The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

BUSINESS COMING
TOWARD THIS CITY
Conditions Are Much Better
Than on the Pacific
Coast.
ALSO MUCH LIVELIER
THAN FURTHER EAST
Past Week Quiet, but Indica-
tiOns Are That Rush Is
En- Route.

Travelling mon say that business is
much better here than in other places.
II is pointed out that the bad weather
aiong the Pacific coast has made bust.
ness quiet in Los Angeles and other
coast cities as far north as Seattle.
Over the eastern territory business has
been quiet. also, evidently n; n result
Of the bad weather. Tho situation is
Explained on the ground that tho past
week is somewhat between seasons The
usual rush in dry goods incident to
Easter has passed, and people are wait.
ing for short time until the spirit of
summer attracts them,
Real estate men have been giving
considerable attention to the auction of
lots in the townsite at Tooele, and,
aside from the usual routine business,
the real estate market has been quiet
also. in hardware lines, the usual
spring business has been carried on and
there has been no lack of demand for
goods of the diStinctively seasonable
Variety.
The quietness is similar to the lull
before the storm, however. and business
men and real estate dealers all over
the city are laying plans for great ac-
tivity in n few weeks. "We are doing
the usual routine business and the out
look is excellent is the expression
heard on all sides, and in spite OF the
fact that there have been no features
in the market there is, nevertheless, a
feeling of confidence that forbids any
suggestion Of depression, and business
is in the condition Of a Sunday rest
Preparatory to opening up strong on
Monday morning.
In dry goods lines it is reported that
81 +h, 81 f,,1l, Ia
the amount of business for the CORE.
spending week year ago, In spite OF
tho fact that it is the week following
Easter and last year it was the week
before that day, This indicates a
STRONG, healthy condition Of business,
and is pointed out as good fair show
ing. Many of the stores have run ahead
of last year,
N Demand for Garments.
! The demand for women s garments of
tho ready-made sort is apparently grow
ing. 1t is said that il is easier to pur
chase dresses and suits already made
than to buy the silks and dress goods
and have them made up by dressmakers
As The season advances there is an en-
IHrged sale Of women g wash goods
Millinery is said to be holding up well,
Indicating that every one did not ar
range for new hat in time for Easter.
nero Is cOHUluuSQ Qcuudul lOT ldMuSI
dimities. linens, percales and the like.
Isaces, trimmings, embroideries and la
dies neckwear have sold exceptionally
we'll. On account Of the great building
activity, house furnishings have been
sold in large quantities. There is
large demand also for small articles
which arc used about the houses. such
rs lawn mowers, garden hose and SINH
lar articles.
In the hardware line, spring goods of
Rll kinds have been the leading articles
eof sale Sheep shearers' tools and ma
chinery, with all sorts of parts for re-
pairing, have constituted an important
portion Of the trade, and wool sacks
and wool twine have indicated some
thing of the movement of the sheep
shearing business, which started i'll the
sonthern part of the state about a month
ago and will end in the extreme north
about a month hence.
Heavy Hardware in Demand.
Heavy hardware, such as sheet iron,
stinwcar, and lead, for roofing aud other
purposes, has sold well, Builders hard
ware and builders supplies Of all kinds
has been almost feature Of the week s
trade, although this showing is not es'
pecially distinctive because it has been
large all the season, and has simply
Increased in n normal fashion. While