Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-03 | Page 1 | Southern Pacific Plans New Bore

SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLANS NEW BORE Sierra Nevada Range to Be Pierced by T Tunnel to Cost 1 San Francisco I Sept Sopt 2 Chairman S. S Loyett ett of fr the time board of or di directors dl- dl rectors of or the lie Harriman hues s dl to today details of ot the Jon long tunnel the Sou Southern thorn Pacific plans to bore through the Sierra Nevada mountains lo To save eave a climb of about 1000 feet the lie com company pan Purposes purpose to build u IL tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel aol feet In length and which will co cost CORt t about It will hi be hc cut Into the tue mountains at a point Joint between Blue Canyon Canon Cal Cal and anti Cal Calami anti and according to Judge Lovett Lo It will be lie the longest tunnel on tho ho conti continent mint nent Trains propelled l h by electric power will bo be used in th the bl big bore which l IS to be for tor a single slug track only A double dou doll ble blo track system however will extend cx- cx ex ex- tend from Its western portal clear to tho Oakland mole and from th the tho castern eastern cast cast- ern ermi portal to Omaha save for stretches of ot single bingle tracking in ISolated d The Thc point selected for tho the tunnel will necessitate a big change In the thc pres pres- cut ent lino Iino b between antI Blue Canyon Canon