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Show JUDGE I S, LOVETT IS fi VISITOR TO THIS GUY The most distinguished party of railroad officials that has visited Ogden Og-den in a number of months, passed several hours here yesterday, inspecting inspect-ing the union terminal properties and as guests of the Weber club. Judge Robert S. Lovett. chairman of the executive ex-ecutive board of the Union Pacific system, sys-tem, headed the party, and with him were E. E. Calvin, president of the Union Pacific system; B. L. Winchell, director of traffic of the Union Pacific system, and C. C. Stillman, vice-president, and E. E. Adams, consulting engineer en-gineer of the Union Pacific railroad, and R. A. Dennis, private secretary to Mr. Winchell. They arrived In tho city at 10:50 a, m., from the northwest, on a special spe-cial train, and were met at the depot by President W. H. Wattis of the Weber We-ber club, and members of the 1919 Transportation exposition committee", representatives of the Weber club and representatives of the Ogden Publicity Public-ity bureau. Boarding automobiles, the visitors were taken for a drive about 4 V. .11.. -!.. i -1.1- 5 1- LUC v;tt, UJ LLIO JUUUUJ C1UU ilUU LO the, mouth of Weber canyon. On their return, they were guests of the club at an elaborate luncheon. President Wattis presided over-' this event as toastraastor, and welcomed the visitors. Responding to the welcome, wel-come, Judge Lovett said the Union Pacific Pa-cific Railroad company considers Ogden Og-den one of tho most important cities on its lines and that this city Is a partner part-ner of the railroad In the development of this section of the country. Speaking Speak-ing further, he referred to the development develop-ment of tho west by means of Irrigation, Irriga-tion, saying that the Union Pacific company had made many efforts to encourage projects and to get them financed in the cast. These efforts, he continued, had almost been futile and Irrigation development had been put squarely up to the men of the west. Mayor A. R. Heywood, in a following follow-ing speech, said that Ogden is more than a city of brick, mortar and scenery, scen-ery, being blessed with a citizonrv that possess a splendid spirit of cooperation, co-operation, loyalty and progress. Thl3 city, he declared, equals Omaha in importance im-portance to tho Union Pacifio com- pany and should therefore have general gen-eral offices located here. President Calvin spoke briefly on the subject of western irrigation and other brief talks were made by B. L. Winchell, D. C. Eccles and C. C. Still-man. Still-man. The Inspection of the union terminal ter-minal followed the luncheon, and the railroad party departed for Salt Lake City early In the evening. Judge Lovett was asked if the double-track work In Utah would be continued at any near future date for the completion of a double-track line between Ogden and Granger. 'Eventually that will be done," said ho, "but not for some years to come. The filling of the gaps in Wyoming will give us a complete double track from Omaha to Granger, and at the latter p'fiint traffic divides to the northwest north-west and other directions, so that the present demand is not sufficient to warrant continuing the complete double-track system further. "Of course double-tracking is being done in Utah now In Echo canyon and this will be finished, but the completion comple-tion of a double track between Ogden and Granger will not come just row." In regard to business conditions Mr. Lovett had this to say: "They aTe extraordinarily ex-traordinarily good everywhere I have been. In fact, they are unprecedented." unprecedent-ed." Judge Lovett was asked if the war were entirely responsible for tho wave of prosperity in the country.' "No, it Is not," said he. "The war is not solely responsible for conditions, condi-tions, though it has had much to do with them by increasing the prices of foods. The prosperity In the west is i 2.1. , n . uuu uitimiy iu iuu uigu prices oi grain, sugar, wool, foodstuffs and the products prod-ucts of your mines. "On the other hand, men are employed em-ployed at higher wages, and, getting higher wages, they aro inclined to spend more, to buy more than the common necessities of life in other words, to indulge in luxuries to a greater extent, and this all goes to make business better. "In addition, there have been fairly satisfactory crops, and all these things go to bring about tho general prosperity pros-perity which Is so evident throughout the country Judge Lovett was asked about politics. pol-itics. "I left politics at home," was his prompt reply. "I am out on a business busi-ness trip, and I have nothing to say about politics." |
