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Show INTERURBAN NORTH OF OGDEN Negotiations are now under way looking to the building of an intemr-bau intemr-bau line connecting with the Salt Lake & Ogden at OdcD aud Salt. Lake. The road Is to extend Into Box Elder county on the north and south as far as Payson, Utah, according to n statement made by Mr. Simon Bamberger Bam-berger today. Both prior to and during his recent visit to the east the matter of the proposed pro-posed line was taken up with Mr. Bamberger by a group of eastern capitalists, capi-talists, and has so far progressed that Mr. Bamberger expi esses confidence In the ultimate sucess of the plan that will lluk a continuous electric line extending ex-tending from Brlgham City through Ogden, Salt Lake, Provo and other points to Payson. "I feel certain that the proposed In-terurban In-terurban line will be built in the not far-off future. There have been similar sim-ilar projects before, but the road ha.s been Invariably built on paper and that was the end of the scheme. This time, however, the project has real hacking and Is supported by a group well able to bring about Its accomplishment accom-plishment ' So far as our road is concerned, we will have no interest In the new lino other than those of traffic arrangements. arrange-ments. We will connect with the proposed pro-posed line at both Ogden and Salt Lake. "The proposed route for the new In-terurban In-terurban will tap an immensely rich territory, and wnl assist greatly In the development of the Interior sections sec-tions through which tho roar will run. "Tho work of electrifying our road Is progressing favorably, and we will be operating our trains under electric power not later than tho end of May. We expect to have the car barns completed com-pleted within thirty days and the new cars will be here by then. The construction con-struction of the power house at Lagoon La-goon and the sub-siatlons at Ogden, Clearfield and Lagoon, Is being hastened. has-tened. The walls of the buildings are up and we are now putting on the roofs. All the machinery Is en route and there will be no delay in its installation" |