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Show OGDEN **GATEWAY OF THE WEST”’ UTAH’S INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD CENTER Prepared by the Ogden Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Weber County Industrial Bureau STATISTICAL REVIEW Form of Government—Council-Manager. Population—75,000. Area—17.55 square miles. Altitude—4,310 feet above Climate—Mean annual temperature fall, 17.62 sea level. 50.5 degrees F.; average annual rain- on 40 percent of real value. inches. Assessed Valuation—$110,659,512 (1962) based Financial Data—3 banks, 3 Building (savings) and Loan Associations. Postal Receipts —$1,400,000. The Post Office employs 620 people at its sta- tions and branches in serving a population of 113,000 in the area served, Last year, mail originating in Ogden totalled 70,500,000 pieces and the Post Office and Terminal handled a total of 3,338,000,000 pieces of incoming and outgoing mail, Telephones in service—55,048 (January 1963). Industry—Ogden is a city of diversified industry with approximately 192 manufacturing, industrial and wholesale establishments employing approximately 29,500 people and paying wages inexcess of $75,000,000 (civilian) and $88 mil- lion (military). and others industrial Large stockyards, millingplants, canning factories, steelplants make Ogden ‘‘the Industrial Center of the Intermountain Area.’’ This activity is in addition to the railroad operations that employ about 4,000 people with a payroll approaching $20,000,000. Trade —Immediate retail trading area population, 196,742. sale trading area population, Newspapers—1 Evening Radio Stations—4, 950,000. and Number Immediate whole- of retail trading outlets Sunday—Circulation 908. 36,950. Television Stations—4 channéls received in area. Hotels—5 with excellent accommodations. Railroads—3; Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande West- ern. Highway —U. Airports—1; S. 30, 89, 3 miles and 91; State Southwest 37, 38, 39, 40 and 109. of city. Hospitals—2 with a total of 395 beds. 100 beds. Education— Weber State College, 2,706 a; State Tuberculosis day students, 2,685 Sanitorium evening, with summer school average, 1,260. There are 4 Senior Public High schools and 1 Parochial High school. 9 Junior Public High schools and 1 Parochial Junior High school and 40 Elementary schools in Weber County. Current enrollment: 34,382. The Utah State School for the Deaf and Blind also located in Ogden. Public Libraries—Carnegie Over 83,000 City Miles Free andthe Utah Library State and branch, Industrial School are plus a mobile unit. volumes. Statistics—Total of sewers, 179. street Capacity mileage, of water Average daily consumption, 18,000,000 336 with works 173 miles (Municipal) gallons. Miles hard-surfaced. 65,500,000 of mains, 184, gallons. Fire de- partment has 79 men, 4stations, 21 pieces of motor equipment. Equipment valued at $393,000. Buildings at $545,000. Police Department has 71 men, 7 wo- men, 1 station, patrol system. 20 pieces of motor equipment, 3 radar units and two-way radio MILITARY DEPOTS Military Depots—3 in immediate area employ nearly 14,347 people with annual payroll of approximately $93.8 million. All Military Reserve Components have organizations and units located here, The three depots are: |
