The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-07
SUMMER TRADE
IN FULL SWING
Special Sales Stimulate Bust
ness in Retail
Lines.
BIG BUILDING OPERATIONS
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
SHOW MORE FIRMNEss.

The summers trade is on in full swing
in Salt Lake The past week has been a
record breaker for operations Of all kinds
particularly with the retailers about town
and the building trades. Practically every
store In the city is announcing special
sales and discounts and a big stock OF
goods has moved during the past few
Gays 1t is mostly simmer stuff. for the
hot weather of the week has given an
impetus 10 the summer goods market
tHat mas been wanting ali curing the past
month.
tne banks are wen satisfied with the
situation. a number of local concerns
have paid dividends the past week and
more will declare them me MES en- week
Rates are holding steady aid ciearings
are well up over cleIriIgs FOR the cor
responding days of last year The wool
/ being rapidly cleaned up in the state.
Stocks have been fairly dcliye and the
ZONE Of the market generally is better
than IT has been for three OF four weeks
Building Operations.
The most Important movement of the
week is the starting of operations at the
site of the new Hartman depot. The old
depot is being carried up the street half
block and when the move Is completed
excavations VIII at once be started for
the new station. The continuance of act
i've operations on the new station should
mean more genera. activity on the
E@st side. The new plant Of the Utah
Gas a Coke cOmpanV is working like a
charm and tbout 800 subscribers about
town are using the gas If the new con-
Germ. The Utah Light 4 Railway COM
pany has lowered its rates to large con-
SumerS and Will probably lower the retail
rates TO meet the rates of the Utah Gas
* Coke company. a merry war is evil
IDENTIFY on for the control of the gas mar
ket in Salt Lake and already there is talk
of consolidation of the two companies.
The plant of the Salt Lake Public Service
company on the west side is being rushed
as fast as possible in an endeavOr to sup
ply heat to subscribers in the business
district by the last of September The
concrete walls of the building are now
being raised
Building operations throughout the city
are picking up finely More brick is com
ing in on the market and prices are Wee
bit unsteady. They may drop before the
month is out. Lumber is up 81 or s., but
the supply is larger with many of the
jObbers than il has been all summer, and
the contractors are rushing work. There
is a scarcity of help both skilled and I'M
skilled, and this is causing some delay.
Brick men say they cannot get expert
enced yard men at any wages.
Important Projects.
Operations at the Newhouse buildings
have been somewhat handicapped the past
week on account of the inability of the
contractors to secure enough gravel and
crushed stone for the concrete piers they
are putting in The rock CTusher supply
ing the stone is not adequate to the work,
it is said. The steel work on the Judge
building is up to the third story and work
is being pushed
Other jobs about town show similar pro-
gresS. The foundations for the McGur-
rim apartment house On Second East and
Brunswick avenue are in and cOnstruc-
ton work will be started this week. The
st. Regis apartment house on Second
South is nearly ready for occupancy and
the Sharp flats on Brigham street are
now occupied on the ground floor. Scores
Of other jobs are receiving finishing
touches and evidently fall will find the
building operations about town in much
better shape than has been expected.
The realty men have found time between
hustling up tickets for their celebration
at Saltair next Thursday TO make a few
sales during the week. None have been
particularly large, but the general tone
of the market is satisfactory. Fred Wey
and several associates have taken an op-
ton on Beck's hot springs and if title
can be delivered on the property, say
they will build a hotel and sanitarium
there.
The midsummer sales are on full blast
at all the stores. Good values are being
offered and the volume Of trade is ex-
ceedingly heavy. The dry goods mer
chants have had good week in common
with everyone else from hardware to no.
tons