Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-20
ouhIic School Monies Add Consld-
erabIy to Constantly lncreas-
ing Bank Clearings.
WITH HOUSE AND LOT MEN.
,.,,,ects Doing Some Work But
waiting for spring--Demand for
pricks--Hardwarc Advances.

.,om that OF the previous week. ana
~. 1aLe continues to do an amount
,us,ness satisfactory to Its mer-
ssonts and citizens generally.
IN banking, the clearings have con-
.,-naa 10 hold their marked daily IN
60 the record of yesterday, being
s.,rlv 5000, 900. While fair share or
.h,s increase is a clearing up OF bal
snosa and accession OF school moneys
,.s clairned that the larger part is due
- the legitimate growth in this city,
and country tributary to the salt Lake
arpe,s Money continues easy with
Is Of interest at and 5 per cent
GOOD collateral, Loans have been
.,sody and money is In good demand
81. wide variety OF purposes. There
,.n,s 10 be a general confidence all
.s,ough local monied circles, the
clearing House association is content
stating a change of hour Of the dai'y
oa,,na Up to date It has been set
9I5 u M, the work of clearing
nsng completed in about 80 minutes,
70 facilitate operations II is proposes
% meet about one hour carrier, at IL
" "It n m. Definite action will be
taken a little later
THE REALTY SITUATION
The real estate market has not peeh
cory eyentful this week but 1t mas
.hou,p n nrmness and steadlness that
t. encouraging. a $4,000 transfer az
r.u.+h south and First West streets
,or purposes of investment merely EVIL
I.,oes that citizens here are having
ta,,b IN their town, and believe what
s,s,,ors are continually saying, that
san Lake has Il good time eom'ng-at
no distant day. There have been quite
number of moderately sized trans
r.,,ons aagregating considerable as to
amount in cash. and not few opt'ohs
aro renorted. The new administration
- Tho Real Estate association is deter
,a,nod 10 nush things, and put the to"h
helore the eastern public In other tnail
,hs tight of curio shop, as SO hlahy
,nnrIsts are prone to regard II. has'
sde property is still In DISK aehal9'
for residence purposes, ana inc lsIii,
roads are securing a nrmer grasp 1''"i'
e,,r on west side properties
f, WORK OF THE ARCHITECTS.
There is little going on in the matter
NJ new work In building ana cohtract-
,ng circles and architects seem as
nosed 10 wait for something to turn up,
ana are putting in their time at small
iobs The Utah Trust K Savings COM
ranv has A number of architects draw
inp competing plans for the proposed
new home of The company on Main
street opposite the keith % Brien build
na. The completion of the Orpheum
building ia being pushed, and the two
upper floors have already been leased
for flye years FOR rooming house pur-
poses. Work has begun ON the ex-
iensiye improvements on the Mercantiie
block annex. at Third South and Main
streets. The new First Methodist
church is well along, part being lathed
and the plastering begun, ana the re-
modelled old First Presbyterian church
building across the street, is about hau
completed. Several new ward meeting
houses are well under way, the work OF
local railway reconstruction Is not be-
Ing allowed to suffer, and considerable
IN the way Of moderate home building
Is contemplated.
BIG DEMAND FOR BRICK.
The brick burners are anticipating
busy season the coming spring The To-
cal output during the past year was a
4 httt ha
burners are preparing for a consump-
ton Of 100000 brick. and are piing
up a large supply with which to re-
spond to demands OF any size. The coll
ors burned here are red, salmon or bun
and white, though other colors will be
introduced as the processes requiring
them are acquired.
TELEPHONE DIVIDEND.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company today paid Its eighty-sixth
quarterly dividend of $3.50 a share, at
le rate OF . per cent per annum OF
wv. ana amounting to about $3I GOO
PRESIDENT wallace remarks that for
IN years the company has never
missed itsquarterly dividends, and that
lhe person who invested 500 in the
socS OF the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
pAOIe company jan. !, 1884. ne would
nave received IN dividends $l2g, and
suu nave HIS original 500 to continue
come,
WITH THE MERCHANTS.
There ia a general stiffness as TO
FGes reported I'm the various I'm the
, .S.ous lines Of the staple goods trade
1911 IN clothing, and In some depart.
ara 49, OF the dry goods trade. Prices
k,A.u' pretty deep in clothing of all
IN 1 W. and this has kept business up
,l,,S ne DISK point. But fabrics par-
Isss.y coltons promise to go higher.
"a o goods end rubbers are report-
bs 10 uheiy TO go higher, particularly
es ,sOr ana one dealer cautions buy
AZ s,fs l'lst purchasing cheap rubbers
hcspras ufe lkely to have been manu-
PAVING 1,gIeral years ago. ana advise
sSdss d niue higher price and getting
il ciair mlaqe within the last year. IL
WITH a,'I mat rubber deterlorates
se' roses It's virillty or temper.
HARDWARE GOES UP.
'he local hardware traAo 10 .a,,s
WIN he an manufacturers that there
April o '"AAt OF D per cent by
codntrv AZ the demand an over Tho
al e,'ry y such that orders cun not Nv
nV eu with with any degree of n ran p's ~
,f.sui,loer trade IS brisk AMI II a.
no, so V,ory to know that prices csn
az ,6S my higher, as they arc ne hlvh
mills sAu ,tatlon will stand, The shinsIa
tine aS ro' uown TO force up prices sone
adyancsS ana the price Of lumber has
Local de-, % per cent in six months.
this sprins 's look for a lively trade
'"'s' and are prepared for IL
HAY AND GRAIN.
t'aturelesss '1 10 grain markets have been
may BE- said ",'s week. and the same
able r gade, though there ia a. Son ,hPle-
.harnesss'ooll Aise o. 4 lively b business &,
month. " me course OF another