Show ff heats beel S with citizens of the tile junction city AND DISCUSSES 1 1 I 1 depot question with them exhaustively mm REASONS WORK ivas U as suspended on oil iio the depot last winter r 1101 1 P 11 II EXE SPEAKS to the point tad and shows up the poor ac A probable solution Sol atlon of the difficulty according to arrangement president charles franci fraucis adams of the union paci til met with a number of od ojan n citizens ui in the board of directors rooms in the chain chamber ber of commerce quarters liet last evening 11 1 shelby according to I 1 IDS it I 1 loep hilmerson HI II presented the grievances of lie the ogden people to sir ur adams in the theau ju 1 lees es ea uell known and forcible vet yet pleasing style mr adams listened very attentively throughout the speaker said that among the citizens of ogden there is butone but one feeling toward sir ir adams that is that he luia has good intentions tow ards them and thair town mr eme cled attention to he the fact thamm that what hat the people of ogden consider an agreement on 01 the part of the railroad rail roid company has h is not been ined lived up to T abe ll 11 present depot in in its ardune anent la is more inconvenient than that I 1 any I 1 11 fier ler depot in the united stacee stat there in is a perfect k of tracks tu to ix be crossed t by patrons of the rail re ro 1 indeed roua la the condition d t ion of affairs there that should any ally accident hocur nr any jury that about 1 I ibee the place aln o when lien the tile trains are ill all ai n would say a the baue of buch acci dent ua was criminal irn ninal negligent negligence I 1 I 1 inalie in the ll 11 ailing room there may bo be for 12 1 pinions pen ions very ery little more mr E merson proceeded to cill call mr adams A del n s attention to the land having havin 9 been ben given to the railroad a ies for der depot t purpose a I 1 i at t ia point mr adams interrupted tile speaker epe aier and asked the datu date of the joed dad d ad explaining that it wa very important that he should know anoa the tile dale date s I 1 ile hen was as that he the date d te of of alie th e deed teed we was 1871 1874 i tue the gentleman gent lemn replied that tile rand dmd therefore bould not be liable index the first tint mortgage or the catov rov emment lien mr ar emerson to explain that a town like an individual duail has 0 right to have its it contracts lived up to tile 1 he rivalry between the cities of and salt lias prompted all n idea that the permanent junction of all hi railroads aill will be removed from froal oden of tins this hoy however over there k to z all ill appearances no cause for alarm among oilier other I 1 neon reformed re fi to to chow alio the condition of affairs the gentlemen called attention to alie U an N 1 in ahn aich h are located leu cited close to the sidewalk on fifth san street et the inabin main thoroughfare to the dt atit it I 1 when trains are a bein being 9 weighed this is a a cause tor for much au an lio vince nee 1174 pitr adams I 1 how large is fr that tract of und ind mr emerson ISO acres mr adame adams be largely covered with tracks now clr lineve answered the question bv by stating that about one third of the land aa is occupied bry tracks judged judge e emerson cload clo ad his hi by reading rea ing froin from tho tile ogden har LD t the e extracts from the deed con convoying y I 1 n 9 the depot landa lands to tile railroad a yo mp a nies in 1871 1874 mr adame adams ju a his reply proceeded led to state th that it ho suppo eed it would be nece e aeiry s r to explain the facts under ci ll 11 ea h t this mork vor fc aa ata begun lie ile was here ono one yeara car ago last april and then bo he met a cumbe numbe number of citizen citizens and lly ari is as lie always had the I 1 m of the accommodations here he ile wished to state hol however ever that it is is nut only the tile town and lie tile poo cleof ogden that he tie has toc to consider oneider in inetter hut but taw th company he lie ethe the present accommodations 1 ire unsatisfactory they are tire n nt it ach ouch as the union pacific and the ital have althis at lans kiani t and they are not euh such its the they y rin ll 11 agreed greed to construct conr here hem TI alie I 1 0 awill e antin presumed that tha people people ol 01 og 0 len ian the fact that alie it e gentlemen ent limen u who io represented tho cen trul pacific have during tho the pst past few wv years ears lot lost a largo large degree of th the a inte in rut which they formerly felt in ehlt th it road they have built another lino line to aich they divert much of the trade formerly done dono by tile central Pair P ivicic tc tins this line ie is tho the southern Paci pacific awl and it is an admitted fact that the central business bu sinca is not so large as it used to be the ordinary difficulties which every man I 1 who ho baa has to deal with ith two meets are met in this case me vi lien thia this land we was deeded avei over it haq deeded to two parties who make a common use it therefore one of 0 the parties can do nothing without the consent of the oilier other if cither either party declines to act lie lite other ie is powerless to proceed this has been the dim culty cully mr adame adams has had to contend il 0 in ill this matter of a new depot for Or filen the tile central pacific management ts in n other lines than tile central pacific the union pacific ie is not so far as the tile california is t concerned ned clr adams asserted that he imil hid done he v very rv beet best he could in tho the matter but ut he lie hae last met with a it laxity anthe on the part 01 t dentral pacific the central pacific pu people do not deny that the improvement pro ie is a very necessary jec essary one dut ot at the eimo same time they how no eagerness to proceed they very rail ysae state eliat ia the 0 business 9 of t their air r road is dec decreasing reagin and hat that they 40 w not caro are to appropriate a large sum juro of money e fo for thiro thia improvement tile business of the e union nion pacific ia 6 a as it will co continue to do the L nion pacific has br branch anchlin line es here the central pacific ti lias 18 only its roain main line tho bunim HI h of which bich is becoming be comine leaner and and le leaner aitner but I 1 sir adam so fur far persuaded the tho C 11 people that he I 1 w was as instructed to go ahead and prepare pl plans 8 and make an es estimate of the expense rise 1 anally they ga gave v e their consent for work w orb to be comine commenced n ced on it tho the foundation the work had been so arranged that ita its cost would bo be dia dis tri tributes buted over a series of year bi but unfortunately mr adams afteme ards rd discovered disco verel that ho he biad been in misinformed asin formed d as to the cost of the wo w r k at jant it was stated that it would cost before tho the architect got 0 through w th his plans the amount g had risen to then on the investigations of an acen ile tie it was fou found that in the es estimate os ol the cost tho the ex expense I 1 of ard ing the land and rel re 1 tying g tho tile tracks had not been considered and tins this expenditure pend iture would make the tile total cost the other parties to the transaction did not to spend their quota of any such amount as would be ie necessary to to defray tho tile cost of the work under such acs I 1 har adams ad ims then went on to explain that 0 a ing to the action of the gov towards the union pacific I 1 work ork on all improvements throughout the system ai stem haa has been suspended for the ame time being throughout the whole hole u miles of road in the U 11 system similar arrangements to those made here have been mada made but where it is plain that the company roust must suspend operations the same action his has been taken when the difficulties alwi have been adjusted then it is hoped that all will mill be smooth bailing sailing congress ordered an investigation of the affairs of the union pacific such an investigation the like of which was las never before been heard of 0 and of course the company lias has had to sil submit limit for I 1 or the tile post past tareo th ree mouths months sir mr adaina adams claimed he had not been rua managing nagin a railroad lie has been furnishing in tor mation fur a congressional investigating commission the gentleman slid said that work on projected lines been stopped and the compelled to stand aside ar and id see competitors occupying fields chich itself had intended intend od to h have ave oc cupie cu pied dand and could have occupied had not matters resolved ved themselves as they have one instance he cited of a town in kansas rhe the U tow P 1167 agreed eed to make a railroad to the town n fhe rhe citizens made great arrangements on that prom ibe ibO wont went to great expense for public improvements and enterprise arises the com company any had made a grade for the boax toad a has 1 material on I 1 the ground for its constriction but its 0 hands are tied and it cannot this la is a came tto the gentleman said 1 which is far more mae important than that tha t of 0 ogden e n d avera averred that he had cs ex flamed the matter with all possible frankness ss work U orl on the now new depot here lias has been stopped in in accordance w aith ith I 1 a order ho ile believed con r if antl y that the action of lie tile govern I 1 ment merit mill vi ill bring good results and that th it within bit six months or ono one year con editions will be more favorable and everything in in connection mith this matter ft ill be I 1 improved ro proved there is on only ly one tiling thing t the lie company can do and tint that is to priced proceed under c lose eail sail I 1 involve avol e itself in ja us few liabilities as possible and wait until the tiling thing work itself off as he lie had no doubt it would ili in a short time filst ex exercise rufoe Is patience tience alike he ile waa was extremely sorry it hi is so and there coula be not nothing itin more but it could not bo be helped mr adama adams then announced a it flan pi in in in regard to the depot question N chuh billi had FAIn Osted itself to him a financial pian winch h ho lie thought could b be e adopted he ile stated that 11 he 0 hod had that plan in view when he be asked the lon about the land and the tile fl late ilc of the lie iced that plin plan has been followed duct in kanits city Denver Denv erand ind is now being berg put into operation in in st jo joawph aph it is to organ organize ze a terminal depot company t to 0 erect a elation station and rent to the con acting linca lines lie ile would present the plan I 1 tan to tho central contral 1 kifle and urge it u upon 10 them 1171 if the central pacific will consent to it bonds might quickly bo be issued i and the work proceeded with it is thought that it could bo be mado made more t than any other plan pre s elfed and president adams assured tile gentlemen present that lie would div it his prompt and careful attention danna during tho the ra masting eating remarks were in made ado b by y sidney stevens Es 11 sate Saxe and andA A ii U ielson nelson the lie latter ted that probably it would be advisable ble and for tho the good of the city to keep a small forca force of men at work w ork on oil the depot hiis this vi would bean be an earnest that the company intended to fulfill its obligations and would be of vast benfit to the town mr adams said in reply that such a cours e would ba be very extravagant and moreover would be playing with the matter an and with tho the people of og I 1 den gafore adjourn adjournment mont r A me dimel daniel arose and at tile request of sir r J kiesel offered tho the following ret resolutions he lie moved their adoption and the motion was carried that we ire the members 0 of I 1 the ogden chamber of commerce after hearing the frank I 1 I 1 t 0 of I 1 president adams do chereb lureny y e express a our entire confidence in him an and believe that ho he will solve tho the depot depol question to the entire satisfaction on ot of our citizens that pending the settlement ru ont of the many difficulties in w aich II 11 he e is involved that we will leavo leave the matter entirely entire in bis hands Pom olred further that we e believe him to be alio only friend to whom we agn in look for or the anal final hta eo ht luton 1 of thi this vexed question |