Show from dalr july ol 01 OGDEN IS THE PLACE the selection 0 ogden as the point tow ard which the new biens city road bill direct its construction reiterates and emphasizes all that has ever been said about the commercial pro emi nence of the junction city it shows that others see for the future what lias been acen in the past and proves that railroad men whatever their rivalries and predilections come at times upon points where all must ree eo to eye in abo present instance the judgment of the manager and company will act of the idea as a decided corrective that there was danger cf Off dens advantages being ignored As a matter of fact the claims of this city are unassailable we are at the mouth of the two beet entrances to the great basin from the east and at the point where the only mid con tin line to the west has mado an exit the new survey for the ogden short line cuta nearly two ban red miles in distance off the best other road between here and chicago and obtains a grade which haa no equal through the bocky mountains entering the valley liere it finds every other line converging as at a great junction with direct communication to every point cf the compass and through every part of the country where A railway can find support to the north and the south throughout all the chain of intermountain inter mountain valleys this city ia the natural source of supply the rugged mountains when callad upon for their treasures of coal iron and precious metals will bend them here in a glittering stream with tribute flowing in from all these sources og dens rank cannot bo questioned and the permanence of her prosperity will put all doubts to flight she is by nature and man preordained pre ordained to a position of eminence and the eyes of the resent generation will behold far more than they dared to expect with n their lifetime the foundations laid in adversity and disappointment are standing the city in good liand now patience economy and the undaunted assurance that she would at last bo recognized was about all her citizens had to encourage them during many long years but they plodded on cheerily all the time building up a record for honesty and consistency their regard today to day ia that their business stability is everywhere admired and the security of every kind of investments has passed into a proverb she is the business mans ideal of a sound commercial center every promise of becoming the most substantial manufacturing city in the west sir mcleans choice would there lore bebin to have been wisely made he reached it by a course of reasoning which could scarcely admit of any other decision quietly but with careful attention to detail lie looted over the whole situation weighing the various difficulties against the various inducements du at last in a few clean cut sentences he submitted his proposition and it was almost as promptly accepted it anything were needed beyond the agreement to his offar to convince him or those whom he represents that ogden appreciates bis project the facility with which tha negotiations were conducted and the decisive way in which they were concluded ought to be abundant proof the case is clearly one where the two parties the ogden short line on one hand and ogden city on the other were mutually amiteen with each other wo leave no apprehension that the affection of either is misplaced bat on contrary believe that it will become stronger with the years as both grow and prosper under the blessings of the union |