The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

be done in dry tree what will you expect
in green!r
AS during the time of the Caesars every
way led into Rome so in this year of our
Lord most every railroad leads into Ogden.
Every hour during the twenty-four several
trains arrive in and depart from this city,
and these trains are made up of long lines
of cars crowded with migrating humanity,
or packed with domestic and foreign mer-
chandise Radiating from this centre,
like the spokes from a hub, we
have the Central Pacific with passengers,
and the worlds chattels for the Australian
continent, China, Japan, and Polynesia
the Union Pacific, laded to the guards
for the Orient: then we have the Rio
Grande Western through which the
Missouri Pacific and Rock Island seek an
outlet westward; then comes the Utah g.
Northern that connects US with the lumber
regions of Oregon and the mining indus
tries of Idaho and Montana; and then we
have the little plug line of Ogden & Sy-
racuse that does rushing business in the
summer time.
Besides these there are several thousand
men at work blasting rock, and bridging
streams, and smoothing road-beds between
here and Sioux City, to make way for the
great Pacific Short Line that will give US
more direct communication with the east,
and very soon the scream of her engines
will shrek through all the sloping wales of
Northern Nebraska and the Rocky noun
tains.
At Hot Springs, nine miles away, we
have a Sanitarium with worldwide fame,
and over their healing waters a company
of rich and enterprising men have built a
! substantial hotel with modern conven-
fences and accessories, while Shurtliff
with large force of men and munitions,
is stretching out with might and main a
tiny railroad for the accommodation of
pleasure and health seekers, and ere many
DAYS Little Kate" alternating with her
baby room mate, will cover the distance
in less than fifteen minutes, and charge
! only ten cents for seat in her lap during
| that time.
will next consider the Boutwell, canal
This is to tap Bear river and bring down
its waters onto the parched and arid plains
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water. Three millions of dollars are avail
able for the construction of this mammoth
enterprise. Two thousand men, with
teams sufficient, have been employed there,
and it will be completed some time during
the coming summer. All the projectors
are a level-headed, pushing set of men.
What possibilities are locked up in the
fruition of the mighty scheme! Millions
of fruitless acres will be brought into a
ready market; where the sage-hen unme
Tested reared her brood, and the wild jack
rabbit sought unsecured, her solitary form
will be heard the plowman whistling on
his way afield, and climbing vines, and
happy homes will take the place of barren
sage brush and stunted growths. Success
to the Boutwell, canal say we.
They we have the territorial reform
school, refuge of the young, but not tender
recalcitrant. Though, no doubt, owing to
the uniform weakness of humanity, we
shall furnish our quota of dodgers, yet the
! institution is for the whole territory, and
! is a model of beauty and convenience; and
the superintendent has the reputation OF
possessing rare qualifications for the posi-
ton that he holds.
Now we come to the military academy,
inst finished and opened for its first sem
ester. 1t is grand and picturesque
building, little removed from the town,
to be sure, but just far enough to shield
the young lads from the temptations of a
city. This was built by two or three
young men taking hold of the matter
with a will, and it shows what
courage and good Judgment will
do. Upwards of one hundred pupils are in