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Show OGDEN TO HAVETRACK 'Second City Will Sec . Soma- Fine; Bicycle facing This Yean , The saucer, track for Ogden la now. an assured fact Harry Heagren. who man-, aged, the Salt Lake Palace track so ably i last season, baa been working on the proposition all winter,, and has at last 1 : got a crowd of capitalists together whose names give assurance that the project will' be carried to a successful "conclusion. The final steps were taken Sunday and n Friday the papers of incorporation will be filed and the company will decide on thJMocation for the track. 'The company wilf. be incorporated under the laws of this 1 State for 310.000. . The .incorporators number num-ber among them the mo?t prominent business busi-ness men of both Ogden and Salt Lake, and no expense will be spared to give the Ogden' fans a run for their money. The company wilt- profit to a large extent by the knowledge gained by the Salt Palace track.' In general, the new track will follow the general design of the one at the" Salt Palaces Pal-aces but the. back stretch will be more heavily banked and there will not. be a board in the surface of the track over two Inches wide. . This should produce a speed circle -.which cannot be beaten in this country. Several pieces of property in the heart of Ogden are .held under option. - The Site is not as yet determined, but It is likely that either the lot alongside the fire 1 department or the lot belonging to -the Peery - estate at Twenty-aeventh - and Washington street will be choaen. ' . It is Intended to give two-raoe meets a week, one on each Monday and Thursday-evening.:'.-This, will prevent any hitch with the Salt Lake dates, and the enthusiasts en-thusiasts of both towns will be benefited by the unusual number of riders which will be drawn her. .'" Mr. Heagren will have complete control of the Ogden' track. . V |