The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
BUSINESS AND TRADE.

The business event of the week dis
tinct from the other routine has been
the great automobile show at the Audi.
torium on Richards street, This has
| been such distinct success that it is
now spoken of as the first annual auto
mobile show of Salt Lake, and its repe.
| tition yearly is confidently assumed
Large numbers of sales have been eff
fccted, and the very best automobiles
in the world have been exhibited dur
| ing the week, giving the people of
| this city an opportunity TO see the fin
est, and to invest their money TO the
utmost possible advantage, where they
were disposed to buy
The weather has continued mild and
these have been pushed accordingly.
Train loads of material have been an
nounced during the week for the New
house Hotel on Main at Fourth South,
and the Utah Hotel at the head of Main
Street is beng pushed with energy and
vigor The same is true of all the
building operations throughout the city
and the present year win also be a
record year, as the two past years have
been, each in its turn.
The real estate market has been firm.
with fair activity. The accounts of
good, and sometimes amazing. profits in
Salt Lake realty sales Institutes inquiry
and demand, and at the same time the
owner of the real estate, desirous Of
obtaining such advantages as may be
possible, holds his property firm. The
result is good market, with plenty
doing to keep everybody interested
The general business Of the city has
been satisfactory, trade being strong
and good. The bank clearances show
a gain of 145 per cent over those of
the corresponding week last year, which
is quite satisfactory increase for one
year. although far below the like report
of last week. Merchants stocks are
larger and more varied than ever, and
the demand is wider and stronger
The mining operations are practically
back on their old footing, the mines
producing well, and standing high in
the financial world. The ore-reducing
facilities of this valley are unsurpassed,
and are being constantly added to as
or new appliances come
TO the front.
The railroad situation remains un-
The general understanding is |
with respect to the Salt Lake Route |
that at least a temporary track viii |
be laid down the Meadow Valley wash
1t is quite possible that this might be
made Il permanent track, with such |
protection as will etfcctually assure
against future disaster. However, other |
lines arc still under consideration, and |
tine final word has, not yet been spoken |
ss to the route The Western Pacific |
is getting into shape rapidly, and we
may expect before long a complete
schedule of freight and passenger
trains between this city and San Fran
cisco, on its tracks.
The winter has been a cold one, but
except in a few localities, the sheep
nave done fairly well on their winter
'anges. There have been some COM
1t all serious in this State. And usual
Y where there has been so much trou
Die, it was suffered by the smaller own
RS. who have limited ranges and have
lot provided sufficient winter supplies
The snow deposits in the hills are
,eavy, assuring an abundance Of water
or all purposes the ensuing season.
In the country at large, trade re-
ports are somewhat irregular, the
tormy, cold weather over large areas
giving pause to trade movements. How
ver. the jobbing trade is kept up well,
lthough the conservative placing of
riders is still the keynote of the trade
II wholesale lines. The volume OF trade
ontinues large, and the outlook for
he spring is better than noted here
ofore. Conditions in iron and steel re-
main about the same, with the outlook
omewhat improved. There has been
expansion in actual orders placed, and
ne prospective contract will call for
0000 tons of bridge work. In steel
ails there have been numerous sub.