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Show MACARONI PLANT IN OGDEN Ogden people, like other people of , the country, eat macaroni, and Ogden above all other places in the inter-1 mountain region, is the Initial point j lor the shipment of macaroni to the markets, says E. De Rlcco and Frank j Pa?ano, who are jus; now building a , macaroni factory In this city. I The company will be known as the 1 Ogden Macaroni Manufacturing com-1 pany and the place of operation is on Washington avenue. Detween Nine- teenth and Twentieth streets, in the i brick building formerly used by the late Joseph Clark aud David Eccles as a flouring mill. It was known as the Advance Roller Mills. A force of carpenters and machine men aro at work In the building now-installing now-installing a $10,000 macaroni plant, and, within two weeks' time, says Mr. De Ricco. the wheels of the machinery will be moving and the factory will be making two tons of macaroni each day. The plant will be modern in every ! particular and a large force of men 1 will be given employment. The company com-pany will use the entire building, three floors and a basement, in its operations. i The parties concerned In the enter-1 prise have a factory at Salt Lake, I j but they say the outlook for Ogden Id i so flattering, and It has so many ad-I ad-I vantages as a manufacturing center, that they anticipate doing the larger portion of their business from this point. The company not only expects to manufacture all the macaroni consumed con-sumed in this city, but will make their factory here 'the ceutral distributing point for all other sections of the country. The machinery will be moved mov-ed by electrical poxrrr. The plant is so planned that it can bo enlarged. De Ricco. who has charge of the plant, speaks English fluently and he is thoroughly Americanized in busi-I busi-I ness matters. Ho is a native of the beautiful Italian land, but has been In this country a long time, having be-I be-I come thoroughly conversant with Am-i Am-i erlcan customs, and ways of doing things. |