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Show be used as a "Seeing Salt Lake City" car. The Increase of tourist travel to Zlon during the past two seasons has demonstrated to the company that controls con-trols the observation car that something some-thing larger than an ordinary car was needed so one that will be a credit to the city has been ordered. It Is nearly completed now and Is expected to arrive ar-rive here about May 1st. An offer of $30,000 for the 7x10 rods lot on Second South street, west of the Masonic building was refused this week by the owner, Sidney K. Hooper. Emma Maxton ' has purchased for $6000, from J. T. De Jong a tract of land on State street between Ninth and Tenth South street. . Among the new companies that filed articles of Incorporation this week Is the Beaver Land and Live-Stock company, com-pany, which will carry on a general stock business with headquarters at Beaver City. . The Main street property formerly occupied by Mrs. Bowring, a milliner, has just been sold to Prank God be by F. M. Levy, who purchased It a short timA Q trrt 1ty ton "M1 Th AaaA. Acntkm Tint disclose the . real consideration of the sale. The lot Js 184x51 feet and has a two-story brick building. A rise of 15 cents per 100 pounds on all grades of sugars Is announced by W. J. Heywood. the Salt Lake agent of the Western Sugar Refining company. A strong market in the East is given as the cause. This brings the price to 34.90 for cane granulated and 34.80 for California beet granulated. P. M. Teets, who closed his Main street store some months ago to go East for treatment of his eyes, has returned re-turned to Salt Lake greatly improved. A gentleman of his enterprising spirit could not keep away when such a boom as is just ahead is ready to begin. Mr. Teets has not. yet determined what business he will now take up. McConahay & Sharp's auction sale of jewelry has been successful and all pur- chasers have been well satisfied with the bargains. The sale commenced the day of conference and will probably be wound up in a week or ten days more. Ladles have probably bought more t .this sale than gentlemea have, both in ' the afternoon and at night. A good many purchasers have bought articles to keep till Christmas time because of the big discount. Closing a deal that has been pending for some time, . Messrs. Druehl & Franken of this city have purchased the controlling Interest in the Robinson Drug company of Colorado Springs. Colo. The new purchasers aay that as they run a large laboratory and wholesale whole-sale house it is to their interest to operate ope-rate large retail stores. The activity In Salt Lake railroad circles cir-cles during this week has been the occasion oc-casion of much favorable comment from business rren who have long realized real-ized that the city's era of growth might be delayed, but could not be prevented. The Jewelry stock of the McConahay-Sharp McConahay-Sharp Jewelry company at 41 West Second South street, is diminishing rapidly under the hammer. CoL John F. Turner of Chicago, a man long experienced in auctioning Jewelry stocks, is conducting the sale. If be receives a Second bid on an article he sells It whether he gets any more or not. and some really valuable articles are going at ridiculously low prices. : GOSSIP OF MEN ! AND BUSINESS. The Lace House has recently added a music department to their store. It is on the second floor where all the latest lat-est sheet music is kept on hand. "William M. O'Brien. Salt Lake sales-nan sales-nan for the large dry goods house of Carson. Plrle. Scott & Co. of Chicago. Ms established headquarters in the : ew Keith building. He has samples cf everything carried by the big Chicago Chi-cago wholesalers on display In his sam-rle sam-rle room, which consists of the entire top floor of the building. J. C. Cutler, Jr., reports the sale of twenty-five shares of stock of the Greeley Gree-ley Sugar company at $125 a -share, which changed hands during the week. The Lace 'House has increased its foor space by 360J square feet by opening open-ing up a cloak department on the second sec-ond floor. A modern electric elevator, has been put inr to raise their patrons. The mllllnery!epartment is now on the nd floor The floors both up and -iikeiaOiave been carpeted with ...,d royal WJlton carpet. This enlargement enlarge-ment of the store has- necessitated the hiring of twenty-five additional employees. em-ployees. . - Rowe & Kelly are right In line with the progressiveness that has struck Salt Lake. They haye put in several fine new show cases and made other improvements im-provements in their store. . The Greeley Sugar company will pay a 7 per cent dividend next month. This will be the first dividend declared by the company. The common stock .of the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Sugar company is $2 higher than last week's quotation. An Increase of 50 cents per share was made in the stock of the Deseret National Na-tional bank during the week. The following institutions pay dividends divi-dends this month: The Home Fire Insurance In-surance company, J per cent;-Z. C. M. I., 4 per cent; State. Bank" of Utah, 2 yr cent: Rocky Mountairl Bell Telephone Tele-phone company, ll per cpnt: Amalgamated Amalga-mated Sugar company, preferred, V per cent; Provo Commertial and Savings Sav-ings bank, 2 per cent; Lehl Commercial ni Ravines bank. 'VA per cent: Thatch- rr Bros. Banking company, 2 per cent; First National bank of Ogden, 3 per cent: Consolidated Wagon and Machine company, preferred, 1 per cent. Sheep owners in the southern part of the State have commenced shearing their, sheep. V. A. Tripp, who for the past year and" a half has. been connected with a large dry goods house at San Francisco, Fran-cisco, returned to Salt Lake yesterday. After riding about the city he said that the Improvements that have been made here since his departure are noticeable and gratifying to one who has been out cf the city for some time. 11. Farnsworth. cashier of Walker Eros. bank, says business conditions at present are good with a favorable outlook out-look for continuance. He says the demand de-mand for money is not very active. II. L. Miller, cashier of the Wells, ""argo & Co. bank, says real estate Fecms to be looking up as there has-!en has-!en quite a demand for it during the Tp week. He has noticed no change in the demand for money, which is very rood. He . believes the prospects are very promising. Mr. Sillier was yesterday yester-day the recipient of a social visit from Well of Kansas City, manager of the central department of the Wells, "argo Express, and C. H. Toung of Denver, division superintendent of the r ime company. W S. McCornick of the McCornick. & To. banking institution, says business ' " s been rather on the quiet order dur-the dur-the past week. "With silver and cop--.e"r on the increase and lead already up ' believes Utah ought to prosper. He avs there is a good demand for money nd the prospects are very encourag- Frank Knox, president of the Na-nal Na-nal Bank of the RPub; has 4n visiting in New York, Boston and er Eastern cities for the past month. Expected to return to Salt Lake some r. e next week. . new trolley car. larger and more ' !v finished than any car now In use fit Lake, will soon be shipped from w ujT where it is being built, to '; -v' It will have a. seating ca-. y'c'i fcixty-five persons and will |