Show PROJECTED LINE I f is TAKING TAIN FORM Union Pacific Planning Divide Short Cut FINALLY for Seasons Over the or of The fierce snowstorm which plied up lip snow to a height which the tho latest and most powerful rotary ploW coull not pierce for many hours In iii Beaver Deaver canyan again strongly the necessity for out a project long contemplated by tho th of at atthe the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line railroads said nn an operating olli cial well acquainted with the ties ot of mountain railroading today Ever since the tho line lino was first built under the tho name namo of at the tho Utah Northern many years ago ngo the stretch of road over oyer th the dIvide divide has hs gren much trouble Evel Every winter the tho theme me story Is repeated repealed and the cuno heavy heay expense In operating Is to say nothing ot of the delay deay In moving traffic and damage to consequent upon the terribly cold cod weather and mountains ot of snow plied f up In the tho gorges through which the theline line lIno passes It ig 13 actually imposible to stand the tho cold and how the tho train oper operatives manage to como come through with sound Bound limbs I hard hardly know Winter begins early and ends ends late lato In tho Ida country and Ills it is largely a repetition of the Canada farmers state statement ment when ho descrIbed the climate ot of his country ns as nine months winter and three months late Into In the tall The Tho UnIon PacifIc has long had In mInd the tho proposition cit building n a IIno which would obvIate the heavy climb over the tho Beaver Boover Canyon mountain In northern Idaho as well as the successIve sivo sIve climbs Included In the tho present line between Granger Wyo and MaCam Idaho There Thero arc several hills In Inthis this lies through a bitterly ld section of winter country IncludIng lag Ing the climb to Montpelier another at Soda Springs the mountains near Bancroft besides the big one further tib near the line Tue Tho object of oC a number ot of surveying par parties ties whIch have made annual trips Into the tho heart of the Wyoming country was to spy sp out If possIble a route by which a more direct and easier casler gradient might he be found for forthe forthe the heavy freight trains hauled through from the east to north Idaho and Mon Montana tana I points This route has been found A BIG ONE ON IN A LITTLE Or OrA OKE A short tIme ago a railroad corn com pam pany wits was Incorporated at Wyo WO Not much noise was made about the fact and people local to the sec eec ton tion wore among Incorporators It did not look 1001 like anything big or per por was to ho 10 brought about as the result or oC that Incorporation But when hen It Is understood that the Union Is back of oC the tho deal und and that lI a road Is to bo be built from Cokeville north through the Star val yal Icy countr and oh to a connection with the Oregon Short Line at Marys Marrs yule llIe on the stone branch of oC the tho Oregon Short Line It will bo be under underStood Stood I that ha t a of oC railroad gen of oC the highest order Is about to tale take place In which miles I be Ined the tho Union Pacific In its lis heavy freIght hauls between Granger and the Iho securIng or of what Is practically a waterline grade for Cor at al most the entire distance between these two points Then the tho promoters of the the scheme also have In mind the eventual chop ohop ping on off of oC the big Idaho climb between Idaho Falls and Dillon The apex or of this climb Is at Monida on the tho line IIno between the tue two states where the tho altitude rIses to feet Ceet Dillon on the Montana side Is only onh feet teet high SQ Io that If a short shortcut shortcut cut cn ca bo be figured out from Irom villa on the tho Yellowstone branch ol of the Short Line probably through the alley traversed b by Henrys Fork up to Lake Henr Henry thence terl terly following the creel creek valley through the Ruby mountains to Dillon There Is no question that this road would find cas easy sailing through the countr Country named In Star valley allo alone the line would strike a number of at prosperous settlements and the tho ranch ranchers ers nil through the valley aile would glad Iad l 1 give the road a with without without out chargo and aid them with teams and ond In the work or of constructing the road Tiis is 15 the heart of a prOsper prOsperous ous ranching and stock anI and sheep country countr guaranteeing a 11 groat deal of at local freight for the road in n addition to the advantage to be gained On O the through haul That this lino will be built now seems Jeems a certainty but just how soon it t will be completed depends upon con The country Is read ready to wel welcome welcome come the line with open arms which thc they have been In fact for the last 10 years ears |