| Show 0 OGDEN N ELECTRIC ROAD P yesterday yeat erday was a great day in ogden k rier ar electric street railway which in through almost two hildine nil dine has passed of law suite SU itts commitments for wa and at other her highly dramatic ei ampt of sharp competition was wag genially set going yesterday afternoon ahe eve event V ut was ce celebrated leb rated with much asmo 0 and circumstance at 2 party ot of I 1 invited guests assem aseem le Bedon on t the he national bank corner and steif ut OU nut t to the powerhouse power house there sy were we address addressed ed by judge L R dies as follows gar mr chairman a ladies and gentle an in the last de decade cade of this the wand of progress Is t grafto girled u ry to the front by electricity it the most moat esthetic and newest west file a de 1 motive power and I 1 con U ilo on able tu eulate tulate lau you and through you the that we are in hi the ale ale 0 of f ogden fro from this day there will be no aw union that hai ha a better rin the inked 12 oed and more wo re perfect electric road pi ogden city I 1 look upon this P aa era in the history of the ail you wa who 0 have looked and longed a prosperity you w who ho have doubted fatur e will learn ere many days I 1 06 have come and gone that ogden behind her and is 1 E lei left rt village ways 7 vS aching with the quick step of mod times to the destiny allotted her by providence last year has been one of doubt i az id hi uncertainty in th the e financial world events have caused financiers ertain rolt halt to remain inactive and scan 7 t borzo horizon n for an approaching storm in its ebb and commerce of be 3 tide vm has carri carriea eJ gold from the western bores es of this the atlantic to europe and d ity has feared it would not return if that has ever smiled on fa 1111 nation stion has caused waving fields of in and bountiful harvests to lure it k to the occident and the first we of the golden tide has reached IT 40 eastern fhern borders and it will not be cwi wwi b by y mou mountain ants in or plain during pe hours of doubt and uncertainty axe re have been two men that have not sectioned tinned the future of ogden nor counted fei her natural ars rs have wavered they have seen men ie bright future and through them has been invested money by the brods of thousands the invest sots so made have not been made for te day or tomorrow but for the months arf years to come they add value to bwy lot aad inspire activity ivirty in every me of business I 1 need not say to you ua that I 1 allude to S M jarvis and roland B R conklin it would be unpardonable in me not to mention H C gilbert who in season and out of season in court and out of court I 1 has baa had but one motto an electric road for ogden ladies and gi gentlemen the trip over this system will cause you to remember my friend mr abbott whose guests you are his genius anti and his energy have caused the lightning ng of commerce to be harnessed harness ed to the car of progress and in the erudite language of the chinaman no no but go like bellee all the samee 1 I ladies and gentlemen ogden is ready for the visitor the tourist the excursionist we are ready to receive the business man looking for fora a location the honest man seeking a home we are ready to welcome capital and give it every encouragement we are ready to inaugurate the era of modern improvement and give employment to honest labor the voice of the mule driver is heard no more in the land a and nd the cross between a railway rail way engine and a saw mill the motor is relegated to innocuous desuetude the speech wax was heartily applauded d according to arrangement mayor y 0 turner at this point turned on the steam amid cheers and mrs gilbert turned the electric current into the trolley circuit the party then went up stairs and partook of a ba prepared for them the cars care by this time were waiting for the grand opening tour of the road the guests filled three large cars care which at once set ont and traversed the entire line from five points to nob hill and the south city limits the three cars were then kept running for the public until a later hour last night the line hue is well laid and the rolling stock is the finest in operation |
