The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-27
GENERAL TRADE
ABOUT AVERAGE
Real Estate Operations Light,
but Demand Brisk for Flats
and TenementS.
NEARLY ALL LINES ACTIVE
POTATO FAMINE CONTINUES
WITHOUT CHANGE.

Ten years ago those who said Salt Lake
was due to have 10000 population were
jeered at. Today the Commercial club
claims for the city a population of $1,000
This estimate is absolutely without ex-
aggeration. Today it is difficult to rent
a house i'm Salt Lake Houses. flats and
tenements are scarce. Real estate men
say that they will have the situation in
better shape before winter, but at TINS
time there are simply not houses enough
TO supply the demand.
There are no less than five big build
1ngS which are TO be made into small
apartments. The Emery-Holmes today
is without a vacant room. and this is the
case with practically every apartment
house in the city.
No large deals have been recorded
among the real estate men during the
week, and dealers report business uni
formly quiet. The Western Pacific will
spend SlOOO.OOO In this vicinity In con-
templsted railway improvements and in
anticipation OF this the real estate men
have been getting busy. There is heavy
side. Taken altogether, while no deals of
any Importance have been reported the
past week has beer satisfactory and pros
poets for the future were perhaps never
more favorable.
The Building Trades.
There has been considerable activity in
the building trades and kindred lines; the
have been behind with their orders, are
now commencing 20 catch up, and say
that before the end of the month they
z will have the situation we'll in hand and
be i'm a position TO take prompt care OF all
orders. The shortage OF brick has 10
some extent hampered operations in Salt
Lake. In the opinion OF Fred A. Hale.
architect, no loss than two dozen houses
have been held up in the course of con-
struction. c. NJ. Neuhausen, another
architect. says that he is far and away
behind I'm his work. but that before the
end Of the month he confidently expects
10 have everything in good shape.
Wholesale Groceries.
Wholesale grocers report a better bus
mess at present than ever before at this
time Of year. Collections are good and
orders are much larger than is customary
throughout the entire intermountain dis
trict. Nearly all the houses report hav-
ing materially extended their sphere of
operations. and are booking more orders
for the fall trade than has been the case
any year up to now.
Canned tomatoes may still be described
somewhat of an uncertain quantity,
and no quotations are available. There
pack and the reports received regarding
the coming crop indicate that this conn
modify should be cheaper in the near fu-
ture.
The Leather Trades.
The expected reduction in the price of
loolNNdI has HoA YET NudttIldnAtu. boo~
ton quotations put leather goods higher
than ever There has been some demand
during the week for new goods. but shoe
men say that they are having the worst
season i'm their history. There is a strong
demand for saddlery.
Dry Goods.
Sales have been held all over the city
i'm an effort to reduce present stocks. the
disposition being to get rid OF all super
fluous lines no matter what the cost. and
during the week bargains have been Of
fered at unprecedented sacrifices. This
has been short summer season. and all
sorts Of light goods are being cut heavily,
In the Drug Trade.
Formerly drug travellers from San
Francisco and other coast points practi-
cally controlled the entire drug trade OF
the intermountain country. but conditions
have been undergoing gradual change for