The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-19

10 NJ. lsOOE S00.l WOItl
SIS each
No. 1880 at $40; worth SIS each.
No. 1876 at $50; worth 81 each.
. No. 81 at $40, worth 81 each.
&c No. 79 at $3.50.
l No. 1,2O9 upholstered chair $40.
Something About Sofas.
10 upholstered sofas at 70 each;
there are IS at 40. These sofas, said
Mr.. Weary are retailed at $40. Were
sold in Chicago three weeks ago at
that figure
Referring to settees, Mr.. Weary in
dicated one which he had designed
for a shoe store. It was too light in
his opinion for a public building. The
prices charged were too high.
Now For Tables.
Tables We're then taken up. He
quoted:
j 26x4 at $50 worth $14.
2x6.6 at $40 worth $50.
l 3X6 leather top. at S43.75. worth SO.
3X6.6 at S2S, worth S24
] 3X6 at $43.75, worth so.
3X6.6 at SIS, worth S24.
ks at SCI worth 500.
4X9 at $75 worth SIG.
Axe double at $3.50, worth $40
Prices on Desks.
On desks, Mr.. Weary appeared to be
an authority. He was very glib when
it came to desks. His comparison re-
suited:
10 desks at SO; there are worth $50
each.
desks at $3.50; worth $50.
desks at $3.50, worth So.
10 desks at $112.50, worth $40.
Explaining this last matter, Weary
said the desk should be No. Ii The
-
Ne. II desk is listed at from $40 TO $50,
but it can be bought for $50 1t is a
new desk put in the market to meet
competition and its actual value is
$43. Furniture firms usually make a
discount off from 20 to 40 per cent.
Continuing, Weary related that
there are 3 No. T. desks at 1852, worth
$95.
Standing desks, 7 at $50. There are
four of these at $2l
a S37 70; there is one worth SOS
at $56.25; there are at so.
] at 500 worth $50
Hat racks charged at s. per foot,
NJ. Weary declared were worth only
$3.50 per foot.
Mirrors which the Andrews company
charged $17 for are worth only $40.
Revolving book cases costs $3S.7S.
Mr.. Weary says they are worth $24.
Those Water Coolers.
Water coolers and stands came in
for a, smile or two on Weary's part.
They cost the county S35 each. The
witness says they are worth So. The
coolers alone cost $3.50.
Mr.. Weary said on the small articles
it was not custom to add a long
profit: but only 10 per cent. In this
case it would appear that a long profit
has been added.
Waste Baskets
Waste baskets at S175. Weary said
were worth 20 cents; cuspidores at
$1.25 were worth 20 cents, Wardrobes
costing $40 were worth $40.
Book cases. In this matter Weary
quoted , at $50 worth SOL, l at $50
worth $50.
In relation to tables Weary quoted >
at $25 which he said were worth $50
each, land that he says lis the on4y
instance where Salt Lake county got
the best of it,
Here everybody smiled, even Geddes
INDUCING.
Court Room Fixtures.
Relating to the court rooms Weary
gave the following: One desk, $685.
worth $3.50: jury box at $175. worth,
$50; witness stand at $50 worth $40.
Figures on the civil court room were
about the same.
The probate court room furnished
an opportunity for some smiles The
judges bench, $3.50, worth $120; screen,
$500, worth 500; clerks desk, $475,
worth $3.50.
On marble the figures show 1923 feet
of floor at 60 cents per foot, 81, 1880;
$50 feet base at 20 cents, $59920. Total,
$3,3730O.
The greatest discrepancies are found
in the furnishing of the county col
lector and clerks offices where the
comparative figures show respectively:
Actual value. Observation-Disclosures. 1853 80
Amount paid Andrews. SOP 20
Contract price,. 50, 795 90
Actual value 1,4lZ ~
Amount paid. Observation-Disclosures. 4,934 90
Having completed this statement the
court adjourned for dinner.