Show THE RAILROAD CENTER i S r u A aa ly bras W ilin timely ely observations on tho the pros ogden city continues to bo be the objective v e point of interest and even increases in importance 1 artance and public I 1 road witness ot ahn tho the frequent 1 descriptions of and find correspondences from this point to various influential newspapers east and west one of the most sensible communications from and about the junction city I 1 is contained lit id the boomerang of june G aheras dated as it a the tile ath ath 11 we re pick from it the following paragraphs I 1 this railroad center is having a quiet boom that will with the enterprising rising 1 spirit of its citizens develop F into to substantial and rapid growth within the next decade the new factor in iho business situation is that much despised ind hild sneered at nar row gauge 11 as it used to be called in the old da daya a in n colorado when the file denver deaver ck kio io grandes Grand cs nili mileage cago was less than miles the tile coming problem for ogden is manufacture manufacturer for aitho without ut manufacturing ring industries no town can assume metropolitan proportions it behooves the citizens therefore to get up tip and rustic as milton would remark and foster and encourage every legitimate bu business enterprise that is started the agricultural resources centering here are imme immense ilso and tho the outlook very promising beg many any of the business men of ogden are live v citizens and are doing nobly the two great drawbacks of the past being tho tile lack of capital every scheme of church and state having havins been manipulated to make salt lake cit city the financial center of utah and secondly the absence of any ally solid encouragement on the part of the railroads centering here liere neither the central nor the union pacific have over ever taken any interest in OK den many instances of this could be cited during my residence here of the last ten years it has bas been to them only an insignificant point on ion their through line the central worked for san franciso Franc Francl faco so the union for omalia omaha that goes without gainsay as a business question but the past is gone one and the future is before UL u with u t it como come the brightest of hopes for our merc merchants hints bankers shippers and citizens generally who are interested in real estate throughout tho the town your correspondent bad had an interview with sidney dillon during bis late visit and while laile tho the conversation was confidential and purely social i if only confirmed tile views already entertained the denyer kio rio grande have bave much trouble after all in walking into ogden but it was as tho the boomerang knew know lon long jago ago because the boys were very very solid with the central pacific lie ile who ho runs mav read and he be who has bas a map and i s posted can sec see that the tile central pacific is ahead as it were of the union in the railroad situation in colorado and now mexico tho tile denver rio grande was as mean as ws dirt until the sante fe woke them up tip they not only charged high rates but chef they froze out all the towns aney con could d and settled on new sites at colorado springy pueblo trinidad etc chinin coining g large larg masses of wealth they have bave entered utah and on old territory have taken a new tack ck mend and aro are now liberal courteous f free r with t h passes and abounding in low freidl freight lt rates and secret rebates result many slie kels are pouring in and somebody la Is be being i ng beautifully and unanimously left we are only lookin gat a business problem and the present situation and find a pass over either arany or any line it being the policy 0 I 1 ic y of the boomerang like the san francisco francisco Dran cisco chronicle to never ask afa dorany rany of ita its stair or correspondents i i |