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Show ORDERING RETRENCHMENT. Local officials of the Harriman roads, including the Union Pacific, Pa-cific, Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific, have ordered all improvement im-provement work stopped and rigid retrenchments inaugurated, in response to a message from Julius Krutt3chnitt of Chicago, instructing instruct-ing all superintendents to cut expenses to a minimum. This i3 looked upon as forecasting, a period of uncertainty in the railroad world, influenced by the financial outlook and the political upset and realignment now occurring. The Harriman roads centering in Ogden are doing a heavier business busi-ness than at this time a year ago and the present condition of traffio seemingly calls for an increase of facilities rather than a curtailment. |