Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-24 | Page 4 | Going Back 25 Years

I I GOING BACK 25 YEARS. i I - Stating that he had expected Ogden to return a population k , ; greater than 32,804-, a prominent citizen said that when he came here ml 25 years ago, Ogden had a population of 16,000. At that time half I ; the store rooms of the business district were unoccupied, all the up-I up-I F per stories of the large blocks were empty and vacant cottages were on every block. "Since then entire new streets have been built up," I he said, "and even on the outskirts of the city block after block of I I new homes have appeared." H I: There is the explanation. The "outskirts" are not within the I city limits and the inhabitants are not enumerated as living in Og- H J: den, but are credited to the county. Ogden 's boundary lines have t not been changed in 25 years. Had they been extended to embrace H even the territory covered by the water mains of Ogden, the city would have been credited with close to 40,000. I I Twenty-five years ago Ogden did not have any one of the fol-I. fol-I. 1 ' lowing industries which today urc so important to the city's welfare: wLjl The packing plant. The enlarged canueries. mm rfhe can factory. , . H The cereal plant. v HI The overalls factory. 4 HI The underwear factory. . ' HI The structural steel plant. f HI The iron works. HI. The three large elevators. Jk " ' ' HI The flour mills now building. r HI The fiber box factory. r:.JjA " - HI The sewer and tile works now being onlaroxlv. HI - The stockyards. t 'V--:iO ' HI .. vThe sugar factories in the suburbs., 1 ;v HI The candy factories. v-4 r: HI ZZr. The serum laboratory. ' v - HI rr The modern laundries. . . H " The enlarged railroad shops. -''r ' H ... The big wholesale houses. H 1 - The extensive brick yards. . ,p H r: . The automobile shops. ' H The cement plants nearby. . . H ZZ The forest service. H ZZ The federal road bureau H ZZ The artificial ice plants. H tz: The interurban electric lines. H z- oon to De added to this list will be the ordnance depot of the H -government, which, though situated some distance to the south, is to H -contribute to the population of Ogden. Homes for those in charge II Zand for the workers will not be erected on the ground, and Ogden H3 ri be cxPectcd to provide accommodations. Quick electric service ff Tis to be established between this city and the depot, and the govcrn- .-eminent men and their families will be allowed to live here. HM 5 -