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Show MOFFAT ROAD BEGUN. Work on the Salt Lake-Denver Short Line Commences at Last. A Salt Lako Trlbuno special from Denver says: Tho first shovelful of earth on tho Donver, Northwestern & Pacific railway was Uirned this morning morn-ing by a construction gang of graders at a point eight miles from Marshall and opposlto South Boulder Crook canyon. can-yon. Thero was no ceremony, but at 7:16 o'clock 200 mon, the gang of contractors, contract-ors, Orman & Crook, havo on the field, wore working. Govornor Orman received tho mes, sago from Marshall that work had started and said: "As rapidly as possible pos-sible wo will havo 3,000 or 4,000 men at work, and thero will bo no delays. Wo havo Btarted In tho usual way In grading, and tho rock work will como as wo enter tho canyon." Tho work oxtendlng boyond Arvada, and which will form part of the entrance en-trance Intp Denver of the Donvor, Northwestern & Pacific, Is that of tho -Donver & Northwostorn, tho $C,000.0Cf corporation which Is tho nucleus of tho Inter-urban system of tho tramway. |