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Show IACTTHrVuGHOUT CITY Building Permits Exceed Those . of January, 1908, hy 1150 Per Cent. FEBRUARY WILL PASS CORRESPONDING MONTH - Preparations Being Made by Investors In-vestors in Advance of Business Busi-ness Rush. ,i f'"Ve are ROinp la hnvo an uiiufeua I ly ' active yea? in the real estate market,' 1 j -ivas tbo statement marie by one of the ; landing realty dealers of this city dur- i r ing tlio past Creole. ' This statement is well in line with -n-hat lias Ijoen pointed out by dealers in realty, and, in fact, ' by business men geiiorally for the pasc mouth or more. All point to the manner man-ner m which business changes are being be-ing made alone Main and St:ir,o streets, the two main thoroughfares u( the city, and the extensive spreading .out of business bus-iness onto the side streets. -The rapid development of Third So.Uh f-troct, with the ereciiou of the new Colonial Co-lonial thentor and several other smailor j buildings, and even the encroachment I of business on the former stvicil.v resi dence district about Fourth South, shows that Salt Lake City is destined to iee n tremendous nctivity iu business , of all kinds during tho coming sum-, mcr. First in consideration as ovid'juco of an astounding activity is the large 1 tt-t of building permits already weured and the totals of which far exceed those of last year for the same amount of time. ot. only did the total value of building permits exceed that of I90S for January by 1150 per cent, and the to- t?l for tho month of February for this roar exceed the total for the same month of 1303 by a considerable ' amount, but tho month of March has already started otY with an activity which promises to run far ahead of last ii year, Although only six days of this month have passed, tho total valuo of permits is $303.000. only $100,000 less than the total amount for tho entire mouth of March, 100S. Besides this, it is known that many other largo permits will bo taken out UhiRluonth. Thus Uid activity appears to bo in no danger of ceasing and indications indi-cations point to even greater activity as the season advances. Evidently preparations arc being made by investors hero in advance ot anv pessible rush of business. EspO' cin'llv has this bcei true of investments in tfio vicinity of the new depot of tho Donver Si Bio Grande- railroad. A number num-ber of large transactions along Third South have been reported and investors slate that new .buildings will be orceted for business purposes as soon as possi- l ble. Now Skyscraper. As tho huge Xewhouso buildings near completion, tho report is received of tho contemplated erection of a new skyscraper sky-scraper 'bv ' tho Herring-Ilall-Murviii Safe oompnnv, tho manager of which, D F. Parked has boon in this e.ily re-ecntlv, re-ecntlv, and who has expressed the onin-ioir onin-ioir that Salt Lake City offers tho best advantages for the location of an oilice building nud a factory for the supply of tho western trade. Owners of residence property havo lost no timo in preparing for an un-usually un-usually active season. The recent purchase pur-chase of a tract of forty-five acres on tho south sido of Twelfth South. ,iust cast of tho penitentiary by A. X. Humphries, Hum-phries, and tho avowed intention i of the new owner to turn tho locality into an attractive residenco teetiou, indicates indi-cates that the rapid spread of suburban Sale Lake City southward along tho east bouch will receive no setback for tho present, at least. In tho meantime, other propcrt3 owners own-ers along the oast bench are getting bus', Only a few days ago a meeting of property owners was called in the office of one of tho prominent real estate es-tate firms of the eity to consider plans for pushing the extension of tho streot car lines southward along Thirteenth East in order to improve access to tho property lying just on the edge of the bench. The consummation of the result, re-sult, it is thought, will do much to ou-hanco ou-hanco tho value of rcsidonce locations iu that vicinity and prove merely another an-other move towards making this portion of the city a residence section which cannot bo equaled by that of any city in the country. Eig Improvements. Owners of property on tho w;est side are continuing to carry out extensive improvements also. Beporls from contractors con-tractors and builders show that the im-provemeut im-provemeut of conditions here will probably prob-ably exilged those of 1008, as far as the operation's of that yonr surpassed tho j results of many preceding years. A visit to tho offices of realty dealers finds them optimistic, and what is moro to the point, active, hustling for business busi-ness and pointing out in no unmistakable unmistaka-ble terms those things which thej say will lead unquestionably to an iii-creascd iii-creascd business nctivity for 1000. |