Show Southern Pacific Reconnoissances The Southern Pacific Is making re connolssanccs across the north arm of the Great Salt lake to determine If It Is possible and practicable to build a trestle for a cutoff Into Ogden saving forty miles and cutting oft Promontory hill and other heavy grades The surveys sur-veys start from Lucln and so far those who are sounding the lake have not I r found any great depth 1 Is probable that after the trestle li built and tho shifting sands pile around It the whole will be filled in with solid rock slag and earthwork Nothing definite has been decided about the cut off as yet St Anthony Branch The Oregon Short Line added thirty seven miles to its road by constructing tho branch to S1 Anthony Ida This branch penetrates the galley of tho Snake river and will open up 0 fertile country The line It splendidly built and will prove of great benefit to the parent line I The new road was finished on December Decem-ber 7th and a large party of railroad officials and olllcinln of the Slate of Idaho were at St Anthony where a celebration cel-ebration banquet and hal were given in honor 01 the great day I The braiith for tho frs month f showed a splendid traffic and the result re-sult Short Is Line very satisfactory to the Oregon I |