The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-10
FUTURE OF OGDEN
BRIGHTER THAN EVER
Present Year Promises Growth and Ex-
pansiOn In Every Direction
City ProsperS AS Commercial and Railroad Center, and
Factories Needed to Convert Raw Material
Into the Finished Product

| With a clean cut record of moro
7 than half a million dollars expended
during the past year in building new
| houses In tho residence districts OF
Ogden, and contracts already entered
Into for the erection OF new business
blocks In the commercial thorough
iares OF the city, aggregatlng In ex.
cess OF 100000. during toe early days
of the first month OF the new year
ought to satisfy and encourage the
most conservative in1 the belief that
1909 Will be the banner year OF prog
ress and prosperity in the history OF
Ogden.
Business conditions are all that
could be desired; trade, commerce
and manufacturing industries are ex.
panding: farmers, fruit growers and
stockmen arc prosperous and sanguine
Of the future: local banks snow de.
Dosits running to millions: mortga.
ges are unknown and business failures
have no place In local history; railroad
pay rolls arc increasing yearly, and
local and through freight and passen-
ger traffic is greater than ever be-
fore In the history of railway lines
In which the people OF tnls city are
directly interested. When Edward H.
Hartman took the Union Pacific a
few years ago there were 1926 miles
Of road and the first year thereafter
tho entire income from the system
was only $39. .291 .125. Last year II had
increased TO sS7.473, ,776-the most re-
markable record in the history OF Am
erlcan railroads. He did the same
with the Southern Pacific When he
assumed control the gross receipts of
the system, with which Ogden's fu-
ture Is 80 closely Identified. the gross
receipts Of the system were $57,650.0 900.
and for the fiscal year ending Juno
30 last. the income had increased to
something In excess of $3.50, 200. 600
These figures are cited To indicate
what may be expected in the future.
and with the increase OF traffic and
the expansion Of railroad business on
the Union and Southern Pacific Will
como concurrent growth and prosper
ity TO Ogden, the connecting link be-
tween the two great railroad systems
OF the west
Surely this is an ideal condition
with which TO confront those who are
soeking new locations and investments
In the west. and must result this
year In an influx Of nomeseekers and
capital to Ogden that will add TO the
growth and prosperity OF the city and
contiguous. districts.
New Industries Needed.
But at this stage Of the progress and
prosperity one OF the paramount is-
sues In Weber county Is factory build
Ing and the establishment of new and
permanent industries. The resources
OF this section are practically unllmit-
ed, and IL Will not be successfully dis
puted that the factory should be close
to the natural product. Mohamet may
not have lost faith In his powers when
he found he must go 10 the mountains,
Instead Of having the mountains obey
MS call and como 10 him. but even
the most jealous industrial prophet
must lose faith In his people, If not
In the fundamental laws of progress,
If the products Of this favored coun.
try continue TO go to the factories
OF the cast. instead OF the factories
coming to the region where the raw
material Is. produced. The loss in
freight charges, the inevitable loss oc-
casioned In detorlation of the products
by long and useless haul arc invinc-
able arguments in favor of factories
at Ogden. Just imagine what It would
mean to have half hundred month
ly pay rolls added TO that already In
tho city If Ogden Ia prosperous and
desirable at this time, upon the prof
Its which come to the present produc-
er OF raw material. what height of In
dustrial and commercial progress
might this city not attain when the
double profits of field and factory are
hormoniously and closely united.
IL Is said to be an established fact
that tne factory gets q greater per
cont out OF an article OF commerce
Than does the producer of the raw
material or the retailer. This being
conceded, tho profits TO be made In