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Show The Christensen Construction Co. Thoug'h possibly the youngrest if railroad coustnu-tiou compa- i riies, llu'i'c Ikis liceii none more letive duriu' the past year Lhau the Christensen Construction Construc-tion Company. The company ivas organized November 6. 1012, by the brothers D. H. Cliristensen and L. H. Christensen and several other Salt Lake business and professional men, and from the iirsl started oul on a large seale in the construction business. During the past two years the company has completed several large contracts, both in California and Nevada. Jlost of this work has becii accomplished along the line of the Southern Pacific railroad, rail-road, and consisted of railroad grading, in straightening the main line and other work of the same character. This work was accomplished in a manner highly satisfaclory to the railroad company, com-pany, and other contracts of a like character are sure to come from the same source. The Christensen Construction Company has just completed a big railroad grading' contract ou the line of the L'nion Pacific railroad in "Weber canyon. This contract consisted of building between be-tween five and six miles of railroad rail-road in the canyon. Most of the work was very heavy, consisting of moving many thousand feet of earth, and the work was accomplished ac-complished in a manner vei-y pleasiug to the big corporation. At the present time- the company com-pany is engaged, in connection with the L. R. TVatlis Construction Construc-tion company, on a sub-contract on the grading of the capitol grounds on Capitol Hill. This is the only work that the company com-pany is engaged in at the present time. Secretary Derbridge of the company, in tpeaking of construction con-struction work in general, said that, during the coming year everything ev-erything pointed to a great revival re-vival of railroad construction. Nothing of a definite character could be mentioned this early in the season, but there were rumors in the air, some of which were bound to materialize before, the year was very much older. The plant of the Christensen Construction Company is as up to date as any that can be found in the intermountaiu country, and is constantly kept in first -class condition. The company has the. reputation among working men as being one that is always fair, and the treatment it gives its men is such that employment on its force is sought after by the laboring public. D. IT. Christensen, the superintendent super-intendent of the. Salt Lake City schools, is the president of the company, and J. F. Derbridge is secretary. These, with G. M. Poulsen, L. H. Heiseter and L. H. Christenseu, form the board of directors. The company is wholly composed of Salt Lake people, and its importance iu the industrial life of the state is constantly con-stantly growing. The field of its operations extends all over the intermountaiu country, from the eastern line of Colorado to the coast, and from Arizona to the Canadian boundary line. |