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Show LIl'l CUILDIfJG :SH0WS GROWTH . Demand, for Homes Re-1 Re-1 , flecU Good Condition . S . '". That current building aetlvttlea re ta . response to a definite de-' de-' mand for Homes and not due In any measure to speculative building build-ing Is the belief of Kdward M. 'Ashlon of the Ashton-Jenklna eom-ipany. eom-ipany. Mr. Ashton points to tha ' 'ecarclty of desirable homes In the ' rental market aa evidence of this demand. 4 ; "At the beginning of the season, sea-son, pessimistic Individuate warned eureuiat the bnlldlng program which - was then evidsnt." said Mr. Ah-:lon. Ah-:lon. "Builders were told that the 'population waa waning and that new homes would be a drug on tha narket. . - ' -'"Before construction activities , are helted, the building permits will show approximately IBM new f homes added to Salt Lake hous-' hous-' Ing facilities. Tha new construction construc-tion has railed to affect the rental market for tha very good reason that few . of these homes haw t'n .added to the rental market. The moat of them were built Tor sale or for their owners. The ' f summer has been attended by a '. good vol sale af sales of new homes, -showing a demand for the class of - -n-operty -which - bag " fceea "-under construction. . The - building program pro-gram of thla year la In no cense of the word a building boom. - It Is teflertlve of a wholesome normal .growth' which -the city enjoys In spite of direful predictions ef a waning population. Tha feot that uost of the homes built this summer sum-mer are already occupied Is the beat evidence of the condition of , -the city. Sales bava been made of . maay which are not yet completed, 'Vhlch la but an additional Indication Indica-tion that the healthy building contentions con-tentions which now prevail are but reflective .of tka demand for new e.nd modern hemes and tha steady nd conservative . growth bt tha |