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Show NEW TRACKS FOR THE YARDS BANCROFT ISSUES ORDERS TO HURRY ALONG VIADUCT. Six New Passenger, Tracks Planned-Handsome Planned-Handsome Greenhouse East of Commissary Building. While Engineer Campbell Is Inclined Inclin-ed to be reticent on the subject and pointedly refuses to discuss the matter mat-ter In detail or at length. It la tho theme of general comment around about local railroad headquarters that General Manager Bancroft Is especially! especial-ly! pleased at the progress now being made on tho viaduct and has ordered that work on the structure be pushed to completion as early as possible, with . view of taking up yard enlargements and other improvements as soon as Iho big bridge proposition Is out of the way and turned over to the city for general use by the public, and tho i present Twenty-fourth street crossing Is Vffecttially dosed up. The plans and specifications for yard Improvements and enlargements have been approved by those in authority, au-thority, and the work entails a radical change from present conditions. It is understood six additional passenger passen-ger tracks will be built Immediately in front of the big union passenger depot, and that these will be used exclusively for the accommodation of passenger trains arriving and leaving Ogden. Ample room, between the tracks, will be left for passengers ami for baggage, express and mall tracks and even during the heaviest travel there will be an absence of the present congested condition which exists on the arrival of several trains at tho same time. Tracks for switching, making up freight trains and for the use of Incoming and outgoing freight trains, will be extended in every direction, di-rection, and the vacant ground now existing in the center of the yards will be utilized for this purpose. Among other Improvements to he made around about the Union Depot will 'be the erection of a handsome greenhouse east of the dining car commissary com-missary and office building. A6 soon as these improvements aro fully under way It Is believed work on the new freight house will be Inaugurated Inaugu-rated and continued until the handsome hand-some and much-needed structure Is ready for occupancy by Joint Agent Chevers and his ever-increasing staff. All In all. the present year promises to he an eve-uf.il one In marking radical radi-cal fi'in-A- in --f rbout railroad hoad-n.u?.iic;s, hoad-n.u?.iic;s, and 'hr e Improvements will result ir. a heavy increase of the present pres-ent payroll enj.ijed by Ogden from the Harrlman management. |
