The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-24
It Has Been a Very Busy One
In This City.
COTTONWOOD POWER co.
WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN COM.
MENCED ON THE TUNNEL.
Insurance Rates May be Materially
Increased throughout the Terri
tory-The Midwinter Fair Conn
mittee-AnnuaI Meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce..

The joint city and county building
committee held another meeting yes
terday afternoon. all members being
present The session lasted three hours
but the only business of interest tran
sacted was the adoption Of the follow
ing resolution, which disposes of the
stone cutters strike:
Resolved, That Mr.. Willard be in
structed to employ such of the mem
bers of the Stone Cutters union as will
so to work and to discharge all the
the stone cutters now employed ex-
cept such as were engaged with the
assurance that they would be retained
and were taken from other work in
order to enable the city to complete the
building"
A delegation of stone cutters labored
with the members of the committee for
some time before the resolution was
agreed upon. InaSmuch as the city
has now paid the workmen on the
building up to December /, the strikers
are now anxious to return to work.
The week just ended has been an
extremely busy one for the merchants,
and while there has been a slight fall
ing off in trade compared with that of
last year. business generally has been
very satisfactory and the hearts of
those engaged in mercantile pursuits
are considerably lighter than was the
case several months ago. Country trade
was heavier than last year. much to
the surprise of the wholesalers. and col
lections are easing up somewhat. The
Christmas displays made by the local
merchants were exceedingly handsome,
being a great Improvement over those
of the year previous
"a . hr,1-1 r,or <1r- 49,
mas" said a well known dealer in fine
lines Of goods yesterday, repeating the
question propounded to him. We'll, so
far as ] am concerned my sales have
been confined mainly to small articles.
ranging say from SO to SO. / find there
is a very good demand for handsome.
durable and vet serviceable things
that do not cost a very great deal of
money. Fancy goods have not had and
viii not have the sale they had last
year, and he seemed to add this re-
luctantly@"fancy prices are a thing
of the past. The man who makes 200
Per cent on holiday goods this year
will be a curiosity worth sending to
the Midwinter fair
a dry goods dealer, and one of the
heaviest in the city, also said that his
Christmas trade ran largely to the use
fu} and necessary rather than to the
costly and unnecessary-as Christmas
presents too often are. He had no COM
plant TO make of present trade-it was
as Sood as anyone could reasonably
expect.
The toy trade is somewhat stag
mani" said one who deals in trinkets
Tor the amusement of children, but
the demand for dolls continues un-
abated. although the smaller and least
expensive are the first to leave the
shelves. I do not anticipate that nv
holiday trade will reach last years by
% or 80 per cent.
The demand for what we term
Christmas goods is very fair" said a
grocer. as he stopped for a, few seconds
from busting around among a store
full Of customers. Z do not notice
any great difference in the class of
goods bought over those Of last year.
save probably the purchases may be a
rlfie smaller. l have no kick coming =