Show THE OGDEN POST OFFICE complete report of or hie the local postal rostal A affairs F a I 1 rs FOLLOWED BT st A shuna limn FROB the chamber arnber Ch 0 of f coan tree arf setting forth the amne 0 gerdl is tf or a Gole cu liling la in osil n y s the amoun amount t of business siness transacted rans acte a at the local post office is n tremendous the room in which to ca conduct it nad the force foree employed are all the city I 1 is growing more rapidly than can be understood by the go government vern ment I 1 the be public are continually complain ing indof of the tire deage facilities tic lipics 11 tiered ered and everything has a tender cv to argue r in favor of lare and arid substantial givern government ment buildings on a aln pi n to meet the growing 0 of the tonn for a few ear below 19 is given general nathan k Km balls rep rt to the super vi ing architect a wa wit lung thing ton too supported el by hy an able businesslike matter of fact sta by the excreta secreta y of the tile chamber of corn coin marce ath will prove interesting und and profitable reading united states Post postoffice office ogden city arbar county territory of uth utah Marth 7 1890 jas II 11 llin drum supera ring Aich rec treasury dapar ment n D 0 DEAR sin I 1 have bave the ahnor to acano 4 ledge receipt of 3 our letter of the tile tilt complying with your request I 1 burdi li you be the following follo inq in regard to the portal business and ai 0 her ier information as requested by you 1 the amount of t costal business done in in the tte year 1878 was first 1 second quarter 1 65 third quarter 1241 27 fourth quarter 1372 89 total 15 for 1888 first quarter OCT 00 90 second charter 30 third quarter za 87 fourth quarter 23 2 the number of persons pere onit now low employed in the pos office is nine 3 the fl or area of the pAt office is to 2092 quare feet 4 tle estimated floor area needed to provide proper accommodations for the present p stal business busi negi is square feet to provide proper accommodations for the prospective postal posta I 1 business in the next ten years would be square feet 6 The amount of rental now pail M for po boffice accommodation is 13 GOO per andrin C for information in regard to the necessities of a federal court r room P on I 1 refer ou iou to fl tallied letter 40 from t the ire jud judge g e cl clerk e k and ai district at torney to n t arr I 1 tins this district tha the offices required by depot 1 U 8 A are one room for general effice quartermasters private officer records and stationary roo room to for office of inspector of customs and internal revenue officer od kerone one room each the rental pad rad for use of district court and ocher officers of caid paid court is is 2050 0 per annum for quartermaster offices for use of register and V receiver tec eiver of U 8 land office in prospective two ro imp m each 7 the probable pro bible cost of land centrally and arid conveniently located to busine a and lie lite public suit suitable it ble for fora a site for a buil ling m ouid be from to per fr arnt nt foot at the present time but property is rapidly advani ing in alue 8 the ther p pu lalion lation of the city in 1878 was sau about ut in 1888 and arid at present 9 0 in regard to the prospective coull commercial hercial growth groth of the city in in the tire next ten years to my y opinion is it will ba be more t than ban five times t mes as great as it is at p re allt and for farther further information orl 0 on 1 I 1 this is point I 1 refer refi r you to the cm c m mani muni calion cation of the secie secretary tary of the og den chamber of commerce om merce marked ex B 11 which I 1 fully endorse in add arditi itlo D to the above informs lion tion I 1 beg to t state the fol following loing the postal bu bit anem for the year ending june 1889 was nearly from june 1889 to larch let 1890 was ot 01 honey money order business for the same per oil was ordes 77 money orders paid 45 the present and fa facilities cili ties for the n of I 1 the post oilier office b of this ci city ty a I 1 fully iia li altu Ut ibale oAte the ine pr cent sent bequir requirements cements ani and rap ialy increasing population lioa and commercial business ab absolutely demand an early i improvement pro in our act and the same may rilay be said of the coil arts arts and all other united states officers jin ya thin city hoi ioe log that this answer aneer may prove satisfactory I 1 have I 1 lie be honor to be very respectfully NATHAN po emaster OGDEN OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE bu OGDEN utah march 7 I 1 ge gen n nathan kimball ter ogden uth utah dear bir sir I 1 very beer fally comply with your request to analyze anal 70 the commercial growth of ogden daring during the ensuing ensing ten years in estimating the pr probable future gr gnoth ath of a comfere commercial ai center renard regard must be had to the following p points oin ahe a 1 the probable probable increase in in p population 0 p n of the surrounding coun county t y a and nd tributary tributa rv regions 2 che geographic il and topographical location of sue such b ace a center in relation both to its own region and to its accessibility fro from all 11 other regions 3 to the artificial m a advantages sue such h a center already alrea ly eliot sand stand the certain certai n or very probably probable advantages it ell shall al I 1 secure in the near future 4 the present commercial relations between such a cent r and the region in which it is situated 6 5 its own peculiar advantages in in the way may of being abe to support a large population asid 3 from purely commercial lines of industry 0 1 the record of the past in regard to development of business and in craise in population Exie Exter rence lence shows that the tide of immigration flows flos into undeveloped regions in waves of greater or less fesa magnitude and lasting generally from five to tn yeara years each the vast plains of the missouri basin and the tire eastern slopes of the rocky mountains having become fairly well ell populated tedi they no longer present that inviting freshness ot of opportunity to the h 0 me and a newer fiefe is is sought tor for by him the region in which ogdon is 19 located is the til ultima tina thule of the tile home hom seeker in this country the laid last irgin field for the operation of the immigrant int and the capitalist items it em bencen all a 11 of utah I 1 nevala idalgo southern N montana antans and western wyoming having I 1 a pre ent population of perhaps a million and capable of uita ining a population thirty times as large it is I 1 a the unanimous and unqualified opinion ot of every traveler w who ho ha has mailed visited this region bether for ot observation business or settlement that it is is the fairest richer richest t and moat fertile of at the ande developed eloped rc regions g ons in this country that its reb teb arces are the most darld on the continent aid arid afford opportunity for the most diversified industry and that it IH to a most healthful and delightful region in in which to live and that in every it is is unsurpassed by any other region on the face of the globe in view of these facts the inevitable conclusion is IB that it will ulti alti natly sustain a denser population it in a much higher de degree ree cf rf happiness and prosperity pros peny rily itan than the purely agricultural regions of our great plains lla its central loci location tion north and south places it in in a direct line of immigration and it is here that the waves from tire last east and from thi west V eat meet and mutually check each other giving an assurance urance of a stronger ht steadier and more lading lasting tide of immigration than in those teg regions i ona dependent upon a single dir direction t for their development already the steam has burst through the gate ways of our rock barriers of this region is just beginning to feel the force of the tide which is 18 rolling in w without invitation aid despite the efforts of less faor favorably ably located reg ons tons to attract it baere i is every regain to believe bellee that I 1 it til will continue in in in crewing crew ing volume tor for man many v years to come and that within ten yeara the population of this region will exceed BIZ six million inhabitants tire city of ogden is located wog graphically at the center of this vast region the is is such that it is easier cf of access from every part than any other within it being located e I 1 at the junction and terminus of all the highways of t travel ravel and corn commerce merce from the fast east the we west st the north the south the northeast the ilia south east the aud the northwest eat and in the tile direct central line of the flow of travel and business it is therefore the most accessible point within thia this region from the outside in every direction while the topography of th the e country is aut elih 11 that it must always BO so being thus t ie le rendezvous and radiating point for this vast region oden ogden will ill always receive the first the greatest and most lasting benefit from the settlement and development of the surrounding region the artificial advantages ogden enjoys pr or the development of her commerce are eminent it is 11 the greatest railway center w est of denver from I 1 rom oden ogden alone in all thia this region can or do railways radiate in every direction not only to all parts of the region but alsoto also to the dil Terent great markets of the country and for all the railways she now has or will have ehe she is and will be the tt arminus Ur minus the culminating pointon competition corn petition between rail rouis and between betseen the grand markets liht eight r railroads brready radiate from aden fi five more are now building hither ai fast an they can while five more are proff projected acted three of them being reagon reasonable tible certainties thus thu within much lesa less than ten year ears ogden og len will be the terminus of sixteen railway lines for certain with a probability of having two more b aides others v aich may may be projected within that period with such superior transportation facilities ath present and pr t I 1 yo it is is not strange that ogden e enjoys japec Y t the prestige of being the great commercial center of th the inter mountain region regin doing a jobbing buSl nois greater than that of all other points within this region comb ned ogden la is to daiy diy the marketing the trading and arid lie ilia distributing point for a region vaster richer and more fertile with ith greater and morri more vanel varied re sources than those thoe tributary to minneapolis bl st paul omaha kansas city or denver danver and what whit those cities have baa e done in the past ten year ogden will surely surpass pilas within ith our ill alie next decade u andr der equably favorable general circumstances odan ogden enjoys eminent advantages advant ige in tile way ny of being boing able to support a large city population aside from commercial pursuits she bite id is favored by natura nature as well as an by art with rarely quailed qu ailed led advantages as a manufacture i I 1 ig g po point 1 nt I 1 in n all the elements which a e necessary to make such a pursuit profitable profi tAbla viz aban abundant dant ami and cheap power and fuel a large constant ami and steady supply of raw materials in great variety the greatest and steadiest labor supply supply in this region the cheapest chea peat foo food supply un unsurpassed trans transportation pt ion facilities and a lar largo g 0 and growing n g market cloe clo e at band from w which rich outa outside ilde competition can be wholly excluded in adili addition tion to this the tile growing fame of ogden as a sanitarium sanit ariam as a magnificent magn incent health and plea pleasure pure resort will give her an ever increasing I 1 I 1 ng floating population and the he catering to thone thoe wants will nire the service of a large number dumber of people p it e rf if t abe b e above A reasons were not sufficient diluci ent ir r a sanguine view of Ox ilens commercial future her record alone auld w ined be ample demonstration of her strength and vitality and give the very best assurance of a successful career the record she has made ie Is one to be proud of it is briefly as a I 1 follows 0 a during the past two years the p p of ogden has nearly treble trebled 7 the number of business honsel has increased ninety per cent the amount of capital invested in business has m more 0 re than tre treb bod loii the amount of business dine has borly nearly trebled tie bled the assessed valuation has more than trebled tre bleil and every other line of industry and deve development 1 has kept equal place lace thia remarkable record has bas been been achl achieved eved without effort without adae liaina ti sina without booming and wa wai simply the remit of free operation of normin dorman circumstance a I 1 will say in conclusion that with an earnest desire to avoid extravagance of expresion espre won and to eive give a thoroughly conservative opinion I 1 am fully convinced that agdens brilliant record during the past two yeara will be eclipsed bv that of bac each h couplet in the ensuing ming decade and that at its alse cl pe oden ogden w ill have a population of at least and not only remain the com commercial centre but become the inel metropolis of a region embracing six lilliin mil liin innab taits chully cf ully yours dictated A L licit 11 secretary |