| Show SHORT I LINE WILL Hi c MAKE IMPROVEMENT Order for Double Tracks Shows I Lucin CutOff Will be Permanent Special l to The J Ogden Utah Itah March arch 21 Orders for the double tracking of the Oregon Short Line p north from Farmington to Ogden Issued today toda are considered In local railroad cir circles circles cirdes cles des as significant of the abandonment of or orthe the Canlon cutoff I which was calculated to eliminate Ogden from the route of if through trains from Los Loa 1 Angeles to the east st l or many man months talk of the cutoff has been frequent and routes for the proposed line from Weber canyon south to Farmington have been surveyed With the proposed cutoff once built it was generally surmised that the Lucia Lucin cutoff across the lake would woud be aban abandoned abandoned abandoned and that the Harriman lines would operate a line around round a the southern end of Great Salt Lake passing through Salt Lake thereby taking from Ogden her title as the junction city of the west j With the beginning of work vork looking hooking to the permanent protection of the Lucin cutoff from the ravages of wind and v and announcement of the tim r double tracking of the Oregon Short Line it Is con conceded conceded coni between Ogden and l nd Farmington F ceded by railroad officials as certain that i the present rout route of the Harriman lines linesT will be maintained permanently permanent The i T Farmington cutoff if built is likely lIkel to tobe tobe r be used only on 1 for through trains running over the Salt Lake Route and the Union 3 Pacific between southern California and i Chicago q ii It Is considered likely like that plans for the new railroad from Promontory Point on oni the Lucin cutoff to connect with the Ore Oregon Oregon Oregon i gon Short Line at Burley Idaho will be 00 b put in operation some ome time this summer A N nf f aut have showed few aut J at l Ul u J j d engineering difficulties to be overcome Aside from opening up a vast region capable of agricultural development the proposed line will cut off more than sew sev miles of the road from Ogden to the northwest as compared with the pres present present present ent route via Pocatello Railroad officials say that with the new road In operation much of or the traffic now I tent sent over the Oregon Short Line branch branchI between Granger Wyoming and Pocatello I Idaho would be diverted to Ogden via yla the Union Pacific and nd thence to the north northwest northwest west est via th the new route It Is expected that the road will prove proe a valuable asset assetto to Ogden and will ill add to the junction city ter tar Increased prestige as a railroad cen center center centar |
