Show A FINE TRIBUTE TO OGDEN in the general rejoicing over the advent of rapid transit and the satisfaction of the public with the splendid eplen did electric system which operates it there is ona one conclusion that forces it bait all upon tho mind and may be regarded with the utmost complacency cities all around us no north and south east and west are complaining that enter enterprise price is stopped because money is promises that were made a year or two ago aa as to great improvements and the establishment of pretentious Indas industries tries have had to pass unfulfilled because the funds with which to carry them out were I 1 not forthcoming capital in all parts of the land has withdrawn itself from the sphere of investment or specula lion tion those who have the cash have contented themselves with holding it they were fearful of a general collapse I 1 and threw throw oat their golden goldea anchor to windward as boon soon ai as the I 1 first first sign of the storm cama came hence busin ess has been dull tha the money stringency has been intense labor has not been in great demand and a strong brake bag has been put upon all forms of business advancement in a general way ogden has experienced f this strained condition of things 1 perhaps not as much as any of her neighbors certainly no not as much ag as I 1 most moet of them I 1 bat in the operations of the jarvis conklin people we have a conspicuous I 1 departure from the prevailing order t undeterred by the financial depression generally existing undiscouraged by the plain assurance that many western towns were doomed to a few I 1 years of recuperative quiescence they I 1 launched bravely out in the ex expenditure of the large eum sum necessary t to 0 I 1 provide ogden with an electric street i railway system and the most compete electrical machinery in the west As financial men they f I 1 knew the condition of things elsewhere i w here and their prestige in business e circles proves that it is ii not hot enthusiasm I 1 thusia sm but cool calculation that has been the basis of their ventures venture what they have done here therefore duct bo be la purs ets of 0 their calbout judgment dement ju they saw a city whose prospects were undimmed by the raf calamities of surrounding rounding Bur cities a spot where the bounties of nature I 1 were congregated a community I 1 whose future no untoward circumstances could mar such stich a town was well worthy any apparent I 1 risk their capital might take in its I 1 development it was all right I 1 ogden ought to feel complimented the actions of the street car company I 1 area are a great tribute to the solidity of i i her present and the certainty of her bar I 1 future bhe she may take to herself I 1 I 1 the modest assurance that there is at least one town in the mountains J from whose presence capital does not I 1 shrink on the other hand I 1 J jarvis and conklin are to be congratulated II 11 gratti on their acumen in discovering 1 that particular town and becoming identified with her interests ju just st J I 1 when she Is about to enter upon the flood tide of her prosperity |