Show HISTORIC MILLS ARE GONE flames wipe out old industry of ogden utah the ogden woolen mills the second oldest industry of the kind have been burned the mills were built at a time when the nails cost per keg and other material in proportion the machinery for establishing them was brought from the missouri river nearly forty years ago by ox teams lorin farr tor for twenty years ogden s maor major ia the originator of the enterprise for a number of years the enterprise thrived and in 1884 enoch farr who for several years was manager of the mills went to boton docton and purchased an entirely new set of machinery the mills were closed for several years soon after this but about ten years ago were acquired by mr platt who again started them on a successful era recently they were made the basis of a stock company the con cern has paid heavy dividends and had on foot a plan to convert some of its surplus water power into electric power to be marketed salt sait lake herald |