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Show Utah Coal Route Nearing Completion Formal organization of the operating operat-ing department of tho Utah Railway company, to be known officially as the Utah Coal Route, is scheduled to take place in Salt Lake within sixty days, according to information received by Salt Lake railroad olllcials.this weak. The railroad, which will take over the se ;ond track of the Dener & Rio Grand between Helper and Provo, for coal hauling purposes November 1. with the ultimate intention of eon verting it into one of the greatestcoal artories In the west, acquired the services ser-vices of I. II. Luke, former superintendent superin-tendent of the Denver & Rio Grande, several weeks ago. ' Mr. Luke has been busily engaged n the purchase of materials for the new road and with the completion of this work it is reported that the formal for-mal organization of heads of the railroad rail-road will take place with headquarters headquar-ters at Salt Lake and the direct operating seat at the local terminus to be established in Provo. A track nearly a mile in length has been purchased in Provo for yardage purposes. This will be the scene of great activity as soon, a the snow leaves the ground. Construction work will include the erection of a mammoth round house and shops in addition to the laying of yardage tracks Emery Co Progress. |