Show r TO THE HE COAST New Transcontinental Route Ap Approved Approved Approved proved by Directors Bight of Way Is Claimed Cheyenne Wyo Feb 7 That the Burlington railroad directors have hae ap approved approved proved of ot a new nei new transcontinental route from Its connection with the Northern Pacific In Montana to its terminus at Kearney Neb was stated by General Manager Holdrege of ot the Burlington n In Ina ina ina a hearing before the state engineer of Wyoming today The Th hearing was for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of ot listening to a protest by bythe bythe bythe the Burlington against the erection of ofa ofa ofa a power dam on the Big Horn river by b Asmus Boysen The Burlington claims a right of way through the canyon and It will interfere with Its purpose to give the country a anew anew anew new transcontinental line if the can canyon canyon yon yen is blocked by a dam darn this being the th only route out of the Big Horn basin in Wyoming for or the road the Burlington i is now building At the opening opining of or the Shoshone Indian reservation a few years ago Asmus Boysen was granted preferential right to acres for mm nun Ing purposes and has since begun de do development development on a large scale |