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Show MOTOR CAR TO RUN TO PARK CITY. While In Park City, members of the Weber Club and others waited upon the business men of that city for the purpose of bringing about closer trado relations between Ogden and the great mining camp. There are 4,000 inhabitants inhab-itants In the city and thoy represent In earning ability and In liberality a farming community of double that size and, hence, their business Is worth going after. The mines are producing pro-ducing great wealth, with untold millions mil-lions yet to be uncovered. In Silver ICIng ground there is exposed a chute of ore 500 feet long, 40 feet wide and of unknown depth, averaging close to $40 a.tons. This bonanza alone assures as-sures a period of prosperity which should. In n trade way at least, hold the attention of the business Interests Inter-ests of this community. Superintendent Whitney of tho Union Pacific was consulted as to what might be done to increase the intercourse in-tercourse between the two cities and he was asked if it were possible to obtain one of the gasoline motor cars, now building in Omaha, to be operated daily from Park City to Ogden. carrying carry-ing passengers, mall and light packages. pack-ages. The railroad official offered encouragement en-couragement and replied that he would do all possible to establish such a service. With a motor car making a round trip each day, this would give Park City the equivalent of two trains daily over the Union Pacific branch. A mixed train now runs from Echo, connecting con-necting with one of the through passenger pas-senger trains on the Union Pacific, but the motor car would make the round trip to OgdeA . . Superintendent Whitney said that, In order to obtain the best results, a motor car, capable of carrying a coach load of passengers, besides mail and express, should leave Park City at about 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, scheduled to reach Ogden before noon, with the return trip at 1 or 2 o'clock In the afternoon, the car duo to arrive at Park City at 5 p. m. This opportunity is worth a vigorous effort on the part of the business interests in-terests of Ogden and, under the guidance guid-ance of the Weber Club and the friendly friend-ly assistance of Superintendent Whitney, Whit-ney, together with the proffered cooperation co-operation of the people of Park City, should result In turning much trade toward this city. |