The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

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past year and the highways connecting
.he Inherent towns are being constant
~ improved, ard a continuation of this
policy is expected. The Ogden canyon
boulevard and driveway is one of the
nhest mountain roads in the country
ana mas been SO classed and reported
upon by experts sent here by the gov
eminent i'm the interest OF the good
roads movement State appropriations
Tor the betterment of roads in the
southwestern part of the county and
for an extension OF the Ogden canyon
road into Rich county have been ex-
pended during the year TO good ad-
vantage, and similar improvements are
counted on for 1905
Construction Companies.
Two construction companies operat-
ing over the entire intermOuntain
country have their headquarters in
ogden The Utah Construction COM
pany has during the year been direct
ing work from its main Office in this
city constructing railroads and canals
In ten different states. Utah. Nevada,
colorado. Nebraska, Wyoming, Mon
tana, Idaho, Oregon and stu has i'm
DOrtant contracts under way in each
of them. The expenditures of this one
company in wages alone ges
nearly $4,000 per month. All of ii is
distributed through ogden banks and
much of the money finds it's way into
The Corey Brothers Construction
company also has headquarters in
Ogden and has been building a large
canaf near Calgary, Canada, during the
year. also doing other work in Utah
and Nevada
Places of Recreation.
In the matter of places of recreation
and amusement ogden and Weber
county are especially well provided for.
The city has three fine public parks.
The grounds of the two state institu-
tions furnish two more and those of the
Sacred Heart academy constitute yet
another. The Weber county fair
grounds are within the city and have
besides the fair buildings fine race
track. Glenwood park. although
private enterprise is one of the largest.
and best improved places of public
resort in the state. There is a fine
baseball field adjoining Utahna park.
another private enterprise is in the
very heart of the city and very pOpu-
lar. A new and comm diOuS theatre
was erected on this property during the
year and in fact the entire place has
been converted from unused land into
a fine resort since last spring.
The city has the largest opera house
IN the state and this was taken under
lease during the year by the North
western Theatrical association and over
$4,000 spent in improvements The
house is the Grand Opera house and
A few hours ride in any direction
takes the resident of Ogden amongst
the WildS of nature There are dozen
line trout streams in the eastern parts
of the county. To the west is the lake
with it's great variety of scenic at
fractions and all over the county are
scattered excellent summer camping
grounds y large new sanitarium has
been constructed at the mouth of ogden
canyon during the year and utilizes the
waters of some hot springs of proved
medicinal qualities Another resort of
similar nature is the Ogden Hot
Springs just at the northern limits OF
the county, and within half an hours
ride from the city Two well estab-
lished clubs form part of the social life
of the city The Weber club is the
business mems association Of Ogden
and occupies the entire top floor of the
Eccles block The E,lks- lodge also
maintains a fashionable and well furn
ished suite of club rooms.
Great Canning Industry.
a careful estimate of the wholesale
valuat ton of the canning factory prod
ucts of Weber county and the counties
Immediately contiguous to it fixes the
aggregate worth of the output of the
seventeen factories at 81. 062, 500 The
fact that nearly all of the factory COM
panies, during the early part of last
year. combined in an association for
the better protection of mutual inter
ests and for the establishing of better
grading of goods. makes il possible to
compute the number of cases Of canned
fruit and vegetables almost to the point
of exactness. From data gathered by
a. Stringham, the agent of Utah Sell
ing & Storage company, il is learned
that the seventeen factories produced
341 900 cases of tomatoes and 134. 900
cases Of fruits and other vegetables.
The value OF the total output cannot
by any reasonable fiuctuatiOn of the
market price go below 81, O00, 900, and it
is more likely to be $1,00O.00 in excess
of that sum.
The notable new feature of the indus
try this year is the extension ofsthe
business to include numerous kinds of
fruits and other vegetables. This gives
work for the factories at seasons when
the tomatoes are not available, and is
a development that adds materially
TO the value of the fruit crop of the
county. as well as 10 that OF vegetab les
suitable for canning
The farmers receive for tomatoes IS
Fer ton, though greater price is paid
in some instances for tomatoes deliV-
cred early in the season. Probably the
most important development during the
year was the formation of the Canning
Companies organization, and its sue
cessful operation during the first sea-
sen This association was not formed
with the idea of limiting the output of
the factories. DuL merely 10 secure re-.
auctions in the prices OF cans, freight
rates and the like, and the grading OF
products so that a uniform, scale of
prices might be asked 1t is probable
that the association viii soon secure
advantages in the way Of freight re-
ductions that win be of material ad-
vantage TO the industry.
The names of the various companies
in the Gamers organization are as fol-
lows:
Salt Lake Valley Canning company,
Five Points, WasatCh Orchard cOmpa-
ny, Ogden; Chief Canning company
Plain City; North ogden Canning COM
pany, North Ogden; Uintah Canning
company, Uintah; Riverdale Canning
company, Riverdale; Star Canning
company, Roy: Hardy Canning com
pany. Roy; Hooper Ca, ming company,
Hooper: Layton Canning company
Layton; Kaysville Canning company
kaysville; Banner Canning company
Ogden; Willard Canning company. Will
lard; Woods Cross Canning company
Woods Cross: Syracuse Canning COM
pany, Syracuse.
The Utah Canning company does not
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