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Show i . : I I A Company That Builds Buildings I The Salt Lake Building and Manufacturing Co. 1 Visitors to Salt Lake City are always shown our great public I buildings. Among others they see the school buildings, and among the I latter the beautiful Lafayette school building. But they do not know I that every inch of the work in that stupendous, imposing edifice was I built by a Salt Lake firm. They arc not told that the Salt Lake Build-I Build-I ing and Manufacturing Company is the concern that did it. I Salt Lakers and tourists also visit the Orphcum Theatre. They I admire its beautiful simplicity and symmetry. But they do not know, I in fact few do, that this building was built by the same firm. I Scattered all over the city arc other evidences of the skill and re- I liability of this firm. I The foregoing references were made on account of the fact that the I tendency in this city seems to incline toward sending away in some I cases to have certain lines of work done. This is quite often the case I through ignorance, Salt Lakers cither not appreciating or understand- I ing the fact that local firms arc not merely able to do as good work as I that done in the East, but also much better. H This is a condition applying especially to hardwood finishings. I In this case a brief resume of the matter will not prove amiss. I Hardwood consumes moisture on the railroad and requires kiln I drying when it reaches Salt Lake. Interior finish manufactured in I the East and shipped to Salt Lake consumes moisture on the road and I no sooner is it put in place than this dry climate, which is so hard on I wood, soon absorbs the moisture and the wood cracks and twists. H This firm makes its own interior finish. H As soon as a car of hardwood is unloaded it is immediately put H into the kilns and Jcft in them, sometimes for six weeks or two months. H When it is bone dry the wood is taken out of the kiln and manufac- H tured into interior finish. H This method is: the only satisfactory one, that is, from an owner's I point of view. H Twenty-five years of experience taught the above firm that it is H cheaper to have interior finish manufactured in Salt Lake than it is to H have it imported from the eastern factories. "Here we go to the building and get the actual measurements, H while those eastern firms can only get a blue print," remarked Mr. H Cripps, the manager of the concern. "Consequently the item of making H changes to the work when it should be exact to the smallest fraction H of an inch is no inconsiderable one." H As an evidence of the excellent work done by the Salt Lake Build- H ing and Manufacturing Company, they call attention to the beautiful H residences of L: S. Hills and J. E. Doolcy. Both of the buildings arc H finished in hardwood manufactured by the firm above named. H It is no idle assertion to state that no eastern factory ships in such H good work as can be found in these beautiful homes. H The interior finish for the McCune home, the Orphcum and ad- H joining buildings and others was also made by this company. H The machinery used in Salt Lake is exactly the same as that used H in the largest factories in the world. But the great difference is in the H wages paid here. A man receives in some departments fifty per cent. H I higher wages than he could get in the East. Even with this handicap H it would be possible to make windows as cheap in Salt Lake as they can be shipped in from the East if it were not for the freight on glass. H The difference between freight on glazed windows from the East and the freight on glass makes it impossible for a great industry to be flourishing in Utah. H But in spite of this handicap it is a fact that local firms are success- fully compctingwith the eastern people. H But the freight question is a serious one. One business man of H' the city in speaking of it, mentioned the fact that on certain lines of commodities it costs fifty cents a hundred less to ship freight from New York to Los Angeles or coast cities than it does to ship it to this city from New York. But there are so many conditions entering into the matter that ( comparisons cannot always be justly used. If the local manufacturer i or consumer is handicapped with this tremendous overload of prefcr-:! prefcr-:! ential freight rates, it still remains a fact that with the expediency that V can be used, the skilled workman, even with higher wages, climatic ! conditions and other elements all enter into a total that goes far to- ward showing that there is absolutely no necessity of sending out of this city for any manufactured product that is handled here. ' But it is a condition that is being rapidly made away with. As I conditions arc to-day, with the rapid development and progress of ! industries and manufactures in Salt Lake and Utah, it is now merely a question of the desire of any local man or firm who desires to pat ronize home institutions, where they know they are getting as good prices, better work and are aiding in sustaining and upbuilding home concerns, to keep work at home. The Salt Lake Building and Manufacturing Company has a plant that is so complete that it is in every way fitted to make estimates on the largest contracts that come in the line of building. In addition to being manufacturers of sash, doors and house finishing, fin-ishing, building material of all kinds, kiln-dried soft and hard woods, they are also in the lumber business and sell building material both 1 wholesale and retail. In store fronts, fixtures, fittings, show cases and all kinds of the finer lines of work the company is also leading. The plant of this concern, located on Second West just above ' South Temple street is a veritable hive of industry. Here, forty men and a large number of teams are working constantly to keep pace with the immense patronage enjoyed by the concern. And their plant is modern and thoroughly up-to-date in every particular. par-ticular. In addition to being equipped with the very latest and most improved machinery of all kinds, a large stock of lumber and finishing finish-ing material of all kinds is kept constantly on hand. In this way the plant is always ready to respond to an emergency, either through the call of other contractors or by the exigencies caused by the demands of their own work. But the fact remains that there is no necessity in the slightest degree de-gree for sending contract work away from this city. It is not merely a question of patriotism ; sentiment has little to do with it. It is altogether a matter of hard, common sense that prompts the thought that this industry is capable of turning out good work, at prices even with eastern competitors, with a local firm always on hand to attend matters in person and to give the full attention and requisite detail required. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Beware of the financial pointer ; it usually points the wrong way. The plainer the woman the longer it takes her to select a becoming becom-ing bonnet. A woman's memory usually is strongest on the point of other women's old clothes. Women would never kiss each other if the kisses had a tobacco flavor. A self-possessed woman is one who failed to acquire a husband. ' A doctor who knows his business is an advocate of tight lacing. Never judge a man's feet by the slippers his wife makes for him. With the exception of airships, things arc higher now than they were ten years ago. While making hats for women the spinster milliner may be setting her cap for a man. In the case of wise men and pins it may be said that their heads keep them from going too far. There are a few rising young men in this world, but the majority keep their seats in a crowded car. MORE OR LESS FUNNY. A high-school boy brought perfect spelling papers home for several sev-eral weeks, and then suddenly began to miss five and six out of ten. "How's this, my son?" asked his father. "Teacher's fault," replied the boy. "How is it the teacher's fault?" "He moved the little boy that sat next to me." Advertiser: "I wish this advertisement placed in some part of the paper where people will be sure to see it." Editor: "Yes sir, yes sir. I can put it right alongside of an editorial, edi-torial, if you wish." , Advertiser: "Hem. Please put it alongside of the baseball news." Magistrate: "So you admit having been engaged in making counterfeit money?" Prisoner : "Yes, your worship. You see, the supply of the genuine gen-uine article is so very short." A well-known member of Parliament tells a good motor-car story. $ He says that on one occasion, when instructing his chauffeur to drive carefully, he remarked : "I don't mind about grown-up people and dogs, but do be careful about children and babies." Whereupon the chauffeur replied : "Yes, them feeding-bottles do cut up the tire dreadful." j |