Ogden Sun | 1905-11-28 | Page 4 | Ogden a Storm Center

OGDEN A STORM CENTER tho coast papers are welcoming gould with much and all northern california Is being encouraged to expect great things from the builders of the western pacific san francisco papers slate that goulds ambitions are not limited to one line to the pacific chaat but that ho Is ambitious to parallel the harriman roads in idaho oregon and washington this extensive competitive building Is said to have some ib caring on the largo real estate deals that have been consummated and the negotiations now on for still more property in ogden by the denver rio grande but tho building north from ogden of the gould roads does not fully explain why tho representatives of those interests are so strongly entrenching themselves in this city with large terminal facilities in salt lake and that place a junction of the gould roads there would te no great necessity for terminal rights in ogden as ogdon could tie mado an intermediate point wo are forced to look in another direction for a satisfactory explanation if gould is to shift his junction point from salt lake to ogden there is need for the land purchased it he is operating cooperating co ciui the burlington aad the hill people in a fight on harriman the motive is plain certain it is that ogden is to be a storm center in the clash of the mighty railroad forces this city is so situated that try as they will to get away gould harriman and hill must recognize its importance as a gateway harriman has already appreciated precia ted agdens natural advantages and there is much to indicate that gould and hill are awakening to the opportunities here presented