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Show prise. The report was unanimously adopted. Ths Newcastle Branch. The Laramie Republican says: The Newcastle branch of the Burlington & Missouri has been changed so as to run to Buffalo. The original survey left Buffalo to the south. The rood will now be run from Buffalo to Sheridan direct. This information was obtained evenne yesterday from Contractor Klpatrick- Work will be pushed all winter, and trains will run into Buffalo by the 1st of July, 1891, and will be completed at once to Sheridan. - Railroad Note. The Union Pacific regards it as tolerably toler-ably certain that the Central Pacific will ere long build into Logan. The Union Pacifio are furnishing rooms at Grand Island to be, used by employees as reading rooms, etc. .. ' President Bacon of the American National Na-tional bank ha a telegram from bis New York correspondents stating that the engineer they wisned to send to Utah is now out of. town, but will be back in a few days, when he can start west. The heavy snow storms which prevailed pre-vailed between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, last week, proved verv destructive de-structive in many ways. Over fifteen miles of telegraph poles were prostrated, pros-trated, completely stopping all tele- fraphio communication for some time, he Union Pacifio was without a single wire for thirty-six hours. UTAH IDAHORAILROAD Major Edmund Wilkes Makes a Beport to the Chamber of Commerfce Committee. THE FE0JE0T PULLY ENDOBSED. A Hew Line to Extend From Salt Lake ' City to the Salmon Hirer 0 jun-. , i ;" try i Considered, ,' ; , A meeting of citizens interested In the new railroad to run from Salt Lake city to Idaho was held last night at the chamber of commerce. Those present : were: Major Wilkes, H. C. Lett, C. W. West, F. Simon. L. E. Hale, J. D. Spen-cer, Spen-cer, H. L. Culmer. . W. C. B. - Allen, Colonel Donnellan and F. K. Gillespie. Tho route of the proposed road was thoroughly discussed by the gentlemen and it was the desire of some that the chamber of commerce assist the project and give it their encouragement. ' Major Wilkes' report was listened to with close attention. ' He would reeoni. mend starting the Utah & Idaho railroad rail-road from a point on the Deep Creek road at or near the east and north end of the valley, fifty-five miles west 'of this city. Thence running northwesterly northwest-erly seventy miles to Lucin station on the C. P. railroad (146 miles from Og-den) Og-den) and 126 miles from here via this route; thence north along Grouse creek to the summit of the Raft river mountains, moun-tains, continuing north down the waters of Goose creek until Snake river valley is reached; thence northwesterly to Twin Falls, where the crossing of Snake river is to be made; thence down the river to the Shoshone Falls; thence north crossing the Oregon Short Line , at or near the town of Shoshone; thence iV f north by-the most desirable route to '' Hat ley; thence over the line of the Gold Belt & Western to Junction Bar and Boise, and up the South Boise, crossing the Saw-Tooth range to Salmon river. This would open out the large mining interests of Wood River, Smoky, Boise and Salmon River counties, also the ex- tartRivA fnrpfita nf rnna and fir The line from Skull valley to Lucin Is level and has no sharp curves and will require little or no grading. The cost of this part of the road would be very low, probably $13,500 per mile.- From Lucin to the summit of Raft river range is thirty-two miles; the elevation being 970 feet above Lupin. Here the road will run up Grouse creek valley, a good farming country. This is a fine stock region. On the east side of the valley are coal prospects and to the east and west in Raft river mountains moun-tains there are valuable deposits of copper, lead, silver and marble. .There is enough timber in the mountains adjacent ad-jacent to the summit to tie the road. The grade will be 1 per cent or 25.80 , feet per mile and curves of six degrees will be the minimum The line equipped equip-ped will cost $15,000 per mile, Snake river is crossed thirty-four miles from the summit and 102 miles from Salt Lake City. Twin Falls, , 'caused by an island in the river which could bo used for, piers' and make the cost Of the bridge and works probably S30.000. Then the road would run three miles down the river to Great Shohone Falls. From the falls the road ascends to Hailey, eighty-four miles. The lava rock in this section would make the grading more expensive' and- the estimated esti-mated cost would be $18,000 per mile From Hailey the line would take the route being surveyed by the Gold Belt & Western railroad. An easy grade leads up Croy creek, and. passes Hailey Hot Springs where a company has erected buildingsand a hotel at a cost of over $100,000. At 'the summit of Croy and Camp -creeks, the line goes .' through the famous Gold Beltof Wood " river. The route descends Camp creek' with a supported grade of 15 per cent , and eighty curves. . - . From Crichton the line will aicend a branch of Soldier creek to Smoky Summit Sum-mit and go through the divide with a tunnel 1000 feet long, striking the head of Trail creek, descending the creek on an easy grade of 1 per cent to the Little Smokv. This is in the heart of Smoky I mining district,- silver and lead prop erty. Nine miles from the summit the roap passes Worswick's springs, and fine hunting is found there nbouts. From5 .'this point , the, line goes down Little Smoky with a maximum grade of 1 . per cent, light work but- curvature of 13 per j cent, to Big Smoky, and It follows Big Smoky and South" Boise to Junction Bar with the -same grades 'and curvatures. curv-atures. ;;. .'.".:.'.;.".' j Going from the head of Little Smoky to Junction rich gold districts are encountered, en-countered, and the supply of timber is wonderful. It is estimated that 100 square miles of timber can be reached by water from the line that would cut at least 7000 feet, road measure, of lumber lum-ber per acre. Many acres will reach 70,000 or 80,000 feet to the acre. In a measurement of fifty-four trees in one day, the average diameter was 5.2 feet. The timber is yellow pine (long leaf) and white fir; the quality is first class. Tho report of the chamber of commerce com-merce committee respecting the road favors the project and suggests that the chamber of commerce indorse and give its best support in carrying forward to a successful end this valuable enter-i |