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Show BUSINESS AND TRADE. Valuable storms have added during the week to the assurance of plentiful vii t er supply foir the season; but have retarded building operations somewhat, and have interrupted realty campaigns. The bank clearances of the week show 1171 in first-class style, giving an in-csease in-csease of 31.4 per cent over the clearances clear-ances of the corresponding week last yea r. The s,,ie of the Wellington hotel at a pyice of $30,000 was reported during dur-ing bhe week, it was al-o announced by bhe Keith-O'Brien Company that tbej bad leased fivo stones of the Mission theater building adjoining the nee,- store building which they will BCCupy al the corner of Third South and state street: Both building con-tractors con-tractors and realty operators show ihe utmost confidence In s year of u'reat activity in Salt Hake. The merchants report fair business considering the weather, .not are optimistic opti-mistic as to increased trade as the Warmer weather sets in. The l.ir'e dc partmcnl stores did good business in (.1 .nible grinds during the week. Furniture stores had an excellent, trade, tts did also Ihe hardware firms, implement im-plement houses, and dealers in lumber, cement, building materials, paint, etc. Collections are good, and cash sales in creaaed. A number of local firms have established branch houses in progress iv c towns throughout the intermoun tain region. If was announced during the week that a number qf important improvements improve-ments planned bv the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad between Salt Lake itv and Denver may be expected shortly after the meeting of the stock holders in Denver, scheduled for 'yesterday 'yes-terday These Improvements induce a reduction of the grade over Soldier Summit and the double-tracking of the main line from Salt Hale lo Grand Junetion. The expectation is that $10, 000,000 Will be available for these im provements on the Rio Grande line. Schedules of t'feat Improvements of the, Harrimati lines are also under way for the present season. 11 was announced during the week by ionld officials that hOroeseekers' rales will be extended to California and Nevada, also that a line of observation obser-vation and sleeping cars will bo installed in-stalled on the. Denver & Rio firande and Western Pacific, and that tourist cars will bp placed on the Western 1 'acifie. The summer announcement of coal rates bO the Oregon Short l-me was made 00 I-ride v . Reports from the fruii raisers and from the agricuJsural communities gen- er.'illv thrOUghont the SatS are opti- mistii 1 everything favors a record yield. |