Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-16
R[T|EN Of The
| Weeks BUSINESS
H. Merchants Facing the
49, ..,blsm OF Freight Delays
From the East
,,o,Ey RATES REMAIN FIRM
., n General Call for In
p A ''.snent in Many Enterprises
In the state

we huslness continues apo"'
The We T.' :, last week. and local local m and
lhe sane y. q finding great trials ana
Ehsa,. ar. IN n shipping in freight . fr0%
)rloula'O"' IN fact this has assume
Pc eas' cartons as TO convince .l
Puch propv's tnat an increased depend
@t'tn T nolne productions and an EN- EN-
rcy o. oar ng Of home industries WIN t, ~,
Pns more The The banking situation con,
BUS oM ,,,ant material change eNeert
ha' ~ s, election of directors ysstera ,r,,e
'i u, ,' v" National bank; the , estH
"a tho utah N 'rhich was fully set tot.' .
sbvsrdness o. News" Money laN
last e T,.,in Eight, and rates ~ cor
kqueTees W. Investment in many gu
~ ..i SS 50 that the oal .t,r loans on
'trpF ISs 6lniculty in placing bSs been
p an os,nrity. Money, eass i Sponned
oSd 'e Son5 time loans having n ero cent.
sc, t Uer cent and even ! PEI sro,o &
Of ! W. ,otss have dropped i. Viva
y Bos.o ~ Sis and . per cent, Money
~ cent 70 40 me any scarcity OF hl", ,i.S
grght never ~ " take banks, as TINS cry
nil the cav cisaring house of q ions
d the greas ,,.,rv and within a com,
ndius o. co oSnrt time money loaheus
IN here returns IN t,e ~. inks have the
- ss' The salt Lake paitH sS,bstantial
, = Of being the i'i's'
b the west .nv
80, estate market continues e.:
The re az srlurge. but with q ste ,a1.
NllhouI any ~. Nayor Morris has nia ~, !
rpverieh.. ~ ,he vest side close BY tne inc
teood nuy ". s where he Is TO er"rt
rlroau uS0H and warehouse. several
'l goal ydIu dance buys, noticeably on
~, south Temple street. me-. n,,nloin.
~ do this week; but deaie!s M. com-
y n ', some cases, emphatiealls I'M I'M
IN, that stree the Newnousv Zen p
.ss nm south Main street II mas oG n,
|, 81 A., wing blood from stone 10 III
W., n,onnr,v owners 10 sell on any
pp,Ss rnasonable terms, only YES
III. no prominent dealer showed tne
s. a ,slesram from a Chicago own
tns cal, Ike realty, who, after nay
~ .sresA 10 sell piece OF ptopeity
* Ss6Oh had suddenly concluueo ~
ia have 5000, because some oile .'a
Gered him $500 after he haa pra H,I,e,,
IN A greed TO sell for 5000. A. an ..tH
sI,v aealer remarked recently: Al d
~ \ owns 80 feet Of property N NM ~
he imagines he ought TO get soo'VVo
=" real estate dealers are agree
- Ina, 'booming the town as some OF
~ ,ocal napers have been booming 1t
~ moi nav. for II gives properly
( ',srs such an exaggerated idea OF
- mat getting them down from the
81 cles Of their imaginations Is a very
enyous task.
E RENTS SOARING, ny
Another source Of complaint is the
yatlon Of rents. special reference TO
Nh was made recently In the News"
secy. Harris OF the Manufacturers
Merchants association This adj
,enent is due also TO exaggerated
!, Of valuations, until the burden
.scome grieyous 10 bear. An off,
Of the Real Estate association
lsi the other day TO the writer that
b rents we're driving people away
H. Salt Lake. A good Illustration
h. altitudinous rentals is the charg-
Of $3.50 per month for one-story
bel on west First South, or 6 per
b on $4,000. q valuation which
k'y would class as fictitious, Realty
az others, are coming TO realize
y booming a town" may be a good
~ on generic principles; but when 1t
b down to the specific, the con-
s-vell there are some things to
9lsiiered.
READY TO BUILD.
y fine weather has inspired some
factors and builders to make hay
me sun shines but operations arc
la1aken with all air Of uncertainty,
iaeh balmy atmosphere Is out OF the
order Of events. Rapid progress
sng made with the excavation for
railroad Exchange building, and
saaip apartment house is being
" win no delays Clearing the
NY 'or the Gould passenger station
nFlly be IN fun operation, and as
= any suggestion OF settled wea-
manifest, the Utah Light Sc
Ivy company will have gangs OF
I, y. rebuilding the system outside
" paved districts.
BRICK MEN IN LINE.
N
,,S S,tSs men report practically hav-
'''s'' up on their orders, 80 hat