Show A CANYON DAM A thoughtful ml and silva nn man mood on or the mountain tide side abdie it the e mouth of 0 ogden canyon recently and locking looking down don 11 into the gorge and then aboss acroca the plateaus plat cout which debouche from roin either bide aide of the river rivet there he said ald tt I 1 possessed un limited capit capital sl I 1 would throw acron across thin this I 1 canyon canyons 1 mouth from wall stall to wall the beat dam damu which aich the best beat engineers could build I 1 it should be high enough to back the river I 1 past wilsons Wil n allson sons B mills and it would thus hold hoi 1 la ln cota n t etore store countless count leM millions of ga gallons ions from cither either llo aide I 1 would lead it r magnificent stream to the hill hillsides sides now bar barren 11 ll n anil and under the magical murmur of the water they should spring into tuch such I 1 bea beauty uty as to delight tho the sense of man the steady fall ot of the torrent over the dam would furnish power from it by aid ol 01 0 electricity generated there hundreds of ml mighty gaty factories should draw their motive I 1 force every seu c ing machine should have own little motor moto r elevators should about d re replace I 1 see herl I 1 tain the railway trains between here all and d salt lake lak should niu run without the aid of ing cracking steam en engine gines and every mans man i toll toil mould should bo be rendered hating having its capacity multiplied I 1 shall never possess pose the wealth but the work will bo be done tome some day the right man with money at his call will come to ogden one glance will mill be sufficient for him and he will perform this task which I 1 will make ogden one of the greatest it if not one of the large largest cities in the world ane fore foregoing gAng is is the opening paragraph of an editorial which app appeared ap ered eLred on the of jane june 1 87 in the ogden berald IIer alil the esteemed predecessor pr e de of THE STANDARD it is interesting in view view of the fact that the possibilities ties then suggested are in great grea t part about to be fulfilled mr bit C E mayne alayne of omaha one of the most irrepressible and sagacious manipulators identified with the growth of that city and whose attentions lions to ogden have ben been mentioned in these columns is is the one who bo has seized the project and is putting it into execution the matter of t 0 purchase of the land is all arranged and the formation of a company to build the dam and supply lythe the power is ia practically completed the full fruition of the hopes to which the glorious enterprise gives promise will only need to be d for four or five month months after that they will be realized for the thing will be in operation mr aft mayne had hai his attention attracted to that wonderful but recently unfortunate creation in the northwest the city of spokane falls A visit of inspection convinced I 1 him aliat that splendid water power was the S agency gency which had bad worked the charm of building in two or three I 1 years a busy and populous town where before rc Fe arcely a shanty bad stood returning Ee turning to ogden and look ingrown into the gorge at the mouth I 1 of the canyon and across the plate plat elua itis and the alley stretching away in I 1 three directions Ws b s mind quickly grasped the vision vision which unknown to hiim him bad had been teen by A 11 II nelson I 1 two years and a half ago and later presented by that thit gentleman to the city council mr bit mayne resolved dresoh ed to make it a reality coming to details the company which is bel being ag formed formel to d di 3 the work will have haie a total stock of upwards of hai bag been already placed and the projector himself will hold about more it is desired that in addition to these Amoun amounts tp local investors take about of the remaining stock the expenditure of a couple of hun hundres dreI thousand dollars is is contemplated the first item of which will be for a dam at the mouth of the canyon seventy five feet high the next will be for an immense immense power bouse house then will follow the conveying of the power into any part of ogden for any de aired purpose electric lights and motors a moving force for all kinds of mechi mechanical purposes will be at hand clean effective and cheap all question as to the success of turea tares in ogden will be settled and a boundless vista of industrial progress low will be opened to the view it is s estimated 0 that in ia four months the company 1 11 will be able to supply every call that may way be made upon them then ogden will witness not a boom but a revolution and her greatness will be he assured but the utilitarian phase of the question ia Is not the only ono one which tho the company will consider they have their eye also upon the ornamental in tills this connection we will again quote from our esteemed arede c cessor e asor this time an editorial appearing may 27 1887 mem fred freda J riesel john D carnahan and 94 john C anderson ow o own w n a considerable tract of land near the mouth of ogden canyon cyon their possession Is a natural park a beautiful spot by nature lor adornment at the hanaji of man nature haa has already done much and the spot need needs bom thing further this natural park oc capies caples a space of probably forty acre and the gentlemen named are willing to make a free gift of it to ogden city provided the city will take the necessary stepi steps tor for the embellish embellishment rn ent of the property ill it I 1 situated most advantageously for beauty and c convenience 0 it will be reached easily from hie the now boulevard extending from the city into the tb canyon and will in time become the city fair vale park the lanas lands above referred to never ne ver came into the cites possession and the dream of fair vale park has never been fulfilled it is Is now understood that the property the park si aito to and a thousand acres besides owned by dif feren partie is ready to he be transferred to the new now company on this large trat there ia is room for a thriving manufacturing suburb and one of these days such an addition will be found there the forty acres comprising the site for a pa park rk will bo be held for that purpose and its improvement into one of the most delightful pleasure spots in the country will be pursued as fast as possible A beautiful lake and an impressive waterfall with groves and lawns and all that contributes to the enjoyment of natures charms in her tumultuous or reposeful moods woods will he supplied to feast the eye and rest the soul to resolve to vary the ceaseless whirl of business with each such a prospect of peaceful ful relaxation marks at once the man of broad ideas and the friend of human kind mr mayne took iasi last evenings train for san francieco he intends to return I 1 shortly and sad in the meant meantime me mr I 1 0 D banks who Is well kno knon orn in in og I 1 ak 1 0 o an A n asat att I 1 i rii I 1 A 7 den and v bo ba has been attending to the details will keep the watte in hand the business hai ao so far progressed that the of the ati articles cles of ancor I 1 portion por pora aion fion is a step ju just 4 reidy ready to be taken sir alayne and his associate associates anil and oden ogden and lier her cit citizen izene ate all equally to be congratulated on thia this the most important move that has yet set been made toward the increase of our tul ial prosperity |