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Show WESTERN PACIFIC CARS ON THE WAY In the early part of April, according to information received by the local officials of-ficials here, the Western Pacific railroad rail-road will send to this city the equipment ordered last fall. There are 2500 cars being be-ing built for the company and when completed com-pleted they will be added to the rolling stock for hauling coal from Utah to California. Cali-fornia. It is hopfd that Lhe added equipment equip-ment will be the means of keeping the coal mines of I'tah busy during tlie summer sum-mer months, inasmuch as several contracts con-tracts to be signed up for delivery of coal In California will necessitate this added labor. more thnn one-half the cars being built in tlie eastern foundries are coal cars and the remaining number are fruit cars, to be used in the citriif trade. A recent report shows that traffic over the lines of the Western Pacific during t lie month of January increased 75 per cent over that of January, 1915. |