Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-14 | Page 12 | Contract is Let for Newhouse Line

CONTRACT IS LET FOR NEWH0USE LINE Activo Throwing of Dirt to Bogln Monday Long Tunnel Hearing Hear-ing Completion. OP THE long tunnel through which thc wealth of the Ncwhouso mines Is to puss Into railway cars and thenco Into tho bins of tho reduction reduc-tion works 3S00 feet has been completed, this leaving a balance of precisely 2000, said Manager Johnson on his return from camp yesterday morning. During April the avanuo was advanced 403 feet and even better progress Is being made at this time, so that no fear need bo entertained concerning its completion comple-tion along with thc concentrator. Meanwhile the triple compartment raises nre being made from the" 600-foot 600-foot level, to which all ores will be lowered and loaded on cars, with which tho tunnel will be equipped, while tho breaking of ground for the mill began under the direction of Joseph Dedc-rlchs, Dedc-rlchs, superintendent of construction, yesterday morning. During the day Mr. NewhouBe was advised by the officials of the San Pedro Railway company that the con-tract con-tract for the construction of the branch between Frisco and Newhouse has been let to the Utah Construction company, active grading to be inaugurated inaugu-rated on Monday next, the work to go forward under rush orders to completion com-pletion In ninety days. Now that railway rail-way construction Is In hand, the stupendous stu-pendous undertaking Is moving from every point, and the year ln that locality lo-cality will have witnessed a transformation trans-formation the like of which has no parallel par-allel in the Western country. With all contracts now ln hand, the founder of It may relax his energies.