The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-16
ELECTRIC
LINE TO
BRIGHAM
Ogden Rapid Transit Opens the
Interurban TO the Peach
City"
PROMINENT PEOPLE
MAKE INITIAL TRIP
Brass Band and Several Thousand
People Extend Welcome to
Visitors.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
MAKE INITIAL TRIP

The pretty little city of Brigham was
! all agog with excitement yesterday
| afternoon shortly before o'clock.
when the special train OF the ogden
Rapid Transit company rolled into its
| intcrurban terminus on the main
| street with TWO carloads of Ogden
| people. and the electric line between
the metropolis OF Weber and the me"
tropolIs of Box Elder counties was
! formally opened for traffic.
Practically the entire population
| OF the little city which has become
famous for its fine peaches, pretty girls
and other things. was on hand TO
welcome the officials of the Rapid
Transit company, Ogden City officials
and others who enjoyed the dIstinc-
tion OF making the first trip over the
! interurban railway. and TO conGratu-
late those who are responsible for the
successful completion OF the road.
Slight Oslay in Trip.
Starting from Ogden a few minutes
before O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
the special train with about sixty Og-
| den. people aboard reached North OG
( den without miShao AS a sharp curye
In the line was being negotiated, the
two front cars jumned the track A
| hasty inspection 10y Superintendent
/ Joseph Bailey. who had charge Of tho
special disclosed the fact that the
| accident was due to a spreading rail.
! The wrecker was summoned and in a
short tine the disabled cars were on
the rails clicking along merrily to-
wards Brigham CITY
Brass Band e,eets Guests.
When the Box Elder metropolis
was reached a few minutes before !
o'clock a throng OF several thousand
people were lined along the sidewalks
| and in tho middle OF the streets,
awaiting the visitors. Cheers greeted
! the officials OF the railroad as they
stepped from the train and brass
band struck up a lively tune After
brief concert. the visitors were
escorted to the Box Elder opera house
where SEQ people from all sections
| Of Box Elder county were packed
to the alsles.
Welcome Extended to Visitors.
The meeting was called to order
by Councilman Winn Eddy the we'll
| known Brigham druggist He intro.
| duced Mayor Thomas Blackburn who
welcomed the visitors to the Peach
! City and congratulated David Eccles
and the other officials Of the Rapid
/ Transit company upon the completion
of the road Mayor Blackburn said
that he hoped the time would soon
come when President Simon Bamberg-
s/er. Of the Salt Lake & Ogden Rail-
road company. who was one Of the
visitors, Mayor Glasmann David &c.
cles and others would find ont that
Brigham City is the only place to live
i'm peace and invited them when this
time arrived to make their home WITH
the good people OF the Peach City. >"
Mayor eIasmann Responds.
Chairman Eddy then introduced
Mayor Glasmann. Mr.. Glasmann con.
graduated the people of Box Elder
county and the officials of the OGDEN
Rapid Transit company upon the COM
pletion of the line and predicted un-
told benefits which will be derived
from the operation Of the line through
one of the richest agricultural sec
tlons of the state Responding to the
welcome of Mayor Blackburn, Mr.
Glasmann said that he had always
felt a keen interest In the people OF
Box Elder county aud invited them
Ia use the new line wnen they wanted
Ia come to Ogden to do their trading
when the Salt Lake & Ogden Raj
lroad company was beluG built" de-
clared the speaker, many persons
feared that Salt Lake City would cap
mre Ogden's trade but II has had the
opposite effect because Salt Lake peo.
pie are now coming 10 ogden where
they can get what they want for
much less than they have to pay in
Salt Lake City So you see after all
the new line between Ogden and
Brigham City may be the means OF In.
creaSlng the business OF your mer-
chants. Senator Bamberger Is here
and he viii he given an opportunity
To explain why II is that so many
people come TO Ogden from Salt Lake
to do their trading
on Behalf of Box Elder Club.
The next speaker was J. r. .Peters,
who. on behalf of the Box Elder Com
mercial club. welcomed the visitors to
the city and congratulated the ON
clals OF the RAILROAD upon the COM
petion of the line. Mr. Peters i'm
pressed upon the Box Elder people
the necessity OF getting together and
encouraging Mr.. Eccles and the 9th
eli owners OF the jnterurban line. Ia
build the line entirely through the
county. He recalled the early history
of Brigham city since it was laid
out In 1856, when the speaker was
lad. Briefly be outlined the steady
growth OF the city since that time
and declared that the completion of
the electric line marked u new era
in the growth and prosperity of the
entiTo country.
Chairman Eddy next introduced
Mrs Loitie Cozier. one of Brigham
City's attractive vocalis.s. Mrs. Cozi-