Show I CONTRACTS m LET I Improvements Be Made oa on oatlie on the Union Unon Pacific TUNTEL TUN LBS BIDS I CONTRAcTORS ARE A E GATHERED IN I OM TODAY Work Wok Will Wi Necessitate the Construction tion ton of Several Mes Miles iles of o New Track Tc and ad the te Boring of the tho teI te I Longest Tunnel Tel in i the United States I Omaha Oma Neb March 15 A large largen number n of contractors are in the city today toay to t witness wines the opening of or bids for the te work of oC building the cutoff on the Union Pacific which will 11 do away with the famous Sherman Shema hill bill near nea Cheyenne Cheyenne The work will wU necessitate the construction of several miles mies of new track and the digging of the longest tunnel tunel in the United Unie States It la Is 9 estimated that the cost ct of the work wok will be in the wi b neighborhood of 2500 0 Nothing was wat done today toda toward letting the contracts contract owing to the ab series sence sc of President Burt and General Geneal Manager nager Dickinson They are expected back tomorrow and then the the matter will wm be b taken up in earnest ernet As soon son aa as af the bid Is I awarded warded a it i is understood that work will commence right away upon the numerous Im mi Improvements which consist of the t big tunnel tunel through a mass mas of ot solid sold granite over ove a mile mie in length The western wenter approach to the tunnel will wl comprise a deep dee cut ct also als In the same rock The iron bridge over DaTe Dare creek will wi be removed and a arch roadway will wi be constructed te above the cost cos of which Is figured in the neigh neighborhood of |