The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21
BUSINESS AND TRADE.

Tho magnificent improvements con.
tcmplated by tho Walker hcirs on their
block bounded by Main aud West TEN.
pie, aud Fourth and Fifth South streets
arc the great feature Of the day. and
arc fully set forth elsewhere in this
paper. Those improvements arc so cx.
tensivc, so far-rcachiug, that they can
larry be said TO form an epoch i'm the
advancement Of that portion Of the city.
The cost Of them will amount TO go.
100000, and when they arc completed
they viii show n mighty transformation
OF that huge block. II is ono of the
most extensive improvement projects
ever undertaken in this city.
The immense activity aud energy in
building operations that have been so
lstrong feature of the business life of
the city the present season, continue in
full force, The weather is favorable
and the builders are taking due advan.
tagc Of it. The building continues in
all parts Of the city. and embraces ali
forms of construction. And all records
OF building permits and value of con
struction arc wiped out by the building
operations Of the present year.
The real estate market is also in
strong, firm condition. The sales al.
ways aggregate large total, and there
arc from time to time sales of very
great importance that swell the fr.
urcs. The realty is firmly held in this
city, and it is also in strong demand
because the future of Salt Lake as a
great metropolis is fully assured; realty
prices are reasonably low; in fact, com.
pared with prices in cities of even less
promise than Salt Lake. they are re.
markably so.
The general business of the week has
been active and strong, We arc get.
ting a slight foretaste Of the holiday
trade rs the Thanksgiving festival ap
proaches. and the general feeling every
where and in all classes of business is
one Of optimism and confidence.
The mining situation is excellent
The week has shown the presence of
Mr.. HeinZe here and the revival under
his personal supervision of activity in
the Ohio Copper and the starting of it's
great mill. The mining situation gcncr
ally is very strong in Utah. It's mines
are looked upon everywhere with the
utmost confidence. The ore bodies are
rich and permanent, and the manage
ment is such rs TO place Utah s mines
very high in the esteem Of the 6nan.
a. q.
tion of the year in mines 10 total an
average of S3,OO0,O00 per month for
1909
The railroad situation is enlivencd
by the preparations for opening the
newly completed Western Pacific rail
road between this city and San Fran.
cisco to regular traffic. A through
train has been run, and preparations
are in a good state Of forwardness
for regular service. which will undoubt.
edly have bcch fully established by the
opening of the new year. The indica-
tions that the Moffat road, building
hitberward from Denver, will be pushed
prominently in Utah next year are un.
mistakably strong.
1t has been good year in Utah for
the farmer. orchard man and livestock
man. The wool clip was good, and sold
at an unusually high price Animals for
slaughter have been held on the aver
age higher than ever before, and this
is true also OF all farm products gen
orally. Tho consequence is that money
is more abundant and more generally
distributed throughout Utah than at
any previous time,