Show m n 10 ie e to o ie i- i i jt e j n 13 O 16 S It l- l s d I- I Le RENTALS Of HOMES IN SALT SAL r LAKE CIT CITY SOMEWHAT LOVER lOWE One Item in Cost of Living Here Will Wil Be Cut Down W With h scores of empty empt houses about the city r have havo taken a very noticeable noticeable no no- tumble in the last month and the outlook is that they will wi go o even lower before winter sots sets in At the tho present time it is stid there are more empty houses in the city than than for years before It I would be impossible impossible sible fr to tell teU th tho tha number b but t estimates place the number at over 1000 This includes houses hoe of every description but mainly the larger places The smaller houses and terraces aro are faring better at the hands of tenants and the I outlook is is they will wi continue to do so 80 until spring when the tho lar larger er places win will wi again be in demand There are several causes given ven for forthe forthe forthe the apparent general generl removal of people I from large houses boues to the tho terraces and smaller places but tho the most lo logical one 18 is the fact that the tho maintenance of a largo larg 1 pl co R s too costly costy With Wih winter comin corning coming on ar ard coal going up at a most discouraging rate people do not like Ike the i idea a of facing a long winter in a big house By moving into a smaller place they they- can be bp be moro more comfortable at far farless farless less expense With the vacating of houses the rents have naturally taken a tumble There Thore is ii no regularity ty about the chan Change bange e in prices but it is estimated that 50 cents a room Toom would about te tell the story For Fora Fors a room five house the tho rent has been boen reduced re reo cuce all al the way from to 5 a month For a room four house the price is nov noN at J hast ast 2 below what it W WS was S two months ago Where the tho average average ave ave- rage rent heretofore ha has been about abot 5 5 a ft ro mi per month mouth it it- its is s now from to 4 4 The he is it iI made that rents in Salt La Lake lie City iy have 0 always been too high One of the faults fauls found with the eit city by people comin coming here is that it was y not possible to procure procuro houses at anything reasonable rates With the tho present conditions the tho city will win wi bo be be greatly bettered from a arent arent rent standpoint It 18 IB not expected that tho the rents will wi go I up tp as high gain again a as they have beep been and it is fully expected that they wi will wili drop below where where th they y are now Thus i is one item in I inthe the cost of hv hv- ing ine in Salt Sal Lake City being improved and cost of living has bas not for many years past been one o of the tho city city's 8 cf talking points |