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Show BUSINESS AND TRADE. The week pnst has been tho first full week of census taking. Progress is rather slow in this, as wo hear, and with omissions that ought lo be repaired. It is to bo hoped thnt the Census Supervisor will bo alert lo repair re-pair all defects and lo insist on a full enumeration. It must bo renjembcred thnt this sort of work is absolutely new to all concerned. The Supervisor himself, while having made ns complete a study as possible of what he ought to do, is also new in tho work. From nono but long-trained exports can approximate ap-proximate perfection bo expected;" but with tho help and active co-operation of all tho citizenship, there ought to bo a satisfactory census return from Snlt Lake. The building activity which hns been so prominent a feature of the city the last three years, continues with unabated un-abated vigor. Along with it the real estate market is in good form, and with a satisfactory feeling in the market mar-ket of confidqnee for the future. The real cstatb market for tho week has been normal, with no deals over $10,-000 $10,-000 completed. Several important deals are pending, however, including the salo of a large lot near Seventh South and Main streets for $23,000. The salo of ono residence for $15,000 has also been practically completed during tho week. A continued demand for improvod residence property in all parts of the city is noted by brokers, with much activity in additions. Rapid progress is Kearns building, Utah hotel, and the Nowhouso hotel. Work on the Pecry hotel building, to bo erected al Third South and West Temple streets, will be started in tho near future. The Auerbachs will probably let contracts for their department store this week, and work on the Newhouse thenter wiil bo resumed as soon as complete specifications, speci-fications, aro out and materials arrive. ' Local bankers report that money is still scarce, with tho demand grcator than the supply, and this condition has been tho cause of postponing somo building operations. Tho general trade of the city is strong and active, with lnrgor slocks of goods carried by tho merchants thnn ever boforc. This by reason of the large increase in population, which increase in-crease is proved by the iramcdiato occupancy oc-cupancy of all of the new dwelling places constructed, whilo tho old houses remain full as before. The mining situation is in excellent form. The mines are richly productive produc-tive and tho reduction plants in this valley and at tho point of the mountain moun-tain aro (Joing first-clnss work. We ostimato the production of tho mines of Utah at an average this year of $2,500,-000 $2,500,-000 a month. The new joint depot of the Rio Grande nnd Western Pacific is ncaring completion; work is rushing on woodwork wood-work and plastering; and the tracks aro being laid nnd the :rroind cleared. Thin city is lo bo headquarters of tho division officials of the Western Pacific, Pa-cific, which means tho coming of about a hundred families to this city, creating creat-ing a new demand for houses and market supplies of all kinds. The Rio Grando is reported as having over $1,-500,000 $1,-500,000 available for improvements, onn-hah' onn-hah' of which, it is understood, will bo applied in Utah. The Harriman lines havo ordered for this season, over 100 miles of UO-pouud ?lccl rails. The old 70-pound rails will be taken up and used in new brancho3. On'this line another largo tract of laud is to be reclaimed ' in Idaho, and much interest is being taken in the town of Piugreo in the center of that tract. The O. S. L. is to lay its tracks there immediately. 'Tho gcnornl importance of this city in tho railroad world, as headquarters, is being moro fully recognized all ihe time. General Manager Wells announces that tho Salt Lake Route will be ready for traffic by July 1st, which is tho most important announcement of tho week. Telegraph improvements are announced an-nounced for tho 0. S. L.. also for the Western Union and the Postal, including includ-ing new wires, additional wires, and general facilities. Telephony on the O. S. L. is supplanting the telegraph in train dispatching. Its success between uuro unu ugo.cn win no lonowca oy several hundrod milos additional on the 6.ystoni,lo be handled by telephone Additional cars havo been received for Iho Bamberger line. Lower freights arc announced for Utah fruits. Tlic general offices for the American Express Company aro established here, which will bring many families and will add a Btrong business feature. "Sheep-shearing hns progressed very well during the week, and large amoTints of money will be received by tho Jloekmastcrs for their wool clip, probably prob-ably amounting in tho aggregate to something liko $2,500,000. Amended reports with respect to the fruit prospects aro that tho frost dam-ago dam-ago first reported was exaggerated. Thero has been nearly complete failures fail-ures on somo fruits in some localities, but on tho whole it is stated that the damago was nothing like as heavy ns first reported. There is an abundance of snow in tho hills, making plenty of water for all purposes during tho ensuing season, so that prospcrit' is fairly to bo predicted pre-dicted for Utah this year. In tho country at largo thoro has been something of a decline in activity. activ-ity. This is caused pnrtby by reason of tho rather depressing Government report on the condition of winter wheal, but more by disturbing foreign trade conditions and political uncertainties, Tho return of coldor weather was also .L rletrimmiinl fnro nifvrv trmnnrnrv however; so- that recovpr' is confidently confi-dently expected. But there i? a depression de-pression in the financial markets on bonds, and anxiet3' about tho pressure from London for gold nnd tho heavy imports. under the new tariff law. which transfer tho large balanco of trade heretofore in our favor to a considerable consider-able balanco against us. Thoro has been an over-production of pig-iron and coko and some other articles, arti-cles, which leads to talk of curtailment curtail-ment of industrial operations. Political developments in this couulr3' also cause hesitation, and Iho country appenrs, in fact, to bo about on tho balance as between progress and a moro continuation continu-ation of conservative business. It 9cems inevitable that wo must lose a great deal of gold, but we have so much gold, nnd produco so much, that there oughl not to be an3' great uneasiness uneasi-ness on-that account at. present, unless the present wrong legislation is lo remain re-main unamended. Thoro is irregularit3' in trade, especially' espe-cially' in the textile industries. The raiso in prices has affected trade to a large oxtent, and Iho gcncval high level at which prices aro held iu this country coun-try invites imports heretofore unknown, The stock market is always weak and irregular, any little flurry in trado bo-ing bo-ing ynmcdintoly followed by collapse. On tho whole, however, the country, with crops on a reasonably favorable basis, with respect to which thero appears ap-pears no cause for pessimism, ought to show a good year of general prosperity for tho people a"nd a good balanco sneel at tho closo of 3010. |