Show OF OGDEN OG Ily we do not believe ili in having or expressing pr inflated ide ideas is upon ally an t si subject I this Ls c specially the CAO ram rd to the future of ogdan cl for the reason that the g IF i s of tin this s city aio ire sufficiently T flattering attarin att crin to render axa exaggeration og cration unnecessary the junction city jainga Jc inga railroad k point so io long oil ta as there is a measure ure y active I pro in ill the country T E a ogdan is bound to como conic in ill for a liberal share but the town is yet ct merely in ill the incipient stages of its va growth which will bo be much more rapid in the future than heretofore some odthe citizens w were e asli a short ort r time ago inclined led to the belief that y tho the union pacific II 11 II 11 company Z sf s f ifould malc ogden the initial point E of the new line to oregon what biver grounds there may nitty have lice been it for blicha such a belief or even hope if there ever were any now liow resolved into nothingness we do not believe there accra cc ra eligh slightest test intention on the part th alie e company to build the line with etli I its beginning at ogden upon an all grounds of inducement that be presented for the reason that the burden bui den of their on own int creA ap p cared to be ili in favor of a ca easterly terly point clience the selection danger granger As a it matter ii of course the leading object of the com company liany in building tile road at all ia is for the obtaining of a chern ct ern outlet independent of the central pacific com banys line by reaching the act XI ern seaboard the II 11 P will be a it pw powerful erful competitor of the C P in ill the traffic in each direction not only is surveying R upon the new road to oregon in active progress rc but the forni adon of the grade ia is being rapidly pushed ahead lau V de vp lit of liong w we jant jg nt a grikit n 41 is bound to proceed the foundation is already laid both broad and deep the exi existence stence of terminal points of r railroads ail roads attracts in ill the nature of commercial matters matt cis other others to the same centre al abo gh the first end of the 01 oregon an road hill not be in ill this immediate locality we hear of anether that is creeping in in thid this direction with ith the intention of emptying its quota of business activity acta ity into the lap lip of our growing el city t Y we refer to tile proposed branch of the rio grandc grando I line to that will ill run through gli salina cation and the sevier valley northward to salt lake with ith the intention so we e understand to parallel the utah central to this point A good deal of vigor is being ettl in the construction of this new road work on the grade is in progress s in salina canon callon and contratti acta i arc are being le let along falong a it large portion of the bishop tho thos R Cut cutler lerand and about half halt a it doen dozen prominent citizens of lehi lebi utah county purpose taking ai a grading contract in behalf of the people of blut n their job ill extend from the vicinity of lilii thence northward noi thard to the point of the AL founta fit or r perhaps to a point still further this way ay the job v will ill comprise a dl tance of at least ten miles in length jt is that tire line will ill be narrow gau gauge C but it it is not generally known whether it if will ivill or not as tile of the enterprise are somewhat reticent as Z to their intentions it is to be hoped that the e expectation ace t that the new line lifie will empty itself here will not meet with disappointment we think it wi will I not as its we do not sec see what inducement could lead the pai parties ties ablio are building the load road to stop hoit ort of this point the only place where they would find any com competition elilion in the matter of forwarding their traffic to ili distant stant parts of the country discrimination in ill the matter of rates lias has been as assigned ignec as a retard in ing cause cau o in the development of this great interior country were we refer to the conspicuous in ill tile frei freight lit and passenger charges between extreme points east and wet t aa lis compared with thessi from front either direction to intermediate places the latter bei being ng comparatively large if the two great railroad raili oad colli companies pailles that control the we western tern aerland traffic wco ivero exception to W s y i i AS ry aho hio rule tuie in n this regard they might bo be open to o invidious cen censure sur As it is however the are only acting upon tile game that appears pearci so fit fur r na its evv w sire tart alle able to form j a judgment bi by cusi et i to govern a ahmoi most t every crp corporation oration throughout hout this thi great great republic and in ill a broader in nearly every part of the world it should be that railroads aro are not built with nn tit express view view to the amelioration of the condition of the human family ko no such ili high it arder of inspires their projectors and control ers those enter enterprises prizes aro are built for the purpose poc of making money colt considerations side rations of a filter pia lity succumb to eliat ruling inspiration by which the world is influenced to an tit enormous degi rep ee it is it general rule duloin in railroad matters matter to make a it lower through rate than intermediate where this chit exists in ill moderation there is not much ground for complaint any lilly more than that a tealo ier in merch merchandise i is se lias has the advantage in ill price over tit alio retail customer the tile railroads arc are governed by the law of derti demand and and supply audit the rates to and tind from intermediate points bear a much too largo proportion compared with alio e between extreme points there is a sure cure curo for tit that at condition it may bo be tardy in ill its approach but is a as s certain to come as its it M eliat alio sun rises and sets another point connected with this question ia li the self evident fact that the very ground of complaint in this regard will hasten basten the advent of the remedy it will act as its a magnet tho the means of correction to which wo we refer 13 is competition and that calass of reduction of prices is marg marching hing this way with ste steady ady and ini unfaltering faltering tread soon there will be numerous openings opening cast and west and with the Ft struggle ruggle for trade down drop tile rates which will fetid their ultimate level from which they will not be ao subject to upward tendencies tah I I its 13 is foreseen by the great corporations that control the western traffic hence the late attempt to make matio a national colt consolidation of railroad interests with a view to the maintenance maintenance of high jaffs thit j railroad magnates might continue to ditimus a mas untold millions at alio expense odthe of the llyle w a ill eliat tild ali c ig graat mit western railroad corporation should not be made the objects of invidious condemnation beranse they take advantage of circumstances though it may be to alic present detriment of the peoples people is interests in ili doing Z this they arc are merely pecking seeking the attainment tain nent ment of the object of their pursuit wealth in ili this heated and fretful raae race they arc are only running on oli the panic same parallel as nearly all other projectors and conductors of worldly financial this is the condition of the tile commercial world today to day and if we ire were inclined to denounce it would be directed against the system sy stein which Is is all wrong and presents a seething writhing mass of clashing Fel fisli that mutt bo a it spectacle abhorrent to the gods f wo we have to take matters as we find them and make a good and honorable figlia fight in ill favor of the better side of af lairs thouc who prof fess ass better things should stand shoulder to shoulder in a valiant endeavor to build up community generally materially and otherwise upon a bai basis ba i of just and equitable principles |