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Show FROM "ED. BERNE." Editor Leader: - A refreshing storm, which has continued since Saturday last, has been the theme for conversation up to date. A great deal of the grain is up and it is generally believed that the rain will have a good effect on the crops; should it be followed with a frost, however, the result will be disastrous to the fruit crops, as the trees are in bloom, and will easily be injured by the cold. Ogden is having a grand building boom this spring. The new wagon depot of Geo. (George) A. Lowe is now completed and is occupied with the large stock of wagons and farm implements of that gentleman. The old building lately occupied by him is torn down, and a new one is being erected in its place. A new store is being erected just south of the Canfield block on Main St. (Street). But what promises to be the most important is the block began by Prest. (President) D. H. Peery, on Main St. (Street), next south of Walker Bros. (Brothers). It will be used for storerooms and offices when completed. Besides these, many private residences are in course of erection. The engine and other necessary fixtures for the electric light, have arrived are placed on the building spot ready for business. The engine is very much smaller than that used in Salt Lake City. It will not be many days until the people of Ogden will be in telephonic communication with Salt Lake City. The line is up between the two places, and as soon as the instruments are in working order in the latter city, business matters will fly over this distance with the magical pinions of electricity, saving postage and other expenses incident to former intercourse between the star cities of Utah. On Monday the 11th inst. (instant), the press and material for the Ogden Herald arrived, and we may now look for the first issue of that paper at an early date. The storm has raised the rivers in this vicinity. In Ogden Canyon several earth-slides have occurred so that traffic on that road, except on foot, is entirely blockaded. One slide, a short distance east of Coldwater Canyon, is so large that it will take many men several days to work a road through it. The bridges on the east end of the road are in a fearful state. The road company should be urged to finish the road whereby these bridges can be avoided. Ed. (Edward) Berne. Ogden, April 12, 1881. |