The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-23
WEEKS TRADE
IS ONLY FAIR
Quiet Tone in Realty and Most
Other important
Lines.
BUILDING TAKES A Squirt
BRICK AND LUMBER SITUATION
ALITTLE EASIER.

Commercial interests here have eX
: perienced a fair week. The warm
weather of the early part of the week
frightened things up little, but bust
ness conditions generally have not
been altogether gratifying
The banking situation remains I'M
changed. Wool money is coming in
more slowly than IT has for some time.
and there is feeling Of conservatism
prevalent among the local bankers
that seemingly cannot be shaking off.
The fear of shortage in crops
through the agricultural states is part
ly responsible.
Real Estate Market.
It has been a quiet week with the
realty dealers. The majority of the
latter are concerning themselves with
the success OF real estate day at Salt
air, July II. and with completing ar
lrangemsnts for running special trains
in here on that date But few trans
fers have been made the past week,
and they are of small kind Values
are holding up well and show signs of
steadily increasing. The demand and
inquiry on property has been good the
past few days. but the period of bad
weather the two weeks previous
caused slump in transfers that the
market has not yet recovered from.
Building has taken a squirt lately
More brick and lumber are being put
on the local market, and Jobs that
have been tied up are now under way
again Work is progressing rapidly on
the Newhouse buildings on lower
Main street, the concrete piles being
practically in for the Boston block and
partly in for the Newhouse building
The steel for the two buildings will not
be here much before the middle of Au-
gust. The Salt Lake Pressed Brick
company is now completing it's new
kiln Just west OF Wandamere, and in
few days the company will be turn
ing out about 10000 brick daily.
Wholesalers and Jobbers.
There is practically no change in the
local dry goods market, either whole
sale or retail. This is the quiet period
for the jobbers, though both the job
bers and the wholesalers are prepar-
ing for a big fall trade. There is
every indication that there will be an
other advance shortly in print goods.
An immense quantity of bunting is
being sold, principally of the national
colors.
The novelty men report a fair de-
mand for fall goods already, and indi-
cations are that there will be a big
business this fall along these lines
The local dry goods stores, retail, are
filling up with summer stocks again
The past week brought several excel
lent shopping days, and sales took
good. substantial jump.
With the Retailers.
The clothiers have had the best week
of the trade. The change from the cold
10 the warm weather stimulated bust
ness greatly, and summer goods of all
kinds went well the early part of the
week
The shoe men are having an exceed
fngly active time of it with tans and
oXfOrds in all feathers. II is expected
that some trouble may be had I'm get
ting in the fall stocks on time. and
orders going east have been marked
rush. Prices show some indication of
going up, as leather has raised lately
The sporting goods houses and the
hardware trade generally are expert
encing a busy time just now with va
cation trade. Fishing tackle and guns
of all descriptions are being pur-
chased. The regular hardware trade is
excellent. Farm implement men are
doing a good business. and the auto
dealers about town declare this is the
best early summer they have ever had
here.
Stocks and Bonds.
With the exception of the sugars,
commercial stocks are not very active
at present The former, however, had
an exceptionally good run last week,
Western Idaho going to $11 bid and no
sellers, and the Idaho from $9.15 to
$3.50. Several local companies pay