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Show .CITY MAKESSTRIDES IN ) BUILDING AND INDUSTRY THE YEAR IN OGDEN AND WEBER COUNTY. Industrial plants that furnish employment for 300 persona were built or pu t i n o pp ra t i o n i n 0 1 o . Nearlv $2."i"ii,000 was spent by the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway company com-pany in extending its interurbau lines. Work was started on a freight terminal ter-minal and general vards that Tvill cost $5u,000. ' Receipts for the Fourth district of the national forest service, with headquarters head-quarters in Ogden. reached a total in K'la that established a. new record for the district. Wpber county spent $-10,000 for permanent improvement:?, one mile of ix-perimeutal ix-perimeutal road beiuir constructed at a cost of .7(nnj. The farmers of Vcber county received $ti0O,U"0 for lUi.OOO tons of suar beets prowu in 19J5. Throughout' its territory in L'tah and southern Idaho tiif- eoiupanv paid $3,000,000 for beet?, labor and transportation. The Union Pacific railroad spent $1500.000 in double-tracking its line for eiebt mi.Rs between East Ogden and Gateway. Most of this moucy was distributed in Ogden. Total bank clearings for the first? eleven mouths of 1015 amounted to $ -',? 1 ". 711.24, as compared with $-"7;f 07,6 1.8.02 for the same period in 1 H 1-t. The deposits in seven banks increased mote than 500,000 from $0,012,-Ovj.OO $0,012,-Ovj.OO in I OH to $12.US,7S4.fl3 in HU.3. Postal business for the ye.ir increased 10,00.). ( The water supply of the city w;ls more than doubled by the development of an artesian welUsvstem costing $14,5.000. Two hundred and twentv-eifiht permits were issued by the city engineer for buildings costing $545. S8o. Diversified Railroad Facilities Facili-ties Attract Many Manu-5, Manu-5, facturing Institutions. vi; HTLE the records of the build-11 build-11 ing department show a de-. de-. W crease in building invprove- ments during the year 1915, it is probable that in no single year "of its h i story has Ogden -taken greater strides industrially. Whatever may bo the claim of other cities of the inter-mountain inter-mountain region as to industrial prominence, prom-inence, Ogdn, with its superior and unequal un-equal 'jd railroad facilities, hs established estab-lished its recognition as the factoVy and industrial center between Denver and San Francisco. Because of an nnueual period of business busi-ness and residential building during the years 1013 and 1914. it is not considered consid-ered 't range that general building activity ac-tivity fell below the record of those years during the twelve months just closed. As a matter of fact, there has been no falling off in the amount of pubsta utial improvements in the residence resi-dence districts during the year, but the same cannot be said of the business dis-- dis-- trie. Xot including several structures started in 1914 and also some public buildings for which city permits are not required, the estimated expenditure in tJie building line in this ,eity during 1915 wan $."34.3,885. as compared with $896.00 for the previous year. Of this total for the past year not less than $200,000 was expended for industrial plants institutions that-are either fur nisbing or will furnish employment for hundreds of persons. Bur&iing Report. The following report of building op-im op-im a lions for tbe past yoar is .has,ed on the monthly reports of the building inspector in-spector as filed in the office of the city engineer: --Estimated Cost. No. Business ' Permits. Structures. Residences. Janua'-v 3 $ 800 $ 2.300 Vbrn-y 10 - 17,300 Marci IS 2,-HS 24,177 April 4E 1-1,565 ' 61,000 MiLV ID . i1,2:;0 14,800 June -i) "0.27i. S3, 400 July 2D 12.000 ' 19,400 Aucust . . . 23 52.675 23,550 September1 22 S.425 ' 27.2S0 October 17 S2,S00 . November 13 7.060 9,700 Uecem'r (est.) 10 So.000. 12.700 ' Totals 228 5267. 47S J27S.407 Total for min .V $S4S,SSf Total for 1914 .?$!., ijso .. Total for 1013 ' 9!M.311 Although iniRb of the construction work . was done In 1014, the lnrge plant of the American Can co mpany was i vt co m -pleted nor pi weed In actual operation until un-til well al&hg in the year just closed. It is therefore entitled to add its fjuota-of fjuota-of benefit, and in fact leads the- list of industrial progress for Ogden during- the exposition yesr. This factory J a located in the new riianufacturins district, of wliicli Lincoln avenue and Twentieth strret aii? tbe- principal thoroughfares. For the first jiine months of this plant's ope rat Ion i t ha s cm ployed i s many a a 2-"e persons during the bu.sy season, and lis payroll farce has never dropped below be-low seventy-five. Since last March, when the first line of machines wns placed in operation, the tola) oifiput of the factory has been about 30,000.000 cans. It is a noteworthy fact that this Immense quantity quan-tity of containers was disposed of almost al-most entirely withhi t he state. The company's Osden factory is equipped with five lines of maohfnes, for the manufacture of as many sizes of cans. Its principal output, however, is the smaller size of cans for condensed milk. Almost since its completion the factory lias been turning out these containers con-tainers for the various condensed milk factories of the state. In addition to the containers manufactured here, the local factors' Is a distributing station for nil kinds of ware made bv the American Can company, including packages in plain and decorated tin such as lard vails, oil cans, druggists' tinware, galvanized t ubs a nd boilers and candy containers. If at any time the demand for nne or more of these articles becomes sufficiently heavy the Ogden factory will be eci nipped for turning turn-ing out the article, according to John G. Leonard, superintendent. Another important industrial Institution Institu-tion that was built almost: entirely within the year 1915 and which will get under operation early this month is t he big plant of the Utah Cereal Food company. Th elevators are already being rilled with grain, and the finishing touches are being put on tbe interior of the mill, and every indication is that the plant will begin turning out the finished product Uuriny the first week of January. $150,000 Expenditure. The completed industry will represent an expenditure of in the neighborhood of $150,000, and the gratifying feature Is that tho entire capital has been subscribed sub-scribed by local people. The mill proper comprises a 60.000-bushrl elevator, a feed and stock mill, which will take care of the Offal of the factory, and one of the mowt thoroughly equipped and up-to-date cereal plants in the United States. Many pieces of the machinery have been made especially for the new plant, and everything every-thing that modern inventive genius has Invented will be utilized by the Ogden 'concern The mil will use about half a million bushels of grain per year, which in itself constitutes no small market for local fanners. Tn addition to this, it will be turning out twenty-five tons of stock feed every twenty-four hours, together with other by-products, which will assist very ma teriully in depreciating the volume of this cfass of goods now being imported into the state. In addition to the products above men- 1 tioned. a special department has been ' installed for the manufacture of break- fast beverages ma,e entirely from grains 'and fruits and which will be exploited as; : substitutes for coffee. The manage- J ment has been remarkably successful in securing the services of one of the best cereal mill men in the country, Francis E. Walsh, who has been for many years prominently identified with a number' of cereal concerns of national prominence. Mr. Walsh is now on the ground a nil Is rapidly whipping; the final details into shape. Mill Is Enlarged. The cereal factory will employ from seventy-fivo to one hundred people, this force to be Increased as the capacity of the mill is enlarged. The officers ami principal stockholders of the l'tah Cereal Food company are M. S. Browning, Ogden, Og-den, president; Governor William Spry, 3alt Lake, vice president; J. A. Hendrlck-son. Hendrlck-son. Lo?nn, second vice president ; A. T. Wrigiit, Ogden, third vice president, and Lou J. T-laddock, Salt Lake, secretary and treasurer. No small amount of money lias been spent during the pa st year on Improvements Improve-ments that have greatly increased the capacity and enlarged the output of long-established long-established piants. Early in l.US the Ogden Packing & Provision company completed extensive improvements that I t - - i I W. Preston Thomas, Weber bounty farm demonstrator, whose work is appreciated. 1 more than doubled the capacity of its Twenty-fourth street plant. The Becker Brewing & Malting company com-pany expended several thousand dollars in equipping its plant with modern automatic auto-matic malting machines, which do away with the old plan of malting or sprouting the barley on heated doors. ' The Ash ton Fire Brick & Tile com pan.''' started reconstruction re-construction work on the Leek plant at Jefferson a venue and Thirtieth street that will extend through the first six months of 1916. Wit en completed, this plant will be the largest of its kind in the state and third largest in the west. State Spends $40,000. Taking first place in the list of public buildings eiccie-.i during JOif,, the new kindergarten kin-dergarten Iciilding at the Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind represents an ex-oenditure ex-oenditure of about $40,001'. It is not only the first fireproof structure to be erected on the school grounds, but is a modern building specially fitted for the needs of the youngest children attending tho state institution. It covers a ground space of 40 by 140 feet with concrete and brick construction throughout. In design It represents a departure de-parture from the architecture most common com-mon in buildings of this character. The architect, Leslie S. Hodgson, has followed out what is generally considered to be the only distinctive style of American architecture. archi-tecture. The building may be described as consisting of straight lines and panels of red brick texture with white stone trimmings. trim-mings. On the ground floor are two large living liv-ing rooms, five class rooms, dining room, kite lien and pantries. There are four dormitories on the second floor, together with apartments for the four house mothers moth-ers of the building, bathrooms and other accommodations. The dormitories are virtually vir-tually sleeping porches, more tha n half the wall area bing composed of windows fitted with Pulman screens. Fach dormitory dormi-tory has Its own bath and wash room, the fixtures having been made specially for the accommodation of small children. Wihle the building will accommodate sixty six-ty child) en. only forty-three will make their homes there with the reopening, of school after the holidays. Children's Chapel. Another biiitSing that is now being erected in coi)n"ection with the state school is the chapel ''provided try the Mormon church for the erfefit of children attend-1 attend-1 nig the institutiftn. Although not located on the school grounds, it Is situated close by, at Liberty avenue and Twenty-first street. This building when completed early this year will represent an investment of $13,000.- The Utah School for the Deaf i and the Blind was also improved during , the past year by the installation of a complete com-plete new heating plant at a cost of $10,000. Among the modern residences either completed or Hearing completion during the year are those of G. L. Becker, Van Buren and Twenty-fourth street, costing 000; Clayton Cooltdge, Taylor avenue and Twenty-fifth street, $10,000, and Guy Johnson, Madison avenue and Twenty-fifth i Several apartment houses were erected during the year, the aggregate expenditure being not less than ST5.000. The largest of these was designed by the firm of Shreeve & Madsen. architects, for Dr. Edward Ed-ward T. Rich. These are known as the Avon apartments, and are located on TAve.nty-fir'th street near the Sacred Heart academy, at an approximate expenditure of J5,000. Work was started in December on a funeial chapel and apartment building build-ing for George W. Lark in & Sons, the cost of which will he $10,000. Construction Construc-tion Is nearly completed on a double apartment house for Mrs. Sidney Stevens on Butler a venue, the cost being SrtOflO. In addition to the benefits derived from building opera I ions that were carried on in this city. Ogden architocts. contractors and supply honsee received tlieir full .share of the money spent in snrrouii'ling: towns- a;jd cities. Dunne; the past year building one rat Ions as far distant as Malad, Ida.no, were planned and directed by Ogden firms. Development of the Ogden Packing & Provision company plant into one of the greatest of Utah's industries Is anticipated antici-pated by those who have watched during (he past year the upbuilding of this concern con-cern "a business, with its far-reaching shivment's. Mea.t is now being; shipped ."roni Ogden to Xew York City, to Atlanta, At-lanta, Ga.. and also finds a ready market throughout the west from Canada to Mexico. This company more than doubled the size of its plant one year ago. At that time it was presumed that the addition would prove sufficient to meet all needs of the company for many years. 81 nee the summer months of 1915 the entire plant has been worked to its full capacity every working day, and lias been operated oper-ated at times on Sunday and at night to keep up with the orders. Such a condition con-dition has resulted In the directors and stockholders considering plans for further expansion of the business and plant. Plant Is Improved. Lars Hansen, president, and S. S. Jensen, Jen-sen, secretary of the company, have stated that the plans for the expansion have not been fully matured. The company com-pany holds considerable acreage at the site of its present plant, and it is understood under-stood that any new buildings constructed during the present year will be erected on this ground. During the past year the company has spent about $H,000 in minor improvements improve-ments of its plant in this city, this work including the erection of one small addition, addi-tion, the pla ci ng of new boilers a nd boiler house and the installation of large evaporators to be used in saving byproducts by-products of the nlant. Completion of the development plans for this company is expected during the ! winter months, the expectation being that , new buildings will be constructed during the spring and summer to care for the usual winter rush of business during the latter portion of the year. |