The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
IHE NEWS IN OGDEN.
The New Depot is Rapidly
Nearing Completion.
ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES MUST GO.
Traeklaying at the DepOt-The Coming Holi-
day-Real Estate Matters-POIice Court
Some General Glimpses.
The SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAs,
Main Street,
OGDEy, April Z.


OGDES, April u.
The city council will hold another meet
ing this evening.
April so will be observed as Arbor day
in many of the States, and 1t would be ap'
propriaJe TO plant trees here.
The ties has been digtributed over all the
new grades to be covered with track IN the
new depot grounds, and track laylngl Is pro
crossing rapidly.
Probate Judge Cross is suffering from
nervous trouble and has been ADVISED 10
refrain from all business cares until the
trouble is overcome.
Seems like those police uniforms are
long time making, or is 1t that the pros
pective wearers are waiting lot payday 10
reimburse the tailor!
w. G.. Childs & Co.'S new planning mill
is being completed, and the boiler was fired
up Yesterday Both engine and boiler are
found to work in regular order.
Where is the committee to whom was
referred the proposition to establish sys-
TEN Of electric fire alarms for the city:
The cost of twenty boxes and their connec-
tons would be tritling compared with Tie
advantages of accuracy gained.
The new lodging house that is being con
structed by West * Huntington IS being
E5vered with sheet iron, that being consii-
forms to the regulations within the fire
limits. The house will accommodate 100 OF
200 people.
The contract for building the new freight
depot has been awarded to f. NJ. Sharp,
late of Kansas. Mr.. Sharp IS the contractor
of the new union depot now nearing com
pletion. His work here has been highly
satisfactory, both to the depot company and
to the citizens.
Fred Turner, the former manager OF the
implement warehouse Of Woolley, Lund X
Judd in this city, came down from his
home in Logan recently, and IS arranging
to exhibit tt Delaware county creamery
in the build ately vacated by the above
mentioned firm. He expects to have things
in shape for visitors by the last OF next
week.
Senator Leland Stamford and wife came
in from the east in their special car yester-
0av, and were driven over the city IN one
e5Mr. FEELS superb turnOuts. The dlsung-
ished visitor expressed admiration at the
advanced stages of Vegetation and the
beauties of the city generally Ihey lett
for San Francisco via the Central Paclnc
last evening.
While the subject Of removing the cleo
trio light poles,from the center Of the streets
is under discussion it would be good time
TO urge the removal of all poles, telegraph,
telephone, electric light and hitching posts
to a point on the sidewalk about half foot
inside the curbing, or where the curbing
should be, thus removing all obstacles that
would endanger life or properly IN case OF
a runaway or similar emergency.
The moving out of old wooden buildings
TO make room for modern brick structures
is of almost daily occurrence. When 1t is
necessary to take them along the main thor
oughfares an advance guard should be pro
vided to warn the owners Of teams as there
is nothing more liable to cause runaway
than building on wheels. The runaway
noted in Yesterdays HERALD was sad to
have been caused by one Of those moving
buildings.
The new passenger station is rapidly
nearing completion. The plasterers have
|, been over their work once, and Will put on
N ne finishing touches in a short time. The
Steam heating operator has been thoroughly
tesEed and found entirely satisfactory, but
it viii be unnecessary to continue It's use
at present. The engine which is TO run the
electric light plant has arrived, and an eX-
uerienced electrician will set up the dyna-
mo and make the necessary connection.
The depot and yard will be lighted from the
one dynamo. and when completed will pre-
sent an appearance that will compare favor
ably with the surroundings Of any similar
structure in the world.