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Show H OGDEN AND THE RAILROADS. 1 Supt. Thos. Rowlands, of tho Salt Lake division of tho Southern 1 Pacific, says Ogden, ten years from now. should be the most import- M ant railroad center in the west. lie bases his conclusion on the plans M which are being worked out for the improvement of the Harriman H yards and the double tracking now proceeding north, south, east and H west of here. M I Mr. Rowlands always has had faith in the future of'Qgden as a railroad point and that confidence in the city lias been reinforced by tho developments of the Inst few months. Plans arc being perfected calling for the expenditure of $500,000 in remodeling the freight yards. The tracks are to be movqd some distnncc west toward the river and a lane thus formed between the passenger and freight yards on which is to be erected a power house, heating plant, store house, coach shops and car repairing re-pairing buildings. The power house and heating plant arc to bo placed directly west of the Union Depot and will lie large buildings., The other structures are to be built near the present machine shops, the store house displacing thq.old freight depot. ,u The new freight yards will have tracks capable of, handling, trains of SO cars, with work tracks and ladders leading up to them. A central switch tower is to command the entire yards, with an interlocking system. Double passenger tracks are to be constructed leading out to the double main line of the Southern Pacific and the other roads. Even the present Union Depot is to be remodeled and enlarged. With this work started, Ogden has reason to sec the bright side of things and to look forward to a city of uncqualed advantages in the intermountain country. |