| Show MILLIONS FOR WORK IN UTAH Enormous Expenditures to Be Made In Fn This State t IMPROVEMENTS ON R GW GWi G W i BY OTHER O R LINEs LINEst t 1 Millions of ot dollars will wUl soon bo be spent in Utah Ut h far ZOr t r Improvements by bY te tLe rail raft rf according to present prent plans Ivery Ever road rad entering the state Is pre preparing paring for heavy hev construction work The recent reent visit of oC George Gere J Gould i faulted in I his hi bl determination to on money on the Rio Grande Western Vestern although he be found Cound the road rd jn in il splendid physical condition The be beX X t nature of oC the te th improvements has tu tuI h n xI I it Pt t been decided upon nor has baa the i aru uj gone guim b the inn formality of ut authorizing a the expendi e tures ture t ure but it I is Ia known that tat changes ange involving the expenditure of or t are aren in n contemplation on thi this thie road rod lone atone This Is 1 aside Ide from Cm the money to be bent spent nt fry fi Cr new ne shops hos In Salt Lake which wilt will wi double the amount amount Mr r Gould Goud has baa declared delare himself in favor of oC spending all al the money mone need needed ed to put the main line fine In the ne best possible condition This Thie Thi is s taken to t the cutting down of or o grades re gre d curvatures curvature widening the grade Junction and to Ogden the te track from Grand Some Som Sone Heavy Grades There are two to sketches of or unusually heavy grade a on the road rod These Thee are ace ae the 31 3 per cent grade at Soldier Sum Summit Summit mit ami an the t 2 per p cent nt grade near n r Kyun It h i J Ia doubtful tf K any effort t tw w IL b be made to t cut down d wn these the grades eto as the th present nt system of ot using ung helper engines x s declared declare to be cheaper cheMer than tn Ul plan Tha me Te country about H l ier Sr is not no adapted abut to a a tunnel and a u reduction of or the th gratis grade gre would mak necessary ner the doubling doubR of ot ne fie length of oC the line lne and ing j the curvature in wincing up the thc hilt hill hil At t the road follows the thc i nyon making a radical change Im ha Impracticable practicable The big helper engines Keep the traffic moving satisfactorily 41 ml consequently little change Is ex jf ted at these thee points At a number nUm r of or other places place on Ute the however there ther is ample nit ni to reduce the grades and straight c In n out the curves and it i IB Ia believed that these Improvements wilt will wi be b Au The ballasting of oC the track with wih gravel from Crom has tre pro progressed progress progressed gressed gress for Cor about abut thirty miles mie at the astern end of oC the RK Ro RH Grande West Western Vet ern orn and an It K is te thought from Mr I statements that the board bo of or directors will wil authorize the continuance r of or this thin work over ov r the entire main line fine 4 If I further furter confirmation te were needed n e of ot the announcement ment that the te South Southern era ern r Pacific Intends to build into Sat Salt Luke Lake It I would woul be found In the t le guard guarded Sl ed Ed ed of or Mr Gould Gold that he gar garEd ex Sex pe ete ted the U e Southern Suther Pacific to build e into Salt Sal Lake soon son This means the spending In Utah of oC the money necessary n necessary s sary to buld but bul an entirely new line lne from near the Nevada Nevada state line lne to Salt Lake It I also alA means expenditures by the Union Pacific to meet the other road here and still further It means th probable construction of or a mens union depot dept far tl larger handsomer than would be the case cs if it the Rio Grande Grands and the fhe Oregon Short Line were to t bulk build bulk It Jt alone San Pedro Construction More Mort Important than alt all al In It the amount mount of or money to t be b expended is the to be b done don by the San Sn Pedro Per The rhe officials o tl of oL ot that Wat road rod are ars re strain ng every evel nerve to start construction in tn Utah Itch by b the first frt of or next year They Thuy have a n more road rod to build than any or of tw tp others other and It I Is I the te Intention of or thy the San Sn Pedro Per to employ Utah Uta labor ai 8 fa fai as a possible giving this thi state stateS t S tr benefit that tat can c accrue nouk the rae Burlington t gm con construction of oC Its It Salt Lake extension soon tl this wj wW add largely largel to the I amount of or money to t be b spent In this thia thlE part of or nl country In countr addition additon to all al these the both the Rio Ri Grande Grands West Vest Western VestEr era ern Er and an the Oregon Oron Short Line have other Improvements Improvement and nd extensions un UnI I tier der contemplation which may b de decided decided shortly |
