Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18
II HAS Been A
PROSPEROUS WEEK
anal Business Situation Still
continues Generally in a Sat-
lSfaCtory Condition.
ri EARRINGS ARE HOLDING UP.
.,.,.,uc n Steady and Strong Increase
IN General Trade All Along
The Line.

The local business situation continues
.,,.sllv in a satisfactory condition
-, nonling houses report COMPARE
,,yelv quiet week; in fact the local
s.ancial field has not yielded any sem
",.,ons for long time. but has con-
80 IN the unbroken, even tenure of
~, ,rav There is quite little demand
money from several quarters, with
Io ss Of interest practically unchanged.
~ wool men are perhaps the most
n,,inent In the ranks of the borrow
Ky The clearings are holding up re-
ssrkably well, showing a steady ana
H'Tonu increases IN general business
nv Increase in the transactions of the
.astotfice is also constant quantity,
ttootber straw showing how local trade
Naenlsing circles are Interested in the
,rDn report showing q large reduction
N The winter wheat acreage. The con-
stion of $50 per cent. however was
hsttar than was expected, inaSmuch
az n meant only a decrease of less than
three points in the last 10 years aver
sce il is figured that present eondi-
tI9ns Indicate loss of $4,000, 900 bush
sls as compared with the expectations
OF a month ago, and 4S,0oo,oOQ bushels
ss compared with year ago. The win
ter killing this year amounts TO about
double that of last year, or 3,532,OOO
acres compared with 1900 acres. 1t Is
calculated that in consequence of last
wears large crops, the farmers have
kent on hand over 200. 100000 bushels of
winter wheat as compared with lbS,-
100000 bushels in 1906. Therefore. the
probable shortage this year Will be
made up from this large stock on hand.
and besides the farmers will be bene-
ma bipb fipngpg thew rpCpiVe
for their crop.
CONSIDERABLE PURCHASING.
The real estate market has been quiet
as FAR as inquiry from the outside is
concerned but there has been consd-
CRADLE purchasing by home investors
who are calling for vacant lots for i'm
rrovement, also for small houses. Real
" dealers still complain Of the toploft
ideas of property owners who demand
prices 25 per cent in advance Of the
times. one owner asked this week
S, 900 for lot for which the real estate
men would not give over $500 and
when wouldbe purchasers We're about
" quit in disgust, the owner concluded
to come down"
SCARCITY OF BRICK.
Building has been delayed the past
week by the scarcity OF facing brick.
one manufacturer says the trouble
Is that a builder will not buy enough
IN one order for his jobs, and then
on finding himself short, recorders only
10 find that brick of the special shade
desired Is not ON hand, and he must
wait until brick are burned of the
shade necessary TO fill his order. Fifty
houses are being held UP in construc-
dion at present on account of this
shortage However, the brick mep say
The trouble will all be over inside of
30 days
PLENTY OF WORK.
A feature of the week in construc-
ton is the erection of the first great
steel columns on the site of the Rail
road Exchange building, at the corner
Of Main and Third South streets. Ma
terial is ON hand for the concreting. as
the building is to be entirely fire proof.
and by another week, a noticeable ad-
vance will have been made. The ex-
cavation Of the north Newhouse build
ing has been practically completed so
that the concrete footing may be laid
NJ any time. The excavation for the
south building Is about three quarters
completed. The presence of water
has not caused any trouble TO speak
of Work on the asphalting of east
Second South street, and the macadam-
izing Of Second avenue are being
pushed with all POSSIBLE speed. The
street railway management has gangs
of men at work on the tracks where
rebuilding and repairs are most need
ed, so that work is well under way.
HARDWARE TRADE.
The hardware trade reports con-
tinued good conditions, with demands
steady for all lines of goods, especial
" mining machinery. agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS, builders hardware. sporting
goods. wire goods, etc. The harness