The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
Railroad Center of the
State is Expanding
Constantly.

y Ogden-Lucin and lake trestle. >
= Work under construction, with >
p average monthly payroll Of $780, =
y 0O0 =
= Terminals and traffic connec- =
= tions OF four great railroad sys- =
, TENS. =
= Eight canning factories. =
= Five substantial banks. =
, Ten thousand dollar power =
= plant :
= Forty houses Of worship. =
= A 100000 Catholic church. =
= Forty thousand dollar taber- ,
= nacle. =
, rive famed health resorts =
= Modern general hospital. =
= Fifty thousand dollar school for =
> girls :
= Daily mail for each town. =
> Five splendid trout streams. =
Three paved streets. =
= Ample pure water supply. =
= Railroad payrolls Of about $500, =
= 600 per month.
y Forty jobbing houses, with an >
= nual trade Of over $4,000 900. =
. Five hundred thousand dollar =
= sugar factory. =
y Sewer pipe factory. >
> Iron smelling plant about to be :
= erected.
y twenty-five hotels. =
= Wooden mills. =
: Two knitting factories. =
Five brick factories. =
, Ten thousand school children. =
= Five hundred model orchards. =
= Finest union depot west Of =
= Omaha. =
, Five city parks. =
= Five hundred thousand dollars =
= in public schools. =
Five creameries. =
y Splendid highways. =
Ten miles Of street railways. =
, Thirty fraternal societies. =
= Twenty pure water fee ponds. =
Largest broom factory in the =
= west. =
Largest theatre in the state. =
= State Industrial school. :
y state school for deaf. =
State school for blind. >
- Fine sanitary regulations. =
Five thousand homes unmo-t- =
= gagged.
Five flour mills. =
' Rent for every available home. :
Death rate Of only thirteen per ,
, 1000 population. ,
, Splendid water supply. =
Ample irrigation rights. =
Quick and sure markets. =
Two telephone and one telegraph =
: syteus. =
, County fair grounds and build :
, inRs. =
PubHc-s spirited citizens. ,
, Headquarters Of construction =
, companies with payrolls aggre- ,
= eating 100000 per month. =
Excellent sewer system in city. =
Forty-fve passenger trains =
, daily. =
AALALLI
IN EVERY summary Of the causes
that contribute 20 making ogden a
thriving and prosperous community
appears first and foremost her railroad
position and railroad industries. This
TACT has appeared more and more
clearly during the past two years when
the immense railroad operations have
literally poured funds into the city
through their pay rolls and purchases
Of materials. The city has enjoyed
during the year 1908 an era of splendid
prosperity and the activities connected
With railroad building and railroad Op-
GRAFTON are in large measure respon-
siDIa
But these are not all. The city is
surrounded by a rich farming and
grazing region. and the agricultural
and stock interests are also Of great
Importance i'm the making Of the city'z
financial strength Manufacturing en-
tcrprises, coming as a natural and i'm
cvitable result Of the City's location
and Of the agricultural and mineral
wealth that abOunds in its vicinity
have been developing at a remarkable
rate. and so many new ones are prac-
Gcally assured that the prestige Of the
Junction City as an important CONNER
Cial and Industrial center Of the inter
mountain country is secure.
The Greater Ogden.
Many events during the year 1905
have occurred to mark the progress OF
ogden toward the Greater ogden which
her citizens feel is her ultimate goal
The practical completion Of the Ogden
Iucin cutoff, one Of the most stu
peudous feats I'm engineering accom-
piished in this day of great things, has
been of incalculable benefit TO the Citys
interests and the advantages must con-
tinuc TO accrue as the years go by.
The advance Of the CITY 20 the first
rank I'm the category Of POSTAL cities
OF the country was in effect an official
recognition Of the city's progress. The
holding I'm this place Of the greatest of
all irrigation congresses last September
did much 70 focus attention on the
growth Of this locality and in many
other ways the events Of the year have
been such as to make timely a brief
summary or some Of the causes which
are responsible for the growing impOr-
tance Of Ogden and the country in this
immediate neighborhOCd.
Southern Pacific improvements.
The works Of the Southern Pacific
company I'm and about Ogden have been
the greatest factor in the upbundiug
of ogden. and their promised coutlnu-
auce is one Of the strongest signs Of
the city's stability. The building Of
the great Ogden-Lucin CUTOFF across
the Great salt lake has been of in
cstimable service to ogden during the
past two years, inasmuch as ogden
was made the basis Of the stupcnd0us
operations. and the hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars paid 10 hundreds of
Iaburcrs every month was put into cir
cUlatiOn i'm large measure By the work
men I'm their dealings with trades
people. The great engineering work
involved in bridging the great dead sea
length and ia filling ia more than half
that distance so as TO make the road
bed Of solid rock and earth is what has
been already practically accomplished.
The results viii be the clipping OF q
couple Of hours from the time OF trains
between Ogden and San Francisco 10y
shortening the distance and cutting out
grades and curves. The COMPANY Is
still prosecuting work and viii soon be
operating its trains over the new line.
The Improvement was formally accept
ed by President Hartman Nov. q.
The Southern Pacific company IS also
charging its machine shops so as to
almost double their capacity. and is