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Show OGDEN NEWS. Commence Laying Tracks. . s That Simon Bamberger, president of the Salt Lake & Ogdrti Railroad company, com-pany, means business was evident again yesterday morning when at 4 o'clock a large force of men commenced the laying lay-ing of tracks east from Washington avenue ave-nue on the south side of the Ogden river. In the direction of the mouth of Ogden canyon. The object of commencing work at that early hour was no doubt to prevent pre-vent the Ogden Rap!d Transit company from interfering with his plans. That Mr. Bamberger intends to reach the mouth of the canyon with all possible speed Is not doubted by those who have been keeping close watch on bis operations. opera-tions. The contract .for grading the line from Washington avenue to the mouth ol the canyon was re-let yesterday to the Wheelwright Construction company. A eimilar contract was let to the Fame company last November, but was later recalled for the reason that It was thought that the Bamberger and Eccles interest might be combined. It Is now understood that the negotiations for such a combine are now off and that Mr. Bamberger Bam-berger will build his own line. t Two More Robberies. Two more robberies were added to the already long list yesterday. The first place entered was a room in the Arcade rooming-houee, from which a quantity of stuff, including a watch and a revolver re-volver were taken. Later nt the dhywo men attempted to pawn the stuff in a local saloon and were placed under arrest. ar-rest. The second robbery was at the residence res-idence of A. W. Jackson, on Madison avenue. The members of the family were attending a funeral at the time, and the thieves gained entrance with the aid of a skeleton key. La8t night two men were arrested who are thought to have been connected with the robbery. Seven Suspects Arrested. Seven men were arrested by the police yesterday on the supposition that they were connected with the four robberies that occurred Sunday night. It was thought for a time that eome of the men were responsible for the attempted robbery rob-bery of the bank at Farmincrton. It is now believed, however, that all were in Ogden at that time. The men are being sweated in an endeavor to find out if they know anything about the robberies |