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Show . , IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ' Thisproposed road, with its connections, con-nections, would make a through line from San Diego to Lithbridge on the Canadian Pacific railroad, 1740 miles in length, and wottfd make the distance from Eastern points to Los Angeles some 400 miles less than by any other route. It would cross and make connections with eight main trunk-lines west of the Missouri river, riv-er, as follows; At Los Angeles with the Southern Pacific: at Barstow with the Atlantic & Pacific: at Provo with the Rib Grande Western: at Ogden Og-den with tjbe Central Pacific and the Union Pacific: at Helena ,with the Northern Pacific: at Great Falls with the Great Northern, and at Lithbridge Lith-bridge with the Canadian Pacific. It would be an entirely new route and would open up some of the greateat iron and coal fields in the world . He ihen gives a glowing account of the Iron' and coal Mines bMrpn county end considers them very valuable, and concludes with the following: V. v ' ' |