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Show 'I'll in Hcalty, Especially in Cites fcr Ilanufactarin ;Fiant$.;.' -' ' : . i- - - "It is queer that the Legislature should affect the real ertaie market.' declared a real eiUte dealer this mora-' inz, la descxlhini the condiUona of the real estate market daring . the past week. - He. declared that. ahoag!x the market was exceedingly brisk compared with last year. It was a little l&dlaed to be ' slow - as compared with .ether weeks tfcia year. .- .--".We find that, business- property Is affected more thaa any other by the Legislature being la eeionr eon-tinned eon-tinned the. dirt-seller. "Now, I have had several fine piecee of property to offer, and a week ago I would have beea doing something with them. They are more for manufacturing locations thaa anything. Men who want to buy them will hardly speak about them bow. ,. This it ft peculiar thing.': I have sees It that way. before. .. Am sear aa I bar been able to make It out, the factories and the like -that Intend 'to: locate her do not wish to take a step tmtll they see what legislation win bo made agataat them , ,v '.'Some people might say it is a fancy, but it is not. ' Now take, for instance, the bill for taxing all corporations, the new powers ' granted the board of equalization, and a dozen other things more or leas wise or unwise that, makes corporations think before they leap' During the past week the real estate market has changed to mostly- residence resi-dence property, for' two weeks the market has been drifting In that direction. di-rection. There has been no special demand for any part of the city. Most of the inquiries in-quiries have been for residences for sale and vacant property. Thie year there is being a large amount of property prop-erty eold. Quite a large -number of small sales were made during the week, and a great many more sales were made on contracts that will not be recorded for some time to eome. Indications are that the greatest period of building that has ever occurred oc-curred in Bait Lake City will eommenee shortly. For the past two years, Salt Lake City has been from 10O to 600 houses snort. To meet this growing demand, a large number of persons are ow making preparations to build. Every architect office in the city is busy getting out plans, and every contractor con-tractor has more than he can handle. |