Show WILL AID THE BEET the new cutoff cut off of the southern pacific will be an advantage wilt contribute to the development of western weber county and open up some new enterprises to ogden busi ness men the arrival of the last ones of the gigantic steam shovels which are to be used tor work on the cutoff cut off and the preparations which are going on for the reception of other material has caused the average ogden citizen to awaken to the realization that the commencement of work on the great improvement Is close at hand the farmers of the western part of the county feiar whose property the routs will pass have already realized that and believing in the old admonition to strike while the iron Is hot are getting up petitions to forward to the company in regard to the location of depots and the establishment of spurs and sidings the completion of the lake cutoff cut off will bring with it the establishment of several new enterprises between ogden and the lake among them several canneries a starch factory and a branch sugar plant Is talked of but until the farmers sign up acreage to sufficiently supply tha present factory it is doubtful whether the latter proposition will materialize however the principal benefit the road will be la in the facilitating of marketing the products from the stretch of fertile land between this city and the lake this tract contains many thousand acres of farming and fruit land as level as a floor and with a soil deep warm and rich ample water has been brought to this tract during the last few years by the various canal companies and the only drawback to the cultivation and development of this section seems to have been the lack ot quick transportation to and from ogden but farming is not the only industry that will be quickened by tha builder lr of the cut att ctt in different places 0 or near the proposed route are large deposits of clay suitable for the manufacture of bricks and and some of the wideawake wide awake citizens are already arranging to gain possession of soma of these deposits with the intention of establishing a modern up to date brick yard om little mountain which borders on mhd waters of the lake and around the southern end of which the cutoff cut off passes good limestone and building stone may be easily obtained in any quantity the limestone it I 1 understood has been tested and found to be the ideal material for use at the sugar abut the long haul the deposits has militated against its utility several sidings have been located along ehg line of the cutoff cut off and a spur Is to be run to the canning factory west of the river it was inferred by mr allson the southern pacific right of way agent when he was engaged in ahls work here that the corn pany would defer as tar as practicable to the wishes of the majority of the people of the section as to the location of stations and stopping places for it I 1 through this hat the petitions of the company are being circulated |