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Show CARLOADS OF RPPK ANH PEACHES The Ogden, Rapjd Transit company has a force of meu at work today laying lay-ing track from the. main line to tho sugar beet loading station at Plnla City and, Superintendent Bailey says, It will be completed within ten days Tho loading place Is being arranged by tho sugar company for the accommodation ac-commodation of beet growers. The beets will bo dumped from wagons to Oregon Short Line cars which will be handled over the electric elec-tric car lino to Harrisvlllo to bo turned .over to the Oregon, Short Line company. com-pany. ' Froni"that' point they "will be transferred to tho sugar factory west of Ogden. The exact tonnage to be handled nt tho Plain City loading station Is noi known at this time, but It is sufficiently suffici-ently large to warrant orcctlng tho loading platform and the construction of a branch tiack. from the main line of the Rajiid Trapsit road. Tho latter part of this week, the Bapld Transit company will begin the handling, of large fruit cars of tho Oregon ShortiLinc company over Its lino in the North Ogden district. It is estimated that during the shipping ship-ping season North Ogden will send to tho oastern market at least 100 cars of peaches, all of which will bo convoyed by the Rapid Transit company com-pany to the Short Lino tracks at Harrisville. Large refrigerator cars will be used in handling the fruit and they will be hauled by the electric elec-tric locomotive over the Rapid Transit Tran-sit tracks. |