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Show BIG ORDER GIVEN FOR FREIGHT CARS US AVOEUCB. Oal., Pav S? -Th Haniman llna, In preparation for th Impending contest for traffic supremacy In transcontinental business to the Pacific Pa-cific coast, have placed orders for Nil freight car of various type, aggregating aggregat-ing In cost M.Ssl.OOO. according to advice ad-vice received by loe Angelas railroad officials. Th Santa Fa system hag added to ft Ut of equipment ordered recently re-cently 000 of the luteal sytle refrigerators refrigera-tors ears, costing tiooo each and aggregating aggre-gating nearly 1.6h),o00. Tha contest will he e three-cornered ont. Involving the Panfa Fe, th Southern South-ern Pacific and th Union Pacific-Central Pacific. fialt Lake combination known as the Harriman llnea. The Santa Fa oars are ehlefl for the shipment of citrus fruit and vegetable from flout hern California. Tha Harriman lines' cars are for the joint and general uae of the Union Pacific. Central Pa-MIK and Salt Lake road, end a large part of this Immense order will find Its way to California. |