Show Construction Story of The Salt LaKe Lahe Route View Cal lend elte e I I 1 I t a I through line between I It Lak City CU and Los Ina Angeles It Iti Itu i u not dens alone sufficient to D build a ann nn link b and namn Daggett Cal ell The Th old line Una f Salt Lak Lalit City Olty Olt to wa wu through an alt unsettled country e 0 resource had bad not been ben developed at Bt a time when It U wa warn not ay easy tal 1 tain large larg I sums tot toe Investment r 1 having havill only a problematical ng n capacity In consequence the I 1 from salt Bait n LaMS Lake to wo WU woT wasi T i with grads grade d and add curves which t I ie e economic handling of ot a large larg f I lib gh buiUM would b be regarded aa II aaI III j I I 1 order Ji to secure Hour a line Une of ot eater easier t r ties Jes J s and d curves the former owners owner own of ot oft f t property t ro laW saw at fit IS to commence com mInce th the Voiding of ot what le II I known as a th the theL L cutoff out off from Salt Batt Lake Lak City f Lynn Junction via Garfield Too r Won und end nd Junction thereby t r ring a line of ot light grade grad and andy andI y I curves with a decrease deo in tn distance r miles mile mil This new line Is it being com corn comand comi i 00 and put in Sn condition to 0 handle handl t business the tha U Item of i MM IIA being In ballasting It together v I tb 1 HH its various posting passing Jal ng sidings each aach f ft teat in en length lenth stowing allowing a I total i II 1 lio miles of track during durin lUll I usi tour four month months of th the current ballast ballut for tor this work has hu been Ld 1 from frum natures wonderful de der r V ra t in the form ot of a I natural dam dun dama a aerow Rush valley Valle between i F klon and the old station Tor Tar Torr Tarr r is y which was WIl at th the end Ind of ot the ther r f pv n tr mig gage Ulf running west et and south mouth t f i Salt RIt Lake city before the tho builds build is s C it f the tho Leamington out oti lC LYNN TO I F m m 11 Lynn Junction south to Call CI Calli i r the roadbed of at the old line Una was wasi i i canny i lly narrow ranging from f T to 1 rrt only In width In order that thit t i lank k might be maintained and the roadbed might retain tb the tbt bl halt t incident to putting put tin the track In Int Inc t c i It was wan necessary to wid r i 1 this to tt the standard of ot 11 10 f tNt feet et on en and 20 feet In cut cuts Tills Till I III v k II i Is being bel III vigorously prosecuted i t lor Iy tha end Ind of this year should be bo beet et t ever cover a II dh of 14 milt miles tau IIII nn n with all excessive g J of or minor Importune which I I id 1 aft t the movement of ot trains I t II reduced so that this thle por port o ot t f r the tho line will be considerably lm tm 1 i i I 1 having a u maximum grade radl west i d I lor of nr 8 0 of oC 1 t per cent The curve 1 I m n 11 this thin i f tho line Is U also i II ht and well distributed Tu 11 1 AVOID GRADES rat ral changes of oC line lint are aro ar being belli In h Ider I fur to avoid old excessive ex grades I i line Ilse One of t these In tho the 1 HJ I r tart of oC Iron Iroll county Junt requires i Hiag of oC 11 mites of ot new line lino g he io grade radII to the n 0 mil 1111 Another In Millard I tv v is I under way Involving changes challieS I d I grade for tor a distance of oC nine nino ninoTh There here Th I re Is II still It III another In III the tho thoi thern rr rn i of Millard county which I II U I I oa at soon pen aa ss the our nur nv 5 c which will i if this writing goes 10 to tow I NEW w RAILS nAILS H li f t the t ht old line south of ot Lynn Lynnn n II il te mold laid with light rail the I I I of It being belli only ani 62 52 I to III the yard first tRill laid over W 20 ill This light rail nail 1 Is II all bo be boo boM o M H t 11 I l with 75 70 pound steel steal and andU U II v the entire nUre line will be 1 ti IIII ne manner probably with r a t Mill ull latter 11 lieI section While do doI 1 I u h eyed 1 and unserviceable red tI and the ties tin through with heavy tie plates 1 p Icil 11 mid and serviceable vrr tr soft salt wood la Is used US ti 0 HIT I r I tn to provide for the expeditious I t lit f t It wo was necessary 1 allY tuy iy additional pausing aid I ff fr or this thin purpose the standard r f IIi feet teet was wan determined tl spaced I a II as uI near I n live fIe miles s apart For this IIII 45 ww new tracks have iR between Salt t Lake and MIS ver Ivor long Ion sections of tho the 1 inre 1 uh re were wen but few sidings siding and ands t s they thoy wr Wire spaced pac as a much i w and were ere of K Kh many of ot them being not noti I et i 1 with some orne only lM 1290 f feet teet et I IJ I bridgi were wre generally In Int r t t i try th the t I of r Bines nod carloads This lull u i many ot at I K I In numerous 1 wilding 1111 of ot new nw bridges bridge In Ini Int i t h IP c been nome bridge en enI I lIlt uit In tho lut few fn months f e I un III for or provides provide solid lOUd r the carried eon cop cont t r I I ver the bridge This I U Ia In r II with the best bt Irn and d and safer track Turn than ith the usual de i tit n All Air of ot the th older bridges which hav have III have hav been bean floored and ami unet 11 11 ed with ballast material for JM purpose of ot protecting these wooded structures from the danger of ot lire Art BIO BIG TERMINAL g Extensive terminal ar are be bl being blIn belog log ing In provided at and nd on one other point approximately midway between that place und and Luke Lake City These consist of a well eh r ranged system tm of yard al tracks track designed for fur the u expeditious handling handlin or tiM till business together with large lare round roundhouses houses bonsai and shops of brick construe construction tion Uon with the attendant facilities In th the form of large steel steal turn tables steel tuel water tanks tank mechanical sanding op sp ash pit Improved eosin cO together torether with ample storage supply up ly and dwelling houses house hou for tor th the UM us of the company employee employ who May nI be N quartered at It the th these e places place plc AU All th tb the buildings ar are provided with concrete conoret foundation and th the work I Is of th the most substantial end and nd permanent nature nIM IUD BUB TERMINALS At Mm some of ot th tb the minor points which may be designed sub lIch M Ie Junction Lynn Junction and Milford similar fatuities facilities but of or i INs i extent tnt are being provided A 4 three tall stall brick engine house hoo ha hu been erect erected erected erected ed at Junction when where all 1111 th the theother other oilier necessaries or are provided In th the way wa of or cow cool and sanding facilities Several tie ne nu dwelling have hae been erect erected erected ed ad at this place Similar facilities will willbe willbe be provided at Lynn Inn Junction and nd ford There will also allO be additional facilities for cooling coaling at et other points Stockton and Md Modena with some IOme point pointon on the old aliI line probably Payson FOR QUICK COALING For the quick coaling of ot engines largo large locomotive steam cranes craned with orange peel buckets working from mi tut ed trestle over oer s a pile ot of storage coal are lUe provided td together with movable coal pockets pocket which the th p l will wUl keep It mild filled in for tor I f n rp j i 1 J 1 t 4 tt 9 I t V Clark UK us L alongside alonge de which til tits locomotives will come com and take a full supply of ot celli nl GOOD WATER SUPPLY In tide this region abundant supplies of ot water nt Ill L for locomotive boiler use UN are area a valuable Requisition acquisition and n a necessity to the operation of ot tho the railroad Par For tuna lely It has haH been practicable to 10 se as secure cure such luch a u supply approximately every 20 miles over tho the whole Hit line be tween Salt Lake and Theeo waters litera are all of ot fair quality find and say oral of ot them are excellent Some aro arr I from Crom springs lowing flowing by gravity through pipe lines of or greater Beater or letH Iesi length to the water station Other Others from deep wells welts and require pump Ing log while ono one water station IH is sup eup supplied plied from an un artesian well a lit till lie over oer MO 2 O feet teet In depth th the Ihl tr Mowing directly Into Int the tank tankA A DOZEN DO NEW ME TANU TANUA A desist dosen do n new water Unk tl ar are bit rooted erected each lach of ot which stands stand 37 87 I feet above the track and has bal a of oC gallons gallon the construction foundations foundation with a steel tank carried on cut cast Iron ron supporting port In col column co columns Th The several stations t which are located I 1 ted on the desert where th tb the wind supply supplY I is s abundant ar re with I towers tower supporting lIt t wind windmill windmill mill wheels wheel operating deep well WIll or sur ur face pumps pump of ot large larR capacity These The plants plant are lue each llach provided with willi lary iary power In th the form of ot an horae power gasoline engine which will DA be used only at suds such times as a tb ta the wind windfalls windfalls falls tails to pump the th requisite amount of ot met witter it tf k t UtI wind windmill windmill mill milt towers tower tow pump Ulft t its l md and Une tank pit Jilt Pita are aN of 0 oo oa e 1 Miny J of at the thea these storage tanks of qt tf rations lone lion capacity are art replacing old wood wooden tube tub II of ot from froan to 1000 gallons gallon capacity STORM TORM Considerable work bag leU ha been done In providing for the roadway permanent protection against damage by tag 11 water tram from cloudbursts cloudburst or extraordinary rain full ful This consists In diverting drain drainage drainage age ae by moans moan of ot artificial channel and andIn andIn andIn In protecting the slopes of ot embank menu menti by thoroughly them with stone atone of ot suitable sis 1118 else TELEGRAPHIC OP ICIM C Telegraph ar are being belli provided sot not ot more mme than 20 0 miles mill ri hH rh Ing In formally H Iii In stale of It ov 1111 i M so miles but between such mich dh H s In 01 ut der to provide fur 0 ilic Ih can und and maintenance ut of nut not uny Ihu thu track but all 1111 Us Its other outlying prop ert It has ban ha been beau to 10 establish headquarters for or tangs ang at t ire r interval slung along the lint line In ad to 10 the old headquarter headquarters there have bt ben been en established new ones one lJ tl at 17 different points point pol s being buln provided with u II neatly designed dwelling house for fur the tho foreman foremans family Mild and nd a good hunk bunk bunkhouse house for fur the Ih men mIll The bulliSh buildings ar armado are ara mado maxis of or olio v concrete block which are by machinery much after the thi fashion of pressed brick but butof butot butof of ot larger the blocks block being oust In to moulds mould under high pressure sitar after which they the are allowed to set t for lor a time a and are then laid up In III Inthe inthe the walls w similarly to cut slope alone mak malt making hit ing a very presentable appearance In addition to these buildings building the t e usual houses house for hand lIand car and tools together with separate scrap crap bins bin for hr cast cut and wrought Iron Ire are ro provided as a well as 1 concrete cisterns cistern of OC 1000 2000 gallons gallon capa cap capacity capacity city for the local water war supply for tor do mettle mUc purposes STIMULATES INDUSTRY Naturally th the building of the line through to hM has In Industries Industries and enterprises enterprise throughout the territory reached by the tho old line This has haa made necessary th the building bulletin of ot new now depot depots at lit several everal points a III as well wll en a astock II stock yards yard and n nd other freight facilities In the way of ot tracks track etc tc for tor the hand handling ling of ot local business It ha has also allo re JQ resulted suited in the establishing of several new es 1 at outlying points point where whre mall mail II Is exchanged without stopping train trains through the medium ot of mall mail I crane set et alongside the main track MINING lINING AND ANt roNS There have also alo been new hew mining stud and stone tone properties developed The first lIt of oC these in Importance Is I the opening up of ot the Cactus mine mint at t th Ih the town of Newhouse In ht Heaver county count riven miles mil milt w feet tt t af ot Irl oo th tile the tanner terminus of t th tilt the old line from Salt lilt I Uk IAk ka Title This tIll hu Wa the building at of an of at r r a r t r r 1 x ni jr Tr r tip ro e ea a I r 4 4 J I A AD D If I V Vt VI Vv Vt i f y c J I I 4 t tl i t r v I eC eCeA t f A a ala eA r J ia la w t r l I Dm the th o branch at the expense of ot n u ly Th There r ha h has Also been bit r an t f Ito If miles mil Ion long from tram the branch near flush It valley Pulley In Juab Ju county COUlt to new Ilme stone It one quarries quarried opened up by b the tho th United states Mining company AN AM ARMY OF OJ MEN IEN Altogether Alto lither there I Is III quite an nn army ot of otmen otmen men and Ind team to say nay nothing of th the standard gage e equipment lI locomotives ears cars steam tam shovel hovels etc ote employed loed on 01 work along alon the Leamington cut ot and ant the Hie dl old line between salt Lake end am nt Most MOlt of ot this work ork I well advanced end and much of It I Is nearing completion and when all ell 1 is II finished It will be to believe that It I is the same old line which travelers traveler have been accustomed to see when making the journey Journy between hit Halt Lake lAb City and Callen to All the work detailed above U is under th the Immediate supervision of Robert King Kin Brown engineer of maintenance and way for tor the Halt Lake Route Rout who rite ha been connected with the ian Han an Pedro road for tor nearly narl three years year und and nd woe wu brought out from the east It by President W A Clark specially for tor the purpose Mr M Brown was Will formerly engineer ot of maintenance and way for the Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania lines line west wl of and I Is re rl regarded a u a on one of the tho best belt reconstruction tion engineers engineer In this region The work he la le now doing will III remain a lasting la monument to tu hi hla capability Below the same carne standard of grade bridge rail and other detell miles south prevail C U III sr mile south of salt Bait alt Lake via Ia Juab und toil via the tue Leamington cutoff Starting from this point all la U absolutely new Contracts Contract were let fn from m this end ot or the line Una for tor various stretches of grada that totaled 1115 miles mile In length Prom Fromn th the California end of ot the line an equal length of ot construction was WM let espito I the fact that at pt t the Utah end of ot thu tho thoUn line Un the physical difficult 1 In the way of ot rock work cuts cute and lUll fills were ere de decidedly greater the Utah contractors beat ou out me use by 11 what will wll approximate two months month On Nov 19 the list last rail was laid at thin this end of tn the theline line and the contractors are now help heip Ins Ing out th the Californians Californian the rhe lAP gap which remains remAin belongs belong to them and It I II mi nu their account that the tha Hue 1111 U le not flot finish finished ed d at al this writing Of or th the N rt unties miles re but IS la are not graded and thin title stretch consists of ot rock work and cuts cuta so 10 th the indications are aru that It will b it be the tha middle of ot January before tb the gap p Is closed up and Ind there will be continuous rail rails from halt talt It Lake to San Ban Pedro WORK WORIC Starting from Calente for tor the first tint 20 8 milt miles th tb the heaviest work Is I encountered |