Show I 1 genk GENE ran nan L trox IN OGDEN ani ami vicinity revin nevin REVIVAL AL OF THE tiie IRON IRO WORKS VALUABLE COAL DEPOSITS J diw vig I 1 1 I cadey cades CITY utah editor deseret lan wb have for some time past been threatened here with winter which undoubtedly has hag caused among a large number of the tho citizens citizens citi zens zeng of this city and adjacent places they are as yet et at least many of them ill iii prepared prepare to encounters enco untera I 1 ent season but such un an event seems now to be once more mote postponed indefinitely for although during the past and present months the daric dark clouds have loomed up gathered thick and ominously in the heavens anu and A neavy 11 has seemed imminent and table tabie yet set after a light ruin maln a little hall anda auda and aud ar lew few flakes of bf snow it has again cleared onn omm and lowthe sun bun shines bright and but the wind is abid real teai estate rises high and warm overcoats are am in constant demand n i this has been an eventful year inmany respects in ogden THE commercial depression which was keenly felt seit at t t the hla hib commencement 0 in men cement of the ear eat has continued all the time from then until the pres I 1 ent and quite a number of business men have succumbed to the hard times and the lorce of circum i stances which they not control neither does there appear to he be much prospect at present of matters bri brightening ht ening up and becoming a great zeal deal deai better TH 33 FAR rAK MERS too have labored labore under dunder md moe c disadvantages this year than they have for some time past some of the crops in a number of places have been very magre meagre and some have been almost failures the high waters in the spring and summer did much damage to farm farni s and fields and later the BLIGHT AND WORMS destroyed a great deal of corn and potatoes our truit yields yield N haye have also aiso g i so been very light with the exe exception eption of apples and although they have abundant thousands of bushels have been worm eaten and thus rendered profits less but borwhat for fon what produce the arang ers have saved there is little or orno no market and thel the prices offered for grain etc are low improvements havo have not been so numerous or extensive this year as they were in 1883 quite u t e a number of new residences however 0 w e v er have gone up several large business places have been erected and completed all of which are fine acquisitions to the city and of course add materially to its wealth as well as its appearance many public lm improvements rove have been made in n our streets and roads during the year and especially ally have I 1 I 1 TWO U UNSIGHTLY HEAPS disappeared from our gaze and rough places have been made smooth one of these was the ugly hill between main maln street and the court house on fourth street you will remember that in winter winten and in lain iain stormy weather that heap mound was difficult for teams to climb and was often dangerous for both equestrians and pedestrians to ascend and descend the hill has disappeared and we now have a splendidly graded street that can be traveled in safety in the day or night summer or winter the sidewalks in that vicinity have also been graded and made easy the walls and approaches to the court house have also aiso undergone juchim much improvement pro ro similar good works are iel gei being ng accomplished in other parts of the thel town aown A NEW bridge for teams to cross on has been built OV over r the irrigation canal on the west lixi side of weber river riv er where the road turns olf on and crosses the U C it it to go to hooper the hill there has likewise been cut down and the passage made safe formerly many accidents occurred at that place to teams and teamsters by the of vehicles which rendered them liable to dama damage c if not destruction by trains from the tre south which come around the abrupt curve in fir the road just south of the bridge with ordinary care rare no one now need incur any danger or trouble in that section other valuable improvements in prove ments have been made in the grounds of THE CENTRAL SCHOOL the old seventies hall has been taken down the debris removed the grounds le veld leveled and laid off in walks wails and ornamental section sand sowed bowed to different kinds of tame grasses a place is left forthe for the erection of a water fountain ornamental trees etc the whole Is surrounded with an iron palisade fence all of which is home production and was cast by mr nir william pierce fierce of this city at his foundry on south main street this work is a credit to our school and speaks well for their taste judgment and ener energy gyIn in pro motin the interests of our ofir educational institutions the work on our NEW tabernacle has progressed gradually but bilt surely from the commencement excavating had to be tle done to a greater depth than was at first expected in order to reach a solid bed on which to place the foundations dat ions the foundations are all in and the walls of the basement Da about six feet above the ground the mork work on the building has ceased for the winter A larze larce quantity of bull building dinh ding materials are on the ground consi consisting stIn g of rock brick bric kotc etc and the labor will be resumed as early as possible after next spring opens there now app appears ears to be a prospect for the establishment of a VALUABLE nome HOME INDUSTRY inthis in this city in the near nesi future you yon are aware that numerous attempts have been made in this place to establish iron works that would give employment to a great number of citizens furnaces Furna cbs have halve been erected ore has been procured in abundance of a superior quality and pig iron has been manufactured in ogden which has been demonstrated to DC c as good as any article of the kind made maae in any other place our city gov government expended a liberal sum of money to aid iq in the enterprise and yet all endeavors thus this far have failed to establish the much needed industry notwithstanding in TWENTY TWO TONS of excellent pig iron was turned out of the furnace proving we have the skill and the material to manufacture the metal another atte attempt ampt has now been made in this direction which itis hoped will succeed and that ohp who have mean means will swill bt be blessed with the will to nurture and encourage it for the benefit of the community A company has been organized under the name of ogan WORKING AND MIXING association with the following named omm off meers officers Winslow farr farn president thomash thomas H robinson Robin soni Secre secretary taryl george richens treasurer the directors are john watson george leagus george F leagus leaps george richens the capital stock of the company is a great amount of which is already paid up and the balance soon will be the company own eleven good iron mines one of which the pennsylvania is located at north ogden summit at this mine there is by actual measurement over 60 tons of good ore in sight three three oth others rs are located in ogden canon and seven in in morgan county A shaft is in the pennsylvania 37 feet deep and alid some chunks taken out of it will weigh 20 tons each the association also own a valuable QUARRY and a lime kiln both located south of ogden canon above the ogden city bench the limestone is the best that can be procured for flexing fluxing in the manufacture ot of iron the company have taken from the kiln a great amount of lime which they have disposed of profitably in addition to these properties they possess large tracts of coal bedkwith bed bcd a great deal of coal in sight one pit has been sunk to the depth of forty feet and the devel are very satisfactory they have havel recently purchased from A L farr niel ten acres of land on which to erect suitable buildings for their works they are also negotiating for a twenty horse power engine for blasting and other purposes the works will be commenced in earnest eari cari as early as possible in the coin coln co coming in 1 I spring and will afford employment for sor quite a number of hand hands these are steps s taken en in n the e right ri t direction birdet on having for their object t the e permanent we welfare of the whole hoie community and it is devout devoutly lv hoped they willbe will be eminently success successful lul lui WEBER |