Show loiue PROVIDED tf tho tramp liun is aid to be less thia year previous seasons but iu still great enough to a grievous burden upon citizens whose misfortune it ia to dwell within the line of of the tiresome host it ia not making the statement that during the summer months scarcely a week cd without tho passage through our town of scores of vagrants these ill kempt irresponsible fellows are nearly all beggars many of them arc thieves and oc casio among them is a ravisher cr or a murderer once in a great while an honest mechanic or a clerk is with the strong force for a few days but he soon leaves such bad company because of the peculiar exposure of the town t 0 the evils flowing from this great vagrancy the city officials from the mayor down have exercised especial care and no fault can bo found with the protection afforded to life and property but it may be possible and politic to gain to ogden of all the expenditure for food and raiment made by citizens to supply the wants oi the hungry and ragged horde when the state oi the public finances will permit it may not be unwise to establish more extensively tean nort exists a system of public works there is much to do in the improvement of streets and parks upon the to the east are millions of tons ot broken stone easily accessible when the proper time shall come a tramway can be constructed to this locality and by its means the atone transported to the streets and walk the city it will make superb pavements much of it being already of the proper size for use ranging from the bulk of a hazel nut to that of an egg this work will afford ample opportunity for the exercise of vagrant muscle and one of two good results will be accomplished complis hed either the idle and dissolute of the tramps will shun ogden aa a places very unhealthy for persons with their physical and moral infirmities or suan amount an of labor will be secured as will compensate for all lie rouble incurred while in either case private citizens bensi and landfear fear the lazy rigte should be compelled to labor the industrious unfortunate will not hesitate to accept the opportunity for work especially if some plan should be adopted to compensate the more willing and persevering for their toil ve trust that this or some other and better method may eoon be adopted for the cure of a great eail and for the material advantage of the city |