Show COSTLY FOR UTAH CITY IS I LOSER BY A TION Prohibition Bill in House Results Results Re Re- suits in California Company Calling Off a Deal for 50 in Real Estate ACTION OF LEGISLATURE PREVENTS BIG SALE Prospective Purchaser Says Dealer Can Have Haver Prohibition Prohibit His Property and Rest of Salt Lake When News Is Sent OTHER SALES CALLED OFF The prohibition agitation in jn Utah this week lost Salt Lake an investment of in real estate a large business house house- and the erection of a sized good business structure Incidentally Incidentally Incident Incident- ally a real estate estat man is out considerable money he would have earned by making a sal sale sale- I that was wa practically closed before before be fore the l legislature went into session Several months a ago ao o 1 representatives c of or the firm of or John Leo o Co of San P Pedro dro Cal Cat came carrie to Salt Lake Eake to to negotiate far h r h hase e of at a tm build building bull ing They wished to o open a bran branch for tor their bi big San Pedro stab f l 0 J- J v S. S ait t tJ J of or n Pedro an and tw a lt P ii- ii W ral J ul acro across J tho the United States They called upon JM M Z il M. Long Lons a. a real estate dealer with offices In Jn the Atlas block Dori and arai told him what they wished to do He promptly set about to find something that would fit It their tacIt needs He procured d an option on tho Board of ot Trade Trado building on West Second Second Sec See ond South street nn and agreed reed to 10 sell Bell It to the San Pedro men for tor 6 Tho Thomen Thomen Thomen men were Impre Impressed ed with the structure structure structure ture and were about to close the deal but when they decided to look about for or something that might be bo more mora suitable Ihen Then Long procured the tIme right 10 to sell a plot of It ground In Jn East Bast Fourth South street near State street Thu Tho property Is 82 ys feet front and ha has hasa a depth of or feet It II Is owned by Isaac Brockbank and the California men agreed to buy tho ho plot for tor or a a- front foot or About Aboul this time Uni the tIle opened Us its present session and the prohibition pro pro- question was agitated a Tho rho California alifornia men decided to allow tho the matter to go over for tor a little while tad and refused to close the deal at that i Ime time The They rIley declared that the property prop- prop erty was exactly what they nee needed ed and hat that thc they would erect a good sized busIness structure at once Then the bill came up In the House and ind was passed parsed pa ed The news was fla lashed hed to California the same night md nd the San P-edro P men received it with regret Yesterday Mr Long Lang r re- re dyed elved a D. letter from the company In which It was stated state that the deal was ailed called off oft for or good and all nIl You can have ave prohibition your our piece of or property prop- prop erty and the balance of ot Salt Lake as asar asar asfar concerned the tho letter far ar as we are stated Mr Long Lon declared that If It tho the deal deol th that t tho ha iad ad been started a week earlier ho 10 o would have made e the sale le but as here there was ms nothing holding hoMing It up savo save the lie he prohibition question Other re real l. l state estate dealers declare that they have o of oC tho lost St several sales on account and until the matter Is 18 sot got tied led they will not bo able to clinch I Iman deals man lany |