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Show Twenly-eightn ntreet. The iron fence and gates will be creeled In front of thc Union Depot as F'"n as the concrete con-crete platforms have been constructed. EXTENSIVE' WORK IN LOCAL YARDS - 7 "v;r YZ (r ' Enlarging of Union Depot and the Building of an Annex Are Possibilities Pos-sibilities of Near Future Plans For Umbrella Sheds Have Eeen Received. " By early fall Ogden will liave the finest lopot grounds and railroad yard of any In th? country." The above is the statement made to ;i representative of this paper this morning by Assistant Engineer A. Q. j Campbell of th' IlarrimHn lines, who has charge of all the railroad Improve-1 nionts In Ogden. Mr. Campbell then stated that, with the completion of the new tiro-proof tiro-proof freight d?pot with Its wide tracks have been lowered to a uniform grade and tho platforms put In. the de- . i pot groundR will be In perfect condl I tion tor drainage. Until the arrival of tho steel girders gird-ers ii nd beams for the new freight depot, tlii- work upon thc main building build-ing will be postponed. However, no 1 lime Is being lost In the work on the structure, for the concrete gangs arc now preparing for tho laying of the concrete platforms for the warehouse and freight shedj. The concrete bases for the transfer platforms on the west side of the depot an? being , constructed. The drheways around the freight house which will be of sandstone blocks upon a concrete base are now bolrtjj put In on the ?outh end of the depot. At a very early date tho iron fenron and pates enclosing the p.issoncer yards, will be hudt fmm the Union drpot, north t i hi-- freight house ami tboncv a hlh board fence to Twenty-second Twenty-second street. On the south end of the depot the fences will extend to roadways and parks around It, the parking at the Union depot, Uio umbrella um-brella shedrf, cement platforms between be-tween tracks and Innumerable other improvements that, will bo made, the depot and yards vjll not be cxcclb-d by any In the United States. In addition to the Impro'.eitients already al-ready ordered by the rallroxd officials, and of which innMon has been made, it Is probable that the enlarging of tho Union Dpot txill b- ordered be-lore be-lore early fall This work for the present, it i stated, wo-ild only con-fist con-fist of thft securing of more room for tho waiting rooms and the building of a Inrgt-r baggage room, iv.th of thes Improvements are tirnnt. The replacing of tlw north depot annex with a lar' and spacious brick building, the lower floor of which i would be used for a bagcag'1 room and . the upper for railroad offices, has been I mentioned as one of the probable Improvements. Im-provements. The uIng of the south i annex for bacgage room purposes and I the providing of new offices for the express companies, which also need more room, is contemplated. The enlarging of the lunch room at I the dopot U alo a matter that Is re-rilih; re-rilih; attention from the rcllroad f. nvials at tb present tlmn. ThU work I tI1I probably be ordered done at an earlier dat iban was at Crrt contemplated. contem-plated. llefore the end of the week a concrete con-crete mixer and f 'f'rkmcn will commence work at tb" south end of the Union Depot grounds upon th concrete platforms which will be placed betwn the fen passenger tracks. As th? plans for the foundations founda-tions of the umbrella ed.; hnve been received by ITncincer Campbell, the foundations will be put la by. tho concrete con-crete gangs when th-y begin on the platforms. Tnr t,r4t work will In- ti-j ti-j twr-en tr.n new Wt tracks anl foa.o of th- old one which ha VI ben low. ered to the new grade. Whta the |