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Show I, CONGRATULATIONS TO OGDEN. The rallroid olllclils who were In 1'tah eslerday f,ae n patient nnd courteous hearing to tho citizens of bgden, nnd to the Commercial club's fcmmlttee of this city, on the question If the I.ucln cut-off While no formal leclslnn was made, the final word bo-Kg bo-Kg with Mr llairlman, the ocpiosslin If the rallroid visitors wcio so decld-1ly decld-1ly In faor of the lino ncrosn tho north arms of the like that thete Is no reasorablo doubt tint tho cut-oft will be built on that survey. The Tribune therefoie tuks occuslon to congratulate congratu-late Ogden on tho result, nnd to ussuro the j orlc of that city that thero nro no heart burnlnrs here: nothing but the he rtlest good will. Whllo tho case wus pending, of ccursa Bait Lakers dlil what the could for the'r city, but therehas never been the slightest effort ef-fort h i to arouse uny antagonism or bitterness; those who have tried to pi buatle them to tho contrary slandered slan-dered this city nnd Its pcopla nnd tried to make personal capital out of n slt-uitlon slt-uitlon tint In fact admitted of nothing noth-ing of the kind, but was a straight business bus-iness proposition And that was the basis of tho Judgment Judg-ment of tho railway olllclals. They showed tint by their sureys tho difference dif-ference In faor of the northern lino was sixty seen miles, and that ii very Important lneieiseln fact, a prohibitive prohibi-tive Increisc In operating expense would bo required In tho running of the proposed lino by the south shore nnnuall), as enmpared with tho cost of the north-shoro lino's operntlon The object mainly nnd strenuously In view b) both tho Union Pacltlo and tho Southern raclfto railroads Is tho shortening short-ening of dlstunco and tho reduction of curies nnd grades A great nnd brilliant bril-liant woik has been dono In this by the Union Paclllc, nnd tho reduction of Pacific will ndd Its pirt, by thl3 I.ucln cut oft and In tho elimination of grades and curies further west. This ono cut off will dl'posn of tho most Impartant piece of troublcsomo road east of tbo Sierras, to Ogden, viz. tho Promontory Promon-tory hill, which Is costly nnd slow to surmount Tho two roads, when theso Improvements nro made, will bo In position po-sition to do their share In meeting tho requirements toward turning tho Aus-trillnn Aus-trillnn and Chinese trndo and travel this wn, nnd keeping It -nt least till tho construction of tho Isthmian canal ca-nal bait I.nke rejoices with Ogden In the prospect for Improved sen Ice that the, new conditions will bring. Wo shall hive our full shnre of theso benefits. It I admitted that this ilty has not received tho consldi ration that her C .0,000 tons of Incoming fielght (coiling (coil-ing J5 000 001 tn pay for Its transportation), trans-portation), $30 000 tons of outgoing freight (mother $S,000 000), nnd million mil-lion dollirs of outgoing pussongei travel entitled her to This will bo" clanged. We shall, first of nil, hio the full benefit of tho reduced grades nnd curves nnd tho shortened time to the Const, which should give us chenp- Ier nnd quicker freights; nnd wo shall hae implements In tbo trnln service ser-vice such as lnvn long been needed. Tho spirit In which Kilt Like has met thl sltintlnn has been admirable nnd has won the f,nnd will of tho inllioad authorities They think more of tho city than ocr before, nnd nio ready to meet cery rcasonnblo demand to advance Its Intetests The occasion has passed off admirably, nnd tliero aio no regiets. Tho gentlemen vhn had the enso In their hands gave ociy erne tho Impicsslon of cnurtciey, l.lndly nffn-blllty, nffn-blllty, excellent buslncs Judgment and thorough Information on tho subject sub-ject In hand Thoy mndo nn excellent Impression on tho rnemberB of tho Kjlt Lake committee. Hint Is one thing seltl. ij now for tho next good thing for all Utnhl |