| Show DISTANCES OF NEW LINE III Los Angeles 8205 San J Diego 947 Miles tl Jl I SHORT LINES GREAT ROUTE I I G I I I 1f4 1 k Exactly 4036 Miles to Be Graded i Track in Operation Already 3767 I t jfilcs Not Counting Recent Nevada Ir I Work Main Line Grade Ready for I Rails 402 Miles Engineering Features 114 t Fea-tures of tho Disputed Grade and Tunnels Exact Way Mileage Jersey Strike Nbt On YetNotes By the > present route and proposed 9 S extension the Oregon Short Lino can secure a line to southern California with the following exact distances Salt t Lake to Los Angeles S205 miles Sari 1 Diego 917 miles These are the correct figures or the surveys made and revised re-vised and now to be used by the Short Line The exact amount or grading to he done that Is from Pyper or Clover Valley 1 i Val-ley Junction as It Is called to the I Southern Pacific track between Beaumont Beau-mont and Banning Is exactly 4036 miles F Leaving out the trade built beyond the UtahNevada line In the last few days the situation Is exactly this Total Oregon Short Line Utah Ta t cific and Southern Pacific track in operation 3767 miles Grade completed I r com-pleted for main line from State line to I Clover Valley Junction 102 miles Glade Ito Ito I-to be built 1036 miles Total S205 miles i Salt Lalce to Lo Angeles s The length of HUP will be reduced to J035 miles by building the Orhlr Leamlngtor cutoff The following figures give the elevations eleva-tions dlplanccs from Milford tunnels and other features on the lin now bl > ing laid with track State line between Utah and Nevada 747 miles from Milford Mil-ford elevation 56S5 feet Summit or rim of Salt Lake basin Sll miles 6991 feet Tunnel No 1 27S feet long S73 miles E715 fftU Tunnel Nip 2 239 feet long 100G miles 5202 feet Tunnel No 3 850 feet Icrg 101 miles 6171 feet Tunnel Tun-nel No 4 1 202 feet long 1013 miles 5 Mi feet Tunnel No5 639 feet long 1024 hilles 5030 feet TunrTel No6 527 feet long 103S miles 4915 feet t Tunnels 3 to 6 are on a 2 per cent grade Pyper or Clover Valley Junction 1149 miles from Milford ell allon 4122 feet This is the cud of thf completed main line gradi but a branch grade turns northwest from Pyner to Panaca 120 miles 4741 feet ahd Ploche 145 miles 5471 f tIt t-It Is pn easy downhill maximum 2 Her cont grade from the rim of the basin to Clover Valley > Junction i but I the trick is not yet over the rim The ascent on this side of the rim Is very 1 easy 4977 feet at Milford lo 6991 feet at the rim so I It can he seen What a fine I line the short Line is able to secuio for Its Los Angelq5 I Ijne j I |
