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Show fill CONFINED 18 EASTER FINERY jLadies' Ilafs and Dress Goods I and "Togs" Quite the I Caper. fflUILDLNG HOLDS STRONG: l REALTY DEALING SLOW KTradiiig in Hardware Normal I. an1 111 Sporting Goods Active. Apparently all business during the rook hna been greatly affected by the ppronch of Easter. This hns been noticeable no-ticeable specially in the dry goods and (furnishing goods stores, -where the call pins run almost entirely to the sale of fine leathers for the Easter parade. The real estate market has been nnus-ISj nnus-ISj iially lively, but with few deals closed, ijl although the number of inquiries has been large. Building has progressed on !( all structures which had been started, fij and a number of now homes have been l begun. The trade in house furnishings has been somewhat light, no doubt bo-jj bo-jj cause people were more interested in af'glad garments," with which to usher lain, the llowery season. I As a rule." the realty dealers report I a fairly good business in small sales. I Building Jots for new homes and small IK cottages hae sold readily. There has A been little call for largo investments, however, and most prospective purchasers purchas-ers have shown little disposition to close deals One dealer said he had nearly coinplelod the sain of a piece of property, prop-erty, when the prospective buyer suddenly sud-denly decided to look about, some more. fThe sale has not been completed. A ;,Hnumber of real estate men havo ro-i,'Dported ro-i,'Dported much the same condition. -It (does not appear that there is lack of jnoney so much as a feeling of securit' Wnmong buyers, who are se'emiugly de-JKt'Tiuined de-JKt'Tiuined to obtain the best trado pos-Wtfhle pos-Wtfhle and to exainine properties all over Mtho city before coming to a conclusion regarding a purchase. I Buyers Havo Spring Fever. , Tiie building condition has been up to he normal. The value of building ma-crials ma-crials has shown no disposition to weaken and prices have been main-ainod main-ainod at about the same stiffness as list fall. "With the completion of spring ouse-cleaning, thoro has been a slight ailing off in the demand for carpets, ugs, and furniture, of nil kinds. As ne dealer in goods of that description oniavked: "It just, seems as if nvery-ne nvery-ne had the spring fever nud preferred n sit down in the sun instead of busting. bust-ing. " It has been suggested that the un-sually un-sually warm weather of the past, week ad affected business. The department lores, however, have been busy. The Ujjfcall for Indies' hats, of the flower garden gar-den variety, silks, and all sorts of light sjgoods lr summer wear, has been enor-jmnous. enor-jmnous. Ladies' suits have sold well al-j$no, al-j$no, in xpito of the approach of sum-siper. sum-siper. Spring hosiery and shoes have itrfocen in constant domnnd. Nor have (the men's furnishing goods stores been I' .'hind the ladies' shops in extent, of los. Hats, gloves, suits, "oxford" 100 and J'ani'3' hosiery have been died for in a way that indicated the asculinc as well as feminine mind was inning lo thoughts of new spring fin-v. fin-v. own if the shades were more quiet id combinations of colors less fanci-il. fanci-il. Building Is Active. Routine business has gone about tho line as usual. The new business blocks live been progressing. At the Judge uildin, there arc signs of an early .linplotion. The interior work has pro-ceded pro-ceded far cnoiigh for the general-'heme general-'heme of decoration and arraugomcnts be seen. The stoue work of tho Tewhouse skyscrapers has begun to hide lie great steel frame work and to make licm look like real buildings. On up-cr up-cr Main street excavation for tho ew Callaway, IToock & Francis build-ug build-ug is going' forward. . Signs nnnouno-ug nnnouno-ug removal in a short time have ap-carcd ap-carcd on the buildings, which are to 0 torn down to make room for tho ew structure to be erected by Samuel lelntre. The contract for the new dmiin'st ration building, which is to be reeled by tho church on tho Tithing oust corner, has been let to Yv .1. 'uddenliam for frllG.OOO. and notices from architects all over tho city tell of the amount of work which they havo in hand. These things all indicate prnsporitv. The Commercial club, during" tho early part of the week, advertised for bids and plans for the new club building, drawings for which are to be read' by the latter part of May. It is expecte'd that tho coming summer will sec a great amount of building. Tho cii-v is filled with investors, audin spito of the small quantity of trading done in large deals, the outlook is excellent. As usual, tho hardware dealers have been wearing smiling faces. The increase in-crease in the demand for machinery, especially that used in mining, has had an inspiring effect on them all. The building operations have stimulated the call for building materials and small irou fittings, such as gutters, pipings and iron connections, and all kinds of furnace fittings, and these havo been in great demand. Small tools of the cutting variety and farming implements havo also had an excellent sale. Sporting goods, and automobile supplies ha e come in for a fair call and the opening of tho baseball base-ball season has given an impetus to the bnscball goods trade. Bank Clearings. An excellent gauge of the return of healthy financial conditions is the fact that on Friday, for the first time for a number of weeks, the bank clearances practically reached the amount -'for ; the samo day last year. There has been a slow gain in this for a long time, ever since the return to a cash basis in fact, but Fridav the unmount was $957,240,2'1. as against $909,42n,75 Inst year. Following arc the latest quotations for stocks aud bonds on the exchange Saturday: Amalgamated rjunar Co. pfd ? 93.50 do common 100.00 Beneficial Life Insurance Co 115.00 Con. Wagon and Machine Go., pfd. J 11.00 do comon 90.00 Commercial National bank 1-10.00 Deseret National bank i!S7.00 Doserct Savings bank filO.OO First National bank. C-Rden 290.00 Home Fire Insurance Co 100.00 TIebcr J. Grnnt & Co 130.00 Lcwiston Sueur Co m.OU National Bank of the Republic 110.00 Ogden Savings bank.'. 240,00 Provo Coml. "and Savings bank..,, lis. 00 Kockv Mt. Bell Telephone Co GO. 00 State Bank of Utah 191.00 Sugar City Townsito Co 125.00 Thatcher Bros. Banking Co ' 147.00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., pfd S.nr, do common 3.05 Utah Notional bank 120.00 Utah Savings and Trust Co 109.00 Western T,6an and Savings 100.00 Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Co. 310.00 z. c m. i 200.00 BONDS. Salt Lake City Railroad 101 .7.1 I tii.iipiM Valley Railroad 102.00 I Utah County Light and Power Co. 102.50 Utah Sugar Co '. 101 ,25 |
