Show SECURE THE RAILROAD SHOPS the railroads rall roada terminating in III this city own a tract of to acres ot of I 1 land within three blocks of the business k I 1 center which c h coat cost them nothing that land Is worth in any city in the I 1 I 1 cou country atry the size of ojen one to five fire million dollars considering the I 1 prospects ahead of this city it is worth five to ten millions yet a it large portion of this valuable property pr 0 p is practically idle and I 1 v 11 there is no visible indication 1 at present of any intention to IA II 11 improve it we are advised t that bat I 1 I 1 i ries president ident E evans vans and others of the I 1 chamber of Cm commerce merce committee I 1 during their recent visit to omaha omah a called thia this tact fact to the attention of 11 general bla manager nager dark clark in connection 1 1 with the question of the removal to this point of the U P office sand su suggested 9 the plan of utilizing it for ra rail ll 11 r road shops our purpose in calling I 1 I 1 up the matter is to urge L I 1 upon the chamber of commerce commer ca the propriety of taking up I 1 this worthy cause again and in a way i I 1 that will cause immediate action if I 1 such is po isible A full and complete plat of the ground should be drawn up showing present improvements I 1 and the topography and general surroundings statistics should be collected and other valuable anfor orail iou on the subject ia showing ag I 1 in a clear and concise state 1111 1 ment the advantages in every respect of making this a general centre tor for railroad rail roid shops the chamber of oi it commerce the real estate exchange and the city council should unite 1 upon a joint commatee comm itee to I 1 present the subject to the marions railroad managements and spare no effort that will serve to incite them to n 1 I 1 flotina flot ioa A moments thought upon 1 the magnitude of this m move ave i will convince the chamber and ii the other bodies named of the advantage of taking he hold id 1 1 1 of the question without delay A 1 week w eek should not be allowed to go by I 1 without seeing tho the movement well I 1 underway under way the value such an acquisition I 1 i qui altion would be to ogden is inestimable labor employed in these I 1 chops shops would add to the I 1 monthly pay rolls here besides i the vitality which they would add in a general way to the cites progress 1 if it we were I 1 a necessary ogden rather than be without them could 1 better afford to build the 41 11 shops and present them to L the roads without cost with a provision that be the roads would carry out their design and use them as described |