Show AT ogder my if 19 i f OGDEN C CITY UTAH b march 9 1869 Edtl oraU orah 11 late Telegraph dat sAt at 1120 0 clock this am the tho IT P R B R track layers hove in sight of this city and from that time timo continued their march with greania great rapidity city 1 the citizens exhibited the liv liveliest ee s t enthus enthusiasm las MY and testified the liveliest joy as from tho the high bluffs and ande avery very commanding elevation they feasted their eyes and ears with the sight and sound gound of the long expected and anxiously looked for fiery steed onward and still onward they came and thousands and thousands of our citizens both from fromherz here and from the adjoining settlements tle tie decked in inthey thel holiday attire gave a hearty welcome to the advent of thel them nations glat geat great greab highway into this city about naif alf past pai t two pm 1 they steamed into ogden when colonel l dan gamble nth with mth true hibernian enthuse aam r un up the first flag which while floal floating I 1 gracefully in in the ae breeze breezed was soon fo followed by numerous oth others ers and here herb he 1 iet let me observe that hever never to td my mind bind aminat did the flags flaga of our union wave more gi gracefully ace fully or more proudly than on this auspicious bechs occasion ibn our excel 1 lent military brass band was soon out and under the able leadership of captain william pugh poon soon goon sent forth their thein soul soui livening enlivening eu strains of rich music which with a royal salute from captain T 8 Wad artillery gave tho tha preliminary welcome to the iron jon horse at 4 a public stand was erected alongside tho the track at 5 the procession was formed under the diree non uon of the committee of arrangements colonel W ff fife captain joseph parry and francis brown esq which consisted of the mayor mayon may or members of the City Council the var vax various ious lous schools under the superintendence of their respective te teachers atherS headed by the tho band bearing banners hanners with numerous appropriate mottoes among which the tho following wasl was conspicuous I 1 W i habif 1 TO THE HIGHWAY ulan Hian wY OP of national N NATION Sl utan UTAH elds BIDS YOU WELCOME pedestrians equestrians and crowded c vehicles now thronged thron ged the festive scene Wad artillery having arrived a salute of twenty one guns was now fired whose deafening echoes vibrated through gh the tho mountains hills and vales athu ataw at hait half past nive five the rails were laid to a point in a line with the tithing office saied five blocks north into the city one ono on the stand were hons hong FD F D richards richarda lafarr A F Y farr col cols D gambie gamble W 1 thompson W Y N fifo fife MAJ majam S SM it blah caits joseph parry wm WO Clayton IWI lwi idile idil e A miner ulner F S richards J X haag hia q belna neina 2 pj I 1 lle ife mcgaw F A abrown brownest Esq coi col J 0 little D Warren Warron Bc B 7 johnson esq and others who were invited but whose names row LOW I 1 did fist nU nubarn hatm earn the th vast audience being baill ed to pr or hon D L farr mayes mayss of DB ichards ip trounced t ro uce ace d who wad delivered belive wed ked an sequent and couf stirring Jr rIng address addies sf he JU commenced iby lay bidding the ibe conductor aud and operators opera tois toNs an m the tho boti worlds 8 highway healt hearty J Y wo bome loome an and c mgt thenon val r jhb tl A lt l t ponder own oWr undertaking an enter puca jesaia sald said calls cans forth fortl aur nur our oun admiration and gratitude and it tor for any peo people idt 16 td t hail this auspicious event with greater joy than thau we wp do la Is hnot knot it not so my lends friends fr jt it is A pre prejudice jadice has existed in the minds binds of some in relation to our feet feelings ln gs on ou this matter it has been said thab that we did not wish to have railroad a pass ass through our country such prejudice dlce dice has hag been proved to be unfounded and our ouri labors along the line especially through echo and weber kanyon are a standing and irrefutable testimony of our great desire and anxiety to see the completion of this 1 the greatest undertaking tin der taking ever designed by human skill and wisdom it ilc spans the continent and uniting the atlantic to jhb pacific opens up tous toua the fhe commerce of the nations it facilitates and shortens the transit and trade between india china awa Aba america erics eries and other parts of the world and enables us with speed and comfort to td visit our friends throughout the union it will also enable the worlds geat great men inen men of wisdom science and intellect to visit these our moun tain homes ancl and to form a true estimate of our character and position the then n I 1 say hail hall to the great highway of the na t ions lons utah bids you welcome anid arid P pray ray god od t to speed the great work until I 1 it is completed and ma may y good aua ana and kind fe elings feelings animate the minds of the contractors t rhe the rs and builders of both lines land stimulate them to increased exertion until the last tie and rail are laid jt jt is impossible to do justice in this letter ietter t er to judge richards speech which which was wita replete with interest and was listened to with delight by the large largo and respectable audience the speaker sp daker eaker who was offen often cheered d b by both citizens and slid strangers con concluded by paying a high compliment to the ability and energy of capt wm clayton and his able assistants he ae congratulated them on their perseverance and the manner in which they have conducted the work in their departments at the close of the address a salute was fired and alid the boys struck ti up the star spangled wanner JS anner at this juncture tho the companas comp anys boarding and slee cars which had hitherto remained alike like to the south now I 1 with three engines teamed steamed tot to the front of the stand three cheers for the great highway high way wad was now proposed and given when the wildest enthusiasm and demonstrations of joy prevailed and loud shouts tent the ahe air amid theal the alternate tornate dealings pea lings of the ar till erys thunder the music of the band and the long continued shrill whistling of the three engines the waving of hats kerch kench kerchiefs lets and arid other eions of pleasure rendered the occasion such that will not nov poon be forgotten by those present three cheers were proposed and given to mr warren p superintendent perin of the uth utah division and a alike like ilke honor to captain clayton clyton the tra ck laying contractor both of these gentlemen were loudly called for by the assembly to deliver speeches echea in response to the honors the they y they received both declined the former had bad walked a great many kilps watching the track with I 1 ith anxious solicitude for the safety of the passengers who came on through among whom was wa S col J cf co littie little and was in consequence much fatigued the latter was no public speaker and besides he had been anxiously pushing forward and superintending super intending the th rough through the day both assured us of their hearty participation in our enjoyment and of their appreciation of the honors shown to them to today day dr durant though absen absent was no not nov t forgotten and three hearty cheers were given to him col little in a brief but very neat and interesting speech endorsed the sentiment sentiments sot of the first speaker and arid referred to the inestimable benefits which must accrue people and the tha world from froin the institution the advent of which into our midst we borso joyfully celebrate he paid a EL very high and doubtless a very des deg deserved eyed eVed compliment mant ito ith the character of mr warren testifying 0 to o with what anxious solicitude he lie interested hIni himself self seif fon for or the safety of the passengers passenger on the train with gith which he til and G colonel q I 1 one I 1 i traveled ra v e id e he concluded jah jih uh hearty congratulations to tos tiie tilo the llie ar I 1 of the snorting oTting on st steed eed in ogden MaJor Blair biair next spoke in his usual happy style holver solver adverting ting to his predictions long iong longhand and often uttered that soon boon bof gge fer or later ister the shrill whistle of I 1 the steam aam locomotive would be libarato heard to echo through these mountains and 11 now 1 v 1 in his fifty nifty farst first year he had seen I 1 it tuf fulfilled u i filled long live the major even fifty one years more he was very eloquent abid arid entertaining the next speakers were A miner eq and hon jj farr who no no less leas than their predecessors did equal honor to the occasion in sentiments loyal true and eminently patriotic what american citizen can contemplate the gran gnan grand ol 01 events just celebrated and not feel his bosom swell with pride and a glowing ambition in his count rys greatness the advancement of science and art and the development of the powers of the human mind does he not feel grateful that the stars and ano stripes wave over thel land of his birth or adopt adoption lon ion und and dud that she has hag been the first on the globe to so nigh consummate such a achievement ai as the U P and the 0 P railroads may she continue to prosper increase in wealth and true wisdom regain her lost energies soon be freo free from faction factions S ad and party feeling yeeling live in peace develop velo p her vast natural resources for the tho sustenance of her millions of still increasing sons cons and daughters an and d once oneo more become free capt happy and undivided that people of the tho i e earth pay come from every clime ehme and find shelter beneath the broad folds of her protecting agis amid the contin aed firing of the gun and the cheering 9 music musie of the band the assembly dispersed to their homes at sundown having enjoyed one of the happiest epochs in their history and the turning point of future JOSEPH HALL |