| Show OGTY Among nil Iho cities In the broad and beautiful West Ogden standa prooml neat for time beauty and mlvimtageousaess at her location Nature nan done for her seemingly everything Unit could bo dono to nuiko of her a great city sreat In her commercial and business advantages ra well ns In those material facts which BOlo BO-lo mako an Ideal residence city u place unsurpassed for business or residence In nil time Went A city of nearly 20C04 0 In liabltonla with all the Improvements for modern life and business to be foinul In any Kaalcrn city or twlco or three times her size So situated as to licallhfnhicss sccmory and business advantages as to attract Ihu altontUui of every man looking look-ing for a home where ho may with bin family llnd hoallli imld the comforts and ndvancpmrma of JSantcrn wealth antI pro ress beiutlCnl scenery mountnlncllmh Inp health resorts sea him t lmiimg hunting fishing and kindred nports and amuse inemx schooling for his children and profUuulu Investment for his money Ogden wna founded la tim year 1SI3 by Cnpu James Brown an officer of tho famous fa-mous Mormon battalion upon a grant of land mado to that historic llprure Cupt Goodyear by the Mexican Government tho grant comprising almost exactly tho land now embraced Jn Weber county of which ORden la the county seal Tho llttlo hamlet progressed but nlowly toward greatness for nearly twenty years lint whon tlmn Union Pacific railroad rounded Its way from Wobor canyon Into the little city and thero met time Southern PacHlc which extended to the California const then lie real era of growth commenced and tlio peoplo of OKilon began to feel that their city was declined lo be one of commercial and Industrial Importune The result op to tills date Is that Ogden Is the gateway between the great iJnst and West the great railway center aia common meeting point between tIme Joilou Gate and limo liastcrn ecnlers of wealth and population And tho topography of the country Is such that In the future ell railway lines built along LImo latitude of commercial activity must enter this grunt alley al IhlB point and make O tlen a mooting point between West and Emit ORdon Is limo terminus of lImo Lnlon Pa clllc the Central Pacific and time Plo Grnndo Wcstcrn rnllwiys all great trunfc lines Here also Is tIme Orogon Short lino railroad now a part of Hits great Union PntIllu sysicm which stretches from Omnh to O don and covers through Us various branches irnd controlled roads Limo Stales of Utah Idaho Orrcon and Washington Wash-ington and reaches down limo Pacific coast to San FrntiRibro Frum hero also a number num-ber of brnmji lines lead out Into the mining min-ing camps and thus draw a largo amount of both wholesale and retail trade to this city All those lines of railway center In a magnificent union depot und In extensive exten-sive freight yards where limo amount of bnsln iH done annually IK i enormous From this ccnlral point these roads reach Into ovory part of this great West thus mnk lug of Ogdon tlio greatest wholesale and manufacturing center In limo Intermoun taut country Theso roads furnish employment em-ployment to thousands of men a consld oniblo portion of whom livo or have their headquarters In Ogdon Tho fact that OK don la such a great railway center la tho basis for her commercial and manufacturing manufac-turing supremacy It Is probably true also that tIme hopes of years are at last to bo realized and tliut boforo tho present year passes Into history limo great JJurllnston route will have a line of railway frqm tIme east entering tho city Attracted by l the splendid shipping facilities fa-cilities many wholesale houses havo located lo-cated hero and uro doing very hoavy lines oC business These transportation facilities facili-ties also attracted tho attention of manufacturers manu-facturers and many of the necessary raw materials being found hore there has sprung up in Ogden a largo manufacturing manufactur-ing interest which adds largely to tho wealth of limo community Here also Is cheap motive power furnished by the greatest electrical plant In the West The plant at present furnishes 5000 electrical horsepower Limo generating force being tIme water of Ogden river which Is convoyed con-voyed to the powerhouse for a distance of six miles through a sixfoot pipe a COO foot fall being attained In lhat distance The powerhouse Is built to contain machinery ma-chinery nufllclunt to produce 20COO horsepower horse-power and time flow of water Is enough to keep thoso machines busy At present onehalf time production of power Is sent to Sat Lake City but the Increasing demand de-mand for power for manufacturing purposes pur-poses will soon make It necessary to in croiso the power capacity of tho plnu Ogden has a public school system second to none in thin country with a ulamUiiff amonir the universities cnlllllnrr graduates to admission without examination The methods of Instruction oro up lo the highest high-est standard of excellence following time latest Ideas among pedagogues Nearly 5COO pupils arc enrolled employing a force of nearly ICO teachers and the school bnlldhiKS aro limo pride of time city being constructed after the most approved models mod-els and filled with complete eoulpmcnt The course of study Is very complete and this Is particularly true of time high school which has a corps oC splendid teachers and has a recognized standing throughout limo West The graded schools of the county aro also oC high standing and besides be-sides theso there arc a number of private and denominational schools of great excellence ex-cellence including tIme Weber Stake academy acad-emy limo Sacred Jlearl academy time St Josephs school for boys tho Jntcrmoun taln Business cohiego mind olhors Nearly all the leading religious denomi nallons have flourishing societies hore and several have beautiful church edifices which are a credit lo tIme city In tho mailer of theatricals Ogden Is again fortunate In hor location for all limo leading opera and Ihcatcr companies of the counlry traveling between time liast and Weal stop hero for from ono nlichl to a weeks slnnd Ocrtcas playhouse play-house time Grand Is ono of the larKest ammd most perfeclly equipped theaters west of Chicago OKdcn Is centrally located In one of the mosl productive valloysln the world a valley of wonderful nnd diversified crops and surrounded by l hills which furnish time grazing ground for thousands upon thousands thou-sands of cittle and sheep Tills valley Is one 0r < a Dories of ferlllo valleys extending ex-tending from lie southern portion olf Idaho down through the length of Utah All tiiose northern Ulah valleys lire tributary I trib-utary to ogden and are well settled especially es-pecially tIm Salt fnko valley oi which this city la the trading center Tho land is wonderfully rich and enormous crops of ivory fruit and vegetable raised In time temporatu and somltroplcal climates aro raised As a consequence the farmers and slockprowers are all welllodo and many of Ihem rlrh u fact which plves to Ogden a very lnrg r retail trade Thu retail stores of the city do a spK ndld business In all II 1 11 ul olnl Mm Hliulnoaf > iinun minim are wen niuiititi nu < iunmva chant being largely In excessof lhat usually usual-ly dono in cities of Ihls size Otfden la 11 great uhlpplnjr point for fruit vegetables vege-tables cattle ami sdijep and tIme business done In llisit I hlimu Is enormous Wlillo Ogden Is ono of thin beat business busi-ness points In tIme wholo West In wholesale whole-sale shipping and manufacturing yet sb1 has other advantages In cllniato and sccn pry which mlikv her an almost ideal city Tho cllnmlc Is cquible healthful and In vlgornlintj a charm to those who enjoy II I for ibo first time The icmpciatnrc rarely rises abovo PO degrees In time summer sum-mer nor below stro In wlntor ocitiil undor the shelter of tho mountains which form n vahh to the east and north shul log out the cold winds of winter on the shore of tho Great Salt lake which equalizes equal-izes the temperature In both wlntor and summor tho locatIon Is Ideal Tho breezes from the lako nt nightfall In the summer drive away the heat of Limo day end fill the air wllh healthful quality of time salt sea During time day time breezes come from the plnocoverod mountains bring lug Into the valloy tin breath of thin pine and fir nnd baltwim with their health and lifegiving properties The air from Hit lako is Ispoclaily bciullelal lb those troubled trou-bled with bronchial or lunrr troubles t and this combination is ono particularly favorable fa-vorable lo health Then too no mailer how hoi Iho day may be the nights arr so cool that blunkois ore nearly always ncroHsary for comfortable sleep Ofjdon has a number of heallh resorts near by the prlnulpal I one of which Is the Hot Spring nine miles north of the riiy Here urn a number of hot springs lie boiling wator of which Is strongly hn prommtoU with sulphur Iron nnd othoi minerals and chemicals giving limo watci a marked medicinal effort upon HID hUman hU-man system Hero a largo hotol and bathhouses bath-houses hnve been built which are patronIzed patron-Ized by invalids from all over the country Tlio springs form a very attractive resort for the puoplo of Ogden who patronise lie baihs oxl nslveJy Tho bathing In time waters of time Great Salt lake with Us 22 per cent of saline and other mineral In solution Is another health attraction Antelope Island a ow miles out from Ogden and about six Out in the lake from time mainland attract many from his city every Bum people timer Thero tho beach is shelving and sandy and the salt bathing Is delightful the beach being the finest known on tin whole lako The Island IH occupied partially par-tially by ranches and IB well supplied with puro frcah water from springs water wa-ter which is used for Irrigation and culinary culi-nary purposes and for freshwater bathIng bath-Ing I North of Antelope island a dozen mllci or more is the head of the Promontory t great mountainous arm projocllnp foi many miles into time lake from time north Arornd he north end of this arm or pro e montory time Southern Pacific railway has Us course from Ogden to iho Golden Gale But durIng the pant summer tho Southern Pacific company surveyed a new routo directly across limo lake touching only at Promontory point from ono mainland to the other This cutoff line which wll bo completed tIme coming season will ira verso on piling over forty miles of the Great Sail lake making a scenic wonder not duplicated In this country On the Promontory arc fine forests of plno and fir ami clear hcanllCul Blrcamu of wa lor and numerous frcen miter springs Tim brach at time Promontory point IB sandy and shelving hike the bench on An Uipo Island and there on lint point twenty miles directly vost of Ogdtn U is said n great summer bathing resort and gamo preserve will bo bUilt on a scile of great magnificence On tho other sldo of Ogden back In time mountains aro a number of most attractive attrac-tive summer roaorla whoro tinder benull fnl shade trees by the side of a spark Hup rushing1 mountain stream and coolod by lh brotsos Hint come from lam snowcapped snow-capped neaks beyond tho people of Ito city find rest and relief from the cares of daily life Up Ogden canyon nro two hotels and camping placea which arc centers cen-ters of attraction In tho aummcr time whllo still further east through the canyon can-yon and deeper into time mountains can bo found lie finest trout fishing and huntIng hunt-Ing lo bo found anywhere In tho Rocky mountains TIme scenery surrounding tIme city is conntod among lImo most vailed und magnificent mag-nificent In the Vest The Oy len and Weber We-ber canyons lo time casl are iwo grand gorges in the mountains through which beautiful mountain sitrcaniB flow downward down-ward lo tIme Great Salt lake and In those gorges time eye takes In a constantly changing panorama of natures handiwork handi-work from the beauty of the grassy mountain filopes to the rugged grandeur of frowning walls of rock hundreds of feet high shutting in a narrow defile time entire en-tire width of which is filled with a roaring lorronl of water In tho residenco portion por-tion of tho city on time bench land ono may obtain a view of mountain forest rivers Kike city and plains unequalled In variety beauty and grandeur Wherever Wher-ever ono may turn tho eye rests on scenes of attractive beauty Ogden Is a very nodal city and culture aiul refinement are characteristics of her people Time educational Intellectual and social conditions of tho city are very de Hitttblc Taken all In nil It IK Very doubtful If another city In time country can bo found possessing so many clomenlH that go lo make up nil Ideal place of residence whore hue business advantages and opportunities opportuni-ties arc so dourly connected with bcuuly of scenery heallhfulncsa and general attractiveness at-tractiveness Retrospective and Prospective Cot before In ten years past have so many evidences of prosperity boon apparent ap-parent In Ogden City as have been during time past year In every way the year of JSOO iho closing year of the Nineteenth Century has been a notable one In the history of time city New enterprises have sprung iii now bnlldlngK have been erected erect-ed by the score general business has greatly improved new llneo of business have been established and the population I I has increased at a rapid rate Not a va I cant house for residence purposes can bo I found of any description ana every business busi-ness house In the city Is occupied Every whero have activity Industry and enterprise enter-prise boon observed and time result is a source of much gratification to this people Ever since the boom of 1SOO collapsed a general depression seemed to have taken possession of tho city and iho people The years from 1SOO to 1S09 were particularly marked as years of dspresslon Values of real estate fell rapidly and steadily until residence and oven business properties proper-ties could bo bought for onethird of their real valuo Up and down the principal I business streets stores wore vacant and In every quarter of tIme town residences of every grado could bo rented at tho appH I cants own price A serious condition oC affairs was upon time people nnd they cit It severely But in 1850 a change for the better became be-came noticeable and time Improvement grew and spread to such an extent that time past year can be remembered ns tIme j year of tho greatest Improvement and prosperity Ogden has seen for ten years Tho condition of trade both wholesale and retail hns shown a decided Improvement Improve-ment sales have cry largely Increased and collections have been materially better bet-ter During the year there was but one failure of any note and in that ono lie crodltors wero well protected Time building operations include factories factor-ies two and threestory brick store buildings build-ings and a large number of handsome residences and a largo new hotel work on which hits Just boon commenced It la to bo a fourstory building and occupies time norllieaat corner of the square nt Wall and Twentyfifth street Just In front of Limo big union depot a corner which has been vacant and unsightly for many years Tho completion of this building will give a much moro favorable impression impres-sion oC time city to travelers passing through limo union depot Real estate wiles have been more numerous than during dur-ing any three years of time previous ten and prices have advanced fully 20 per cent over time 1SSO prices and nearly or quits 100 per cent over tIme prices ruling during thin years of depression Thu mining situation gives more promUc than ever before Very many people In Ogden havo faith In ihero being extensive mineral depoaits adjacent lo Ogden and some monoy 19 spent in prospecting every year pecting and development work but last year more money was put Into shafls and tunnels than over before and with moro of ultimate returns The showIngs prospect show-Ings developed In a number of these mining and verm encouraging ing properties arc very In work on tliem will Bllli be prosecuted reality inure arc but two developed mines which can properly be lernied Ogdon mines and Iheso havo developed mineral and staying qualities within the past > r These are the Mngnlre property yo about ton miles north ot the city and the Carbonate Hill property about twenty llvo miles easl In Iouonwood canyon llvo miles east In Collonwood canyon Tho work on tIme Mnpulro claims the King with has ben prosecuted Solomon group body of vigor tom some years and u great > Ore blocked out During tho I past year u constructed wIre tramway has been long which is now nearly completed and It Is doubtless lo lie a fact lhat lie year JM1 will sc < IhlH group of mines added lo the list of Utahs producing proporlles Them an already on I lie dump und Jn the ore I bins thousands of Ions of assorted ore I awaiting shipment Jn the line of manufacturing very encouraging en-couraging progrovs bus been made NevI Nev-I brick and tile works new creameriesnoMr canning factories u new cracker factory n nrw i inrun I fuctorv and other mannfac luring L H 1111lilll Inslluillons > < < havo bcon added to tho county already lu operation In those These factories have materially und city Increased the nuyroll In Ogdon Pity and Inure largely added to the stream of money flowing into Iho t ilty through Iho wholo wilo and mmiii lull ilet mulimig channels All the nvnnfnt Hiring I ptanl I mm have boon operated vlth a larger fono of men than ever before I be-fore and bivo ngbtvrcd time largest ont lInt In ilulr bltMtuv n condition of nffalni which has oxorlod a grcnl Intlucnco In brlnglni a largj int > nsuu > of prosperity to Limo piopU Thoso factories nro preparing still larger buslncKs during the ing U > do a making largo coming year the Invislors business calculations on the Increased through thy opeiihif up and development of tlio trade In the OrlonU Ogden Is still reaching out for more Institutions In-stitutions In the manufacturing line und the prospects art for tIme location of several the eral new and goodslzud plants during twelve months Around iho oily coming materials found a number of raw Is which can bo worked up profitably and It question of time whon Ogdon la only a will no one uf tho loidlng If not tho leading lead-ing manufacturing dlle In the West Op reaching dons splendid railway facilities Into every nice direction nnd out In every of Hon of the Vst glvlntf the munns tIn products oC time factory direct carrying time consumer to time north south oast to or ivest give to i i this place such an advantage to facilities na transportation tage In I ruiislortS nolnt for the desirable make 1C HID most bo of product that can manufacture o any intnnracturcil pvoUably lu time Wcat coupled with that oC unlimited This advantage abiuid ehmii elootrlc power an < ap limited I of waior and a hcullhfnl locution nnco In securing IL great lavurago gives to Ogden lug these enterpriser Tho peoplu liavo begun to lake n more intorcsl In Iho Industrial development lively ment of limo oily for they reUlvo lhat control time manufacture of this rapid lo bo to empire will Wosttjrn lygrowing large cxtunt tho wealth ojC tho control to a of It in West and center a good portion of all Tills la the object and aim Ogden and Individual effort mind while organized has bcon the progress of Limo post year satisfactory tho promlso of time ties very Is far In excess of that of any ont year Time iKsoplc have good previous year this to feel hopeful for time outlook cause Is brighter first day of the new century thnix ever before The Railways the railways more than to any Jt Is to Is Indebted agency that Ogden other one ihe In which she occupies for the poHltlon and mnnufaclurlng world commercial The railroad operations alono in lliu city enough to support a town of more mire timer than Jmlt Uu juzcs of Ogdcn In i words the railway employees of the city furnish directly and Indirectly moro than onehalf the business dono Jn the city outside of time wholesale and manufacturing manufactur-ing interests But tho fact that all railways rail-ways ontorlng this great basin barn their termini bore and from here reach Into every nook and corner of this Western empire together with the other fact tJiiC Ogden Is centrally located and has so many advantages of health climate seen cry and natural resources has mndo of the city the greatest wholesale and manufacturing manu-facturing point between Denver and the coast Time railroads aro ihcmaclvcs an important import-ant footer In Iho welfare and progress of time city Thrco great transcontinental lines or railway have their termini More and one transverse line paSKcs through Time Southern Pacific retichos from Ogden to San Jrancisco passing llirough tIme State of Nevada nearly 1XX miles Tho Union Pacific oxlcnds from Qirdcn to Omaha Oma-ha through tho States of Wyoming and Nebraska a dtaumco of 1000 miles Tho Jllo Grando Western extends from Ogden to Grand Junction Colo where It con nccbi with the Denver Rio Grandu time Colorado Midland and time Santa Fc into Denver a distance of 0 > 3 mllctf The Oregon Ore-gon Short Line a part of thin Union Pacific Pa-cific system reaches from Butte In time north and Portland In the northwest dowji Into southern Utah connecting with tho main Jlno of lie Union Pacific at Ogden Thus Ogden becomes the great Western traffic center where the various trunk lines Interchange Ihelr business amid aa a consequence the amount of business dono at time Ogden Union depot and In time Union freight yards Is onormous These lines of railway are all operated in whole or In part through wonderfully rich and rapidlygrowing sections of country and bring time largo and constantlygrowing e marlcols of llio West to the very doors of Ogdcns wholesalers and manufacturers manufactur-ers It Is an linmeriso area of counlry which these lines cover nnd they make directly tributary to Ogdcn a largo part of this urea so rich In agricultural and horticultural possibilities stockgrowing and In prccloun minerals The local freight business through tlilB rich country Is very large whllo the through business la enormous This lo Limo gateway between time Pacific slope and the great business heart of limo country This great West Is yet In Its Infancy I and tIme next fow years will see It develop de-velop with giant strides The trader of1 the Orient Is already being felt to glvo now life to Industry and tho development of this magnificent Held for American enterprise en-terprise will carry with It the development of this county In tho effort to meet the demands of lie increasing Oriental trade This cause has operated and Is i operating In Ogdon Inciuuslng iho amount oC whole sal o business and the output of manufacturing manufac-turing Institutions By reason of her railway facilities Ogden has become a conuldcrablo livestock center and Ihou sands of carloads of snoop horses and caltlo arc annually shipped out of hero cast and west I orgc stockyards have been built here and this IB an extensive feeding DOlnt Tho railway business done In Ocdcn was greater for the year 1MO than during any preceding year In tho history of tIme city as shown by the figures secured from limo I various railway offices Time passenger business figures arc close to those ot 1S12 but In that year Limo soldier traffic was I very considerable During the past year I thero were handled through time Union depot passenger tracks 5373 passenger coaches Including Pullman cars but exclusive ex-clusive oC baggage and express cars The record of Depot Master Kerr shown that during tim year 2551250 passengers passed 1 I I through the city Including paswjngcrs In and out of Ogden locally The records at time baggage deportment In tho Union depot show that during the year thoro wore handled Jn and out SDi fil3 pieces oC baggage on which was cal looted 510I51K of excess weight and 3783 of storage charges a total of 312 W4S Time amount collected in 1S90 was 1032753 of which SK0o was excess and I I 1C37 storage The mall transfer rooms I I are next to the baggageroom and at this J point two solid cars of moll are trans I erred every day threefourths of It bc big westbound mall There are thirtyfive men employed in the baggage department and the payroll Is nearly 510000 per year The Union depot Is ono of the finest railroad structures in the West an immense im-mense structure JOG foci long 5 feet wldo and three stories in height built of reel pressed brick and sandstone Time main I 1 building i is 275 foot long by f 5 feet wide three stories high and an architectural beauty In this building are the largo passenger wailingrooms the Union ticket office Pullman companys offices bag gageroom mailroom Southern Pacific superintendents offices conductors cloakrooms dlupaIchors offices ana inc Pacific hotel The annex 120x 0 feet contains con-tains tho Pullman commissary lImo cn glno nnxl boilerrooms for lighting nnrt healing tho depot and other building and the ofllces of the WellsKargo and Pa chic Express companies All time buildings and grounds In the Union depot and freight yards urn lighted by electricity supplied by time companys own dynamo in time engineroom The Union depot and freight yards cover sixty grounds seven and a fraction acres of ground with approximately thirteen miles of trackage eighty men are constantly Jn the Union dupot of stantly employed at an average salary 70 per this month point lime Southern Pacific hnj At IXjO its main eastern shops where nearly employed These shops rcxjnlro men are crowded three large buildings and aro with work time year round small The Rio Grande Western also has shops hero amid that road also operates which and owns the Pintsch Gas plant Illuminating gas for tIme curs supplier is the largest of all time roads Tins plant in the WCEI repair shop Is also operated by A small hero work Pacific but as thd the Union It is increasing road Is rapidly of that ioat enlarge proposes to said the company Pacific Whether tIme Union time plant establish Its main western shops will answered As not is still a question hero western terminus of time Ogden IK the Short time that road and as of main line oxlcnds norlh and south of Line which Pacific it Ogdpn is a i > nrt of time Union that here Is time most con would scent for the plant to care vqnlent point for a mileage which centers here great employs Pacific company The Southern train 700 men in its shops total of over a track service and service service yard from payroll Ogden office work and tIme annually that road alone Is ncrlv SlOCvOOO allyLast handled 1GJ007 this company Last year trucks he limo depot I ot freight on tons carried nearly lug local freight nnd also freight through S20CO cars of employs In Western The RIo Grando branches of Hs in limo various Ogden compensation ng whose service 1I3 men approximately l7p000 annually grcguleB 0 built thrct the company During the year ice sidetrack put In a new miles of new and capacity eZf0d tons with a houHO about 430POO Plan spoilt In Impiovemenls brick being prepared for a now mire now wnrohouso frelphthouso CSxCO feel and a loOxCO feet which will bo built this year Flvo freight trains per day are operated nini iho time lo Denver has lately bctm Olin mr uinu hours Over 108000 tons of reduced two handled with a total local eight i wcro carried of freight tons of 7ipl31 Pacific and Oregon Short Tho Union In total of about 175 men employ a Jlno operallons train yard und shop thtir handled about these roads During time year freight and a total of Ogdon 17UGOC tons 15SICO curs of Ir > lghL of approximately and WollHFargo Express Paclllo The fortynix men and do companies employ aggregating 3CyOW a business In Ogdon a year number of men engaged In total Tho Is close lo 1DCO In Ogden scrvlco railroad amount of There has been a very largo work done on all tIme Hnoi improvement Particularly Is this centering in Ocden Pacific and Union true of roads hit Southern where millions of dollars Pacific ma cutting down grades mmmc being spent Instead oC curves and in kins ishort straightening cults and shortening the general During the wholo year road lines of been employed of men have thousands im these roada In this improvement continuously work on In Wyoming the great provement work has been dono by time of est amount whllo tho greater part oC Pacific ITnion Pacific work him bcon done limo Sonlhcrn limo oftcct of tho Union Pn in Nevada the so far IH to reduce chic improvements Omaha and Ogdon Ihlr distance bolween cities the two dint now tythrco milcM KO Pacific Union 1WX miles apart by I just are havo been so greatly rail But grades ailll being ipduellon is and tho reduced that when the work In mishcd ahead contemplation is finished it will Immediate between Ogden and Omaha shorten Iho time live hount On Iho three lo ha from tho Improvements side of llvo city oIlier made win very ma of llko naluro X > ohig the time between Ogden let lully shorten and Sun 1mnclsco commenced work wus comnmnonc This ImprovojTiont apparent to rall becntian hi 1STO It bccumo the vast Increase In way managers that by reason of the rapid Western business the connlry and tho development oC Oriental trade It would growth of LImo roads for the present makes It necessary and poaslblo business all iho bundle to if active competition aa quickly as he posalblo shut out or met 1C It tion wore to effort field The great once entered thin now seems to bo In railway rannngement haul bigger loads the time I and to reduce oxpeolod competition making and existing limo best possible ser to give It necessary take earn well na to be able to vice ns amount oC business of Hie greatest the hue of HIP Union Pacific All along belnf put In at axe new slrtol bridged thai cnanne ut > Iii ipim5e nn enormous crp by reason of Limo heavier made necMgary the roads tho fmuloyud on unglnod londu carried and tile greater hwivlor apccHl ot iho trains the ne bridges bolng heavier und stronger thnh the old ones = T lrme warI nil or this lint a double Along trnck IM bclm built composcd at present Io 31detr1eJs but t3io of Inrgnly wit Jald trtcIc ha43 teLtL 31 ZZ1U JeJng litti ho heaviest of tee tIis rnd a iIU11trflC RdtiltlQII8I trflcidJLYJfl Will nUtLfl IIOt bCtVJCfl Omah8 1 ttie entlr Ogdt iien thb 1s drnio the eapeIt ot rnur bt dnUble road wflI or tflt reduce nntt thtY IC necIdeyt to the miriinitinr MeItI1 Dacil1c mu 1CpL 5nut1irti TJio mr Ii preparLt1IOfl1 mtkIn rL wtrIt dfliiiLe1 lake ctotT Whielt vns grctt The work c jlanned two cu s beiil con piling the lake s Ji 0 Jiate Octnbt lict buL the 1tb r incnccd retItknt by HuiJllnirton of tiiatt road Jut deluvcd the work Bul the pro dO1bti s shove s work goes on and atcam linlmry Ironwork continue to bo Slipped and hero for the building oC the cut oW4t the Southern Pacific Ira 4t nrcscnt Lueli oR Ji5tlIeY from OdCfl to vercs niall itiit1on fliL the Ihit directly we or a Ogden 100 mIIe b goftig north tweni hill Pronlontry OVil cJImLt rnd rnIl8 ii 5 mile ntkIiig t1u dHtcLnCC to J41C1U and eicoiiiitersng three etvy grae JIlier5 flfllst lie LSCI1 WI erY rut wiero Itlier euL o over the rinie that gis west in order to eta oW this rorttiV inties oC dI4tance aiui the grndcs whiel count car inticli morO than SA lh4tfl1CC neceSflrY to niaCO a ctraiht tin It wn tho Great Salt lake This had been across RuggcEtcli many times but it was not and a half ago that the suggestion until a year coneldcvcd from a business gestion was standpoint Then a surveying party was a now route across tho enL to survey Take from Ogden to Lucln and report alo i lfl tho feasibility of ajith a route This made and the engineers reported nirvev was begln very practicable route ported a mile north oC Ing at a point about a tim Ocden Union depot on the line oc tlo Southern Pacific thence ranching westward and running In I a direct line to tim cast Bhoro of the lake between Plain ity and AVc5t Wchcr thence across the luko on iilllng to the southernmost point Pnimon of Promontory thenco around torv point and up the west short of 1 10 montory about four mllcH and thene directly west across tim lake on piling to tho western shore of the lake on an air lino toward Lucln Tills route tho engineers engi-neers staled was practicable because It would avoid the dijpp water of the lako iu < l would make Jlnecessary to pile not I over twenty to twentyfive feet deep Ac oordlnglv thls rouu > was apparently ac eeptcd for during the past summer the road has bought a right of way from Ogden Og-den west lo the lake shore and ninny tons of material and machinery for the nev lno have been delivered here Ins new line which It Is said will cbe built this voar will shorten thc distance traveled between theso two points fortyfive miles will take out threo honv grades will do away with the use of six helper engines and crews and shorten tho time between Ogden and Lucia ver four hours Ihorn Is scarcely any difference between JUKI novation of Ogden and thai of Lucia MI road between I hwe two points actisa tim waters of the Juice would be almost us level sis a hour the enllro 100 miles In hunUllnsr such an amount of buslniss it IK I extremely dcslrablo that iho dl linco between the terminal point bo as shot n Ifc can bo made iiml that grades bo reduced re-duced to the minimum Tho hulkiliJS ff Uds Hue of railway forty miles across Iho great Dead sea of America will make of Ito Southern Pacific Pa-cific ono of the greatest scenic lines of the world no other such a piece of track being In existence In this couiHry To Insure In-sure safety the lake pllln will boHioublo width and will bo troubletracked all the way across The tourist can then ride with perfect safety over forty miles of Milt water at the full speed of the ordinary or-dinary railway train On the eastern shore of Promontory point there Is sandy beach which Is one of the finest for bathing anywhere In the lake II t Is understood that the Southern Pacific or some allied company will erect and summer on Promontory point a bathing a mer resort second to none In tho A ost There Is every requirement present for such a resort In addition lo the will water bathing on a shelving sandy beach the 1 land Is well timbered nd well watered wa-tered and back from the shore the mountains moun-tains rise to j > cosislderab height with beautiful I I canyons through snmr of which streams l of walcr flow the > oar round An immense park and game preserve coulu he built and fenced which would en hanco plain valleys canyons and mountains moun-tains and inn ke a pirk with every allnic7 lion I one could wish A short dlsianco from tin hotel oro could tako a bath In water J2 per cent mineral Hilefly salt followed by a freshwater bath and then of the wild ft drive or ride through some est most beautiful scenery in the Rocky mountains or cculd take a boat rldo to the many adjacent Islands With Ihcso cutoffs on both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific roads the time of travel from San Francisco to t Omaha would bo reduced hyclght to ten hours The vapid development of this Western country and the great possibilities of trade opening up with Iho Orient have drawn the attention of other railroads r toward IhLs country and rumors of railroad rail-road building are heard on all sides in fact there are so many rumors so many surveys and incorporations that it Is almost al-most Impossible now lo tell Just what the developments of the year tOt will be But this one thing seems lo bo pretty certain that during this year the railway developments will bo moro Important In their bearing upon the future of this couniry than for many years pnt tIt t-It seems to be pretty well settled that the Burlington will build Into Ogden this spring from Us present Western terminus at Guernsey Several surveys lave been made but the one regarded as the most favorable Is down Weber canyon on the south side and then across lo the bench lands south of the city entering the city from the south There la probably no doubt now that the Burlington will bo in Ogden during this year This will give Ogden another competing line to the East and then the question of western connections connec-tions will play an Important part In the future coucso to be pursued for the West 4in extension of the Burlington can bo for no other purpose tlian to profit by the Oriental trade and commerce The opening up of these great Wosleyn markets will be of untold bencfi1 to Iho ontlro West and Ogden will receive avery a-very largo haro of this benefit The fu turo of Ogden today looks brighter than at any time In her history All that ro iij lns for Garden to do is io take full advantage ad-vantage of the opening opportunities Ogdens Manufacturing WiLbur the past two or three years the manufacturing Interests of Ogden have been greatly advanced The fulldlnner pall brlgade Is recognized as the great foundation of a city s trade growth and prosperity and the people ot this city have given especial attention of recent years to building up the manufacturing business of the city Hero are found avery a-very lrrce number of the raw materials which canbe worked up Into those articles arti-cles of which the West stands In need and which meet with a ready sale In ij1th ami the adjoining Stales The splendid splen-did transportation facilities make Ogden an Ideal placo to manufacture and the c cheap power and abundance of wood and water together with the proximity of fft many raw materials are added Inducements Induce-ments lo capital to Invest In manufac ture Thero is one tiling vl Ich would probably I prob-ably do Ogden moro good than ny other manufacturing plant and that is a smel Uir Around O dcn within a radius of ten or fifteen miles are a score of mining prospects with welldeveloped veins of lowgrade ore which could be mined prof itably if a smelter wore near at hand The t development of theso mines would mean tho employment of hundreds of moro men vho would live In or near Ogden and who would draw their supplies from Ogdcu merchants If Iho Chamber of Commerce o AAcber club would list these mining prospects and the amount df ore they could produce daily it might Kid to the building of a smeller A smelter nt this point would also stImulate pros pecting and thus add much to the Probability prob-ability of opening up paying mines hero widen would give Ogden a great lift in wealth ana population Tho factories already in operation cm ploy hundreds of operatives but many of them gIve employment for summer work only Winter work also IB a thing to bo looked after here Thn fictorles and the railroads furnish a payroll which Is un usually large for a city of this size The prosperous condlllons obtaining during lie List two years In Utah havo been reflected in the manufacturing Industries not only in the Increase In Iho number of fac tories bu4also In tho business dono bv each Among other factories which ft Js thought eau bo profitably operated are L paper mill a boot and shoe factory oat meal mill a woolHcourlng plant an Iron blast furnaco woodworking1 plant etc 3Inft onyx of as high a grade niiA as beau tlful In coloring as that from Mexico Is t found twenty miles north of tho city and I tho manufacture of this material would prove a very profitable business Two foundries and iron works four wagon and carriage factories a tannery three sash and door factories seven can ning faotorlet all do a flourishing buol iwss employing labor and bringing money Into Ogden from nil the adjacent E3Intc During the year tho Ogden Candy com Piny and the Pawlas Tandy company consolidated with the J G McDonald company of Salt Laku City with the re iuht that one of the fnctorles was closed nnd the two Ogden factories consolidated lander the management of Jack Pawlas But later a new company was organized which took the name of the Ogden Candv company and henco the net result Is thai there are still two candy factories opcrat I log In Ogden These factories have a total output of approximately four tom per dam and find it reudy alo for their goodtt in all the nearby States Thon are four butter and choesR < XacT torles in operation In Ueber county ono In Ogden one in Kden ono In Slatcrvllle and ono In Hooper with still others Ii contemplation ror Iho coming P lng These notorletJ do a biiHliiciw of over 225 COO nnmially The creamery of W 31 Raymond Is thu oldewt fHtabllshcd one In the county Mr Raymond ttlfco hn a storage refrigerator of largo capacity Woolen Hills The Ogdtm Woolen mills changed hands during the past year thn control passing Into the hands of Mr Hendrlckson of Logan who is nt the head of a strong company A largo number of chajigou and Improvements in the plant have been made and now machinery Installed all of which make the new mill one of the bestequipped plants In tho West Tho output approximates S500CO per annum and a ready 8 sile for nil the goods manu foeiurcd Is found In Utah and adjoining States Up to the presunt no lute dress cloth havo been manufactured but that him of manufacture Is In contemplation Thn capacity of the mill has been largely Increased under the present management manage-ment About thlrtyHvo hands are em ploycd and this number will be Increased the present year Box Factory Messrs J J and E C Olson are the proprietors of thn Ogden Box Factors which manufactures fruit boxes and berry ber-ry cups exclusively During the manufacturing manu-facturing season the factory employs into in-to 10 hands and the output In something over 5 000 worth of goods per year Flouring Mills The manufacture of Hour IK I one of Iho chief industrler of Ogden The wheat grown In Weber county and In northern TJtah especially on tho bench lands Is of the finest quality and Iho flour produced pro-duced by tho Ogden mills is of the highest grade There arc three milling companies com-panies doing business In Ogden tho Ogden Og-den Milling and Elevator company the fUverdnln company and tho Peery Bros The mills owned by theso companies havn a dally capacity of COO barrels and the output during the past year was nearly up to tho capacity of the mills Much of tho flour Is sold and consumed in Ltah the people ot Ogden practicing the plan of ptronlrlng home Industries The Ogden Milling and Elevator company has a Uirfjo export trade and during the past year shipped out of the United States over 800UOO pounds of flour The expansion expan-sion of this country westward has been of great benefit to the millers of Ogden and also InelclWually to Iho whole people peo-ple Of this company Joseph Clark Is president James Mack vicepresident 11 M Mack secretary and treasurer and 11 A Lilndloy mmauor Messr Horace and Harold Pccry comprise com-prise thai firm of lie Peery Bros and the reery mill 01 Twentyfourth street Is the iiilynm lu the I city t operated by electricity electric-ity Thesn mills uoiibumo thousands of bushels uf wheat annually and he fact that so much of their trade is export makes a local market for the farmers wheat at a much hotter prIce than If the product of tho mills competed wholly wtlh other mills of Utah Brick and Tile Among Ogdcnsmanufacturing institutions institu-tions is tho Ogden Press Brick and Tile company tho plant of which is located about three miles north of tho city In Hnrrlsvllle precinct Tho company has extensive clay deposits and while it manufactured man-ufactured only brick the past season yet tho intention Is to make both brick and tllo the coming season Last year the product was about 1500003 brick which will bo considerably increased this year Employment Is given to fifteen men curing cur-ing the I SCOSLII Of this company Thomas D Deo Is president George U Matson vicepresident 15 W Matson secretary and Charles 11 Kireher treasurer l lno white brick Is one of this companys specialties spe-cialties Tho Enterprise Clay Works Is the name of another clayworking company the works being located in Ogden City This plant is equipped with the very finest machinery ma-chinery for thin manufacture of tilts and sewer pipe tho product for the year amounting to nearly JoOOO The company has had a large demand for sewer pipe from all over tho AAcst and the factorys output for the year was principally of this pipe The company Is in a nourishing nourish-ing condition Its officers are J M Harris Har-ris president C E AVcstcr secretary and manager and R B LewIs treasurer Tho plant Is one of the most finelyequipped in the West and turns out a superior quality of goods Besides these plants there aro four others in and around Ogden City whoso output Is principally of brick red brick of a rich dark color being produced There is also a pottery plant which turis out a line grade of dark pottery ware the greater part of the output being be-ing absorbed in Ogden Tho clays which are found near the city aro of tho finest character from the ordinary or-dinary red brfclc clay to liro clay Potters Pot-ters clay Is also found In two or three localities and thin Is pronounced to be of line quality As the Western country develops de-velops the supplies of sower pipe llro brick and potteryware as well as great supplies of white brick will undoubtedly bo obtained from Ogden factories Brewing Tho Becker Brewing and Malting company com-pany of which G L Becker Is president and J S Becker secretary Is an Ogden institution that does < L large binness the business of the brewery for the past year being fully up to tho capacity of the plant rIte company gives steady employment to 25 men and sends its product all over Utah Idaho Wyoming and Nevada rIte capacity of the plant is 15000 barrels oC beor per year and lie malting capacity Is 2 t 000 bushels of malt per year Pickle and Vinegar Factoiy Tho Utah Vinegar and Pickle AVorks Is an esUiblishmonl owned by Mr Edwanl Blchsel whheli does a thriving business Tho output ot the factory averages two cars of pickles and ono car of vinegar per month ten men being employed in iho average throughout the year In the man ufartaro of pickles an airage of 2 > 0 ions of cucumlvrK thirty tons of cabbage ten tons of caullllowcT and len tons of onions aro used Soap Works The George A fraig Soap company is a company organized the past year for the manufacture of soap rIte factory Is located lo-cated on lower Twentyfourth street and employs thrte men the product of the factory fac-tory being SlUiO worth of goods per month Two brands of soap arc manufactured Iho Ogden and tho Home which find t ady rule Cracker Factory The past summer Mr George A Craig nlanned a cracker factory und on Decent ber 1st opened up a thoroughlyequipped factory under the name of the United States Cracker Factory All kinds of crackers cakes and other box goods arc manufactured und the quality Is up to the highest standard Eleven men are employed and the output promises tu bo large Wholesale Business Ogden City Is ono of the best points In I the whole AVest for carrying on a whole sale business by reason of its transpor J lailon facilities Us lines ot railway reaCh IUR out In all directions like the spokes of a wheel with Ogden as the hub Many lines of goods are now dealt In by whole nalo here Including of course the goods manufactured at this point whisky beer soap crackers canned goods dry goods paints oils groceries wagons anil farm Implement cigars f i uil of all kinds vegetables lumber Hour furniture I grain etc Tho past year has been a prosperous year for the Ogden wholesalers because of the greatly lncrcuscd demand for goods and It Is clo = ely estimated that lie busl flOss of 1MO showed an Increase of 20Tier cent over that done In ISM The business or ISfti was figured at approximately > OCOCGO i > o that the business of last year was over JIOSOOCCO Business was ex tended Into now territory find enlarged In territory already occupied Ogdcns wholesale business Is represented through the country by about ifrt salesmen and the clerks employed In the home offices and warerooms number nearly 50o Os dons wholesale business IB rapidly climb ing up and time and the advent of new railroad will make of her Ihe greatest Jobbing point west of Denver Around Ogden City la a largo and fertile valley country well settled with prosperous prosper-ous farmers and stockgrowers This adds greatly to the retail business tom In this cIty and lal year by reason oC lie prevailing prosperity was the ban nor year to tho retail dealers In The his tory of the city The trade amounts to many millions and gives employment to nearly 2100 clerks and other employees In over 120 stores Osden has anumbor of ctoreo In various lines that arc a ercdlr to the city ind would bo a credit tu a city much larger Th > C A SmurthwuUo Produce company com-pany does a large business In grain and seeds and has recently token up the salo of lie Aveiiarlus Carbollneum a wood preservative which Is being used quite extensively The Banks Ogden han now but five banks and for that reason all of them do a splendid i ii ii I business During the year the Utah Loan und Trust bunk which did business In tho than Utah Loan and Trust building itt the corner of Twentyfourth street aim AYojdilnctpn laVenue went out of exist ence paid all clnlm In full and closed HH dorrs This move was made for the principal prin-cipal purpose of concentrating business Tho Utah Ixiun nnd Trust building was mid to Mr David Ecele and Its name changed to tho Ecclen building The FIrjst National bank was Incorporated Incor-porated In 1SS1 and does s goad business David Eccle Is president Thomas D Dee vicepresident and James Plngrec cashIer Its capital fa 1M000 and Rid surplus xnd I undivided profits S9Q It has deposits of 7 d4248 loans and discounts 390 > U7 OL The Utah National bank the United I States depositary for Ogden was organized organ-ized as a private bank In 1S74 and chartered char-tered ns a national bank In 1SW Its cap Jtal and surplus amount to SirViOCO Its deposits aggregate over SJOOOOO and Its loans are upward of SsoOCw John L Dooly is president and AA K Adams cashier cash-ier Jt Is a turnng and popular bank The Ogden Savings bank was incorporated Incor-porated In KVOi with a capital of 75JO It now has deposits amounting to W2iSOOi with 2i2JO of loans David liccles Is president Joseph Clark vicepresident and James Plngreo cashier I The Ogden State bank a private bank i Jug Institution and one of the strongest < In the State was organized In the fall oc 1SSD and has a capital of 5100000 Its de i posits amount to JtKSCOO and loans ZiIOOO < JL C BIgelow Is president John A Boyle vicepresident A P BIgelow cashier and K A Moyes assistant cashier Tho Commercial National bank ono of the strong and safe organizations of the Stale was organized In ISM Of this bank the veteran hanker and capitalist J W Outline Is president Abbott N 1 fry wood vicepresident T D Hyatt cashier and R T Hume assistant cashlcn The cap Hal of this bank Is 100CCO with unit vided profile on December Sth of IOj > SJiA The deposits amount to ytt27977S wUi loans of ZO21 Building Records The past year has been the best In the history of the city for the past ten years in tho mailer of buildings and general Improvements Three to four times as much building has been done as in any oilier one year of the ten and other Improvements Im-provements have been made to correspond corre-spond New sewer districts have been pall out and the sawers will bo lonslruct ed yet this winter while Ito first movement move-ment has boon made for tho making of three blocks of street paving on Washington Washing-ton avenue an improvement greatly needed A correct estimate of the amount of building done could not bo obtained from the office of Building Inspector Parker for the reason that lie office was mat crallve a portion of Ito year and many houses have been erected which havo i ot been reporled lo Ito Inspector H is not probable that over onehalf of the real amount cf money Invented In permanent properly improvements durIng the year Is shown by the building record Iho record shows however that during Ihc year fifteen now business house mostly brick structures were creeled at an approximate ap-proximate cost of GO000 and llfleen dwellings dwel-lings mostly brick at an approximate cost of 520000 From lie number of new structures seen to have been erected thor iiiET tho year it would stem that a lair estimate of the money Invested In permanent per-manent improvements would bo something some-thing over 200000 This record makes a decided change which will It is expected be kept up and Increased during the coming twelvemonths twelve-months With a few exceptions these new buildings are rather small limited to tho present need for extra room but they are all attractive and respectable looking buildings Tho now Ilalley hotel is tho most pretentious building It Is to bo when completed a fivestory brick and stone structure 120x103 feet ground area to cost J35CCO H Is being built on the corner of AVall avenue and Twcnlyfirih street on Ito vacant lot Just 6ast of the Union depot and when finished will mako a sightly corner where before stood ragged rag-ged and unsightly billboards It is a great improvement for the town Postoffice Business A growing illy always shows Us growlh In Us poslofllco record This has been particularly true of Ogden During tho jifsl three years the postal business has shown R steady increase but the Increase during Iho past year was moro nollvcnblc than for ton years The office Is under the efficient management of Charles Melghan postmaster and few ofilccs In lie country can show a boiler record The gross receipts of the office for the year were S3112J while for 1S39 the gross receipts were 2oGlG an increase for the year cf 1507 Jn the money order department for the year there were Issued 13907 money orders or-ders with a total valuation of S1150IC17 There were paid 13GS7 orders with a total valuation of 1010072 a balance in favor of tho city of So2 I305 In the registry department there were handled ISCTi packages of local registered mall and approximately 221050 pieces of through regislercd mailer which had to be checked and rebllled al Ibis point The office averaged 11000 letters per day handled han-dled besides 3100 pieces of other mailer The average weight of first class mall originating In Ogden ally Is seventytwo pounds dally sixtylive pounds of second class matter and fiftyfive pounds of third and fourth class aro sent out every day During the year the clerical force of the olfico has been Increased oreand ono new carrier added the clerks now numbering num-bering seven and tho carriers nine Besides Be-sides these there are a number of railway rail-way mall clerks en the payroll of thIs office The total salary paid at this ollico is S17S50 the oillcc giving a net return to the Government of over 10000 The payroll pay-roll of the clerical force In the olllce has been increased by 31000 The officers and employees of th office are Charles Mcighan postmaster George J Kelley assistant Miss Edna Thomas stamp clerk A L Rlchcy through registry regis-try clerk A M Dodge assistant through registry clerk Frank Clayton day mall big clerk Frank M Pierce night mailing mail-ing clerk S 10 Corey general delivery and city distributing clerk Mr Drum n ond subati title dork M O Coivv Ralph Pldcock Frank Howe Kdgar Stone Bert LilzcnberK AVllliam Reid J M Llnstrom Richard Taylor and Fred Xollar carriers Amos Stone Jr Frank Lewis and R N Ames substitute carpers car-pers messciiKcr A llorspool From the Ogden poStofilco hero Is a dally mall delivery lo every town and set llement In Weber county There are four dally deliveries of mall In the business busi-ness portion of the city and two In the residence portion Western Union Telegraph In the AAreslorn Unlonoillce al Ogden there are employed an average of twenty two operators four clerks lour mcs cn gets and two linemen The ofilco at this point is ono of the most Important In the AVest and handles a vast amount of business busi-ness it being a relay ofilco where cast and west business is relayed to Its destination desti-nation north or south and vice versa Considerable Improvement in the service has been made during the year and under un-der the management of Mr J B Twiford gives good satisfaction to the people During the year this company has cs lablishcd a district messenger service having connections all over the city and in every business house A half dozen messengers do the work The system Is a great convenience Telephone System Ogden Is a ort of general telephone exchange ex-change for the Rocky mountain region for It Is In the Ogden office that connections connec-tions are made on the longdistance wires between the east and west north and south The tollroom here handles more business by far than all other tollrooms In the Slate combined a double stand of lie most improved pattern being used There are eight wires to Salt Lake City besides way wires to Intermediate towns and from hero wires reach out lo Butte Boise Pocatello and other places north and to Evanston Cheyenne and Denver where connections still further east arc made The local exchange consists of 325 telephones tele-phones and employs eleven operators seven of whom are young ladles who touch the button Tho office is under iho management of Mr AV AY Crosi > mun Street Railway System For many ycirs Ogden suffered with a street railway system which had become dclipldated run down and generally unsatisfactory un-satisfactory hi Its operation Particularly was this true during the last two or three years and It was gencrallv thought that the owners of Iho system presumably tho JarvlsConklin company of Xew York allowed the system to pet in such condition condi-tion In order to force an extension of tho street railway franchise through the City Council After several attempts It became be-came apparent that no franchise extension could be had by the old company and consequently tho JarvltiConklln people sold the property and franchise to a syndicate syn-dicate of Ogden capitalists who secured a thirtyyear franchise Tho new company at cure bopm to Improve Im-prove iho road and its equipment A new trolley wire was strung along the entire system new poles placed and new ties were put in replacing the old ones which had become almost useless The old cars were repaired and put In as good condition condi-tion ns possible and four now cars of the latest pattern and improvements wore nut Into use On December Iflt five new big eightwheel ears were ordered from the factory and theo will be In operation before be-fore the winter IK over The new company was Incorporated In 1 May of the Jiast year and at once look possession of the street railway properties when the Improvements Im-provements were begun The opening of Glenwood park mada a wonderful Increase In the amount of buti Inesjj on the car lines and In order to facilitate fa-cilitate the handling of this resort l > usl irnss a mllo of double track was built on AAushlngton avenue from Twentythird street north About ihlrlyHxc men arc given regular employment and during the last six months morn than double that number have been employed A number of further Improvement are contemplated and It is probable that the present year may sco tile extension of the lines In lie residence portion of the city The O > jdun Rapid Transit company llm new corporation corpora-tion Is officered as follows Thomas D Dee president E M Allison Jr vice president George II Matron secretary and II II i Spencer treasurer Sir David Eccles la also a heavy stockholder During Iho year over 2000000 paxsengcrs woro carried The matter ot operating the railway motor mo-tor line to the Hot Springs by electricity was again talked of during Ito latter part of tho year and it is Bald to be one of the possibilities of the present year that an electric line will be run to these famous springs Should these springs come into I the ownership of Ogden people not only will this electric line be built but a new and enlarged hotel and bathhouses would bo erected and every facility provided for attracting and caring for an Increased patronage The Hot Springe electric line would connect with the street railway system on AVnshlngton avenue at First street City Waterworks Twelve years ago Ogden City owned her own waterworks system and derived a comparatively handsome revenue from tho 1 same Now a few of Ogdcns leading capitalists own the waterworks system 1 and they also derive a handsome rove t line from the ifamc Between the two dates a great deal of waterworks history i was made I In the year 1SSB Ogden City sold to John i R Bolhwell or attempted to sell to him the water of Ogden river which was owned by the city together with the then existing reservoir and distributive pipe system for lie sum of 1 and the further considerations First that a new reservoir reser-voir be built of enlarged capacity that a now pipeline be built from the Intake I box in Ogden river to the reservoir a distance of about seven miles and that a now and moro extensive distributive system sys-tem be put In second that a branch canal should be built from the Bear river to Ogden Og-den river and that enough water should be poured Into Ogden river from the Bear river to replace at least the amount of water taken from lie Ogden river for the use of Ihe Ogden City waterworks Tho sale was completed on these terms to John R Bothwcll or his assigns Mr Bothwcll being engaged at that time in constructing an extensive canal sys tom to water thousands of acres of land in Ito Bear River valley about twenty miles north ot Ogden the water lo bo taken out of the Bear river An immense malii ditch was constructed In Bear River canyon lapping ito river about Jive miles up the canyon the dItch costing hundreds oC thousands of dollars Just below the month ot Ito I canyon Ito ditch was to bo divided Into two branches Ito west branch to carry lie waters to lie lands toward tho lake and Ito cast branch to supply water lo Iho land nearer Ino mountains This east branch was lie ono to bo extended to Ogden river through which lie farmers dependent Ogden river water for Irrigation upon could bo made whole for the water taken out of lie Ogden river above for bet cllvs uso John K Bothwcll very soon assigned his conlractlo the JarvlsConk lln people being it Is said but their agent from tIter start The new company the built Iho Ogden Avalcrworks reservoir new conduit through the canyon and the new distributive system In the city but the east branch of tho Bear River Irrigating Irri-gating canal was never built to Ito Ogden Fiver and the farmers never received the Rear river water which had been promised prom-ised them Affairs moved along smoothly for a few until the question began to bo agitated years ot the tated of the municipal ownership waterworks Then tho CIty Council commenced some means whereby tno menced to plan system could bo secured for the city There IVJIB one certain clauso In the city s contract with John R Bolhwell which provided lint the city could purchase tho waterworks system at any time upon paying therefor the cost of construe ion and a certain bonus Acting on I liEs clause nn effort at purchase was made but It bclns Impossible to get at Ito I cost of construction Iho purchaso was not made But the negotiations caused friction between the city and he nom puny and the city began an action In the courts hooking ossard the possession of the waterworks system The waterworks water-works company retaliated with a cross action and for nearly sx years the city litigation and the company have been In ga in the State and Federal courts TIm city lilies ot obtained a decree from Judge lie city wiS tue State District court that the owner and entitled to lie 1tossqioit of 97 01 a foot of water in Ogden niver and certain parts of the old distributive water svstcm an accounllns being or derctl The company obtained a Judgment against the city for 32000 for hydrant rental and so the litigation progressed Then came a company of Ogden capitalists cap-italists and offered to buy the water sys lie Jar presumably tem of the owners vlsConklln people for the sum of 100ccu payable in the bonds of the proposed new company secured by tho waterworks and franchises AVhllo negotiations properties in progress Ogden City tiations were made another attempt to buy the works last attempt was unsuccessful but this court although the aid of the Federal was Invoked to compel the water company and lo a company ui to sell to Ito city citizens representing the city As Ito water system had been In the hands of a receiver for years Ito sale had 1 to bo ordered by the Federal court he court having Jurisdiction in the case After bearing all parties iho court or tho receiver Mr W C Weaver tIered I to soil the system lo lie company of Ogden Og-den capitalism and lo accept as payment fherofor SWCM in bonds of Iho company The sale was made and the new Ogden Waterworks company took possession 01 on October 11 WOO the property Thomas D Dee Is company Of the new B II Allison Jr vicepresi president dent George H Matson secretary IT IT treasurer and C II Kireher Spencer manager and these gentlemen wlia Mr DavidKcclcs comprise the company YVhLliior lie litigation between Ito com and to city will now cease In 1 an patty unanswered question but some of thuxp In authority In the city say that still fur thee efforts will bo made to secure tho avstain for the city The new com wiitcr is contemplating some considerable extensions pnnv and Improvements I during ihe of HIM coming season The water supply the clearest Is plentiful and of cllvs very bo found coldest and healthiest water to anywhere Power Works Barring the great power works at Niagara Niag-ara Ogacn has one of the largest electric elec-tric power plants In the country Power Is not only supplied for Ogden City but ono of the longest transmitting lilies la tho world conveys the electrical power to Salt Lake City a distance of thirty 1 eight mlleu where It is utilized in city lighting operating lInt electric street rail 1 May systems and for other purposes This power la derived from the waters of Ogden Og-den river and In harnessing the river and applying Its force a plant was constructed costing upward of a million and a half of money The water Is conveyed to the powerhouse through six miles of pipe the pipeHue wandering aloir lie mountain moun-tain side on the north side oC Ogden canyon can-yon unlll the mouth of the canyon Ja i reached when tho line turns lo the north for a short distance and then runs directly di-rectly west to tho powerhouHc At a point about a halfmile above AVlnslowa or about five mllcn from the mouth of tho canyon a dam has booh constructed about fifteen feet high stretching from one side of tho canyon to the otir rIte dum slice cxtendM down about forty foot to bedrock forming a uiopaco dam which holds the water which formerly went downthe canyon In the rock beneath the bed of the river The dam form a reservoir baekliur up a con slderahlo body of water In Ogden mnyon nnd rwichlnK up Into AVheelor canyon aside a-side canyon opening Into Ogden canyon just above the dam At the south side of lie dam is tho Intake In-take tower where the water Is controlled anal regulated as it enters the big sixfoot pipe This pipe Is si hx feet In diameter throughout its entire distance the first live miles being of wood the last mile whore the pressure Is great being ot heavy steel fin wood pipe Is 1 constructed of Inch pine staves jointed together and banded by round iron bunds Inch in diameter and placed three Inches apart At lie highest point In the pl > ellnc nearly f > 00 eel above tho hunt at the I powerhouse the wooden plpo In merged t into Ito steel pipe and from thai point ito i-to Ito powerhouse nearly a mile the doecent Is rapid and the water pressure enormous Tho steel plpo ranges from lnch In thickness to nearly an inch the I tHickness t Increasing as Ito pressure increases in-creases toward tho powerhouse About fifty yards from the powerhouse the plpo divides two smaller pipes carrying fho water to each side of the building to bo < discharged on the turbine wheels which turn the big dynamos The powerhouse Is constructed lo op orate ten dynamos but the present Installation In-stallation consists of but five dymunos of a thousand horsepower capacity each These dynamos are In constant UKO and the product of electrical power Is approximately ap-proximately COOO horsepower As lie water strikes iho turbine wheels It passes down Into a stone canal In the basement of the powerhouse which conveys It out of the building and back Into the river again where It Is used for Irrigating the land lying below It was the original intention of Uio company com-pany which built iho power works lo construct con-struct at the intake point In tho canyon an enormous dam 10 feet high and ICO cot thick at lie hse l This would malta a great reservoir covering about 2CCO acres of land in Ogden valley and filling tutu eastern iwo miles of the canyon with water lo the depth of ICO feet The Ogden I river would easily fill this Immense reser volr in lie winter and springtime and with this immense amount of stored water wa-ter enough water voulcl bo at command to fill the sixfool plpo throughout tho year This amount of water would furnish fur-nish pressure enough to produce JOOOO electrical horsepower nnd this Is hue capacity of the plant as figured by Iho original promoter Mr C K Bannister to whose genius and perseverance Ogden Is indebted for the power plant rite company the Union Light and Power company also owns a Inict of about OWO acres of land in Ito western part of AVeber county and this hind Is I r c fe fiKC 0 r SSw q t til P s East Canyon Dam to bo Irrigated in the future by Ihe surplus sur-plus water from lie reservoir Only a small part of lie power produced is used In Ogden City Ihe greater part of tho producl being sent lo Salt Lake City over transmission line of six wires The foundation plant Is hero to supply tIm two cities of Ogden and Salt Lake with all the electrical power they need for many years to come I Fire Service Ogden has as good and efficient a fire department as can bo found In any city of her sio In tIm country It Is a paid department de-partment of eleven men including the Chief Orson Riser besides which there Is a volunteer department paid for service at Five Points Iho northern section of tInt cIty Tint central lire station on Grant avenue located OH City Hall square Is very complete and perfect la its equipment equip-ment and arrangement so perfect in fact that the tlmo made by tho department cannot bo excelled anywhere At this station lie apparatus consists of hose wagons steamer chcralcalt ladder truck and aerial ladder Tho firealarm system consists of over fifty boxes la various parts of the city During tho year up lo December ISth there were ninetytwo alarms of fire as against fortyseven In JSD9 The Insurance Involved was MV100 and the I Insurance lots was 5311 a remarkably good showing rite net loss was hhi19A the 0000 loss being on iwo houses not Insured The value of lie buildings Involved was 1490 400Of Of these al irms thirtytwo were by l telephone tele-phone fortyeight by alarm box eleven by messenger and ono by the night watch Tlioro were 112 ½ hours of actual lire service ser-vice 1010 gallons of chemical fluid were used ISIS feet of ladders extended 21930 foot of hose laid and 419 miles of distance traveled In going to fires The total expense ex-pense of the department for the year was 1172178 Including salaries There were no serious accidents during the year Tho personnel of the department Is as follows I Central slallon Orson Riser Chief M J I cwett Assistant Chief A Rogers captain N T Moore clcclrlclan D L Lee C M Doe II J Chappie drivers K C West 12 12 Barton hose men G 13 Wardlaw hydrant man A T Waldranc extra driver G A Lowe P Ilerrick substItutes J Morrison watch boy At station No 3 Five Points James llarrop Is captain with twentytwo mon The Police Force The Ogden police force Is distinguished for two things It Is tho smallest for a city of this size In this county and for its size the most efficient forco In tho world Just an even dozen men constitute consti-tute the force Including ChIef Captain detective jailers and patrolmen Ogden Is situated at hue meeting place between the West and tho East and has an amount 01 travel whIch is vonueriuiiy largo The city Is on tho main pathway of travel ami Iramps and crooks of all kinds from the sneaklhlof to the expert cracksman make this a stopoiiur place Jlenco tIm fact that such a small police force has been able lo preserve the peace of the city to a most remarkable extent shows still more strongly Us efficiency More crooks are captured In Ogden on outsldo requests than Mn any other cIty of the same size In the country The officers of-ficers and personnel of lie force are aa I I follows John Conllsk Chief Thomas 13 I Brownlncr Captain James F Ponder de lecllvo B Terncs Police court clerk and desk sergeant W F Crltchlow jailer MaronI Brown guard C C Brown D O Sullivan Ezra Fair John Hulchons Fred I M Tout and John PIncock patrolmen i City Government Ogdon City was Incorporated as a village vil-lage on Fcbruarv G I IS51 the Hon bonn Farr being the first Mayor his terms of office extending over a period of twenty years Since tInt village was first founded found-ed it haw grown but move particularly since the advent of the railroads In 1IS the growth bus been steady It Is a city of much beauty with Its fine business blocks broad streets handsome nubile buildings beautiful residences wealth of foliage and numerous parks At present I the city has fiftytwo miles of streets of which fortvseven miles are graded and graveled the graveling1 beinir so done as to make tInt streets almost like macadam Iced street Over a hnlfmllo of street Is paved and the preliminary steps havo been taken to pave another halfmile of the principal business street with nsphall um COOler and cutrock gutters and sides There are many miles of asphalt and stono sidewalk TIter are over five miles of sower and thirtyfour miles of distributive water system pipe ranging1 from two to twenty Inches In diameter A tine and commodious city hall In the center of an attractive park two fire stations a modern Jail and police station largo hospital hos-pital etc are somo of Ito Improvements owned by the munlclpalliv The citys officials arcM > S Browning Mayor Llwtto E Miller Auditor John V Blulh Recorder Herbert K MncMII lan Attorney llobert A Move Tress liver Joseph Hall Police Magistrate H JI Thornan President of than Council R A t Kmmett T I H Carr George AV Jones H J Powers Joseph Parry C AV frost A AV Brown O Flygarc II If ThomaB and J W Abbott Councllmen John Con Hsk Chief of Police Orson Riser Chief of Fire Department A F Parker City Engineer Joseph Sanders Street Supervisor Super-visor J H AVaiklnx Sanllary Inspcclor AV L Porter Sexton A AVhlto Cool Oil Inspector AV F Orlichlow night Jailer lion TcrncR day Jailer situ Iollco court clerk A Peterson poundkiNper Tim cIty Is I In fairly good financial con dlllon Us bonded Indebtedness being 50l OCO while Us lloatlng or warrant Indebtedness Indebted-ness Is approximately S40COO a reduction J for the year of over 25000 In the Homing debt Tho cost of operating the city during dur-ing tIm year IWO one month estimated wofl n10S > S7 almost the same amount expended In iSiO The receipts for 19CO tvlht one month estimated wero 11032284 an increase of over 20CCO In receipts over hue year 1S9D This Increase was due lo the moral courage of tho City Councllmen who had the nerve to raise the tax levy to H llguro which would produce enough revenue to operate lie city government without further plunging thc city In debt For years thu Indebtedness of thus city had grown steadily In lids hero was a dccrcfisa In the taxable valuation of the property In Ogden City as returned by tho County Assessor of nearly SoOOOCO from Ito valuation of tho previous year But Ito Council inslcad of raising lie city lax levy io equalise the decrease In the assessed valuation and thus produce ns much revenue as had been produced tho year before which Itself was Insuffi dent for tho citys expenses reduced the tax levy from I lo S mills This year with nearly SlOCCO again added to Iho assessed as-sessed valuation of tho oily the Council raised lie levy to 104 mills and thus not only produced enough revenue to meet the citys expenses but enough also to make a beginning toward wiping out the citys Indebtedness which In 1S99 hud reached almost the legal debt limit Thin year also the proportion of lixox collected was greater than In 1SW The expenses of the city wero almost the same amount as In the year 1SS9 It Is not beyond a possibility that within tho next year or two Ogden City will own UK own system of waterworks Efforts have been made looking to tho ownership of thn present system but these efforts have so far failed If however Ito recent Judgment by the courts of J311COO against the waterworks water-works system In favor of the city bo HUK talncd Iho city will doubtless be able to own the present system or build anew a-new system of Us own The very recent move made by E W i Wndo of lie Union Light and Power company com-pany in appropriating all the waters of Ocden river not heretofore apiroprlalcd and the announced Inlonllon io put In thrcfi or four dams on different forks of the river to reservoir lie writer Is a movo which If carried out will gIve to the municipal government of lie cIty nn unlimited un-limited amount of water In addition to Iho 07 feet already owned bk I the oily This will enable llib city to build and operato a water svstom without any fear as lo a pn slnlo scarcity ot water Tho present city administration seems to bo doing good work and so long as this continues the city will grow stronger financially 1 1 Tho city is well supplied with water and Is well lighted nearly 100 arc street lamps being operated The Hospital Ogden has one of Ito best hospitals In the AVest best as regards the building and accessories Tho building was erected somo ten years ago by Ito city as a city hospital but the experiment was not a success amid often tle building had been vacant for some time it was leased by an association of Ogden physicians and by them remodeled and refitted so that It takes rank with lie best in this section of the country The hospital is open to avery physician of tho county or to any physician to havo his patients cared for there Popular Resorts In and around Ogden Clly I are a number of amusement and summer reports which jiro very popular and which aro well palionlzed As a purely amusement resort re-sort fllenwood park stands at the head ono of lie i most beautiful parks In tho Vest In the spring of 1SM an attempt was made lo start anamusement park in what was known as Farrs grove on Seventeenth street The ottemnt triM a failure but In hue spring of 10W the Idea was carried out by a company of CJgdcn men who conceived the Idea of making out of Ito beautiful grove a still more beautiful park The Glenwood Park company com-pany was Incorporated with Thomas D Dee president George II Matson vice president C II Kireher secretary and Irensurer and AAr C Weaver manager Work was begun In lie early spring and Ito contemplated Improvements were pushed rapidly The grounds were laid out on a beautiful plan the river being used to make an islan l and a boating place Mcnagario cages and an animal park wore built and walks and flowerbeds flower-beds laid out In every direction A large theater and dancing pavilion candy stands lunch counters and other acccn series were erected and the whole park brilliantly lighted with hundreds ot Incandescent In-candescent and arc lights Over iOOt0 was spent In Improvements and this season sea-son another large expenditure will be mado lo carry out the elaborate plans of time company Tho park was a gr > al attraction during last season and as high as 10000 people were registered in at the entrance gate during a single day A number of Stall excursions were brought to the park and this year Ito company will reach out still moro strongly for State patronage Nine miles north of the city Is situated the Ogden Hot Springs a health and summer sum-mer resort of national reputation At the base of a lofty mountain peak the water of these hot springs come out of the earth In three separate places and is conducted In underground pipes a distance of 100 yards lo Iho bathhouses TInt water COTTKS out of the earth at almost the boll Ing point charged heavily with sulphur and other minerals which give the water a strong medicinal character TIn water is famous for its curative effects In rheumatism rheu-matism and other blood diseases and pa heats visit lie springs by hundreds to take advantage OL the baths Tho baths are located on the Oregon Short Lino railroad rail-road where a station has been built I lorI the lor-I accommodation of guests a largo hotel ho-tel bus been built connected with the pun He and private baths Tho amount of patronage has made It advisable lo extend the hotel accommodation and there is talk of a large new hotel being built To lie cast of the hotel and bathrooms therc Is a largo ballroom built In a grove of trees and this grovo and ballroom arc great atlracllons for Ogden people DurIng Dur-ing the summer months excursions run almost dally lo time resort One of lie attractive summer features of Ogden Is the Ogden canyon boulevard which extends from the eastern terminus of Twentysecond street through the canyon can-yon for a distance of nearly len miles HIs H-Is the finest canyon road in ihe Vest smooth and level as a floor and runs through mountain scenery of unsurpassed beauty and grandeur This road leads to two of the most beautiful summer resorts In tho country located In delightful shady nooks In the mountains beside the Ogden river Tho first uf these is tho Hermitage about fivo miles from lie city where hundreds of Ogdcns clllxcns upend the heated term In tho river Is the finest trout fishing and In the mountains plenty of hunting so that a summer spent In ono of these resorts Is a season of unalloyed pleasure l l1 4I i J II Jlllt LlLLWlVl U H LV 4VII UJI 15 LI IW resort known ns AVIlislows where an extensive ex-tensive grovo furnishes a shady camping place At both these places hotels are conducted which aro well patronized while in the groves Hundreds of people camp in tents during the summer season Following the canyon boulevard still further Ogden valley Is reached a rich valley entirely surrounded by mountains Numerous canyons lead out of this valley northward and eastward back Into the I heart of the mountains where large game Is found In abundance Just east of Ogden City at the head of Taylors canyon Is a nesort known as Mallna Heights Here la a beautiful grove by the side of a rushing little mountain moun-tain stream where In the summer season tents are thickly dolled There Is a hotel at this point alsp From this resort Is obtained ob-tained a most magnificent view of the Great Salt lake Die valley lyinc bolwceti tho city and thei lake the streams t that traverse the valley to the lake and the city Itself AVIth a good glass a vlowvof Salt Lake City can also bo obtained To the south of Ogden City six miles cber canyon opens out Into the valley In this canyon are some of the most wildly picturesque scenes In the Wasnlch mountains Including the Devils Gate and the Devils Slide Here also are fine camping resorts and fine trout fishing In I the river I When lie Southern Pacific cutoff is completed across lie lake and the bat bins beach on Promontory Ogden will have still another resort the equal of any in iho world not only because of the conveniences con-veniences to be arranged but also because be-cause of the novelty of Its location In ovory direction the health and pleas ureseeker at Ogden will find Just what ho Is looking for The Grand Theater Ogden has one of the largest hand somest and bestequipped operahouses In the West and tIm people show their ap preslatlon by patronizing it liberally Oc don being tho central transfer point be tween Ito West and tho East many of the finest opera and theatrical companies atop hero for a ono night to a week stand that otherwise would not date it Own with only 20000 people llenct Ito people of Ogden an particularly fortunate In thin re8nct The opemhouso proper la in the rear ortlon j of the OperahoiiBc block a fine fivestory white Inlck structure pn WrtHhlnfcton avenue It seats 1700 people nearly 1000 seats b < Ing on tin ground floor Folding cimhlnncd chair a commodloiuj foyer and guenlH drowlngroomH are HOIIIO of the convenience Tho house IB brilliantly bril-liantly lighted and elegant throughout rIme atnge IK one of the largest in the West nnd accommodate tho larje Sets of scenery on the rojd Tho building H owtiul by Mestrs Joaeph Clark David ISrclcM and ih Browning Uros and M under the efficient and active management of Mr AAalter Clark Nearly every ward in Iho city has a commodious amusement hull fitted up as a theater with stage and ccoj sorkiH where local I companies give Ihcnlrlcal prcicnla bus rite old Union Opcrnhousc Is fitted flits fl-its a dancing academy and IB leased b Ford Bros Ogden has Ito large the most convenient con-venient and the moat elegantly appointed dancing hall In Iho Stale It Is located on hue second floor of the Parry building over thn Consolidated Implement com panys wilerooms and la leaner by Prof Mose Christensen formerly of Salt Lakci City This hall the Chrlntcnaen dancing academy is well patronized The Newspapers Vj Ogden has but one daily newspaper thd 1 Standard an evening publication owned and edited by AVllliam Glasmftiin It eon tains thft full I aftrrnuon AM oclayjil Prcsj report and a complete local sarvlbo IBIs IB-Is Republican iu politico w Jr There tire two weekly papers Ito State Journal edited by MaJ K A Lltllelleld and the AVeber County Time edited by M L Snow Both aro Democratic papers industrial Utah Is a semimonthly publication pub-lication devoted lo lie farm and orchard and Its I Idlicd by I J A AVrlght secretary of lie Suite Board of Ilortlculturi 1 Bsides these home papers The Sail Luke Tribune Newts and Herald havo branch ofllceu here and each of these pa pera hna an Ogden department The Hotels Ogden has a good number of pttblla houses of entertainment all of them I first class for tho prices charged During no I year In tho past len have the hotels dono no thiivlng fnil pro pcroii3 a business Among the leading hostelries may bo men Honed time 1ed Pacific Broom Central Windsor Chapman European Cottage Lincoln and Ogden Tho now Ilalley THIn I TH-In course of construction and doubtless will be In operation by next year The Rood Js i the lending uptnwr hotel a thin Jivestory building with the linIng room on tint fifth fioor commanding ci bcaiUIful view of lh < mountains city I valley find lake an everchanging panorama I pano-rama of heauly in ihe summmer season The Broom hotel was leased during lie year lo Messrs Pevton Milliard two experienced hotel men refurnished und refitted elegantly and In now in first class condition It I is ono of tliu land I iiiiii us ui iuu Lliy Public Libynry Tho ogden liiblie library Is nn Inslllu then which Is growing rapidly hot It In numbers and in popularity The library has grown from a very small beginning several years ago under the cure and Interest In-terest of a few publicspirited women who have devoted much time and money to the project of providing a free reading room and library for thoso who need and appreciate Ihe advantage Tho library now has a little over 2COO volumes an Increase of nearly COO volumes during Iho year Time books are particularly well selected and consist of history fiction science and poetlcjil I works Tho library has a most attractive sullo of rooms In Ito city hall building airy i and well I lighted and hero on the labloq can bo found a largo number of dally newspapers and the leading magazines of tho world During thin course of a year lie readingrooms are visited by thousands thou-sands of visitors while time library volumes vol-umes are In constant t circulation I jimonjc the I subscribers The library Is under tho I I charge of Misu fJraeo liner oii as librarian librari-an and hor literary ability and i tborough knowledge of I lie contents of t ho llbmrv mako her services in hunt position I liivalu able The city government by a regular i t appropriation assists hue library and prl vale subscription abo jssItt In I leaping I up Ibis Institution I Tho officers of tho Library association rice is follows Mrs II S Emerson president Mrs Ronsford Smith vicepresident Mrs A J AVarnor secretary Mrs A P Blgelow treasurer Miss Grace Emerson librarian City Public Schools I < As time goes on the school system oC uguen IK ueinsr peiecreu it is now a sollled conviction In the minds of tInt public that Ogdens schouJs are good They have passed the experimental stage Tho paramount Importance of popular educallon lie spkndidlv successful way In which the Hoard of Education and its officers and teachers with heir prodoces sors has organized and directed tho system sys-tem of public schools In this city slnco 1590 and of which tho public H so justly proud nnd the enormous benefits that aro accruing thorofrom are matters concerning con-cerning which all are agreed Some few chances havo taken nlaco In the way of building1 by perfecting Iho sanitary plants at some of the schools The sanllarv measures adopted by let Board of Education in recent years havo madn those changes newswiry Tho changes In the curriculum of Ito I grades is bill slight wllh possibly tint exception that moro stress Is laid upon the English work limo hleh school numbers this year over SCO students The courses offered are lie snme as last year with sonic changes in the work nf science and mathematics In nhyslca and chemistry laboratory hour havo been added The changes In lie curriculum are for the lalter In that la I boralorv work Is now given In connection with all scientific studies Manv weak subjects have been omitted The latter move tends to bring uo the I standard In the moro Important sub Sects sueh as lOiisr Tho chances In the faculty havd buen somewhat numerous Mr i AVll son takes the place of Mr KM Inn os prlnclnnl Dr Mociieh Ph D fLolpsle Is In charge of the department of modern longuaues Dr II 1 S Coolev Ph D Johns llouklns succeeds Mr Englo In hue department of history and economics and Miss Gourlay succerdn Miss Bannister Moro attention has bein given to thn commercial department than usual Morn teachers have been ridded new apparatus supplied and cwrylhlnr dono lo make It a practical course Tho present members of the Board of Education and Its officers are Thomas D Dee president Dr R S Joyce vice president J G Ellis Valentino Gideon E S Rolaop cleric James F Burton treasurer I and AVIllIam Allison Superintendent Superin-tendent The members of the boardelect am Thomafi D Dee Dr R S Joyce henry Gwllllams Dr E M Conroy and G II lalaub Garden has a large number offine school buildings which arc the pride of th < city They range from twelveroom bulld < ings down to fourroom buildings wbll < s besides these are oulte a number of oni to threeroom buildings But In these buildings which are archlteclurally beautiful beau-tiful the greatest care has been taken Jn the heatIng lightlncr and sanitary ir ranjrcments The furnishings and equipment equip-ment are of the best and very complete and no expense has been spared to glvi every advantage to tInt Ogden puuils Dur liiff lie past year the board purchased lb6 old Union Pacific hospital building and grounds The building has been remodeled remod-eled Into a fourroom school building and when necessity requires a largo hulldlncf will be erected there Time school population popula-tion of Ogden Is about COOO pupils 1 Other Schools Among lie other schools which arc In Ogden are four worthy of especial moi lion The Sacred Heart academv for girls Is located on upper Twentyfifth street The building Js a splendid brick structure struc-ture 2CO feet long by 7 = > foot wide and four stories in height It contains a larprn hall classrooms receptionrooms parlor musicrooms dormitories diningrooms chapel etc and Is filled up with all modern mod-ern convenience nnd Improvement Tt Is ono of the best school bulldlmis In Ito A09 and tine which is a credit lo the city The school Is conducled by lie SK tpjs of the Holy Cross and is one of Ihrt most wldelvknown educational Institutions Institu-tions In the eltv Its punlls cumin from VHTIOUS nart of Utah Colorado Nevada Tdaho Wyoming and MonUtri I The nt tondarre reaches upward of TaJ girls nnd young ladles Tho school has a regular liiMniinh scientific nnd FiiTlNh conrin for literary graduation and besides thvo there are regular courses In voice eul ture pin no guitar I u mandolin and I tth I aha a-ha rp while Instruction Is also crlven In painting sewliiu and fancy work TIme standard for ijradinllon te hlfih rain a hhrh grade of excellent Is maintained Tho TntorMounlain ruslnoss college is as the t un tnt Implies n school of huslne where the commensal common sehoul hrnupJioK sborthaiui Ivneivrltinzr bookkeeping book-keeping and business methods are laugh I The principal of lie school Prof J A Smith has rocenllv bought the Stanlard block on Twentyfourth street between Grant and Lincoln and nfter this your ho school will bo held In Its own bulld lag The school has a largo attendance and has a vood reputation TInt St Josephs school for boys located lo-cated on Twontvslxth street between Grant and AArnshlnglon Is a Cathollo school for boys whose instruction W given In llio common school branches nr liiriilory to academic worlr The Wcbcr Stake academy tho acadcn ir Institution of tho aiorinan church fc this county Is l In a flourishing condltlo Tilth a larger attendance than ever bcfor l The regular common school branches aj taught and a theological department I nlvo conducted Thu lurge academy bulh Jug on Jefferson avenue between Twont fourth nnd rwentynrih streets IB owm by tho Mormon church was built for th purpose of tho academy and Is well U ranged for the work Ogden is woll to tho front In all cUt caUonal mutters Deaf and Blind School MTh lJtllh State School l fr timo Deal nn I lillnd la onn of the two Stato lnHtltutlor located In Ogden This School was fin ystabllshcd by an act of the J > cglslalm Jn I tho year 1SSI mid on August Kth that year t hi chool was opened ja ron unction with tin State rnlversllv jimi ii a day school This jilan was nol thorougl Iv 3 satisfactory and soon a Iwirdlng li partmont was established and In ISSS U lorrltory of LItali assumed LImO expense 0 1hf education of those children for whom the parents were uimlilo to provide Jatpr became apparent that tho dc prhool could not bo operated successfully success-fully In connection with the Tnlvcrslt of Itali and consequently a number o offorlB were mado to sopanito tho Uvi finally a building was reded on Un verity square Salt Tnle City and Ii December IKK tho school was moved Int tilt new building Hut the school stl remained a part of Iho TJnlvorsllv nn Jt was nol until the oust itutionni comm volition of 1ST acted that xho 8eparuHo took place Then the school was move to Ogden Rio bceamo a separate Slat Institution Tho buildings and ground vciipled by time State reform school fi Ogden wra stcurei and on Septembc jo 1S3G tim school was moved to Ogdo and the new buildings occupied Tho properly of the school has beo Mondlly Improved lnco tliaL date Who tho school was moved to Ogden th grounds embraced nilysovcn acres an iwo brick 1 buildings woro the Improv mcnts Tho grounds have not been addi to In extent hut they have beiMi greall Improvnd acres of orchard have bt > o planted and Limo greater portion of th ncrcago put under high cultivation th male pupils doing the greater part of th work as n necessary part of their training train-ing for In this school time pupils ar given physical as well as mental trainIng train-Ing and arc taught trades Tho main building Is an Immense four ptnry and basement structure of brick I 11 which are the principal iitudy halls an hliTplns apartments for tho pupils ant an-t Anchors If I I IK a solid massivo structur and not without architectural beauty Th dormitories occupy the third and fotirt slorlcs Jn this building also are th savingrooms diningrooms kitchen bathrooms and plunge baths for the pu pus and the dining and living rooms o the superintendent and his family am till office of the superintendent Immediately in the rear of the maim building Is a largo twostory and base inont brick structure which Is devote principally to the manual training of th pupils Here ore located the prlntlnj office whern two school papers nro pub jlHhed and commercial Job work la done tho shoo shop and carpenter shop wher the pupils are taught Limo trade for whirl they show an aptitude A hlacksmill shop Is also on the grounds and Instruc 1lon Is i given in blacksmlthlng Beside assisting In caring for the grounds am doing tIme farm work tho malo pupils lithe li-the carpenter shop do all the repair worl needed on time buildings and those In th phoo department do all the mending am much of the making of shoes for tim fn stllutloii pupils and Instructors A third building IB th hospital orecte < a year ago It is a brlclc building 11x4 fppj three stories high located a liltl north of tho main building The base mont Is occupied by tito printing plant laundry and storeroom On tho grouiu floor are the reception and diningrooms kllchcn and one ward On the hccom floor aro two wards one especially fo contagious diseases a library and read Ingroom and two rooms for nurses Tin attic or third I hoot can he IHted up Snt < four rooms or a line ward should th occasion reaulre A wide porch Is In Iron oC the entire building and cverylhlni about the building Is comfortable an cheery Tho healing of the whole Instl tutlon Is by 1 hot wator and the sanltar1 Hrrangements tic perfect In time hosplta building Is a complete dispensary wnon all time standard medicines are kept 01 haiuL An Icehouso Ls now being constructci and will bo Illled this winter so that tin nchool will have an adequate supply o puro Ice for all purposes A toolhous6 1 also being built Eight acres of tho farm are In fruit am from tills orchard there were put up tin post season over JOCO quarts of fruit an < from Limo garden liMi quarts of tomatoc for time use of the pupil Many bushel of fruit wore also put up by drying Be nldcs a large quantity of fruit and vcge tables was sold In the city markets ISspe dally good results w ro obtained tho hits year from the apple orchard In time can of which the Ideas of Mr Wright secretory secre-tory of the Stain Board of Horticulture were put Into operation The school and Iho Institution luivi grown and developed wonderfully In tin past few rears until now It Is the cqua of any scnool of tho kind in the Unltei Ulnlrfc Vint In I lirt Itllllfl I Mr s mu st a tes not alono In tim e oummuin g I1 I conveniences but in the methods of teaching teach-ing and in Limo personnel of the instructors i instruc-tors Much praise for the great results i attained is due Prof Mctcalf who has boon the efficient and overwatchful and alert superintendent of the school ever since It wus founded hi The pupils last year numbered sevcnty ° T six of whom twenty are from the States of Idaho Wyoming mind Arizona Of this number eleven me In the blind department depart-ment The corps of teachers In the deaf department Imil de-partment literary consists of Prof V M rr DrluKS MIIIain N Marshall M Frances tli3 Walker Florence C Mctcfalf Francos N 12 ICddy Aurctla M Ag p and CMara V Imo i Kddv Miss Sara Vhulon has charge of caic I Iho blind department Mr Bellp Salmon it Ross Is lithtructor In physical culture and hr I Prof Joseph Jallantj In music The trade Instructors ire MllIain Mc aT Cleary shocniaklng If M Bond printing vii r Nophl Larsen jiruenlry T 1 13 Grundy im t lilackHuiIthlng and Mrs Martha Shields I > sewing and needlework initj g The progress madf by Limo pupils during has been more satisfactory time past year SVl than during any previous year The Inalf anil r5 tutlon Is certainly ti credit to the State of iFI Utah 1 Club Life Ogden has two club organizations for hI2 men one a Imchelors club The Wqber club which Is a combined business and doJ j facial organization has ologantly1 furnished ma fur-nished rooms occuoying nearly tho entlro riC llfth liner of time Kcclcs building at Iho Iron corner of AVashlngton avenue and Twen rtnn I tyfour street formerly the Ilah Loan crlD and Trust building Those clubrooms a dozen or morn in number have u most 8T8 pleasant and advantageous location From the windows can oc obtained a moat mug JL nlllcrnt vkw of the mountains city val 1v and lake Tho rooms which Include chief4 parlors library ividlngrnoms dining II rooms snioklugroomH billiardrooms 311hh cardrooms and a bulfot are Ilncly and IitU tnxiirlnuMlv fiirnlsbcd and Klvc the mem r Uer mumximrmuuiiy all iho I comforts of home While litit not an ucllvo btmlnosH organization yet tJ thoclub has regularly appointed committees M railroads mining inimufnclurlng tees on mi ond other subjects which keep a lookout is over time cIlyH Interests Through Iheuo tho club acts when 1 various ri minlll < ies p advisable IH i board of trade or chamber of commerce The oHlcers of ths club mire i I Mayor M S Hnnvnlng president J V R lid r kfpicBldent Charles i1 Abbott m hillim wortii clerk and Jamns Plngreo em11 t IUIIT Then IH also an executive 111111 corn iilttw an auditing committee a mom berffhi comzmuittnt alt enterlrmiiiment coin ohiti 1 vnlllce etc lo altctid to the social side of Iho club life Tho Columbia club which occupies room on the second floor of the Knclcs ml building1 IK a punly Hotlal club made up ar of bachelor Ib rooms tn entirely young I and furnishing In appointment elegant r I rue cxlrnmcly homcllki and nl 611 ing sunl are trictlvu They hicliulo billiard card and trm11 parloiv and roadlng I < reocptlonrouiiiM Tho club Is a leader In sjocliu af ir rooniH fairs and Its functloiiH ILrO of 1iio iUiMt rl1i1 t and elegant fashion rl iimci oljl reoici elaborate for ihe year sire lred Uirtpriu l pm irD diiit crra Fred MJIHHSI secr tsiry John Cully Its u financial xicrotury John 1 Pierce Ircaa t In ttA John K AuHtln John V Pierce 10 James uivr F Burtoii A W AVrlphl A p hC 11fmt Boil A T Wright Jr and W L NVatlls executive committee 1if 9it t Secret Orders i Ogdoii Is one of the greatest secret order tlm lead nu AVcat nearly all cities In the rrr JD organizations of thu oUiitry being riiri wecrot rcprffrtcnicd hero by laws and nourlsililnjf 1dQ societies Beginningwith the Jtu < onlo or we Instituted In Ogden cm der tho flrnt order ii11 ccli fluuti Wcbor lodge No C I and A M with olllcow wIu s wervcd during > Ifltl tho followlng I N Fulton W AM thr past year 151 Parker S W G V Mclntoah 1 Ic Frank treasurer S W Kadcon J W J Iv secretary George P wjjown Coolidge TUcIntonh S D P W chaplain A V MlllJim vk Craig S S William r Voll J D Rlclmrdson 11 ttmij Gldllnga tyler A C J Emerson SJ Wllllum H T Snyder Felix jr Phclnlrald trustioa ti clinnLor No2 K A M whim Limo hii r OgJen I E imhmuiIii1 following V ortlpers Sihrnmm S W K Ulllfiorfvvnii J 11 1 C 0 m treasinvf J K K 8 Gejr i > G Kvlloy Cu IY of sJcici Mobrny AV U i CoolidBe secretiIrY m ti oolidgn W J 1 5iiemtby MacMillan 1 S je1 IF 11 n bofr V Mclntoah O M and third R A C A ca i1 V J K Mauler O > 1 Hwaji < l V Jt > UG I I RolBcrn G M flrsl V George TI Burtlctt I tyler I ii 1 Ionl commander Ko 2 K T oill IWCp U follows W J ShcVilev E C w F Adams gonerallyslmo lliime iAdams R T liume I cniilnliigoiioriir J E Cooledsc pc ate Ss V Badcon S w a V Schrimm J I W Jinnni rsa1 treasurer Ocorgu J I Krhley recorlr 1ied Klimg stmtiiiimtrtl I boarr F V oil svorIbesurer A Vi ngnr wardomi irr lroiich 1 i Al ienbac arul C A lindiey guartls George Ii Ijartleit Siultinol I Queen Emithmrr Cilfihitci No I Eastern Star Itim tIU following olBeenir Mm ImmIte iQIiotirI r M Mrs COrIL 3rotigh M Mrs itflije nriiil secretary Mis iisi Lhtttlcomi treaitirer MrS Ger trunie hiiittuim C Iilnmj iatu I iume A C I ji rs iSi uugart oru rimapinimi iIrs Ammima iOiCiig f in rs Eiiru tethi 1 oppievehI lv Mrj J j Cooiedgt sentinel 11 rt MiiItiiiiiii V P Mrs Flomenee Casitudy organist H liie Knights of Pythias have four or gmtiuizLtimjm > bc IOc a ilourlBlilns lodge ol tlU Iatlihoio Sisters the auxiliary order Odt lodge No IC of P is olllcered iIi foiIors r GIdeun C C W 11 Polar v C rT C alrri Prelate L N Mead M of XV 1 rL 13l noP K of R and S J n oody aM F C P Jnnnlngs M 13 James Ballard M A J Mori I G A U Rpynolds O < J Queen City lodge No 7 has the followIng follow-Ing ofllcera W G Kind C C A Ij l Fryer V C F IJ J Bogart prelate R T I MIlier M of W C N Custcad K of R and S f 11 Curr M i of K l IN Fulton if1 i of W Alex 1lndstrom M of A I 1 1 Cook I G C G Bogart O CL Then them t Is the I uniform rank and Lln co n division No 2 with A M i hedge cap mmiii The G A R has four organizations two G A R and two W R C Vhesc are the John A Logan and John A Dix posts G A R each having an auxiliary which altos tao sumo name Iho Spanish war veterans have also orr Kanlxod IL society of tle Army of the Philippine which has as members all thOse who served In the IhUlppInc service The I O O F Is also a strong order here Tim organizations embrace time Ogden Og-den lodge No 5 llntnh encampment and fan ton Ogden No 2 The auxiliary order the Daughters of Rebokah has been built Into a nourishing lodge Among the other orders may be mentioned men-tioned the A O L W whlcli has two lodges the Degree of Honor Knights of the Maccabees l adlet of the Maccabees with two lodges the Woodmen of tim World Women of Wpodcraft Fraternal union Royal Arcanum Koresters ot America Homo Forum Catholic Knlghte of America National union tho O R C and the brotherhoods of Limo various branches of railway service with their I usual auxiliaries all of which are In a nourishing condition There are u number of lodgcrooms In the city whkh arc models of convenience nnd which are elegantly furnished The rooms of tim Masonic order occupy the onitio third lloor of thoDooly block south and their appointment Is elaborate and elegant The K of P own their own hall which occupies the entire third floor of time Dooly block north and part of the third lloor of the Sidney Stevens building which adJoins ad-Joins Limo Dooly block t The A O U AV has line rooms In the Armstrong block over Purts store whmllo the I O O F has line lodgcrooms lit time Peery building on Twentyfourth street Nearly all the other lodges occupy these rooms Jointly with the owning lodges The Churches Ogden la well supplied with churches nearly a dozen denominations being represented rep-resented most of the societies having large memberships nnd being In a flourishing flourish-ing condition Some of these societies are mission stands supported In part by the church body In the East A number of them have church buildings some ol them largo and architecturally beautiful A person who stops in Ogden for a Sunday or who makes a homo hero can worship In the church of his choice or In one whose creed Is very similar itio strongest denomination Is of course the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints commonly called time Mormon church This organization has a central house of worship the Tabernacle of Weber We-ber stake located at time corner of Washington Wash-ington avenue and Twentysecond street i t Is nn attractive onestory building with a seating capacity of 3200 Iimo Interior In-terior has a beautiful arched ceiling In which hundreds of electric lights aro placed and when these lights are turned on the effect Is strikingly beautiful The county of Weber Is one ecclesiastical division di-vision of the church and called the Weber stake Of this stake Hon L W Shurtllh1 Is president and his two counselors are C F Middlcton end N C Flygare Ogden City Is divided Into five ecclesiastical wards each having a separate organization organiza-tion under a bishop Kach ward bus Its mootlnghouHe where regular Sabbath services arc held and Its amusement hall where the young people of the church gather for thplr amusements dancing and theatricals In the First ward D II Knslgn Is bishop In the Second ward Robert McQuarrlc Tim ird ward James Taylor Fourth ward E T Woollcy Fifth ward John Watson The Catholic chirch has doubtless time next largest membership Rev Father P M Cushnahan being the pastor in charge of the congregation For many vears time m congregation has occupied LImo church on Twentyllfth street a small frame structure struc-ture But this will soon ho changed for within time present year their beautiful new church edifice at lie corner of Twen tyfourth street and Adams avenuo will be completed and ready for occupancy This building was commenced ten veari ago but nothing except Limo foundation viS built at that time About two years ago however the longdelayed work on time superstructure was begun and today time building Is inclosed and nearly ready for LImo finishing Interior work Tho building whon completed will be one of limo finest church cdlllces In Utah Iho finest In fact barring the Salt Lake Temple Tem-ple and the new Catholic cathedral In Salt Lake The building lsof white sandstone rough faced with rod stun trlmmlncs the tower being of rod sandstone Tho roof Is Gothic tiled The building la ono story a ad barmen In height 132 foot long by iJS feet wide time spire at HIP southwest corner being JW feet high when completed Thn axtdltorlum when finished 1200 will have a seating capacity of over The ceiling Is a beautiful arch supported by heavy timbered trusses springing from each side at a height of twelve feet from time floor tho ton nf time ceiling being at least forty feet from the floor The laruo double entrance from Twentyfourth sired Is through massive steno columns Once Inside the double doors tim main entrance leads ta time auditorium while on either side a while staircase leads to the choir loft which Is a gallery project Tho pulpit log over the main entrance and altar mire at time rear end and Immediately Immedi-ately behind are two rooms used In time church services Thexe rooms are In it part of the church which is an addition to the main structure rime windows are of stihipd glass and every appointment will bo of tho greatest elegance The furnishings fur-nishings of the church and altar mire to ho supplied by h time ladles of Lime congregation congrega-tion and they will bo the nnc t that can bo procured Time tower yet remains to bo built and then time Interior work can bocompleted In a short time Jt Is ox neclod that the church v ll bo dedicated by time new year limo Methodist Episcopal church Is a flourishing organisation with Rev T IV Taylor pastor with a mission church at Five Points Rev Samuel Cotes Is the assistant pastor Time church building of this society i is located on Twentyfourth between Washington and Adams street nvcmiGP and IB a Ammo structure Tt Is brick ono story and a basement In of arched height time auditorium having an and trussed ceiling forty feet in height The lectureroom and church parlors i arc In the basement while In tho rear port lion of the edltice is the pastors home This Church ban a large pipe organ the only one In time city Tho usual societies arc coniiPCtPd with this church organization Presbyterian society has two churches Tho hero Limo First Presbyterian at street and of Twentyfourth comer the Park at avenuo and tho Central Adam and corner of Washington avenuo lh Thirtylira utreoL Tho First church Is unfinished brick structure of pretentious nn preten-tious proportions which when completed The Central will bo an ornnriicnt to the city teal Park Is a neat but nnprelnntlous miltc structure Both societies are frame Of the First church Rev John Ntrong E Carver l is pastor while of the Central Cen-tral Park church Rev Jninou Thompson Is The paso Free Methodists have a mission at No 1S7 Twcntylirtu street of which Rev J O Rlshelll la pastor Congregational church also has The societies here of both of which Rev E two I Goshen Ls pastor The First Congregational Congre-gational church IB locatedon Adams avenue Twentvnfth street and Is a nile near brick structure of but commodious neat Tho Interior lu attractive nppesirancc but of quiet beauty plain The Lynnc church is a frame structure Washington avenue on north Church society Is located Tho Episcopal stone structure at time corner beautiful In a Twentyfourth street and Grant tier of Good tho Memorial Church of the jivenue and exterior Shepherd Both the Interior bcnutlful und suggestive of the pur nre building Rev W Emott the nose Malwon of IH the rector The punch is quite numerically and financially strong The UnpllstB have one church a plain near structure on Grant avenue brick Hlreot Thor itu ft ilouriiii Twontyfourlh bog oniiBrnratlnii of which Rev W G Etnni t Is umt0r ETl AdvonliRW have a Timt Sovontl Drty TwentY worship mit No 2CO Lemirtil place for 3trot Rev W A Alway I imu tic held onsinrin charge Servlcofl arc cVOry I Saturday morning and Sunday evening limo First Church of Christ Sclontls Society haw grown rapidly during the pas year About nfnu months ago the ol Presbyterian church building on time cor nor of Twenyfourlh street and Ilncol avenue was purchased bv Limo Scientist repaired and remodeled and mndo Into Ui tractive house of worship Services ar held regularly every Sunday Sf II Liu clcome IK time first reader The Swedish Evangelical IjUthern church has a building on Twcniythlr street near Jefferson nvonuo but no rcgu lar services mire held at present Time Salvation Army has a post hero an regular dally meetliiKS aro held On th street and at tho barracks The Courts Ogden as Limo county seat of Webc county Is time place of holding the PCS slons of tim Second District court for thl counly Judge Bola up being the presldln Judge The Second district embraces th counties of Weber Davis and Morgan and In each of these counties a term o court Is hold once each month Ogdcn Is also the placo of holding th terms of limo United Stales District cour for the Northern district of Utah Weber County Weber which Is the county of whlcl Ogdon Is the enmity scat Is the thlr largest In the State In population and th second In wealth Its extent Is abou Miually divided between mountain mil valley tho Wasatoh rajigo of mountain rormliij the eastern half of Limo county I In time heart of these mountains and about fight inlles past nf time city Is Ogden valley val-ley n nulpt wallencircled valley abou lives miles wide and fifteen miles lonj where the soil Is voll watered and won IcrftiUy rich The mountains are ownci largely by i stock and sheepmen for Luau uriges and thousands upon thousands ci mend of sheep and cattle grasp upon th t lopes and tons of those ranees of bill within time county To the west of th mountain ranges Is Limo valley which reaches out west for ten miles to tlv rfhoro of the great iJpnd sea and IR abou iourleen miles long from north to south Time land Is very rich and as It is pspc Mally adapted to fruit time production 01 rult Is quite large There arc a numbe if goodsized towns In the county Includ lug Iluntsvillc North Ogden Plain City I Hooper West Weber Rlverdalc Ulntal ind others The taxable valuation of all the proper In the counly for the year 1200 was 10 013S of which the valuation of city roperfy was 57nTrlIS2 Tho value of nl Ivo stock Including cattle horse sheep logs boos etc limt year wan a little ovp GOOCOO The average vuluc of farm lands is approximately Jll per acre The rate ot axatlon for Limo conn I v outside limo cit linlts Is 2lA mllK Including Stale coua y county school and the various fum ales time rate within the city being 3 nllls Tho amount of taxes raised In 1W vas 31212722 Limo large proportion 01 vhlch was paid In before time 31st day oi December The county has a bonded Indebtedness f SloOOCO a warrant Indebtedness of l3i W a total of 107000 As against this In bledncss l thcro is at present 3391077 Ir he bond sinking fund and the county as loans to other counties and municipal JOdles of 20SI3 si total of SH15377 Oho O-ho Indebtedness about 20000 of warrani ndebtednoss and CCOO of note Indebted icss was paid during the yeir Tho cord if running time county last year was ap iroxlmately 1COOCO The greater part of Vebor countys la lobtedncat > wan Incurred In making roads ind no county In the Stato has bottom oada In several districts leading out ol ho city tho roads ate finely graveled bui ho principal road Is that leading througl gden canyon to Ogdcn valley This roadS road-S built on the solid rock and although iii ho distance of ton miles time elevation In reascs over 1COO feel yet Limo ascent Iso Is-o gradual and the road so smooth thai he climb Is hardly noticeable The road vlnds through time canyon by tho side ol he Ogden river and passes through some if the most beautiful scenery In thi locky mountains Ogden City has con irticlcd a boulevard along the foothill o Join the Canyon boulevard at the mouth if time canyon FO that a ride of twenU alnulcs lakes one from the business ccn or of lie city to the wildest and grandesl nountaln scenery In the West Weber countys population outside ol gden City Is over 20000 mostly engaged 11 farming fruitgrowing and slockrais ng grime county Infirmary Is located six miles outh of Ogdcn and cornprltes forty acres if line irrigated lands with commodious lulldlngs rime Institution Is well cased or both farm and Infirmary During the past year a considerable sum ias expoiulccL In toads and bridges bii lot as much as In the previous year The otal amount paid out for the county choohi was about 30000 of which nearly 18tOO went to the teachers rime children if school age number 31GS The elective officers oC Limo county for his year are District Judge H II Rolapp DistrIct Attorney A B Hayes Clprk C R Holllngsworth Recorder W Ellis AsscHHor John W Gibson Treasurer Alma D Chambers t Sheriff C E I ayne Surveyor A F Parker Superintendent of Schools W B Y11 on Atlnrnpv TJpnrrrft ITnKprsriTv 1 LIiLi iUji County Commlsflloners Lyman Sheen W G Wilson and Joseph Stanford The appointive officers for time post two years were Fruit Tree Inspector A Tllckcn looper Physician Dr Driver County Schools The county schools of Wober county are conducted on time graded school system and under the efficient superlnlcndcncy of Irof W B Wilson and his predecessors predeces-sors havo altalned a high standing In time Slate The children of school age who reside re-side in time country have the same school advantages of system and Improved methods meth-ods that thoHp do who live In time city Time school buildings mostly of brick and stotio are nearly all well equipped with modern and tho latest Improved apparatus appara-tus During the past year two now school buildings have been erected both of brick nuo located in Marrlots and ono In War ven district at a cost each of over J3500 Tho first eight years of graded schoolwork school-work Is embraced In tho course of study In the county schools amid a graduation from limo schools entities the graduate to enter tho high school course In Ogden or Salt Lake City rime teachers of those schools and their locations are as follows Emma Anderson Harrlsvlllc A J Allen Eden J S Bramwcll UlnlAh Isabel Blnghnm Wilson James R BCUH Hooper i John Q Blaylock North Ogden Samuel Blddulph Hooper Joseph BIdwoll West Weber R W Calno Liberty Maggie Chambers North Ogden W G Crogun Rlverdalc Maude Donovan Roy Katherlno Donovan Eden Lollle Henlnger Iluntsvlllc i Julia Ilawkcs West Weber Amnion Green Jr West Weber Elizabeth Hunter West Weber Hilda Tpson Wilson Thomas Jones Jr Kaucsvllle Thomas U Jones Kancsvlllc Maggio Jenkins Plain City Hattle J Koch Plain City Mary Lofgreon Huntsvlllo John o Neal HnrrlHvlllc E Palmer Plain City Olive A Pratt TJIntah A C Patterson Hooper Minnie Rudlgor Hooper Haltle Reedor Marriotts A EL Stanton Marriotts Sarah 8lcvoiibon Farr West Molvlna Thomas Plain City 1 Louisa Wnngsgaard Ilunlsvlllc Ruby G Young Liberty Laura Wood Iluntsvlllc Mogglo Maw Plain City K F Harris Burch Creek John Whcolcr Slatorvllle Mary E Taylor Farr West J B Miller Harrisvllle Joseph A Sill WIlKon Fred Barker North Ogden Helen Rhccs Marriotts Joseph Fowlos Hooper John E Grobcrg Farr fesL Hilda Ixirsnn Jllvprdale Joalo Seaman Pleaxint View J3 R Langlols Iluntsvlllc Myrllo Brown Hunlsvllle Emily Trimble Liberty Agriculturally Considered ItahB valleys are known all over the country as being wonderfully rich and as producing great crops of every product that grows from liii temperate ono to the oemllroplcal In no pun of Liar State Is this more true than offWcber county and of the valleys tributary In their trade relations to Ogden City In no srctton of tho Sotto is there a greater abundance of wator for irrigation Three great streams of water limo Weber Opdcn and Bear rlvqrs traverse these vullrj > H from Which Irrigation canals and ditches curry iho water to every part of the valleys that are not above limo water level Besides these largo strcHina there nro any number of smaller canyons and pilqhes which furnish fur-nish Irrigation water for thousands of acres of farming lands Wobor county itself it-self tho western portion more particularly particular-ly forms a part of the grent Salt Lake volley Further north thy vnlloy extends through Jlox Kldor Bounty Up to Wlllard Krl ham City tumid Corliiiu and Ihe land throughout in of time wune general character char-acter a rich sandy alluvial soil time depth of which ranges from two to ton fiuiL Not only do h farmers raise magnificent mag-nificent crops buX they rnlHo tha n erops every year for with the Utah system 01 Irrigation such a thing as a crop failure IH unknown There are In Weber count 1PJGCO acres of farming and grazing land of which over 31000 acres are under cultl yahoo In the usual farm crops an 1 near Iv I all tie balanro s used for grazing mint pasturage In Weber county especially the system of Intention In very complete the lltchcs and laterahi forming a perfect network over the county As the rescr volr systems now In contemplation ar brought Into limit waliir will be furnish for every trot of land In hue county 01 which water can be put The bench land vhloh are above the water level ir farmed wlihout Irrigation I time work helm known ao dry farming and there ii I scarcely a year when these dry farniK di not produce paylnu crops although hot nearly so large as those secured on Irrl gated land Wober county IM particular adapted to agilctilluro and fruit ralslnn sheltered as It Is to the east and north litho li-tho Wawitch mountain range anil th temperature of both summer and wlnie being equalized by time great bjdy of wale In limo Great Salt luke Thn variety of products from the sol h 1 great Hay Is a great product thousand and thousands of tons of lucerne am timothy being produced every season Th land produces three crops OL lucerne lw crops being used for hay and hue thin crop being cut for need When all Ih crops are used for buy time average pio duel of irrigated lands Is about six torn which brings an average price year In am your out or s i pel Ion Whom oats rye barley tomatoes potatoes sugar beet and other firin productn mire also ralsct with great success Potatoes yield fron Wt to Ititi > bushels per acme as a regain crop while especially cultivated jatcho will go as high as DOO h bushels to Iho acre Potatoes will average ahout 10 cents pe bushel Tomatoes will averavro nine ton to the acre which bring from 7 to 11 per ton Sugar beets will average wlti culllvation ubntit llflecn Ions per acre which sell at 125 per ton Wheat wll average elxty to seventy uushuls per acre Fruit lui Boning to iii > a great prodtic of Muber county Fruit has been ralfei In time county for forty years limit no until the hist ten years has general ai lenllon bion given to fruit luring tin past iwo or Urea years more attentloi than even hits been given to hortlcul lure and within the next five years Wcbe county will loublloHs be the banner fruit county of the Slate not only In quality but In the quantity raised The soil P I well adapted to fruit culture of all kinds but peaches and winter apples seem t < produce the heal results Among tin fruits raised successfully mire tipples jinnies pours peaches apricots cherries grapes plums almonds and all tin smaller fruits nueh as raspberries dewberries dew-berries blackberries otc a greater varle ty than Is usually found In ono localliy There are now In cultivation In Webei counly onehalf of Ihcm In bearing abou 205000 fruit trees not counting the acreage acre-age of small fruits There Is a total 01 33oO acres In Ibis counly now devoted K fruit Time fruit belt reaches up north t C limo Idaho line and time land is being pu more and more lo fruit so that time frul product of northern Utah Is cnoumous h amount Tho quality of all the fruit raised is firstclass rime fruit trees 01 Weber county have an Investment vahn on the nol product ofl2lJdO the priduc for the year aggregating approximate 273000 Tho farmS arc being worked more carefully care-fully and more Intelligently and as a re suit the crops aro more remunerative Tin land Is assessed on a systematic gimlet system nod the taxes thus cquallzci Justly Reservoir Irrigation For many years limo quujtlon of IncreasIng Increas-Ing limo Irrigation capacity of tho streami of Utah has been agitated and much hai been said and written concerning time ad vanlago lo the farmer and time Slate Ir Limo construction of reservoirs to hold tin surplus water of the winter and spring for use during thwlow water season ol midsummer The amount of water thai during the months from Decombcr to Ma > Hows Into the sen > Is enough to Irrigate twice the amountiof land which can be reached from thovlscvcral rivers In the State r The first attempt in northern tilah tt demonstrate the practicability of Irrlga UDII reservoirs was made hit lime Davl and Weber Counties Canal company Ir IS7 This company has a canal ayoUir taking water out of the Wcbcr river nl a point up time Web r canyon ear Devils Gate the syslem having been operated for many years In 1 97 time company having found that In a Very dry season it was falling shori In its ablllly to supply HE consumers with water decided lo reservoir reser-voir somo aler Consequently JOOOO Ir bonds were voted fo time purpose and the work was betuii Ono ot limo goodsized tributaries ol1 time Weber river Is East Canyon creek which Issues Into Wcbor valley from limo mouth of East canyon about twelve miles above Morgan City This canyon acemed to bo especially adapted to reservoir use by Its formation At Its mouth two high rocky walls come comparatively closv together while once Inside time canyon Limo walls recede from ouch other and form a natural basin containing con-taining hundreds of acres Hero ai the mouth of this side canyon II was delermlncd to build hue dam and buck time water of East Canyon creek into time canyon in the rear the selection of the site of limo construction of time dam belnp In charge of W M Boslaph chief engineer engi-neer of time company with Samuel For Hid as consulting engineer The dam was commenced In 3S07 the foundation being built on solid bedrock which was found at a depth of forty foot below time bed of time stream The dam Is what Is known as a rocktilled dam with a center core of heavy steel plate bedded In asphallum concrete Iho foundation being be-ing approximately ItO feet thick rime outlet tunnel Is 100 feet long cxca valed or lunlukd through solid rock around the I north end of i the t dam lu I which Iwo i lhlrl > lnch valves arc net with rtrms extending to the surface A wasteway thirty thir-ty feet wide carries the surplus water be ynnd tho too of the dam The present capacity ca-pacity of the reservoir Is 1C30000CO cubic feet and the fov of Limo creek Is so grcal that u reservoir of live times time present capacity could bo kept filled hlle limo flow of Limo stream Is small In summer yet In Iho winter and spring It becomos ti great torrent of water The present dam cost rOcOOO Whtsii time natural flow of time stream falls so as to fail to supply the uaers this company opens Lime gales and lurns Its reservoir water Inlo East Canyon creek thenco Inlo Webor river and thence Into Its canal where H is dis Irlbutod to time waier consumers of the company has Jn practical operation this enterprise proved very successful and the dam Is all that Its most sanguine friends claimed Jt Is practically waterlight and limo valves aro easily operated and under perfect per-fect control The past year when water for Irrigation was extremely short this provided water from the reservoir reser-voir company for lls potions who were Informed of the quantity and length of time lo a day that they could depend on time water Tho imors with thin knowledge bpforo llmm look advantage of It and shaped their affairs accordingly and thus were enabled en-abled to profit far beyond thone who had no such Information An estimate made of time crops produced pro-duced bv this reservoir water shows that their value for this one year was fully equal lo limo cost of iho dam certainly avery a-very paying Investment The experiment being so successful the stockholders early In the fall voted ft < raise the dam twentyfive fuel additional making It nlntlythroo feet high and li Increase Limo capacity of time canal 25 hutI cent In pursuance of this action tin stockholders themselves have paid lute the companys treasury nearly 50000 tin amount estimated to be necessary to male the contemplated Improvements Tin Utah Construction company has the contract con-tract to ralso the dam and tho work P I now being pushed as rapidly aw poaslbli under the direction of Mr Bostaph It chief engineer Tho work will bo com plclcd In time lo impound the water fo Limo coming seasons crops The twonlyllvcfool addition to the dan will inorcaso the capacity of the reserve to 370000000 cxiblo feet adding 21 per ccn Impounding capacity am lo time present will bo HUlllclent to give lo lImo natron of thin canal who are Us stockholders s full stream of water throughout the Irrl gating season for all time land In cultlxa tlon under lie canal and Pliable tin aloekholders lo add lo the cultivated arcs several thousand acres of what Is nov KUKobrush land The iilto of time dam la such that It inuj bo rained lo a height of 200 fool makhif time capacity of the reservoir iMOCOOOO1 cubic feet limo company expects to Increase In-crease Iho reservoir capacity an raoldlj as possible without Incurring any iargi Indebtedness and will ultimately be In po slllon lo furnish plenty of Irrigallon watoi for all time land lying fupdor Its canal On Ogden River4 At tho time when limo groat power workj were planned at the mouth of Ogdon canyon can-yon It was also planned lo build acrow time canyon at the place where the watci Is diverted into time pipe line an imrmjnsi dam which should mako a reservoir coverIng cover-Ing 2W Qcres of land and Impound enougl water to Irrigate all time land In Wnboi county But after oxpcrlmcnilng a lon time It was found to be Impossible tr build thus big dam because bedrock couU not bo found and It would bo unsafe tt build PO largo a dam against which soul an enormous water prpHHurft would be continually exerted without a foundatior of solid bmtrock Honcu tin plan was torn porarlly abandoned and ilnally changed as recent evonls shuv A fev days beforetime before-time middle of December E W Wail loca manager of tho I puwur company filed h the County Recorder oftlco several no ilcefl of time appropriation of the waten of Og len rlvor for flftCV LXi1 itrIgmjiumi uses This was the first public notification of any change In the former plans rime prcjtcnt plan Is outlined as follows A dam lo he built across Ogden river just below Wheelers canyon and Just ubovo Limo present seepage dam This dam will nol be of the proportions originally planned for the canyon dam but will bo of sufficient height and trpnglh lo Impound Im-pound iho water In limo canyon casi of time dam lo n depth of possibly forty feet At this point the walls and bed of him canyon present the llrmesl rock formation anywhere In the ViCinitY This dam will impound a great amount of water and will back the waler clear lo the canyon oppi hug Just before the river enters lime canyon thrpo streams unitu to make the How of the river the I youth middle and norlh fork streams All of these are very considerable considera-ble streams and In the late winter and early spring send down groat volumes of waler Each of lucite streams Issues out of a canyon bearing time same name South Fork canyon being a canyon leidlng out of Ogden vnlloy lo the south and POM and nboul eight miles from Ogden canyon Middle Fork canyon lending out of Ogden valley to the east about live miles dl rrelly east of Ogden canyon and North Fork canyon leading out of Ogden valley to Iho north and east about olghl miles from Ogden canyon It Is Intended as apart a-part of ibis now plan to construct great dams across each of these canyons openIng open-Ing from tIme eastward Into Ogdcn valley and the configuration of each canyon Is Mcli that a fiftyfoot dam will Impound an Immense quantity ofywalcr Thus inCPXHity has forced time company Into n much better plan better because cheaper and because the evaporation will be ICPS than If Lime waler were In one reservoir res-ervoir The new plan also lias this advantage I ad-vantage when the water In the Ogden canyon reservoir Is exhausted each of the oilier reservoirs can be tapped Jn turn and limo wjiter sent down the stream ns needed need-ed The water thus Impounded In the four reservoirs will be sufficient not only 10 fill time pipe line of tho power company full at all limps but sufllclont to Irrigate all Iho land of Weber county lying under the Ogden river levels The capacity ot these reservoirs will bo lOEOOOCOOCO cubic feet With these two reservoir system In full operation hardly a foot of land In Davis and Weber counties will be without plenty of water for Irrigation Ogden ZVIiuing1 There aro no paying mines Immediately around Ogden For many years the hills and mountains for twentyflvo to flit miles from the city have been prospected nl the Instigation of Ogden capital but while evidences of mineral abound on veins of mineral every hand and while many eral In places have been uncovered yet there lit no paying mine In this Immediate vicinity Time mineral so far uncovered 11 of too low grade or If rich enough Is In too small quantlllcH to pay for shipping ship-ping and consequently the work necessary neces-sary lo attain depth and thus doubtless uncover rich mineral In good quantities has not been prosecuted It requires norvo to sink shafts and run tunnels year after year In Improved ground jV smelter established here would pay because Lucre could be enough lowgrade ore furnished from Iho present prospects to keep It running constantly If the capacity ca-pacity were not too great Another thing a hinelter would do It would enablo time prospectors and miners lo go In on their claims from their own resources and Ihus develop a mining camp here for no ono doubts but that depth will produce time minerals In this belt is found silver lead copper and some gold Southeast of Ogden In Cottonwood canyon can-yon off Weber canyon about twentyfive nillcss distant from the city are located limo Carbonalo Hill mines whlcli are a shipping proposlllon on pay ore Thcso properties were discovered eight years ago by Mr A Van Patton to whose perseverance Lime opening severance can be attributed up of time great vein of ore on which these mines are located An Incorporated company of which pany now owns these proporiles P Mullen of Butto Is president A E JirlggB vicepresident and treasurer and with A A J Weber secretory These Van flatten and T D Johnson form time hoard of directors Tim product of ore Is Ipjid and silver and tho output IH about three tons per day and Near the Carbonate Hill properties on the same vein are the Carbonnlc Gem claims which aro being developed as timid which show lie possible rapidly ns Hill I I same quality of ore as time Carbonate properties Of thin company A Van Pat nnd manager A J We ten Is president burr secretary and J S llendorshol treasurer and these with Thomas Cfiamp and Joseph Myers A A AVenger McGraw neyn Van Dyke form time board of directors di-rectors Those are very promising properties prop-erties flue Elng Solomon mines north of Og dcn and Just cast of the Hot Springs and others Mr Don Magulro owned by making a splendid showing and will are time long ore lids season bo shipping been tramway to time properties having completed Wlllard North of these mines and on hill are a number of mining prospects In which haVe been worked for yean which thousands of foot of tunneling and and shafting and drifting have been done thousands of dollars of money which In rime Indications In have been expended aro good and all seem properties these and rich to Indicate mineral In places uncovered nre deposits of ore The veins walls but all witiiaeiideihmiC1Wailt Jim place < l oxnprlonco In some indications nnu CAIHMUMVU m f values point to limo fact that the places But a will only bo obtained at depth fallli large number of Ogden men havo nrc companies several In this hill and work getting toward the steadily at bellovcd depths where time pay values are to be AVI1 operating on the companies Among and Milling Superior Mining the lard hill la Is of which A II Page ing company vicepresi Stephen Richardson president S W secretary dent A A Wongor Ttadcon treasurer and these with W E Heath T 1 C ChambPrlln A J tiiirtson ut of directors board form time and F A Shields nmnm been During Ihc year work has rectors and KO feet of tunneling prosecuted steadily oi amount besides n largo done aching of work work Time last few feet other approach to mineral limo near Indicate better than and time tunnel Is now looking Negotiations art nnv time heretofore block of a largo placing now in progress capitalists at A > Eastern stock among is made cents per share and if this siilo sufficient money will bo In tho treasury to develop the property The American Mining and Milling company oil of properties also has a group pany which considerable work this hill upon with very has boon done during the year results favorable amount of work han been Not a great the properties In ThrecMllo Crook done on canyon time Pose and udora on proprtlps nor on time Louise group Wlllard hill although all these properties of mineral from well give good assays has extent Work of good defined ledges with been prosecuted on time Standard atlafactory At limo La Pints results district vary mile linn been domme Nothing has been done so far lo develop and put on the market time magnificent which Is found In such great quantities quan-tities onyx iwontyfivo miles north of Ogden Near Farmlngton In Davis county a number of Option men own some copper which give most encouraging properties which considerable work returns and on has been done during the year the mining general proDonitlon But ns a what during 19CO wore not developments time beginning of the year promised During there had been a year ing considerable tho previous upurt In mining but time lack and of tangible results discouraged some followed of comparative apathy It a year is firmly believed however by old nnd miners that mineral does experienced exist In paying ouanllllos around Ogden future that somo time In the near and ama the lucky strike will be mado which will dovojop tire whole district |
