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Show OUR UTAH WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Progress and Developments in the Various Sections Chronicled for Record Readers. Dec. 29, Ogden Amalgamated Su-1 Su-1 gar Co. reports the labor situation better this year than last, but not normal, although able to place fac-fories fac-fories on the basis of thrqe eight-hour eight-hour shifts, when heretofore they ran on a basis of two 12-hour shifts. (Jreen River The development of the SanRafael oil field Is now assured. Eureka--Operations are planned at Independence Mining Co.'s property. prop-erty. Salt Lake Road building work in the county is being pushed. It will mean a total expenditure of $675,-981.94. $675,-981.94. Centralia, Wash., Chronicle: Before the war there were 35,000 clerks in Washington, D. C. doing government j service at a cost of 40 millions of 'dollars a year. There are now 107,-000 107,-000 clerks at a cost of 160 millions of dollars, all demanding higher wnges. Ogden Enlarging of Phoenix mill planned by Holly Milling Co. Delta bank deposits rose from $145, 'OOO in 1917 to $350,000 in 1919. Utah live stock suffering from heavy snows and shortage of feed. Salt Luke Fori I Motor Co. to build new and modern distributing plant, to cost $308,000. The construction of the Utah & Colorado railroad will begin in the spring, is nnnounced by Gov. Simon Bamberger M a certainty. "The main thing we are figuring on now," he asserts, "is to build the rood in the state of Utah and more fully develop de-velop the resources along the line. For example the establishing of a number of sugar factories there is planned. There are three locations for such factories in this territory." There were 147 carloads of ore and one car of bullion shipped from Tin-tic Tin-tic during the week. Utah has 163,000 acres devoted to wheat. Tremonton Streets are to be paved. The work is starting in the spring. Delta- Sugar plant Is sold to Great Basin Co. for $1,600,000. Sedalia, Mo., Democrat: If you tax the producer, he adds the lax to his product, and those who buy pay. Economy ond more production are the only solution of existing economic troubles. Ogden Conditions affecting street ruilway companies in this city thru-out thru-out the United States, were told by Royul Eccles at a Rotarian meeting. He produced figures showing that the Ogden street railway has been a losing los-ing investment, and this because of increased wuges and other operating costs without corresponding increase in fares or in the number of people using the cars for transportation. Salt Lake Problems vital to the in-i in-i terests of sheep and live stock industries in-dustries will come before the annual I convention of Utah's State Woolgrow-1 Woolgrow-1 er's association to be held here. Suit Lake Memorial bridge to be erected on Wasatch-Bonneville boulevard. boule-vard. Lehi - $210,000 to be spent in building build-ing program. Ogden Luck of coul closes large t cement plants. Salt Lake McDonald Co. adds to chocolate factory. Provo-- Large modern hotej to be erected. Ogden Concrete plans for million dollar hotel have been announced. Roosevelt Uinta Oil Co. begins operations. Utah apple crop shows big decline. Ophir Plan to reorganize Old Leon Hill Mine. Delta Many new homes to be erected. Lucin Pocahontas Co. drives tunnel tun-nel to cut a promising vein at depth. Ogden Extensive highway program pro-gram outlined by commission for the coming year. Ogden A $200,000 storage buttery but-tery plant is to be erected here by Western D-G Storage Battery Co. Western Utah Copper Co., at Deep Creek in Gold Hill district ships 62 'iir lotla of ore aggregating $Hli a ton in November. |