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Show : uu ANOTHER RAILROAD THROUGH OGDEN. A man who was a railroad builder TO years ago and made repeated surveys sur-veys of the country between Ogden and tle Missouri river, declares he mapped a route over which a railroad could be built at one-third the cost 'of the Union Pacific, with lower grades and fewer curves, and he quotes a Union Pacific official as saying that, had the company the means, a new road would be con- structed along the newer survey. This former constructor says Ogden Og-den is sleeping on its opportunities; that nature has done much for this place, hut the people have accomplished accom-plished but little; that, with the right energy and confidence, a new road could bo started out of Ogdcn, and, once begun, nothing could stop construction con-struction until Ogden was connected with tho big trunk linos of the cast by a now and shorter railroad route than any now In existence. Ho says he would not attempt to lay rails through Ogden canyon as that opeu-ing opeu-ing In the Wasatch range presents too many difficulties almost insurmountable, insur-mountable, but that a road could be constructed from Ogden to Devil's Slide, through Lost Creek to the table ta-ble land beyond and from thero on there would be no difficulties to overcome. West from Ogden, ho would build to deep water in tho Great Salt Lake and ferry over that inland sea of brine. He claims that plan has advantages ad-vantages over the trestle route constructed con-structed by Harriman. From the west side of the lake, he would work north and avoid the blunder blun-der made by the Western Pacific, in crossing the Sierra Nevada range through the Feather River cannon. He would build close to the northern line of Nevada and got through the mountains at a point south of Goose Lake, which Is, In the northwest corner cor-ner of California and from there proceed pro-ceed south to tho Sacramento valley. This route at no point would exceed a maximum grade of 35 feet to the mile. Another line of rail transportation extending from the Missouri rivor through Ogden to the coast should prove a great stimulus to business In this region and It Is just possible that some day one more transcontinental line will be constructed and tho route be as described by this old-time railroad rail-road promoter. |