The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-22

West Second South from Main to
about the center of the block might
well be called Brokers Row or the
Rialto of the stock exchange, for in
this locality there is now collected and
congregated a majority of the active
dealers doing business on the floor Of
the mining exchange, it having been
found by experience that stock trans
actions are best carried on when the
brokers are within easy reaching dis
lance from each other and the indica-
tons are that it will not be long be-
fore nearly every broker will be found
in the locality mentioned, and when
the new building being erected by
Walker Bros. is completed and
ready for occupation it is anticipated
that the scarcity of office rooms in this
particular locality viii be done away
with and that a number of active
dealers will find convenient quarters
in this beautiful edifice.
A great deal of money is daily
represented on the street in the morn
ing within the confines of the locality
above alluded to and before the
regular call of the mining exchange
the curb on the north side of the
thoroughfare is so crowded and pack
ed with dealers, investors and inter-
eSted spectators that it is sometimes
necessary for the police to clear the
sidewalk for pedestrians. AT H. how
ever, the throng has disappeared, hay
ing migrated to the stock exchange
room to participate in or as interested
spectators of the daily call, which is
always attended with interesting, if
not sensational features. In the after
noon the street again presents a lively
appearance and it is often the case
that business is kept up at a red-hot
11r1Til nip1af her sable
mantle over the scene, thus calling for
a cessation of operations for the day.
Brokers Row" now occupies a
prominent place in the business circles
of Salt Lake, and the name, recently
applied, for a long time to come will
be fastened upon this locality.
Among the brokers who now have
offices in the Row are the following:
In the Walker block c. c. Higgins
has an Office in the basement right at
the corner. Further west J. A. Pollock
mas just moved into a fine suite of
rooms fitted up especially for his use,
while upstairs Ralph Guthrie and j..
w. Hatfield are CHARTERED. On the
ground floor just west of the stairway
entrance is to be found the old estab-
lished firm of Peery & Lowe, while
adjoining is the firm of Sheets &
Thompson, the pioneers of the Row"
and heavy dealers. Further to the
west Bflgharn q Luce nOlu out IN COM
Portable quarters.
On the top floor of the Atlas block
w. H Tibbals and II. W. Docher at
tend to the wants Of their clients. On
the third floor of the building viii
Farnsworth attends to business, and
it is here that Morris & West hold
forth, while on the second Captain
Timothy Egan occupies a coy office.
In the Central block, second floor,
the Waterman Brothers have their
office.
The Morelan block, across the street
from the exchange, is a favorite Office
building, and here are to be found
commodious quarters, w. Z. Hubbard
and A. S. Day and P. ]. Conway doing
business on the ground floor, while on
the second are to be found R. L. Col
born, II. H. Smith, and H. E. Zerbe
and c. D. Gardanier.
Many other active dealers are located
in other portions of the city, E. II.
Airs, Z. =. Hudson and Moses Tay-
lor being housed in the Mccormick
block, while others have desk room
up and down Main street, but ere long
the brokers of the Rialto will have
more company than ever before.