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Show I. j i THE NEWHOUSE SURVEY. , J ( Engineer Street Returns After Run- ;r ning the Preliminary Lines. ! Gerald 13. Street, having concluded J; ( i,: the preliminary survey for the branch line of railway between Frisco and the j I Kewhouse terminal and blazed the way ', i for the final survey by the San Pedro, ; j ( came up from the south yesterday j j morning, having been preceded by Man- J j ' ager Johnson of the Cactus group of f ' mines, who had. as the guest of the " San Pedro, made the pilgrimage to the f J present terminus of Its tracks, thlrty- J eight miles diBtant from Callentes. Mr. ; Johnson was assured by Manager Wells I J , that work on the final survey out of Frisco will begin next week, with con- . struction to be dispatched. The run l.h over the line to the front was a. most I 1 delightful one, said Manager Johnson, j j the speed attained by the special that at times registered nearly sixty miles an hour, leJUng of a perfect balast for the entire distance and foretelling a record between Zion and the City of Angels that shan compare with that of any Western line. He was astonished as-tonished at the army of men with which the construction company Is prosecuting Ito work beyond Callentes-, and It would not surprise him to see trains operating over the entire distance dis-tance within a twelve-month. Just as vigorous work is promised in the construction con-struction of the branch, from Frisco to the Cactus mlne3, to the site of the Mammoth mill. |