few davs f stomp, and a cold snap to mors the overcoats over-coats more rapidly. ' said or.e of the big clothing cloth-ing men during U10 afternoon, but wo are s-lling this year more high-priced K- od lhnn we ever hav and ih..- l.uslr.e.,, s teitnB i,.t. : tcr everj' day ' Groceries Are Bushed. It gives a filing of utiafootloo to see the rush at tho counters of the groceries almost any honr of tha afternoon and evening One grocer s;imm.-l up the situation, saying There Is a double pleasure in this, for aside rom tilt. nuesti,,n of personal gain Is the knowledge that Lha wat-.-eUrners of th.- families fam-ilies ore busy .. uac-s. u condition that 1, Always moons fu larders In the homes." Farmers Have Money. A plain lr-draaaed farmai bought n v.a onier In a big grocery hou.- .luring the afternoon, and in paying- fur hla gootla look out wallei that was actually crammed arllh :u and tv I l rotea. While this valley Is not a beet-ralslnic r s.ction, the grain, fruit ntld vegetable taine,, have received Bplsndld pi P es f..r their pro-; pro-; ducta, and many will add to a fund for sub-tianUal sub-tianUal and permanent Improvements'. Much Cash for Beets, ji Although the beet yfeld nun. to some ext. nt dplete.l by the ravjg.-.. of th, uhlte fly. the U amount of ea; h received by the furmers marketing mar-keting their beets at Provo, Ihl. Spanish Vti Fork. Sprinmlll-. rtgden. lyigan, Lewi at on 1 Oarfleld. Supar City, Idnlm Kails and Black-U't Black-U't frot. for which pay checked out during the past wrf:, approximated $1,350,000, a laraja i j.ercentago ..f which ia drawn from Salt lke (ti - anklng centers Tho remainder of th baet CrOp l" be delivered mill approximate $yeynfii In value, and payment will he made December Decem-ber 15 Big- Increase in Cleruinps. Another substantial evidence of the business condition cf the oll.v Ih gcn In tho iceord of lha bnnk olcarlnite The total for the week . ndlng at noon November is Is $7,015. TOJ.TB, sn period "f n vein- ago The tubiil.ii Mfttemont lm r.-...i of $1,.1T,TIKI over the OdrTOapondllll for the week f.dlivvs' iw;. M November 13 ll.4X8.73t "7 $ N9,1M.I November 14 .'"..': T all.lM 88 November It l',817,802.Sl 1 W Ki M November 1 I .m, 731 .61 VTf.MO.W November 17 1 IC1.CT0 73 9' 011.10 Notambcr U 7;7.7iH 3s 779,114. M Totals $7,018,708 7D fi,CS6,O0l.tl Splendid Situation. The banks leporl money easy and collections grod. The local stock and bond market Is Itl nc. vvholtsale dealers ore bovlng their hon.ln full t.. ke.-i up with the ..niers from outalde points, the assurance of additional factories fac-tories and tha Immense Improvements und-r way In making the P.wii 11 lender In the smelting smelt-ing wot Id and the work now being pushed in lallroad circles all Combine to muke the out-l.ok out-l.ok for the city as bright as the most opll-mihtlo opll-mihtlo could desire. Building Permits. Following Is the soml-monthly report of building permits Ed. H Mldglry. HI East Third South. brick cottage $ l.M Castleton Pros , BtCOnd and L streets brick addition l.KO a wis KJergaid. L and Third streets, two two-storv brick 1. 000 T B. Phaw. 616 West Third North, brick cottage 1.W0 Grorgo Pitt. Klghth North and Fourth West 600 Mrs. Jackson McKrystal. Hrlgnam and O streets, brick, modem . 7.noo Mr W'ollare, 67 WiM First South, rear. three-storv brick JiOOO John 11 Ihrelkeld. Tenth East between Ninth ami Tenth South streets, frame cottagu WO Willlutu H. Thoinpeon. Eleventh East and Eleventh S-uth. brick cttage 900 Jomes Whytock. !:i North Thin! Wet, brick cottage 1.000 Mr nin.ll-.lier Seventh s'.oitli. between BCOOBd and Third East, brick cottage.. R B, Jchneon, imr Ml East Second S.vuth. bilck cottage, double 1. 500 James H:lvv,-I). .'.M S.111II1 Seventh Fiet. brick cottage rW? Rudolth Kvans, I street. near Ninth street, framo addition 523 J. A. Frltsok. Thirteenth V:ast. between Fourth and Fifth South, two brick cottage., cot-tage., each $;sofl 8.600 A RK-hter. 015 Third street, two-story modem brick ' 4,100 A. Rlchter, :I9 Third street, first story brick, second story wood S.00O A Rlchter, ugent for Mrs Julia C. Taylor, Tay-lor, rear 2JJ South Eighth East, brick cottage 1.450 J. V. Mahan. Eighth South and Weet Temple, brick cottage I.OOl Martin rjrlinm. Vlsslng court, two brick cottage, each $1000 2.000 W S. McCornlck. 7 Siuth Main, repairs re-pairs 600 Kelly & Co.. Weat Second South, stone addition 8:5 Dr Phllo E Jones, 133 S.-.uth Sixth E;ist. modern two-ator' brick 2.500 O Johnson. 913 East Fourth South, brick cottage 1.600 Total $40,300 |
