Show RAILROAD FOR THIS CITY PURVEYING PARTIES ARE ING SOUTH FROM IDAHO dan hamer found much railroad and heard of proposed construction r f with two corps of engineers in tho held thoro is a possibility that tho burlington and the chicago knorth railroads will como through ogdan on their way to the northwest so declares dan hamer who has returned from a visit to Her and tho northeast end of bear lake great interest exists in that section of the country over the arrival of surveying partie aiom both systems that arc headed in a general direction toward ogden much secrecy guards the work of the surveyors and it was with difficulty that mr hamer ascertained their identity there s no doubt he de dares that both lines have been surveyed west to a point near lakeside on the north end of bear lake rumors which have circulated freely around montpelier Mont polier have headed both roads toward ogden on n route traversing tho west side of bear lake into cache county by way of blacksmiths fork mr hamer encountered people who stated that the burlington had about decided to enter ogden through their territory there is a possibility that the burling ton Is headed for salt lake but in order to reach thai city it must of necessity como through ogden not only Is the country in southern idaho much agitated over railroad activities of the two great eastern lines but the oregon short line is out surveying a line to the soda springs country from their terminal at lewiston another scheme to cross the north end of the lake and connect a line on land with a terry boat system over the lake has been talked of from what mr hamer was able to observe ogden is about to become one of the objective points for two transcontinental lines |