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Show I lh distance between McCammon and Ink'im Is eleven miles. Concerning Improvement work that Is being done l.y the Harrlman linen In tb Ogden yards and Hsewhere. Mr. Bancroft stated that all Ihe work would be carried through during tno summer months. The double-tracking In Port Nouf Canyon Is to be done by the Uth Construction company of this city, and for this purpose fifteen carloads of material and a steam shovel left Oedf-n for McCamriuui thin morning. Part of the equipment sent north by the construction company include Ciirs ami dummy engines, which will be used in the handling of a half million mil-lion yards of earth and rock, which will be used in the building of thu roadbed. V. I.. Watrlji of the I'tali Construction Construc-tion company, who will he In direct charge of the work, left for the scene of the work upon the same train m did Mr. Bancroft and other officials. CONSTRUCTION BY OGDEN COMPANY Trainload of Material Leaves Utah Construction Yards for New Vork in Port Neuf Canyon on the Oregon Short North of Offden. Vl'e President aod General Manager Mana-ger W. H. Bancroft, accompanied h Fred H Knickerbocker, his aaslstAni. occupying private car "Salt Luke,' passed through Ofde.n this morning en mute pn a trip of inspection through Idnho. Ho" will bo accompanied accom-panied part of the way over the Utah division by Superintendent A. F. J Brewer and Assistant Superintendent George Ross. Chief Engineer William Ashton. who is going to Huntington, Oregon. 1 f to Inspect some of tho Improvement j work done by the Oregon Short Line company, will accompany Mr Ban rrott as far north as PocateUo. In or-derMu or-derMu inspect the dtiuble-tra'-l-log of the line Iu Port Netif Canyr.n. between McCammon ;moJ Inkom, which has now heen started. When asked concerning this work. Mr. Bancroft slated thai it would require. re-quire. hoid months to. complete. It, as It would mean -the rebuilding of the line for twenty-two miles, a'though |