Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 19 | Western Pacific Open

WESTERN PACIFIC OPEN I Repairs All Ail Completed Com and Freight Traffic Will ViII Be De Resumed Renamed Through Throughout out System Sy Tomorrow The Western Pacific track is now in good condition and freight traffic will be resumed tomorrow between b tween Salt Lake and San Francisco About four weeks ago a terrific storm on Great Salt lake washed out about fourteen miles mUes of or Western Pa Pacific Pacific cUle track on the south arm of the lake All their freight was diverted to the Southern Pacific After an Inspection of at the tha damage by T J 3 Wyche chief engineer e r of or the road C Co H and C Co M Levy Leu were wired to come to Salt Lake where a conference was held Stable St ble repairs were authorized d and now that they are finished bed officials are confident confident confident dent the th disaster will not repeated be The west end of ot the track has been raised four feet foet while the east has been raised a foot and a half It is tho intention of ot the company to raise rals every ev every every ery foot of the track across the lake from four to six else feet As soon as the raising of tho the grade Is completed a breakwater protection of ot piling will willbe willbe be provided With the tha driving of ot piles viles every few tew feet apart in the dangerous parts of t the lake and the filling in of or the track with heavy rock and gravel the West Western Western Western ern Pacific people believe they ey will have solved the storm problem While no official announcement n ment has been made as to when the Ute road will be open for passenger r service It may be said that it will not n t be until the com company company pany is certain that every foot of ot the track is in a perfectly safe cafe condition