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Show BOOM ON INJEALTY Building Operations Start and Demand for Prep- erty Is Heavy. The large and gratifying Increase in the amount of the recorded transfers for this week over last is a safe augury of a prosperous season in the real en-tate en-tate line for Salt Lake City. This sudden activity in the realty world Is directly due to the past few days of sunny weather, but back of that there is a constant and Increasing demand for houses and property. There are practically no vacant houses; rents are way up; strangers are already coming com-ing to this city, and with the prospect of the new railroads coming here, everything points to a most prosperous season in real estate. Th ripAlra In rHT rrid!rf bttpr and busier times this summer than ever experienced In this city before. They say there will be more than double dou-ble the number of residences and buildings build-ings erected last year put up this. There is a demand for small houses of from four to six rooms that cannot be supplied without building; the demand de-mand for offices and places of business can be met only by erecting more large buildings, and there Is also a scarcity of warehouses that must be overcome In the same way. Last year, one real estate man says, 75 per cent of the buildings erected in this city were on the east side. It is the opinion among ..the men, who come closest to knowinsr. that there will be even greater activity in this line up on the northeastern section this year. The amount of the recorded transfers for the week is as follows: Saturday, March 7th $ 18.053 Monday, March 9th 8.614 Tuesday, March Mh 60,103 Wednesday, March 11th 43.056 Thursday. March lJth Friday. March 13th 6,777 Total .. !. $135,492 |