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Show ; Ie the business expeditiously and sat- ' isfactorlly. ' "No, I do not think tho Pacific Express Ex-press company ha.s abandoned the Held entirely and I understand th( y wlil como back into Ogden again ovvr the Rio Grnadc road in a short tlm but that company has been handicat)-ped handicat)-ped to a great extent in the past bv bfdng unable to get into New York ' city or eastern states with or after business. , "Tho American Express conipartn regards Ogden ns one of the Important Import-ant business points of the west and ' the traffic through and to this city Is reported as an important fuctor In the express business of the west," CHANGES IN EXPRESS OFFICES Local Agent N. F. Dobbs. of the American Express company is having his office in the Union Depot annex enlarged, and the office facilities are being increased by the construction of i second stony, within the receiving room for the accommodation of additional addi-tional clerks. "Our express business has increased increas-ed by leaps and bounds since tho Kret of April, when we entered this field and took over the Pacific Ex-piess Ex-piess tompany s business." said Mr. Dobbs to a Standard reporter today, " ond the traffic to and through Og-deu Og-deu is fully threo times as largo as at that time. As a result of this condition con-dition we have had to increase the local force from elcht men to seventeen seven-teen employes-and the staff will bo further enlarged as occasion requires. re-quires. , "We are now operating expres b islnoas oer the Union Pacific. Oregon Ore-gon Short Lino and Oregon Railroad & Navigation corroany's systems, and w 111 take ever the express traffic on the Oregon & Washington and Saa Tpdro route in the near future. The American Express company now op-crates op-crates on sixty-two railroads and practically control tho business in the New England, eastern and middle slates. The invasion of the west by the American Express company has efiected radicul changes in the busi-l'crs busi-l'crs during the past oar and this will be more noticeable perhaps in tho future. "We sand a solid express train out of New York every evening at 9: 30 jind one car of the train destined for Ogden. The long distance to ,thls city is covered In G3 hours and the Utah through car arrives at Ogden on the fast mall at 11:15 a. m. Until Un-til recently all through express matter mat-ter to the cont.t was transferred to the Wells Fargo company at Kansas City, but since April 1st this business Is all sent to Ogden and turned ovr to thai company here. As a result of this chance the express peopl? in Osden are kept on the Jump and hr forces of people are required lo hand- |