Show t If i ROAD TO THE COAST 11 I 0 Western Pacific flakes a Great Demonstration 111 j S 11 S WILL CROSS THE LAKE i f i Survsys Are Practically Completed la 11 f plated Whole Distance 11J I Plan Is to Connect Salt Lnlic With San Frnncisco by a Direct t Route I 1i r 1 It Is purL of the projtnunmc of the t lAYslern 1 IjicIDc which will 1 connect Salt Lako < and San Francisco to cross the Great Salt lake on a trestle similar to I llio one being constructed by the Soulh rrii Pacific but it Is I also a part of the programme to miss the quagmires and Ulclisuuls which the t Southern 1tcI lie engineers en-gineers encountered The Western surveyors sur-veyors hlvi been niuklnir nir examination i of the bottom of tho lake between the i iyo points on either Idc and have found HO bad spots and only twentyfour feet of vattfr I In the deepest partS part-S ALMOST I I COM PLISTI fTho survey for the road Is nearly tin 1 IMmd and a huge I party under B F JJY iJ if R lXi Y s09 E House Is camped at a apot near the old Garlleld beach resort The ionic hna been I I definitely fixed except for the line across the lake Actual work of construction has been commenced on the western end and there Is u large htrelch of the road already al-ready graded The line from Frisco to Salt Lake Is comparatively a straight one and It Is given out by the ofllclals in San Francisco that I trains will run as soon ts or before those on the San Pedro are In operation all the way from Los Angeles to Sat Lake NO SALT LAKE FRANCHISE Xo C franchise grunting an entrance to Salt Lake has been obtained by the West em people and there I may bo more truth than fiction In the story that the Salt Lako Los Angeles Route will be taken In by tho Western There would be difficulty dif-ficulty over a station site unless perhaps 1 u union depot wore arranged for or tho use of the Rio Grande or Short Line terminals obtained I CROSSES STANSI3LTUV ISLAND I The line crosses the south end of Slans bury Island to the Tooelo shore of the lake From there It runs around the north crn end of the Grnntsvllle range crossing Skull valley and then the Cedar mountains moun-tains through a low pass that will necessitate ne-cessitate about ten miles of a 1 per cent grade to the Great Amcilean desert In Skill vnlly there arc known to exist large bodies of various kinds of ores that recent re-cent asbiiys have proven conclusively would UP of untold value were It possible lo get them to till smelters Considerable quantities of lead ore were taken from 1 the lake side range In years gone by and I brought to Salt Luke or shipped to the I smelter at Corlnne These dlstilctB havu i boon barely scratched and with tho I building of the Western Pacific they will i be rapidly developed and become gruit iHoducers CUTS OUT FIFTY MILES Lea Ing the west side of the Cedar range si route has been adopted which lens I nl mo Hi due wrat to Ferguson spring siivinp ilfty miles In distance on a through line and striking the northeast end of Dutch mountain The pofslbllltlcs for local business here are remarkable and It has been said that the volume of this alone will be almost enough to keep tilt road busy Judging Iiom the large bodies of ore In the vicinity of Dngway Granite Fish Springs Willow Crculc Dutch Mountain Moun-tain and Clifton thnt have already been thoroughly prospected Such of these points ns arc not touched by the mainline main-line will be reached by short branch feeders feed-ers Two thousand tons a day = Is consid cied a low estimate of the amount other districts both on tho north and south In all of which much work was done In former for-mer years and from which much hlgh grade ore that would stand ZL heavy shipping ship-ping expense was taken The road fiom this point runs up lhclnn creek to Huby lake Between Salt Lnko and this point there are no engineering difficulties The maximum grade will be 1V6 per cent WILL BK A SCENIC ROUTE From Ruby = lake west the road traverses a rough broken country which will someday some-day become noted for the grandeur l of its scenery Along this distance there arc ranijo at New Pasiu From there It will discend Into the Humblodt valley and Will cross the Southern Pacific near Wads worth Continuing up the Ilnmbnldt It will pass to the north of Carson lake The jrrado from Nevi Pasii will be 22 percent per-cent From Wadsworth the grade risen to Bcckwllh pass a distance of about seventy sev-enty = miles with a maximum rise of 1 percent per-cent It will meet and cross tbc Oregon Nevada railroad Through Dcckwlth PUSS with tin elevation eleva-tion of 5101 feet tho line follows the Feather river In California The work at this point is heavy but the grade will not cxcivd 133 per cent For n great distance the road will traverse the great osl placer mining district of the State famous for Its gold produclnppropcrtles AS CROWS FLY The total length of the road will bo apoioxlnmtoly bOO miles almost as the crow flies It pufesfs I through rich mining and grazing country and besides being a short roulc to the cattle and sheep mar kefs l It will bo a blessing to fruitshippers A new section of country will be opened up the logical market of which Is Salt Lake ORE BELT OF NEVADA Through western Utah and Nevada It passes through one of the greatest ore systems of tho Pulled Slates The smelting smelt-ing Industry is so well developed In this vicinity that the great quantities of ore taken from this as yet undeveloped and It might almost be said liS yet unprospcct cd territory will naturally seek this market mar-ket The more valuable of these ores arc a sXiees < X se < xxxxocx xcxxxxc < jxs 3Gx > 3X xcozx THE FIRST AUTHENTIC MAP OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC o TT I If Jif t I o o I i 1 l i po r 0 i 0 o JO I i l r I 1 1 N j f t fir 4r lOa r oN I I t iJ If If r tqllVJ P a C AIL r ORN I 1 t 0 cy l r I r i l t i J 2 t t J I 1 I f t t t ji J r I f 1 4 i s V ifP c4zW r I I if 11 I D A 4 11 r I tt 0 0 C t I j l T1 ¼ I 1 I t 7 m I tL L > I tl j p j ok 1 I I k 1 3 4u I r I I ffi > x TI I 0 I O I 01 r r IjJo k fY 7 > I 7 I JI rJ t I v I 11 ccccccc > < 5 ODJXXDOO X ccOcO many points where great care and engineering engi-neering ability will be required This region Is especially rich in min eials and will be a great source of revenue reve-nue to the road Eureka Mineral Hill SellKman 15berbardt Hamilton and other mining districts In tho vicinity will seek a 1 market In Salt Lake over this route Diamond valley will be the shipping point for this entire territory The line will cioss the ISurcku Palisade railroad a feeder fOI tho Southern Pacific at n pass known as Narrow Gap Prom Ruby lake to Austin the grade will not exceed 1H5 I per cent CROSSES SIIOSIIONE RANGE IJccso river will bo crossed at Jacobville and tho road 1 will cross the Shoshone ccccccocc < J alicady shipped to this point for reduction reduc-tion but owing to the present cost of transportation tho ores of a lower grade arc not handled The entire section of Nevada through which the new road Avlll pass abounds in large bodies of Iron copper lead silver gold antimony and nickel Many of the mines are so situated that In order to I place their products on tho market a long and expensive haul by wagon over ex licmely poor roads Is necessitated before a railroad Js readied |