Show BE UP AND DOING there is still some talk of a big eastern railroad entering ogden by the route selected a few years ago crossing wyoming along he center line of that state and coming into ogden through Ogden canyon there iff nothing ogden is so much in need of as another eastern railroad outlet new roads are being built and planned all cutting either to the south of this city or far to the north thus tending to lessen the advantage which ogden has held for years ot being tho railroad center of the territory embracing utah and idaho the western pacific is building west out of salt lake and the moffat road is extending west to salt lake from denver the union pacific is surveying for a cutoff cut off from the mouth of weber canyon to a connection with the oregon short line at the balse people are endeavoring deavo ring to have established rail connection to winnemucca nevada all these railroad changes are under mining the ogden gateway and near ly all efthem have been laughed at as impracticable and not feasible until one by one they are assuming shape clarks san pedro road never appealed to the beet posted of railroad men as other than the dream of a dreamer until a reality the line Is through a desert waste for miles goulds western pacific it was said could never bea celoso competitor of the central pacific it was to go south around great salt lake and then north crossing the central pacific at wells and paralleling the harraman Harrl man line to chenco proceeding north again to beckwith pass and through the feather river country and once more swinging south to meet the central at sacramento making a circuitous route but tho western pacific Is being built theeo new projects but prove that ogden must not sit back and dimply criticism criticise critic ise but must be up our dreamers must leave their dreams and proceed to find the ways and means to realize their castle building this city should put forth an united effort to induce the burlington or northwestern to construct some or more of road which is sufficient to bring tho trains of roads into ogden this Is the natural railroad center of this section the great in the wasatch Wd satch range have pointed the hand of destiny toward ogden but natural advantages will count for but little if the people in possession of those rare opportunities simply wait like dickens micawber Mic awber for something to turn up |