The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-04
Big DEAL IS
DENIED BY
ROLAPEP
OGDEN RAPID TRANSIT is NOT
ABOUT TO SELL.
Story OF Negotiations is Without Real
Foundation-Judge Horn Nov
in the East.

What will undoubtedly result I'm one
of the biggest traction deals In the
west since the Hartman interests pur-
chased the Salt Lake street car sys.c cln
is the proposed sale of the Ogden
Rapid Transit company TO a syndicate
of eastern capitalists. who are said
to be headed by the Hill interests.
The sale price is named at S1.G00.000.
A representative of James ]. Hill
has been conducting the negotiations
from the Ogden end. and recently two
officials OF the Ogden company and an
Ogden attorney went TO New York to
oonsummate the deal Just when the
transfer VIII take place is not known,
but il Is a certainty that an option
has already been given and that the
property Will be bought al the eXpira-
tion Of the time named in that instru-
ment.
The ogden Rapid Transit lines in
lude franchises through the important
streets OF Ogden, line past the Her
mitage In Ogden canyon, a right Of
way through the canyon TO Huntsville,
a new line to Plain City and a line TO
the Utah Hot Springs. ten miles north
OF ogden. In all. there is over lG0
miles OF trackage and right of way
The company is known as Eccles
property. David Eccles owning a ma
jority of the stock 1t has recently
been improved and considerable money
has been spent upon II with the sale
In view. The new line to Plain City
has recently been finished, and the
extension up Ogden canyon to Hunts
Vile is still In progress
In the new plans OF the company,
| begun some time ago and still in pro-
! cess of completion. an extension was
contemplated from Hot Springs to
Brigham City, right of way franchises
already having been procured from
the Box Elder county commissioners
and from the trustees OF the village
of Willard II is understood that the
new street car system arranged by the
| EccleS interests in Logan, the capital
| Of Cache county, is not included in the
new deal.
Hot Springs May Go.
AS bonus for the sale Of the street
car system, tho Eccles interests have
offered the property at Utah Hot
Springs. consisting of hot water
springs. u hotel. dance pavilion and
240 acres Of land. only a small frac-
/ has been caused in the negotiations
because of the fact that the Oregon
Short Line and the Ogden Hot Springs
| Sanitarium company are engaged In
| litigation over alleged oncroachments
of the hotel property on the railroad
! right of way There is also a suit In
| volvlng title TO the three hot springs.
! brought by C. NJ. Clay, and which Is
| q ff.,.- als H., h.,
hands of Judge Howell
w. Nj. Mowbray. auditor OF the Og-
den Rapid Transit company; Judge
Horn OF Ogden and personal repre-
sentative OF David Eccles have been
, i'll New York for some time. The re-
cent withdrawal of the Utah Hot
| Springs property from the market,
where 1t has been for about year,
is looked upon a5 n ind ,ation ;1't
there Will be an early announcement
Of the transfer of the properties.
The above article, which was pub
lished In the Herald-Republican this
morning was shown to II. H. Rolapp
of the ogden Rapid Transit company,
and he said the story Is not true. Mr..
Rolapp said:
There is no truth in the report In
any particular. The Hill interests
have not been given an option on the
street car system and neither Now
bray, Horn nor any other person is
representing the ogden Rapid Transit
company In New York, nor at any
other place regarding the sale of the
system. The story has been told by
some one that knows nothing of the
affairs of the company.
"It is true that President Eccles
and myself. short time ago. went
TO st, Paul to confer with the ]. j
Hill people regarding freight rates
over the Great Northern railroad into
Harlem. Montana. where the Anal.
Gamated Sugar company has In view
the erection OF q sugar factory, but
the visit had nothing whatever TO do
with deal for the sale Of the Ogden
Rapid Transit railway"
1t is said here that w Nj Mowbray
and Attorney A. G. Horn have gone
cast al the instance OF one John Olson
who claims to he a promoter for east
! ern capital. but neither OF them rep