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Show h 1 ww vwww V WWW WWVW WW -- - wwww wwww WWW PACKING PLANT BUILT HERE IN RECORD TIME 510,000 PLANT I BUILT WITHIN j PAST TEN DAYS , : f BIG FESTIVAL, Celebrating the completion of I ,i,e newly constructed plant the 'farmers and fruit growers of the 'springville district will conduct I i'la big fruit festival and .water ' i me0n bust Saturday evening, '.' according t0 Uel1 Fullmer, chair- j I man of the committees in charge, ii'l The affair wll take place : I at the new plant, and the farm- i! j ers and fruit growers of the Idistrict are cordially invited to ;: be in attendance. A special pro- : pram suitable to the occasion is :' being planned. ! ;; i Springville has established a new ''record in building activities. This i is evidenced by the fact that within : ten days from its beginning a 42 by i 150 feet fruit and vegetable packing :! plant, storage and loading station las been erected on the state high-i high-i my across the road from the ; Springville Canning company's i plant, at an approximate cost of j $10,000. Not only has the building been erected, but is painted and ii ready for occupancy, aud a railroad j spur leading from the main line of iithe Oreui road, has been built to : tbe plant i The new building was built by the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad com-:!pny com-:!pny for J. O. White and company of Salt Lake City one of Utah's larg-'iest larg-'iest fruit and produce firms. ij The building was erected by Strong and Grant, Springville con-; con-; tractors, who report that the cou-; cou-; etriiction work began Sunday, Aug-J, Aug-J, ust 15, and was practically com-', com-', ;Med Tuesday, August 24. j' The new packing plant will prove ii a boon to the farmers and fruit growers of this section, in the opinion opin-ion of local growers. Instead of the individual grower having to do his own sorting and packing this work will be done on a cooperative basis with other growers of this settion. This will insure a more uniform pack and will prove to be much more economic, it is stated. With this plant situated close to Ihc Springville Canning company's Plant it is estimated that much of Hie off-grade fruit can be utilized l'.r the canning company at a great saving to the grbweit Tthe new Imllding will be utilized for this .rear's crops, it is announced. |