The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-18
VACATION TRADE
HOLDS Up WELL
Warm Weather of Past Week
Apparently Does Not Affect
Business.
STRONG DEMAND FOR
BUILDERS SUPPLIES
Deaie3s Report General Lines
ruSuaILy .hctiye, With Few
Special Features.

apparently nothing can disturb the
serenity Of Salt Lake City business men,
fer. in spite Of the unusually warm
weather Of the past week, the activity
in mnry lines OF business has been up
10 thc average and in many eases so
great rs 10 rausc especial comment. To
be sure, the drygoods dealers nave re-
ported most Of their trade confined TO
light weight clothing and those articles
which belong strictly 10 the summer
season. tho hardware men have reported
thai outing and vacation goods were in
Tie ascendant, and general dealers have
,ailcd attention TO the demand for
builders supplies and house furnishing
goods. This is as might be expected.
On The other hand, distinct increase.
in The total bank clearings as reported
hy the Salt Lake clearing house, has
indicated that there has been no falling
off in the operations Of large business
houses of the city, including mining and
smelling operations and the manufac
lures,
Building permit totals, also. have not
puly held well MP TO the high standard
set for the corresponding period of a
year ago, but appear TO be running
ahead of the same period Of last year,
the exact figures for the first ten days
OF July, 1903, being nearly SlS7 900, as
compared with q showing of about
El31 900 for the first ten days Of July,
1905
Real Estate Strong.
Contrary TO the usual custom, real cs-
tate appears TO have suffered little fall
ing off and the market, though reported
quiet. is far from being weak, and a
number Of large sales reported during
the past week indicates that investors
are not losing sight of the good oppor
tunitics which lie here In the real es-
tate line AS matter of fact, there
seems 10 be Il tendency for business
men generally to take advantage OF
whatever quiet there is in the market |
and TO lay plans for further enlarge |
mcnts for next year.
Attention has been called to the mum
bar of new warehouses being erected |
in different parts of the city. A prom
ineDt business man who lust completed
arrangements for enlargIng his business
considerably. remarked recently that he
had not taken into account the remark
able advance in business interests and
that he was already becoming crowded
This seems to be n common thing. The
haldwaremen especially report general
trade unusually large. There are few
INt'i u'N'' ~ - ohih 40 III Slh Dt tAptCIti
in the summer season, the trade running
TO those lines which are used at this !
time Of year.
Call for Machinery.
a slightly anticipatory feature of
trade has been the growing demand for
machinery Of all kinds. The call for
hosting machinery, gasoline engines.
wood working machinery and the like
can be explained from the tremendous
amount of building being carried on all
mand for materials with which to finish
new homes. Mining machinery, how.
ever, has been called for in large guam
titles, especially from Nevada, and with
some call from idaho. The call for har-
ness, especially the heavy kind used in
carrying on operations in eIcavating