Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-10 | Page 12 | Merchants Asked to Help Project

I Merchants l Asked To Help Project OGDEN OGDEN Appearing Appearing before retail merchants at a meeting in the Hotel Ben Lomond Lomon Friday night P. P H. H Mulcahy Mulcahy Mul Mul- general manager pa aget of the Utah Utah- Id Idaho ho Central railroad voiced an n appeal appeal ap ap- peal jeal to the merchants to raise to complete a necessary total total- of 2500 tor for an expert to organize farmers and obtain pledges of at contracts for 90 per percent percent percent cent of the stor storage ge capacity of the proposed Ogden river project dam darn Mr Mulcahy told the gathering that industrial lenders leaders of Ogden had already al at- ready subscribed 2000 of the amount The retailers expressed complete confidence con con- that the appeal will meet with hearty response The total cost of construction of the project is calculated at and Mr Mulcahy pointed out that a n large arge portion of that amount would go for labor which would be of direct benefit to Ogden