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Show t ,., , I.,. ,. ., I., ,,... , . , . ;yESIEm PACIFIC no AD Route Definitely Located: Along Feather River Valley, Continuing to Beckwith Pass; - SAN FRANCISCO. May 26. ctilef Engineer George I Dlllman, in.' an In-terTlew, In-terTlew, says the Western Pacific Railway company is making splendid progress pro-gress with Its Beckwith Pass division. 1 has been definitely decided that the course of the new road shall follow a route from Oroville up the north fork of the Feather river to Its east branch; along the east side of the latter stream to Spanish creek, thence to-Spring Garden creek and from there to the middle fork of the Feather river, continuing up the latter to Beckwith Pass. Some parties have located a strip of land several miles wide on both sides of the east branch of the .Feather river under the placer mining laws and In some quarters It is believed this has been done to block work on the new road, which traverses this vast tract taken up of over 130,000 acres. A dispatch from Oakland says that work has begun on the Western Pacific Pa-cific roadway In that city preparing for laying the tracks on -East Twelfth street. v '-..,' |