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Show BIO IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN THE LOCAL RAILROAD YARDS; Large Surveying Corps Arrives and Takes Up Headquarters Near the Yardmaster's Office Changes Call for an Expenditure Ex-penditure of Half a Million Dollars. A large surveying party under the, direction of Assistant Engineer R B Robinson of the construction depart ment of the Oregon Short Line ar rived in the local railroad yards Sat I urday preparatory to making surveys I for the extensive remodeling of the yards The headquarters of the eng! j neerlng crew Is to be In the frame i building Immediately north of the Yardmaster's office, which is now un I dergolng repairs. The work In view Is estimated to I cost between 1850,000 and $500,000, l and will probably keep a large force of workmen employed well Into next year When the Improvements are com pleted, the Ogden yards will be one of the largest and mo6t upto-date yards in the west. The work has been contemplated for some tlmo but Saturday the move became be-came definite and Engineer Travis and two assistants from Salt Lake spent the greater part of the day In looking over the ground with Engineer Engi-neer Robinson. |