Show SHERMAN HILT TUNNEL Contractors In Omaha to See id r Opened J I Omaha Neb March 15A large j number of contractor are in the city I witness the opening of bids for I today to winess open InS J I the work of building the cutoff on the Union Pacific which will do away with the famous Sherman hill near Cheyenne Chey-enne The work Alll necessitate the construction of several miles of new track and the cutting through of the longest tunnel In the United States I 10 estimated that the cost of the work will be In the neighborhood of 42500000 Nothing was done today toward letllng the contracts owing to the absence of President Burt and General Manager Dickinson They aro expected back tomorrow to-morrow and then tho matter will betaken be-taken up In earnest I |