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Show CONSTRUCTION -MEN TO HOLD MEETING r A meeting of the construction en- I. gineers of the Harrlman system, with two or threo representatives of other V railroads lu attendance, was held in Salt Lake City today. J. D. Isaacs, consulting onglnecr of the Harrlman lines, and W. V S. Thorne, director of purchases, both of Chicago, passed through Ogden yesterday en route to the meeting. The signal service engineors of the Harrlman roads together with representatives repre-sentatives of the Illinois Central and -San Pedro railroads, will be In atten , dance at the conference. Tho object of the big meeting Is to adopt a standard for all lines of con. k structlon material, nnd, haUng adopt-'' ed such standards, purchase largo ' quantities of the matorials required. By this system the. engineers will be able to purchase enormous lots of standardized material at a minimum cost and there make a great saving to a their roads It Is understood that f the representatives of tho two roads t mentioned are contemplating the In- A auguration of a similar systom, J IW' rv ". ' |