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Show RAILROAD TO TINTIC. Thf Work Hatwipn Kureka nml Spring. Till la Heine; I'mh.d Vigorous!. Work on tho construction of tho Rio Grande Western railroad between Eureka Eu-reka ami Springvillu is being pushed vigorously. On the divide east of Eureka, Eu-reka, there are some flftoen teams at work with plow a'ld scraper, and a large crowd of laborers, who aro making mak-ing grade vory fast. There are at least 700 nit! n working in the canon, east of Homansviile. This is on the part of the line where the tunnels will have to lie run. 'J he work being done at present pres-ent is in making the cut for the approaches ap-proaches of the tunnels and on the excavations ex-cavations for the machinery, as it is intended in-tended the tunnel- shall be driven with air drill!). The Homansviile canon is really the only heavy part of the line, the remainder of it being only plow and scraper work. If the tunnels can be driven in time, it is expected that tho Western will be in Eureka by the first of January. |