| Show Ogden Industries Serve Vast T Territory tor 1 l Ogden Is Utah's Industrial Center Hy fly E. E It R. BURKE Mona Manager r Industrial Division Ogden Chamber of If Commerce The Tho of ot the ancient adage It Jt In is unwise to place nil all of ot your eggs egg In ono one basket h has l long Ion been unquestioned and had the city of Ogden had the opportunity to select any Industries Indus Indus- trip tries II It desire desired the tho result could not possibly have followed this Injunction more mor closely Ogden has hall not only di diversification dl- dl versification of or industry but of 01 substantial sub sub- Industry not given Riven to spasmodic spasmodic spas spas- modie periods of 01 wild prosperity only to bo be followed by longer periods of depression but enjoying a steady well defined flow lIow of 01 business Periods Period v. v when hen business Is n little above or a little below normal are art of ot course no nomore nomore nomore more than thon natural but Ogden's I in industries In- In run consistently close to the normal line to so vital to n a healthy con con- Three major Items Hems have hove contributed to the tho establishment of ot industry in Ogden namely geographic location transportation facilities and agricultUrAl agricultural tUrAl wealth in the tho surrounding terri terri- tory The first item that of location Is III moro more or less interwoven with the theother theother theother other two The second that of ot trans trans- for which the first is III partially partially par par- par par- responsible is fa directly beneficial and has done more perhaps than thon anything anything anything any any- thing elso else towards the encouragement of industry in Ogden Through the great converging of 01 railroad facilities in Ogden not only is it possible for Ogden to buy raw materials throughout through through- out n a wido area aren but the finished products products prod prod- may be bo readily shipped to any desired de do sired market Markets are vital to industry and when tho the comparative sparse population of ot this territory is considered It Is not difficult to see the Importance of ot railroads Tho The third Item that of ot agriculture is also di directly directly directly di- di important for many of ot our plants are devoted to the tho manufacture of ot food tood products Not only are the canning and dairy products of ot this vIcinity vi vicinity vI- vI used but vast amounts of grain ore are drawn from tho great farms to the north Many Interesting facts were learned from an industrial survey recently completed and it is thought that a amoro amoro moro graphic conception will result from the tho use of n few of the tho figures than could be otherwise obtained There are arc now in Ogden nine eighty manufacturing establishments employing employ employ- In ing 3 78 people with an annual payroll payroll payroll pay pay- roll of ot This figure covers manufacturing plants only and when we o add odd to this total the em em- of ot the government state stale city schools railroads etc In fact everything every every- thing thinK except professional men and wholesale and retail store we find that there are 7 with a payroll of ot year yeat ly Iy Tho The approximate investment in these 89 plants Is nearly and th their ir total volume of ot business reached the thc figure of ot in 1929 1020 The principal classifications into which our industries fall are as follows Milling dalr dairy clothing bottling artificial ice foundry canvas and leather sheet metal poultry brick meat packing mills printing conning canning and advertising all of ot which are arc represented represented in their field by two or more establishments In addition to these tho the following individuals so called be be- cause they arc are alone In their field Candy bedding salad dressing honey and bee supplies cans sugar and boxes boxe Due to the great number of ot products products products prod prod- manufactured and the wide and ond varied interests in Ogden's Industrial field it would be Impossible to go into detail in covering each ach of ot the plants or even each of ot the major By y way of indicating the vast volume however we can enumerate a few lew of the com commodities modi tiel and the quantity In which they were turned out in 1929 Cans sugar pounds salad dressing 78 8 0 cases honey 7 cars soda water cases near beer barrels barrels bar bar- bread loaves cakes artificial Ice not Including Pacific J Fruit J Express tons butter pound pounds i milk powder pounds Ice cream gallons market milk gallons gallons gal Ital- lons Ions eggs cares cases live poultry pounds dressed res rd poultry pounds canned foods 12 1362 1302 cases These figures represent the production production production tion of ot only part of ot the tho manufacturing plants In Ogden and deal only with production The other articles on this page were designed to explain in greater detail the operations of ot industry industry industry indus indus- try under several classifications The lines of industry covered by these articles articles articles ar ar- were not selected with any ony idea of 01 priority through comparative Importance importance importance Im im- but merely to give give so far as possible a representative picture of Ogden's industrial development Ogden's Industrial development has been bren based on sound economic demand throughout In few cases has it been necessary to increase consumption to equal production but rather it has been necessary to to Increase Production production to meet consumer demand created Building on this basis business is II certain certain certain tain to be bo successful and the individual ual firm as well wen as liS the community as asa asa a whole will progress and prosper at times perhaps but none the tho less substantially Generally Generally Generally Gener Gener- ally industrially and every other way Ogden's future is bright business I is ig 1 Globe I-Globe Globe Mill Mills s. s Y 0 2 Utah 2 Utah racking Packing ng Corp 3 Amalgamated 3 Amal Ramat e d S Sugar ugar i C Company ii ey fP t- t i 4 Shupe Williams sY Candy Co 5 Sperry 5 Flour Mills i g 1 ryk f 6 G 6 tr 7 American 7 Can Com Com- pany 8 Utah Idaho Cement Company Ica 1 w a r a S r ti 6 f i a A 1 13 3 7 41 J S J. J m 7 AIRPLANE VIEW OF OGDEN'S RAILROADS YARDS AND A PORTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION 8 |
