Show pron the of 27 AN APOLOGY it is not often that a city ot lie sm ot ogden anda ita grow th in population more rapid than its own citizens hate been able to provide for if tho town have any prospects at all ita people are generally far ahead of any demand lor houses and hotels which the expected influx ebal make when it inay arrive they usually go to the other extreme and listening to their rosy hopes rather than to their sober reason thy build for those in the future whose number they greatly exaggerate and coming they have but few grounds to anticipate A city classed by travelers aa among growing cities destined to prosperity and greatness yet to come like a city whose prosperity and greatness have come and gone again is rarely found scant of hotel boarding aid lodging houses and buildings to let for these indicate with considerable accuracy hat the immediate expectations of the city are or have been visitors to ogden are therefore surprised when they find the hotels full the lodging houses crowded and private families called upon to give up their spare rooms for the accommodation of visiting guests aliey admit at once that there is no departure ot prosperity liere their next im prevision ision Is that either there is a lack of enterprise and foresight in not providing more extensive facilities for travelers or that alie number of the latter has increased beyond all expectation as to what it would be when its demands were last considered neither of these does us honor the fint is not at all creditable to the citizens and the other is somewhat of a reflection apon heir faith in their less so than a proud compliment to the city itself we will not undertake to say which excuse best fits our case we are not without fault under the first hypothesis but this is more than made up for in the fact that ogdene growth has been more rapid than we were able to keep pace with oar friends must remember that though with faith unshaken in the cites future we had grown to think where people were BO slow to recognize it the march when it did begin would be slow and tedious the stateliness and volume of the procession has surprised us we were ready for a great deal amt not such a fijal wave of prosperity as has come their charity in view of the foregoing will be le moro willing when aliey are assured that we realize our bhart corn laps as fully as aliey do if they read the papers they will have seen that every effort is being made to remedy the defects and make up for all delinquencies if they could attend the meeting of alie chamber of commerce tonight to night they would hear how energetically we are working toward he correction of every complaint as to inadequate hotel facilities and if we can inform them tomorrow to morrow morning that plans are arranged and ener men engaged in providing structures in proportions and elegance suited to all future needs we hope they will add to their expressions of forgiveness for the present lack in this direction the kindly pleasure which it gai aa them to be w ith and w atch the energy of a people who are BO keenly alive to the wants of others and to the duty resting upon them delves |