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Show jj IN THE OGDEN YARDS ;n the siie of the old railroad b e house- which were destroyed I fl by fire a year ago. there is to erected buildinpr estimated to cost $650,000 This is the beginning of an industry hi- h should gflvti to Ogden a greatly inoreaaed pay roll. H With the eoinjtlctioii of the plant, large ijuantities of ice will It be manufactured and thereafter all can requiring refrigeration will be iced here instead of cast or west of here This is one of a number o i m pi ovcui n 1 1 i oiiteiuplatcd in the; railroad J srdl Eventually the trackage is to be increased and modern stfftfehilift -,,. , .... ..ic, d II, nie-Ht mil No bain i stronger than its weakest point, and one of the weak-m weak-m eat points in transcontinental traffic is the Ogden yards In the 'wr pari ol IIH'7. Minn th- big rush of buainCSI Was on wlin li cre-Hf cre-Hf ated a ongested condition, tin- Ogflcll yards Were found to be so, siuali and pour I anauircd as to be a block to traffic. The terminal Hj va inadequate ami trains had to be held foe hours mi tin main line: -.waiting to enter Since then improvement! have been made, hut ii is doubtful whether there is another terminal in the United states, as important to throusrii business as tin t Ipd-n ard. where I he failure H & keep pace with the traffic is so manifest This is due. no doubt, to the haltiiiL' of all improvements during the war, and sufficient time has not elapsed since then to allow the engineers to work out their plans or to obtain from the heads of ih roadi the appropria-H appropria-H nous necessary to make the required changes Rut now there should be . speeding up and the long postponed 1 improvements should be under way |