Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 2 | Some Long Furrows

S SOME LONG FURROWS Wyoming Contractors Undertake Unique Job For nion Pacific Special Correspondence LramIe Wyo Aug 21essrs I Ryan Brothers ot this city have s I cured the contracts to plow the longest furrow ever ploughed In the world In fac theY will plow four furrows the I rmblned length of whIch wI be over ISO miles These furrows are designed I to serve as fire guards for the proper i of the Union Pacific between Cheyenne I and Wyoming station a distance of seventy miles There will be two furrows I fur-rows on each side Qf the track 200 feet distant from the rails The heavy I plow to be used In the work will be I drawn by sIx large horses and when the start Is ptade they will be kept going right along camping on the road wherevSr night overtakes the outfit tons instead ot completing the job by sec I