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Show I ' ;i ANOTHER STEEL BRIDGE ; FOR SHORT LINE 1 ( , 1 j' Just as soon as the water recedes so J J I j' ' j that workmen cun push on undls- fpi p '('' ! turbed, Chief Engineer "William Ashton r I, !i U. of the Short Line will place a force at j' , ,; i work In putting- In a new fteul bridge Hi ' ! j ' across Bear river near Pegram station ' on the Idaho division. This bridge will C , ! j ' , . be 120 feet long and rest on masonry ' I 1 abutments. It will be up to the stand- ! tI'lllv ard of other steel bridges pluced on the t 3 r jtl Short Line for several years past and y ps j iv ; is the only bridge to be constructed this l ll) ' ' inlinl year. Ever since the present manage- f if , MP ment took hold of tho property, each 2 1 1 y year Las seen some notable fmprove- 5 , I,' 5' ment of this character with the result i if i: h) that the line has been wonderfully , y i , M y strengthened and Its physical condition I1 M;j brought up to the highest standard. |