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Show COMPLETING DOUBLE TRACK Tho doubloNtraclc work on the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line betwoon rtcion omi Salt Lake, which has been at a standstill stand-still for the paBt two months, shortly will be resumed, Tho grading work, which is practically prac-tically completo and which Is being done by the Utah Construction company, com-pany, can bo finished in about two weeks and, as the steel Is nearlv all laid, Httlo remains to be dono" except ex-cept the ballasting work. This latter work Is in the hands of tho engineering engineer-ing department of tho Short Lino and It is expected the road will start hauling ballast about February 1. The new track will cut tho grado between this city nnd Salt Lake to about flvc-tcnths of ono per cent and straighten out many of the curves It will mako It possible to haul from two hundred to two hundred and fifty fif-ty tons moro to tho train than was formerly possible and In this way effect ef-fect a great saving to the company. It Is expected that the now line will "ha turned over to the operating department de-partment about May 1. oo |