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Show MANUFACTURE WAGONS FOR TMEWEST The recent cold spell has had a tendency ten-dency to retard building operations and yet a number of buildings In course of construction aro being completed com-pleted as rapidly as men can perform the work. An extra force of meu has been placed ou the annex of the Sidney Stevens Ste-vens Implement company building on Washington avenue, between Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, and It was stated by Local Mauager CharlGa II. Stevons today that the building will be reprf' for use within thirty days Todav are at work on the roof. The Is two stories high, 110 feet long and 26 feet wido on the ground floor, the upper floor being 40 feet wide. It forms a part of the main building south and will bo used for the same purposes as the old build ing which Is 110 feet iu length aud 24 feet wide Tho front space of the new building and a part of the old will be used for display purposes, The entire second floor will bc used as a carriage room An electric elevator extends from the basement to the upper up-per floor. The entire space to be occupied by this large manufacturing company extends ex-tends about 450 feet east from Washington Wash-ington avenue and has an average width of about GO feet, the basement being used In the manufacture of wagons. wag-ons. Tho cost of the annex which is now nearing completion will be In the neighborhood of $5,000. tho last of $50,000 spent by the company this year in building improvements. A now building has been erected at Montpoller, Ida., by the company at a cost of about 530.000 and about $15,000 has been expended on a new building at PreBton. Ida The company has also opened branch houses at Garland. Gar-land. Utah, and Downey. Ida., which havo necessitated the expenditure of considerable money While the Stevens company manu factures various farm implements and wagons, the specialty Is In the building build-ing of spring wagons and wagons used for slicop camps The company's camp wagon for sheepmen is the most complete com-plete that is made and it is the most comfortable camp wagon known complete equipment for housekeeping on the range Is provided In the wagon and the company has patents on all of the devices. Prominent sheepmen say that the Stevens camp wagon is the most satisfactory of any made Frank J. Stevens is the general manager of the company and Charles H Stevens acts in the capacity of .local .lo-cal manager In the manufacturing establishment fifteen skilled mechanics mechan-ics are constantly employed and the most advanced machinery for the making of wagons and farm Implements Imple-ments is in use |