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Show NARROW GAUGE RAIL ROADS. A paragraph clipped from the Pioche Ueccrd, a Cow daya no, intimated that the Bullionviilc & Pioclio railroad was, turapoiarily, a failure; and that curves would require to bo letwcncd and oOier work dono to m&ko it a buccchh. This wan seized upon by certain parties in tliia renion, and used an an argument affai nst narrow auQ railroad:'; and with bh ojuoh propriety as tcre wou'tl be in condemning railroads of every kind for somo cngiueeriDg error in the construction of a Bingle short lino ao -whore. Narrow augo railroads aro no theoretical matter; thoy have been Batiefaotorily tcoted tor years in different differ-ent parts of Europe, and their buccc9.i in tlie Uduc States is moHtKratifying Hut tuo fuut is, a i'cw individuals in Corinne own a riht of way for a broad gaugo railroad from that placo to Moo- i tana, which, it is understood, thoy are anxious to soli; and, as the Utah Northern narrow gaugo is being rapidly built northward, they have an object in view in deorying narrow gauge roads in (toneral and this road in partioular. Homo of'theso, gentlemen, or parties actinic for them, were much opposed to having the Utah Northern extension to Corinne, arguing that'' it would kill tho placo, when', it should bo tolerably woll known that a railroad to MoiiUlq of a gauge the same as tho Union PaciGo and Central Pacific Paci-fic would inflict sorioua iojury upon tho town, by freight from tho cast and west passing directly through it without with-out breaking bulk; and this to take tho plaoo of its being at present tbo outfitting outfit-ting point of Montana. But tho Utah Northern is a .huccoks. Tho writer passed over tho road a few days ago and was much pleased and gratified with tho ovidenocs of its prosperity. pros-perity. Colonol Martineau, tho chief engineer, has done bis work well ;aud all who have labored in tho construction construc-tion and ibr tho success of tho road have great reason to bo satiB-jdwith the results of their labors. It is now running forty milcp. A few miles of diatanoo, ccross tho bottom of Cache valley, where tho grade was mado in marshy ground during a hard frost, is uneven; but a gravel train is daily at work, and a short tituo will see this improved. From the junction with the Central Pacitio to Hampton's tho road is in excellent condition, and good timo is regularly made; a fact which throe or four weeks will enable the (n-voliog public to say of the whole lino to Logan. Prom Logan to Worm Creek, fivu miles north of Franklin, I lie grade will not be diftiou't of coostruotiou; and in about a couple of weeks, when seed timo is over, a largo force of moo will oommcnoo on it. Tho road-bed to Franklin will bo completed in about a month from tho present time; the tiea are contracted for, and largo pilca of them are now on tbo ground at Smith-fiold; Smith-fiold; and tho iron is expected as soon as the grado is completed, so that the lino will likely bo open to Franklin in June, and to Worm Creek in timo for tho larger portion of this season's freight to Montana. The extension to Corinne will bo eompletcd in two or three weeks. With the rapid; development of Cacbo Valley which the railroad will bring; with a splendid range at Worm Creok, lor toarua hauling freight north, whilo loading up; and with rare attractions attrac-tions for tho tourist, tho traveler and prospector, in tho mountains and canyons can-yons north, a bright luturo awaits the Utah Northern railroad, which is, so far tho, longest narrow gaugo lino yet operating in this Territory. |