Show NIN MEN t APPLY ON LOCAL r A WORK BUILDING OF THE VIADUCT IS A BLESSING I 1 I 1 structure will be ornamental as s well as useful new freight buildt building ing I 1 the positive announcement in this newspaper that work on the ogden viaduct would be inaugurated on monlay monday of next week has been the subject of favorable comment in business circles during the past twenty four hours and that the masses generally are deeply interested in the project is shown by the fact that large numbers of laboring men and witnesses are arc now applying for work on the bli big proposition the detail plan sand instructions tor for the preliminary work on the enterprise have arrived from the office of the chief engineer and the experts who are to remove the great mass of wires and cables from the twenty fourth street crossing have been ordered to ogden for further instructions contrary to general expectations on the part of the public the work of putting in the heavy roun foundation dation will begin on the wall avenue end of the structure rather than on the west side of the yards but satisfactory plank crossings and an available roadway will be put in at once so that regular travel will not be impeded or interfered with the vla viaduct act will be 2460 2 feet in length and ami about thirty feet in width the eastern approach will start feet east of wall avenue and ascend gradually for a distance of feet until the main structure is reached the latter will be 2107 feet long in the clear and the downward slope on the west side will bo be feet in length or some eighty odd feet longer than the eastern slope directly in the cente the main structure there will be a span feet in length and surmounting this will be a handsome steel tower of appropriate heigh heights th the structure will be of an am pie width to leave roadways street car tracks and suitable walks for pedestrians dest rians and these will be protected by heavy handsome railings failings rai lings so that all will be separate and distinct from each other halt half a dozen stairways placed at convenient points along the viaduct will enable foot travelers to ascend to or descend from tho the big structure at their convenience or pleasure those familiar with tho the subject maintain that the viaduct will be one of the handsomest structures of a similar character in the west and officials in authority at ogden e express x press confidence that it will be co completed and ready for use before march of next year 1 i new fregg freight t depot I 1 th the e next improvement of a radical nature scheduled for ogden by the harriman Harrl man management is the handsome now freight depot the plans of which have been drawn by railroad architects and approved by president harriman Harrl man himself this building will be feet in length 50 feet in width and two stories in heights heigh th tho the first floor is designed for warehouse purposes and will have a cold storage plant for perishable freight and apartments properly heated to protect certain classes of freight during both hot and cold weather the second story of the now new structure will bo be divided up into well ventilated thoroughly lighted and handsome office rooms for the various departments under joint agent chovers chevers and these there will be strictly modern anu and up to date in every essential and particular it Is understood the n new ow building will be almost an exact reproduction of the splendid short line freight depot completed about one year ago at salt lake and like the pa passenger enger depot at ogden will be a credit to the city as well as to the harriman management the location for the now new structure has not been definitely settled as yet but hopes are entertained that it will be erected on wall avenue and between twenty third and twenty fifth street close to the now viaduct I 1 |