The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

The phenomenal building activity Of
the season shows no signs Of abatement
The building permits for November are
likely to exceed the milliou-d dollar mark.
Mr.. J. j. Daly's permit for a four-story
concrete, FIRE proof building at Fourth
South and State streets calls for the
expenditure of $115,oO0, This raises
the total of building permits for the
present month to about SS00,000. These
permits for the past week reached we'll
on towards half million dollars.
This building activity covers all
class Of construction, but by far the
greater number of structures, of course,
are dwelling houses of various kinds,
cottages, residences. apartments, fats,
all designed for hsbitatiou and all arc
occupied Immediately on completion,
while the older houses still remain full
These facts testify in q splendid man
ner to the great growth Of the city.
The fact that the hundreds OF new
houses built during the season are all
occupied, none, either old or new, va
cant, forces the conclusion that the
city is adding very largely aud rapidly
to its population. This added popula-
tion calls for increased demand of sup
plies of all kinds. The markets ac-
cordingly are better supplied in quan.
tity and variety than ever before, and
all business houses see the need of
stocking up to greater extent than
ever before.
Tho real estate market continues in
fine form, with good activity and fair
prices asked and paid. An important
deal was noted in The Tribune s local
columns yesterday whereby the Girls
mon tract out on the road to Big Cot.
tonwood and south Of the penitentiary,
was transferred to the Fitzgerald Bros
Land company for 100000. The prop
osltion Is to cut up this three hundred
and fifty acre plat into fair~sized lots
suitable for small homesteads, and re.
Qulre that every purchaser shall put ND
house on the land he buys at about
stipulated price, and of the size, style.
and material that the company will pre-
scribe. The tract is slightly one, and
will form one of the most pleasant and
attractive of the outer suburbs of the
city
The bank clearapces Of the week
showed the enormous increase of 1925
per cent above the clearanceS of the
week last year. 1t is true
that this is accounted for 20 a very
large extent by reason of the currency
strlngency which was so severely felt
year ago, the difference being more
a structure last year than q gain now.
But to considerable extent this in
crease means new and more extensive |
business and genuine gain over last
year, had everything in both years been
normal. But two other cities in the list |
Of those reported made an increase as
great as that of Salt Lake. The increase
n New York was only about two-thirds
of what it was in Salt Lake; in Chicago
only q little over one-third; in San
Francisco about three-ffths; and so it
goes all along the line, Salt Lake CITY
las recovered quicker and has made
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where with but two exceptions. and
hose unimportant; these being Peoria.
With total Of clearances not much
more than one-third OF those Of Salt
lake, and Oklahoma. with clearances
bout one.ifth OF those here.
The public improvements being prose.
uted IN the city are on the AVERAGE
alrly satisfactory, although in two
ases. there is complaint, complaint
hat is entirely lust and that the Coun~
II and Board OF Public Works should
emedy without hesitation and with q
eremptory hand. Contractor Moran
as finished the paving of East First
.outh street within less than half the
Ime III which he agreed to have it done;
ne approximate cost is 100000. and |
is an excellent piece of work, The |
elays IN the full completion of the
ewerage system in the western part of |
ne CITY are extremely eXasperating and |
hould be put stop to at once; the |
.oFk should have been done long ago. |
he complaint of unsatisfactory work |
i the big sidewalk contract in the |
outheastern part OF the city should also |
G remedled and conformity to speci.
cations insisted upon, and also tha
nergetlc pushing of the work.
Ihe mining operations of the State
re- rapidly getting on q satisfactory
ale The mines respond nobly to de-
work ond fba l.. s,,o |