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Show Ucali NortlierD. The work of extending the Utah Northern is slowly but steadily progressing. pro-gressing. With the exception of the tunnel and two or three heavy fills, the grade is about completed ready for the ties, ten miles beyond Frank lin; and considerable work is being done on the next five miles, to the mouth of Bear River canon. It is thought tho tunnel and approaches will be completed next spring. The excellent iron bridge for Bear river is completed, and iu the spring the laying of the rock abutments will be prosecuted. The iron now on hand is also to be laid as soon as the frost gets out of the ground, and to speedily complete the remaining portion por-tion of the twenty-five raiUs contracted con-tracted for, which will take the line to Cottonwood, where it will tap the transportion trade of Idaho and Montana. |