Show OlD RAil lNE LINE WILlBE WILl VILL BE SOl SOLD 1 TO JUNK MAN Tonopah Nov O ONo Nov No 10 Because Because It ItIs ItIs itis Is more moro valuable as junk than as arail load that portion porton of the tile Las Vegas Tonopah system stem lying between Las Is Ls Vegas and B Beatty aty has been abandoned and will ilL wil be sold Bold Tho The last Jast train has thundered oV over r Its Is rals That portion porton of ot the tho rals railroad extendIng extending extend extend- ing between Beatty Beaty and Goldfield a distance of ot seventy nIne miles be operated b by the Tonopah Thle at Tidewater r tile the thel old l Y R P. M. M 1 I. I Borax Smith line lne The Tho total tola mileage of ot the Las Vegas Ton- Ton railroad extending from Las Ls Vegas Vegas Ve Ve- gas to i 1 13 it In mies miles The Las Vegas Tonopah was projected projected projected pro pro- b by Borax Smith and anti financed b by bL Senator William A. A Clark Smith planned d to operate the road rOd In conJunctIon conJunction con con- cn- cn Junction with wih the Salt alt Lake route and ant tap the mining mining districts of oC Bultro Bullfrog Deat Beatty GoldfIeld and Tonopah as well wel as to remove remO borac borax borax bo bo- bo- bo rax rac from D Death ath vale valley aliey Since the taking over o of ot most of ot the railroads of the country by the tho government govern govern- Jo ern ment the bU business of ot tho tile Las Los Vegas Tonopah has d dwindled to almost nothing noth noth- ing All Al freight and an passenger traffic was routed over oven tb the Tonopah t TIdewater Tide TIde- water After Alter having been operated fo for tor r twelve years carB tho the railroad an as 01 a physical physical cal property Is worth more today than hal l when th thc tho rails rais were wera laid It I Is esti estimated estimated esl- esl mated that the rails raUs are are worth more than double their value when the they were laid In 1906 It I Is exp expected that I part of ot the railroad which has been abandoned will wil bring a good price |