The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19
BUSINESS AND TRADE.

The business situation of the week
has been enlivened by the rush of tour
lists and colouist travel. The agencies
of the Commercial Club. the Develop.
ment League, and the Real Estate AS
sociation, have been busy directing the
attention Of tourists and colonists to
opportunities for settlement and IN
vestment in this city and State. A
systematic campaign has begun to pre-
sent the propositions in business-like
form during the whole time that tour
ist and colonist travel will be on.
The move for the location here of
the headquarters of the new railway
mail service division is being actively
pushed, with good prospects of sue
cess The postal officials unite in the
opinion that, to make the headquar-
ters Of the new division in Salt Lake,
would be conducive to the best inter
ests Of the service.
Building has kept up to the average,
suburban properties have been given
an impetus. owing to the perfect wealth
er of the week, The Empress the
atcr plans, on Main between First South
aud South Temple streets, will be pushed,
it is announced The general trend of
the realty market has been steadily
upward, Visiting capitalists, from
both East and West. sec great things
ahead for Salt Lake. and their op.
timism has caused a general feeling
.f lo,lorS
The general business of the city has
been good, and trade has been SHtis-
factory. The annual spring openings
occur tomorrow, and tho retail stores
have been kept busy in anticipation
Of this. Seasonabe stocks have been
put in conspicuous places i'll the stores,
and display windows will show multi
tudcs of new spring creations III at
tractivc combinations All lines of re
tail trade report gains for the last
week
The weather has been delightful all
the week; evidently the harbinger Of
spring. which not only approaches, but
ap ears TO have already arrived,
Reports from the winter ranges of
the sheep all concur in saving that
llocks have wintcrcd well. and the
owners anticipate that their animals
Will come from the feeding grounds
in strong condition, with heavy ileeces.
There has been very little of i'm
portance developed in the local min
ing situation during the week, although
conditions generally, and especially in
Tintic, continue more favorable than
ever before In the task of extending
the limits of recently encountered ore
bodies very satisfactory progress is be-
ing made. The coming summer is Ger.
tain TO be decidedly gratifying one
for the mines.
The Eastern markets have continued
dull. with small bulges once in while
in answer to professional trading The
public is not interested in the market,
nor can public buying be expected un-
til everything favors a rising trend to
the issues,
An unusual amount of business is
being transacted on the Salt Lake min
ing exchange, and the various feature
stocks have gained steadily In value
throughout the week The rise has
been too pronounced, and in this lies
point which it is well to heed. No
steadily advancing market can last for
ever, frequent recessions are healthy,
and it is a fact that since the upward
movement began on the exchange no
pronounced halt has been noted.
Ore shipments have been started by