Show FROM KEELER TO MOJAVE times index san bernardino cal the southern pacific is considering the project of building miles of 0 railroad to connect mojave and keeler in southern california surveys for this line were made several years ago and abandoned but the recent development of tonopah and the completion of the tonopah railroad have induced harriman to consider the project favorably since it would bring the rich mining 11 1 ng district into direct railroad connection with los angeles and the southwestern country the southern pacific road was completed to keeler in 1889 when the intention was to continue it to the colorado river but the work was never accomplished keeler keeler in inyo county is the southern fermi nus of the carson colorado railroad which extends extends from carson south asbuth through nevada and skirts death valley in california on this line about ninety miles northeast of keeler is So daville the junction of the carson colorado and the tonopah road which starting from viat point extends forty miles to the mining town the new map of the southern pacific shows the mojave keelor keeler link printed with the lines of the california system this would indicate that its construction is a matter of only a short aimle time the tonopah railroad was formally opened on july 24 and the builders are now considering si an extension ten miles beyond tono pah |