Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-17
OGDEN.
Promised Resumption Of Wooden Mills.
Hoard OF Trade Organized. - a
Carriage Factory Coming.-O'he
Items.

For some time past negotiation
been PENDING for the resumption OF
work ut the old wooden mile, locator
in the northeastern part OF Ogden on
the canyon road. Several times dniihR
the past four years has nm alien
been made 10 reopen the WOODEN mills
but each attempt has been ihluie.
Now, however, II seems that the long
desIred object In about 10 be accom-
pllshed. MIR. Nicholas FINER, Of Ioun
Vile, Ky, mead OF the great tooaco9
firm of Finer Bros, owns the hlte "
the wooden mill and about 200 acres OF
ground, together with the water rights
and the power. rho parties WIN
whom negotiations have been III
proRrees are California men oil means
who, n the negotiations are successiu,i
will nut the mills In thOroukh
repair, add new machinery 70
the outfit, and make necessary tnpen'
uitures aggrcgating about sloO,OJO.
Through Mr.. q. h. Mayne these partles
made "A proposition 70 MIR. Ftnzen LOT
the purchase Of the mill aud nvc acres
OF gfound, together with the water
power, After some correspondence
Mr.. Mayne has nj last received a iavof-
able Geographic answer TO the prOpo-
sition from Mr.. Finer, and now hll
TINT remains to be done IL 10 walt tho
formal acceptance Of the proposition
Az soon as the power dam IL com.
plcted and electric motive power eau
he furnished for mills and factories
Ogden will DO made the location OF tue
largest wagon and carriage factory
west Of Chicago. For some time nego'
tiations have been In progress WITH
the proprietors OF large carriage
factory Mt Davenport, Iowa, looking TO
the removal Of the factory TO Ogden
Now II is definitely settled that the
plant will be moyed here ms soon IA the
power can be furnished. The gentle
men propose TO establish n factory here
employing 800 men.
Fred q. q. Keyson has commenced
suit In the Fourth district court against
the Ogden City Street railway for s5OOJ
damages alleged 10 have been sustained
by him through being thrown from
car on February 10Th, 1893. In THIS
complaint the plaintiff alleges that en-
the date named the motormnn OF car
on which he was u passenger. started
tho car while the plaintiff was la the
act OF alIghtlng, without giving proper
notice, thereby throwing him tho Tue
ground, and seriously inJurlng hun
about the head, shoulders and arms
Abo Levy OF Salt Lake City, recent.
Iy assistant chef Of the Salt Lake nro
department under Chief S.nttin, has
been engaged In the Ogden Department.
with thesoste naible position OF assistant
chief But while he IL to be known as
assistant chief, 1t IN said that he IL TO be
the de facto chief, Mr.. Binford being
retained simply to wear his gold braid
and do the dress parade posing.
Saturday afternoon, between 4 and 3
O'Clock, NJ. Edwards, tho owner OF
Twenty-fifth street fruit stand, died
suddenly, tho cause being heart fall.
ure superinduced by an overdose Of
lAudanum, taken to alleviate tho pain.
Coroner Allen viewed the remains and
Investigated the case fully but decided
that m inquest was unnecessary.
The business men OF Ogden met on
Saturday evening and organised n
Board Of Trade. The following named
gentlemen were elected directors: Il.
II. Ridgely, w. b. wedelI, II. Ia.
Armstrong, David Kay. William Glas.
mann, John +. Pierce and A. ID.
Corey.
Byron Sessions, as receiver OF the
estate OF william Crawford, the ranch.
or who disappeared 80 mysteriously
over two months ago, has taken pos
session OF tho Rich county ranches
and In fact the entire estate and ins,i.
tuted u Systematic search for the miss
ing man. Thus far no tiace OF him
has teen found.
Al tho Weber Stake academy Hatur-
day "a District Church School conven-
ton was organized. IL comprises the
church school teachers OF Weber, Box
Elder, Morgan and summit counties,
aud will meet the second Saturday OF
each month.
The articles OF re.incorporatlon OF the
old power company, under the now
name Of "rhe Canyon Power Il Water
company" will DO filed tomorrow.
The incorporators are composed Of both
local and foreign capitalists.
There will be mass meeting u
citizens Of Ogden on Tuesday evening"
to talk up the Trans. Mississippi com
mercial congress.
The Weber Stake quarterly confer.
ence began In the Ogden Tabernacle
yesterday, Sunday, morning, and will
close this evening.