Show PACIFIC l Hoed Working Work In on Mile lIIn Of or Track Tr tk San Sal Francisco March 28 The South Southern ern ermi company Is engaged 90 a 1 number of at Important Improvements of Its ts road rond bed bcd the tho most extensive ot or which Is the revision of ot the tho line lino through thrall tIme the state of at Nevada tim tho east timid and west vest t boundaries of 01 Nevada Novada much of or the road Is la being belli rebuilt Excluding the Suit Salt Lake there will be 21 miles of ot new road constructed saving more marc than tItan seven miles In tn distance and reducing red limo tho maximum grade generally I from 1 to tn 04 per lIer cent Between Mon Men anti Burbank Cal Cul a n new lIew line miles In length lute has been built buill saving 1197 miles In distance over th tho old line lino between thu UtI same amo points On this nv line lino there are OO three tunnels located between Santa Susana and Chatsworth park The length of 01 tunnel No 1 1111 la lit feet ot of tunnel No 2 foot feet and of ot tunnel No 3 feet feel reeL reeLOn On the coast division between Sole Sale Soledad dad and Santa Bantu Margarita Cat Cal there th ro will wll be 2850 2866 miles of at new railroad He lIe Bet tween t Elwood and Santa Barbara there thelO Wilt Will bo be 1003 miles of or reconstruction which will reduce the tha length of at the thu thorand road rand 08 mile the curvature by uy UIO 1410 de degreen greets green and 1111 1 the grade rise rho by 13 feet teet v r Between Santa and nut Ventura Ventur a reconstruction linn has been boen ro re recently completed d which reduced the th length of or the tho road rOIl 02 mile tulle and re rt reduced curvature degrees The grade was isae reduced 32 feet teel vertical Another Important stretch of ot recon reconstruction is found between Strauss and Rogers N M lit Tho The saving In of 01 tho the mw line over the old one Is III about half n a mile milo but the maximum grade has lies been reduced from tram to feet teel per mile anti and the tho maximum curvature from tram 10 to 10 6 S degrees |