Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-30 | Page 3 | Ogden Record for Building Again Broken

OGDEN RECORD FOR BUILDING AGAIN BROKEN Construction v Work ork Car Car- ned Through During 1926 Is Greatest Ogden's building record for 1926 surpassed that of any preY preY- prevIous previous ious bus year with more than 2700 expended for for- under way during the 12 months While the tho buildinG permit record does not show a tremendous In- In Increase increase In Increase crease over oer the previous year this condition arises rises e permits for tor both the Hotel and the th First Nl Na- Na National bank building were wre Issued In 1925 although the th principal construction work was done the succeeding year Municipal Improvements during the year without counting tho fourth Twenty fourth street viaduct are figured by City Engineer Drown Brown at This includes pavinG curb and gutters cutters side side side- sidewalks sidewalks walks walls and ana sanitary sewers r The Tho viaduct cost was waa approximately a quarter million dollars dollar th the city elty and county cost being and the railroad companies ex ex- ex expending expending pending It Is estimated by tho the engineer General build build- building build ine Ing permits for tor the tho year reached the vast ast total of In addition to this there had been pre previously Issued Iss ed a a permit for the First National bank with esti- esti estimate esti estimate mate at t and for tor the Hotel with estimate of These costs and estimates esti- esti estimates esti estimates mates reach the th grand Brand total of 0 However there must be added to this the large larf amount spent by the th Ogden Union Railway Hallway Depot Depot company for Im- Im Improvements improvements Im Improvements th the betterment and an extension of ot the Pacific Fruit Express ice Ico plant the extension of water mains by the th O Ogden Orden den City water water- department and other bet bet- betterments betterments bet betterments not Included In the pro pro- pre preliminary municipal figures raving ravine work that was done during the th year cost ost and Included slightly less leas than two miles of ot paving In tho the newly developed eastern residential sec section I tion of ot Ogden In addition near near- nearly nearly nearly ly a third of a mile of ot was placed In connection with the Twenty fourth street viaduct extension New driveways though thio gli recent y r recent recent- recently c nt ly Iy platted residential sections reaching almost almot to the tho base of Mount Ogden Orden form part par of ot the tho paving work Curb and gutt gutter r work werk In other sections totalled six miles of Improvement There Therewa I wa placed 26 2 miles of sidewalk walk at a II cost of ot The water main malo extensions were feet during the year add added cd to miles of mains form form- formIng forming form Ing the system up to January 3 1325 1925 Some new streets street were opened Including Fowler avenue from Twenty seventh to to to Twenty eIghth Twenty streets Grant avenue from Twelfth to Thirteenth street treet Bev- Bev Beverly Beverly Bev erly Drive Marilyn Mar Drive Tny- Tny Taylor Tay-lor Tay lor br Drive Binford d avenue Monroe to Quincy avenues avenue lull Drive and Gramercy avenue avenue from sixth Twenty sixth to Tw Twenty nt streets One On of the municipal improvements has hu been Installation tion of o new type lamps Ogden n City having of ot these the new street lamps now in n with of ot the tho style old arc lights In la 1925 A record of ot building permits for the past five years year sho khon s excellent growth crowth for tor Ogden throughout tho the entire period be- be beIng Inc be-Inc Ing as follows follos 1922 43 permits 1923 permits 1551 20 1924 US permits l 1925 permits 19 1926 6 perm permits