| Show THE JUNCTION CITY A prosperous year for ogden and mar telous advancement buildt digs which hate been erected rial estate high and still z good cimei lor for the future today to day is is thanksgiving day a day set apart art by the president odthe of the un united to states for general 11 log g and that the people of oden ogden ha havo v e just cause for sharing in tho the general genral e goed good feeling one look around the C city ity w will I 1 I 1 prove the past year has been a most prosperous one for the junction city I 1 in n more than one way hundreds da of thousands a ads of dollars have been put into public improvements both Muni municipal cipa I 1 a and ad by corporations and private citizens on every band hand nee rise toward the clouda clouds magnificent buildings which are of beautiful architectural designs which have t been teen een to meet the growing demands in in the carrying on of the mammoth wholesale and retail enter prices being built up by the trade of the northern eastern and western sections of the surrounding country con which are all tributary to this great railroad center and still there is not enough room despite the fact that hun hundreds deeds of bulldis buildings s haye hays been erected during thugs the past year there are an any y number of t the e working class who are unable to find bouses houses near the business b part of tho the city and have to live in in the suburbs thus causing great delay and inconvenience to them in coming to and going from their daily labors but this may be obviated il ted upon the completion of one or both of the electric street railway lines now building on the streets the fact rein remains ains the same that ogden has j just ua t experienced ono one of those phenomenal hone 1 n I 1 periods that come to western cities of push and progress the citizens of ogden are different from those of other cities in the country inasmuch as instead of worrying t themselves hem selves about the business of their neighbors they work to build up 04 0 denand mako make her the city of utah tho the way this end has been accomplished in the past and is is now being accomplished is the erection of the business blocks in in every corner and available place everds ban handsome ome residences in every part of the city the organization of numberless business institutions that lend their aid to the cites importance and other things too numerous for special mention the city itself has not been idle during all this stir numerous sew now streets have been opened and graded miles of sidewalks paved with c cement e ment stone asphaltum and wood b blocks 10 eks upon blocks of sewer constructed car carbines bings made and maintained ele gant municipal buildings erected and a new water works system binau inaugurated all showing and rendered nee eskary by the rapid growth of the city A year ago the only visible means of rapid street transit was the festive mule and street car now the building ot one and perhaps two lines of electric street railways is an assured thing the poles and rails have been laid down prepay preparatory atory to the connections eing being made with the electric plants the promoters of this enterprise pledge their word that the system when then completed will be second to none in the united states already the motors are Us on the way and soon the streets of 0 aden will hum with the noise of electric cars citizens citizen a who have been absent ent from ogden several years or oven even for a year or two are ate BO so astonished at the growth of the city that they are almost unable to locate their former residences and point out old landmarks that have stood for many decades the relics relies of bygone davs dave have riven given place to monuments la in brick stone and mortar of more modern buildings and improvement improvements the land where once stood little one and two wo etory tired Is now covered by mammoth fiva and six story business blocks tho the business of the local merchants has inc increased reared ina in some instances over two hundred per bentas will te shown by reference to the table published in titz STANDARD on sunday last real estate has bas not been at a stand still either dealers in dirt aro are much encouraged over tho the outcome tha the prices v which aich have alvi always aye been a little stiff are ro on the rise already alria dy enquiries a n ries from all al I 1 over the country it a asking for information regarding dins the i industries nd tries I 1 improvements eats and future possibilities aps ops i fe 3 0 ot aiden are ars pouring in an and the agents have all they cm cin do to keep their correspondence down to bed rock largo large and frequent transfers have recently been made de and heavy E eastern watern capitalists are interesting in the capital city of the glocy mountain I 1 donn tain carnival among those who have become owners of ogden realty are pater rater me court and senator tabor of denver tho the boston syndicate company ws and hundreds hondr edg of others men and corporations bavine vast influence with men of the east best there ia is not a bett better r advertised verti sed city in the union than ogden and the untiring efforts of the business men have brought about this result thus they all have much to be joyous over on this thanksgiving day 0 of 1890 |
