Show OGDEN CrTS CrT-S me of its Advantages Its Won derfal Commercial Uities Tourists passing through the country see a place marked on the railroad map and labelled Ogden Little do many of them think that Ogden is the second city in this great Territory little either do they realize the vast natural resources re-sources which the city possesses or that she is destined in the not very dis tant future to become the leading commercial com-mercial centre of this intermountain country Such however is undoubtedly undoubt-edly and indisputably case When the iron bands first spanned the continent connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific the two great railroads met nt O den anti estlblihpd iTioi f tit na tion That was sixteen yeara ago Since that time three man railroads have established their terminal points in this city which makes it as it must always remain the great railway centre of Utah The city is rich in natural advantages and artificial advantages are being added every year One thing that has been a material drawback to the advancement ad-vancement of Ogdens interests is the rant of proper depot accommodations fur the traveling public This defect however is on the eve of being remove re-move i i as the railroad companies will erect a handsome union depot here ate total cost of about 350XX > ibis will add materially to the value of raal estate in the city besides giving the place an air of solidity and permanence that it has never before had Water sup ply for countless manufactories lies at our very door and only await be advent of the capitalist to set In motion the wheels of industry thit would make a million people prosperous prosper-ous and happy Mountain scenery that for mag nificence and grandeur is seldom excelled ex-celled by any in the world lies about our head and with the purling brook and the more turbulent river contain i ng myriads cf the speckled finny tribe tnvite the attention of the tourist Nor is the traveller left without ample accommodations ac-commodations when he arrives in towr for Ogden boasts of having tho best hotel between Denver and San Francisco Fran-cisco For a city of 8000 inhabitants the business done in Ogden is almost phenomenaland speaks worlds of praise tor her business men Her charitable institutions her schools her religious edifices and temples of business are too numerous and too important to bespoken be-spoken of in an article of this character but must be left for the subjects of the future sketches |