The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
EXCELLENT WORK
f. IN TRADE CIRCLES
Business Continues Active De-
spite Temporary Draw
backs.
REALTY MARKET is GOOD
COMMERCIAL CLUB PREPARING
TO ADVERTISE CITY.

In spite OF the street car strike the
FIRST few days of the past week,
local merchants experienced a heavy
trade during the period. and every line
of business was doomed.
The retailers suffered considerably
Monday and Tuesday from the strike.
and the theatres experienced the poor
est week of the season. With the cars
running again, however, things picked
lup and last night favorable reports
were turned in from ali classes of
trade
Among the retailers. the shoe men
and clothiers experienced a particularly
good week, especially the former. Shoe
prices are slowly but surely on the in
lcrease, word having been received the
past week from Boston that the east
lern leather market Is SITTER than IL has
been this year. This means higher
prices for the retailers. Summer cloth
ing is on the market in earnest now,
and straw hats are beginning to make
their appearance. Tan shoes are OBJ
tanning a good foothold, and before fail
they promise to become quite a fad
with Salt LakeTs
Real Estate Market.
The week has been exceptionally
good for the real estate men, and d
large amount of residence property and
the less valuable commercial property
has moved. Values are steadily going
higher on all property. The CONNER
cial club will CAL a special meeting of
its board of directors the first of next
week to take action on advertising
Salt Lake. Several schemes have been
advanced to the members of the board
the past two weeks, and it is probable
the club will take some definite action
in the matter in the immediate future.
Building and Rentals.
The street car strike affected the
building oper atoms throughout the
city in a very decided manner; in fact,
the passing of May L brought several
changes in local labor conditions. The
street carmen were fixed up to their
satisfaction. The carpenters to a large
extent secured their demand of $3.50 a
day instead of 81 a day, About fifty
carpenters had to quit the work they
were on at the first of the month and
seek employment under other contrac-
tors, as several employers refused the
additional pay There is plenty of
work for everyone, however, and the
men had little trouble securing other
places.
Plumbers are very Busy with repair
work these days. There is a big demand
for bricklayers III spite Of the shortage
of facing brick Lumber prices are
strong. but show no indications of an
Immediate advance. Few shipments
are coming in and the cedar shingles
are exhausted from the market The
big jobs about town are progressing
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The Wholesalers. ...- 20,
The farm implement men, automobile
men and hardware dealers, both whole
sale and retail. are very busy. Trade is
good along all jobbing and wholesale
/ lines and prospects are even brighter.
Trade IN grocery staples is generally
satisfactory in volume, the chief trou-
manufactured and sold on a narrow
margin OF profit are being gradually
forced up by the increased cost of Ia
Dor and material. Changes in values
are not numerous, however.
In the dry goods line, ginghams are
cut of the market entirely, with no
prospect of early shipments from the
I east. There Is a big demand for wool
bags and the supply is limited Fancy
woolens are a big favorite at present.
Stocks and Bonds.
II is expected the easy money mar
ket prevailing in the east will soon
have its effect here, and there win be
more dealing in local commercial
stocks. The past week has been some
what inactive in this line. The Utah
sugars We're weaker this last week than
for some time previous.
The latest quotations are:
Anaisra Sugar MD e1na m