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Show LARGE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED BY PACKING CORPORATION IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S CROPS The building of a large fruit canning can-ning plant, to cost approximately ?100,-000, ?100,-000, in Ogden, is being planned by the Calitornia Packing corporation, which has extensive interests here. A. Cer-ruti, Cer-ruti, general superintendent of the company, -was in Ogden yesterday and-announced and-announced that tho work would start before next season. The California Packing corporation bought the W. J. Parker Canning interests in-terests in Weber county and operated them this year. Soveral other factories factor-ies were also included in this deal. Mr. Cerrutl stated that tho prospects for building up an immense fruit canning can-ning industry in this district are excellent. ex-cellent. Ho said it was one of the most favorable sections that ho had visited and with natural conditions, such as cllmato and soil, being so favorable, fa-vorable, ho believed everything necessary neces-sary to an extensive Industry is present. pres-ent. Tho California Packing corporation corpora-tion has property all over the west, with holdings especially extensive in California, and packs all sorts of food products, including fish and vege tables. ta-bles. Plans for the new structure to be erected In Ogden have not been completely com-pletely declddd upon, but the building will cover a ground area of 200x80 feet. It will contain the most modern canning can-ning machinery available and will considerably con-siderably increase the local capacity for the handling of fruit and vegetables. |