Show OGDEN TO HATE A POPULOUS WEST SIDE improvements by the railroads and the pos sivility lity of a viaduct may build up the section across the weber ogdan is soon to have a most populous west side the assurance 0 the immediate enlargement of the shops and alie immense amount of improvement work to be done makes a question of residence one of importance not so far as lack of residence property is concerned but in reference to contiguity to the railroads for a long time the railroads have set a well defined boundary and within these limits the railroad em aloyes acro obliged to reside this boundary contracted the resident portion of the city so far as railroad em aloyes are concerned to a district not extending over six blocks cast of the tracks but as ogden other people businessmen business men and their well salar aed employed emp loyes began to compete with railroad employed emp loyes for houses within this defined district and as a result that residence section became what congested for a number of months the question of hours has been one of the problems confronting tenants of this city especially those employed on the railroads the assured activity and prosperity of thi coming two years has furnished alie looked for relief already many of the railroad employed emp loyes are investigating the cost of property in west ogden and wilsons Wil sons lane with a view of buying homes there and a burn nurn ber of real estate agents and capitalists arc figuring on building residences in that faction for rent if the present promise of prosperity materializes there is no doubt that ogden will be enabled to boast of a populous west side this will be more quickly realized in case the proposed viaduct is built one of the leading to this trend on the part of tenants is the sudden and uncalled for raise of rents in certain districts in the last two thia seems to be impolitic as it may discourage prospective citizens |