Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-06 | Page 4 | Trains Running on Lucin Cut-Off

TRAINS RUNNING J ON GUTOFF General Manager Bancroft I I I Laughs at Report Trestle Might be Abandoned I According to prominent Southern Pa Pacific Pacific officials It will be bc necessary to double track a 0 big bg part ot or o the Lucin cutoff In tn order to present greater re ro resistance resistance to the storms on the th Great Salt Bait lak v During the month of ot March the lake Jake rose several feet teet and is la still ris rising risIng ing lag Engineers who look after atter the tho cut cutoff cutoff off oft are deeply concerned con over the con constant constant stant encroachment of ot the water and andare 4 are planning to meet the new problem I with vast Improvements on the line I across ocros the lake Southern Pacific trains began moving over the Lucin cutoff yesterday A ABlow slow Blow orter was issued but fairly good time was waa wa made over the lake It is ex expected x that trains will bo be making maiLIng tho the usual schedule time today and no more morez z trouble trubie Is anticipated Repairs made along tho the cutoff where the recent storm wrought havoc have been tem tern temporary temporary but they will Ill be made perma permanent permanent nent neat as fast as men and construction material will permit The slow order yesterday was wan a precautionary measure W H Bancroft vice president and general manager of 01 the road yesterday laughed when his attention was called to a story printed In a Salt Lake morn morning mornIng mornIng ing paper to the effect that the recent storms had so o badly cut up the Lucin cutoff that an idea of ot abandoning It was entertained Such a resort report Is absolute rot said Mr Bancroft When WIlen the ucla cut cutoff cutoff off oft was built the approaches were earth fills The late storms washed some of ot the earth out from under the roadbed The dirt Is being rapidly re replaced replaced replaced placed with rock and trestle trestlework trestlework work worle When final repairs are ore made and nd the work will be pushed with all possible vigor the Lucia cutoff will be bo bein boIn beIn in better shape than ever before