Show TO 10 HAVE MILLION II DOllAR Western Pacific Has s Crew of Survey Surveyors ors at Beckwith Pass MAY LET CONTRACT SOON i BIG HOLE WILL SAVE MILES OF II UP UPHILL HILL GRADE I Special to The Herald Reno Nc Nov June the past week a large party of surveying en engineers has been at work in the neigh neighborhood neighborhood I of BeckwIth Pass making lineS I Ifor for the thc Western Pacific road which is isto I to be built through the tho mountains The i pass is the central point of the sur mr I operations and on either side of the Sierra mountains work has been I commenced The purpose or of the surveyors is isto to I run lines for a great tunnel nearly a amile mile niile in length which will pent penetrate the mountain and avoid a long climb and descent of the paSS The tunnel it la 16 i expected will wilI cost not less than 1000 Diamond drills are arc being put down along the lines which it is proposed the tunnel shall traverse It is believed that the contract contrad for forthe forthe the tunnel which wilt will be one of the most gigantic undertakings of the en entire tire road will soon b be let as the large number of men inca at work along different points of the road near the pass cats cates the determination to complete the work with all possible speed Actual work of course will not com commence commence mence before the ground tests are corn com completed |