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Show Canning Go, Locates On Orem Road Site Chosen Lies On Third North, West of Fourth West Street, Be-heen Be-heen the 1). ii It. ('. anil the In-terurbnn In-terurbnn Hull Roads. The new entitling ructory will build on the Interurbau railroad, between this roud and the Rlc Urnndo; on the property formerly the home of Jamos O. Gray. The thing which determined determin-ed thu stockholders in making their selection wna the ndvnntnge It had for shipping purposes. Tho fact thnt the Orem road, would give shipping facilities to the leading domestic centers cen-ters of the stato and the D. & R. Q. .vould be available for shipping to points out side or the state, wns the argument which determined tho K'lectlone or the Interurbau sit over one offered by S. W. Ross, located lo-cated on the north side or the Salt Lake Rrouto at tho foot of Cemetery jtreet next to the home ot Leonard Peterson. The ndvnntage of tho Ross Jlte was its close proximity to the tomato growing district. But the ompetntlvo shipping facilities, Its (.'eutrallty us fur as the north and jouth nre concerned, and the offering o give or at least lease at a nominal rental, the Interurban slto was the determining factor In the selection or tho lnttcr site. Mr. W. C. Orem, president of the Salt Lake nnd Utah Railroad, sent a representative to Lehl nnd made the offer to give tho company ,ovtr an aero or ground and put In all necessary tracks and spurs without cost to the canning company, The generous offer was accepted. The slto on which tho building will be commenced at onco lies on tho south Bide or Third North, between Fourth and Flttli West Streets. It Is tho Intention ultimately to can asparagus, as-paragus, beans nnd snurkrout. As these products will be grown on lower low-er land, tho location will bo- most convenient tor this class q( growers us well as tho growors of tomatoes mid fruit. It will also bo convenient Tor tho fnrmers over Jordan. Thomas Jones inado the motion chooBlng tho lutorurban slto nnd J. S. Kvnns seconded It, nnd Henry Lewis, Ircpresontlng tho People's Co-op. stock, mndo tho motion to muke tho cholco selected unanimous, which wns done. There nre now over fltty-five stock holders in tho company nml the subscription sub-scription bookB will bo kept open till thu amount or $1C,000 has been subscribed. sub-scribed. As ultimately It Is supposed that sulllceiit tomato nccrngo wilt be obtained from stockholders alone, It Is thought that tho tew remaining slinreB will soon bo obtained. Tho directors of tho company will not bo selected for probably another, month, |