I -# 116 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. The plastering was done by Messrs. Taylor & Shupe, the painting by Mr. Robert Wilson. The erection of this splendid structure cost between $60,000 and $70,000, exclusive of the furniture, which has been imported from the East, and cost $25,000. It is the finest edifice and best hotel between San Francisco, Cal., and Denver, Col. The Broom Hotel was opened on January 15th, 1883, by Mr. A. D. Shakespeare, under whose management the patronage of this hostelry has so rapidly increased that an addition of 33 feet front is being built to it, on the north side, of the same height and style as the main building. THE NEW CO-OP. On Friday, February 4th, 1882, the finest and largest structure devoted to commercial transactions in this Territory and for a wide region of country was dedicated. It was the new building of the Ogden branch of Z. C. M. I., on the corner of Main and Fourth Streets. This edifice is an honor to its builders, a credit to the institution, and an ornament to the city. The whole building is 100 x 115 feet, and three stories. The east front, on Main Street, is 115 feet; the south, on Fourth Street, 100 feet. The construction of the building was commenced in May, 1880. There are 800,000 brick in it, and 250,000 feet of lumber, the approximate cost being $70,000. The first floor is used as the retail department. Whether you enter the east or south door? the whole floor is at once to be seen; it is so constructed that it can be divided in a clear manner, so that each place will have its department, without interfering with the other departments. Leading from the south side of this floor, just on the west side of the bank wall, are the stairs which lead to the second floor. This, like the first floor, is so arranged k x Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 117 3 X that the whole place, while it can be distinctly divided into departments, can also be seen from any part at a glance. It is used as a wholesale department for general goods. The private office is at the north end of the general office, while at the south end is another vault to be used for the store. This is of the same shape, and as substantial as that in the bank. The ceiling on the second floor is fifteen feet high. The third floor is like the second in shape, and is used as a store room, while there is also a loft. The ceiling of this room is twelve feet high. Beneath the whole building is a fine substantial, airy cellar. It connects wTith Fourth Street by means of a solid iron slide, down which goods are sent. The floor is without equal in the Territory; it is hard and dry, being made of Portland cement. Everything that could add to the convenience or beauty of the building has been done. Water and gas pipes are all through it, as well as speaking tubes, which connect all the floors and departments. The entire outside presents a magnificent and imposing appearance, and as before stated, no place in the Territory is more beautiful as a place af business. It is a fine specimen of architecture, the designer being the late Mr. Obed Taylor. Mr. N. C. Flygare had the supervision of construction and the contract for the carpenter work. The building reflects great credit on both Architect Taylor and Master Mechanic Flygare, the former for the design, the latter for the execution. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK is in the southeast corner of this building. The entrance to it is from the southeast corner, leading from fine circular granite steps. The door is fine and massive, and on either side are large Corinthian iron columns, fluted, X