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Show . (HIDES KliKnilIO l!l)ll. It l Oucucd to the Public 11 1 III Hue Ccrrmiuiy. Ycftcrdiy was a grtat day In Ogdcn. Her elntrlo street railway which In building ha patted through almost two jear of law suits, commitments for coutiuit nnd other highly dramatic vlchultude of hrp comjiatltlou, wa formally set golugyisterdny aftirnooii. The event was celebrated with much pomp and circumstance. At 2 o'clock n largo party ot luvltrd gtiasta assembled assem-bled on the National Hank corner aud went out to thu iowir Iiouk. Thero Ihey were addressed by Judgeli.lt. Ithodctas follows' "Mr. Chairman, lallo nnd gentlemen gentle-men I u Ihe last deiade of ltd loth century, tho wanl of progrea 1 ' carried to the front hy electricity, It 1 Iho newest, the moat ttthotlo and fathlonabiotnctlvotowir, and I congratulate con-gratulate sou and through you Iho leopleof OgJen that wo are lu Iho awltn. l'rom thlt day there will be no city In Iho Unlin that haa a better Hulpd aud more irfect electric, road tlmu Ogden Clly, I look upon thlt event oj antra In the liltlory uf tho llj'. You who have looked at.il louged for froaparlty, sou who havo doubted the future, will learn ere mauy dayi thall have I'omn nnd gono Ihaj Ogden haa loft village way behind her and li marching with the ipilck klap of mod- ern time totho dttktlnv allittud Imp tie atlivlne Providence. "Tbo last J ear ha 1 1 en one of doubt aud uncertainty Intheflnauclal world. CtrtAln uvants havu cauted fluancler to ball, tn remain luacttvo, and scan the horizon for an n preaching ilorm. Ihetideofcommtrco hi In i"l,b nud llow hat carrleJ gold from Ilia vttttern horn of the Atlantic to l.iiropo nnd tlmldlly haa feared It would not n (urn, but Providence that has everimlled on tlit) nation ha touted waving field of gruln and bountiful haretl to luru It bark to the Oi-cldtnt, aud the llnl wave cf tha golden tide ha roach I our CMittm border and It will not bo tuyoil by mtuntalnor plain. During thcao hour of doubt aud uucettaluly there have bctn tiro men that luvucot Surttloned tho future of Ozilen, nor Itcounlitl h r natural reourcc,wlille other havn wavereil they have teen tho bright future, and through 1111111 theru ha bouii Invested money by the hun lied of thouaanda. Tho IllVeat-nianta IllVeat-nianta eo made havo not tieen made for Ihn day or lomorrow.but for the months aud Jeartocouie;ihiy aid value to overy lot and lutplrn activity In every llnoofbutlntM. I need nottay toyou that I allude to H. M. Jarvla and ItoltuJ It. Conkllu. It woul I bn un-latrdonabln un-latrdonabln In mo not to mention II. C. Ulllrrl, who lu season aud out of season, lu court and out of rourt, ha hadbutoue motto, "An elntrlo road for Ogden." "Ladlea anl gehtUmeu, the trip over thlt ijilem will raute you to re-momUr re-momUr my friend, Mr. Abbott, whose guetbtyuu are. lilt genlui ant hla energy IwYe cauted tho lightning of commerce to tm harnessed to the car of irogresa; anllnlhu eiudlte language of tho Chlnatnan 'no pusher, no l-ullro, but 'go like bailee all Ihn aamee. Iddle and flentlemen, Ogden la rtady for tho vltltor, tho lotirltt, the excurtlonltt; we aru ready to recilte the hiislmss man looking foralocatlon, tho honest man seeking a home. o are n ady to welcome capital nnd give It every encouragement. Wo are nady to Inaugurate the era of modern Improvement an I give em; loyinent to honest labor. The voice of tho mulo driver la hcnnl no more In the land, and Ihe crnt between a railway engine and a taw mill (the motor) Is telcgalod to Innocuous desuetude " The eech wa heartily ou lauded, Acconllng to arrangement Mayor Turner at tlila point turned on the ttiam, arnldchtirt, and Mrt.llllbtrt turned the electric current luto tho trolley circuit. The party then want up Ulr and partook of a banqutt prered for lliein. Thocanbylhl tlmo wero walling for Ihe grand opening tour of the road. The inn sts tilled th roe largo can.whlcli at once set oot and traversed tha entile line from Mve Point to Nob Hill aud Ihe south city limit. Tho three car n eru than ke; t running for thu ubllo until a later hour liut nl;lit. The line la well I ud and tho rolling stock la Ibe n nest In oa-ration. |