Show Ogden Citizens Present Their Case to the Railway Officials Of- Of Officials Who Start for Salt Lake LaIe After the Hearing OGDEN Feb 10 Ogden Ogden Is all aU excitement t today day over the the fight for the cutoff At 12 o'clock a committee from the Weber club headed by President A. A T. T Wright and including M. M SI S. Fred Frea J T resel J. J L. L Clark and other prominent business men met President Burt General Manager Krutt- Krutt and Chief Engineers Hood and Berry in the offices of Superintendent Noble NoLle in iu the Union depot i i It Is believed here that the arguments presented by the committee in favor of this city as the terminal and of th the advantages of the projected cutoff fr from m Lucia to Ogden Ogden are of such weight height that Salt Lake City will not be able to successfully controvert them Confidence or oF success is universally expressed by leading business business' businessmen men and citizens zens Tho The meeting lasted about two hours and at the close of the conference the officials s left for S Salt lt LaKe Lalie to meet with the committee from the Commercial club and listen to the arguments in favor of the southern route The meeting was a secret one and all newspaper men were barred General Genera Manager told The Telegram representative after the meeting that the consultation with willi the Ogden representatives had been a am m most st pleasant one The committee had simply presented to them the advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages of the J Junction nation City and exhibited many facts and figures for their inspection Among the most Important of these was a a a- complete statement as asto asto asto to the fluctuation n of the of the lake Jake and a table able showing its water level at various points I Mr stated that the results of both the Ogden and Salt Lake conferences s would be incorporated In one telegram and sent at once to Mr Harriman for tor his ins inspection He could not say just when the decision would come Mr and Chief Engineer Hood will return to Ogden tonight and go west Mr 11 Burt and ChieT Berry Barry of the Union Pacific will goon go goon goon on east |