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Show GAS HOLDER IS NOW BEING ERECTED i Contractor Re-x Bheedy ha a force ol men nt work today at ihe gS.1 plant ol the Utah Ught & Hallway company, com-pany, piepaiing for the placing of leel on the new rras holder lie ex-pacts ex-pacts to ben In placing the first pieces of steel in the big holder Mondm inointng and It is possible, he says, that h" may move some of the heavy iion into place this afternoon. Bnough of the material has arrived to begin the building of the tank, there being a number of bottom pieces of Steel In the first cars shipped ship-ped In Other tars oi material are on the way. The work will begin In earnest Monday morning. Mr Sheedy soys, and continued until the last rival ts driven and the tank Is ready for use. It will require six weeks to j complete the Job. All pipe connections with the mtlns , I leading into the City have been made) and as soon as the new lank Is com -plated gas Will be stored theioln for the city svslem The larqe holder will haxe n capacity of i'ui,ioo cubic' feet of as which, in connection With the 50,000 cubic feet in the old tnak. will be sufficient U supply the gas I needs or the city for some time to i come. Manager Whtlaker of the Utah Light & Railway company, states that Ian extensive campaign of gas main j building will be inaugurated this season sea-son and that "l leasl twenty miles oi pipe will be laid before operations cease It is the flan of the company to build to the homes and business sections even before contracts for gas are solic ited The company will not 'ask for an extension of Its frnuchlse. which does not expire until about 191S. until after the adjournment of the state legislature. The application applica-tion for extension Is now before ihe citv board of commissioners The board "111 not give the matter immediate imme-diate attention |