| Show THE DEPOT another I 1 HA lay of lusht albil glimpse or hope for cily what Q dw wants yea what ligo sho n needs elfis a depot a A com ac u 1 e Wit hithe ZIA nis tin ads of the WiT enormous hilous gramc rr alric anif anu travel pasing passing pas in and out through and by the town for long years strenuous efforts have been made to that effect to hold the railroad companies aho the 0 P and UP UX to the verbal fo to b bethem them when th 6 city gage gave them a i libbi liberal ral grant af of jhb basi band in the communal conf ivies but alaa summer followed spring and was succeeded by autumn after which winter came and spring again took its turn and still ogden reveled in the possession and sund sunflower amr parks kis lumber himber shanties and sheds where slie she should have a magnificent structure handsome grounds and accommodations equal to the hc demands of the occasion at last a it however tile patience of our citizens reached the zero point energetic efforts were inaugurated to vindicate the rights of ogden Cit yand bring the th railroad companies b inias to n realization af their 61 obligations mass ma ss were held resolutions drafted remon st rances passed committees elected letters sent cast and west and all the tile pressure available was brought to bear upon the competent authorities of the great corporations to induce them to listen to the voice of a long suffering community and to do justice at last to tile business men who had bad paid hundreds hundred ilof of thousands of dollars for freight se least accommodation or convenience convenience to traffic it will Wre bo remembered that some weeks ngo ago several of tho the leading men luen of the union 1 ry company passed pas seAl through hard an on which occasion they gjere were seen and spoken to by a number of our representative re presen ta citizens with mayor D H peery at tho the head bead president tC 0 F adams jr expressed himself both orally and afterwards in writing as favorable avo rable to the project of the erection of a substantial depot structure with all tho other adjuncts and ac to a railroad establishment worthy of tho the wealthy corporation and the pio progress gircys 1 of the tomu after a while tire the U P officials sent in in E plans both for t tho lo 10 i depot building and for fur the grounds which were laid before a largo large meeting of rep I business men and other citizens a few days ago being received with universal approbation and with a unanimous determination to do everything feasible to have them carried out in conformity with this disposition lion D II 11 peery and F P J kiesel esq were appointed a committee to take these plans as proposed by the U 1 P II 11 it co to the tie headquarters of the ce central pacific 06 lindah in I 1 gaii 2 francisco cisco and endeavor to induce them hem to yield their consent so that tho the goo I 1 IL rk could be commenced at once and p pushed on toward speedy satisfactory consummation 1 before however the gent etc n named made arrangements to leave the news came that mr clocker Ci ocker vicc vice president of the C P it R co was on oil liis his road to the east duo due in ogden this forenoon an and consequently consequent ly when the rain pulled ill 1 tl tire lo 10 west about ami aro the distinguished magnate was met by a committee headed by mayor pecry and consisting of froit J stanford and S stevens Sl ovens A H nl nelsonia Nelson IJ J M and dan alexander erig Z 1 press reporters briggins up tip the inquisitive rear supt A G fell with liis his evs customary tomary urbanity intro alacce d the tb citizens to mr crocker who manifested much courteous willing willingness nm to be informed of the desires of liis his interlocutors interlocutory who presented to him the claims of ogden city on the tile railroad companies for a at substantial and spacious depot establishment backing their arguments up with fads facts and faures fi ures showing the enormous freight bills bill a maidby paid by tho the ogden mercha ot vea year affair year mayor peery especially e ally laid stress on oil the fact that the corporations realize more or at least nearly as much profit in a day lay from ogdena traffic as the pr proposed depot edifice would P cost I 1 A 11 II so ol 01 q then pro dented to mr crocker the U P plans for the ground and depot to the lauer hitter of which mr I 1 0 1 gave his hearty ap ampro provid while ho reserved his decision on tile grounds there appearing to be in his mind a doubt as its to the prefer abil it ity of ef tile U P proposition which the passenger train tracks to run from north to south in front of tho the proposed depot on vall street his idea leaning towards radiating tho tile tracks from the western aly approaches roaches in an eastern castern direction mr crocker Crock cr how ever andly andly consented to take the all plans ns with ha anni 1 i m and e ed d to confer at tire the earliest general superintendent Tow Towne inthe in the E east mt all his utterance utterances be trayce his willingness to further the erection odthe of the desired buildings as much as lay in his power powe rm us ire lie repeatedly declared in positive J itermo that tho the C P 1 was ready aa as soon as the tile U P W was as willing incidentally it was mentioned that the salt lake people and press were trying to create abroad an all im irn pree pea sion that the railroad coin companies P nies contemplated to establish their union depot in the territorial capital this idea was emphatically and scorned by mr Cibe cracker kee jr greatly catlyn catly 6 the sat satisfaction ion olour who us used ed fall all tile n k tand all the force arcq orcq of reason remon an tind 4 itice tico in urging upon teo tecc ity tae desirability 0 of f early action as to the det build building I 1 ng i we N p are pleased to close tins ibl is cur sory sketch of the brief interview with y the fl hope shared ly by the coins com cittee of and sagacious business men present that tho tile vital question of agdens prosperity iu ill the future of fier pK ogress et ability and development lias has been pushed a notch or two farther further towards a favorable favor ablo 8 so 0 lution a jEo solution lution which will I 1 lift ft from tho junction city the lie heavy vy nightmare of commercial dubiety dub 1 ety and infuse in a her mercantile veins ve ns the lifeblood life blood of activity and ind fortune |
