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Show TtWNEL NEXT SPUING. Srcthera Pacific' to Bore Three Million Mil-lion Dollar Hole. Tee Southern Pacific Is preparing for lather Immense enterprise, that of tun-:2:c. tun-:2:c. through tho Sierra Nevada moun-'Jla. moun-'Jla. It is stated that tho first worl: will bstfa Just as soon as the snow begins to JH h tho mountains next spring. It i2 te carried through with all possible fd and will bo completed -within thrco Jan. The cost will bo In tho neighborly neighbor-ly ltd of 2.0O0.COd and Its completion will Miioas of tho greatest feats in the hls-l hls-l vzr or engineering. ft 'tunn! will be seven miles In length, lit a problem the Southern Pacific com-V com-V it ."J11 studying for many years. I Cpllls P. Huntington prophesied JUlyouIa bs done some day, and short-l5i short-l5i .e hls deatn lie actually began the jw of planning the tunnel. Since that mwiliria3 repeatedly been reported that wuld start, but never from such 'MMiMt tourco as at present, I ,Ml TC0Uld bc of even greater aJ '?, the company than the Lucln imE?. Awou'Po away with an cxpon-ililB?4?!?iil,ow.c,Jmb cxpon-ililB?4?!?iil,ow.c,Jmb of 7500 fcct trough :MSLv Ja ?f dangerous apd oxpenslvo ' In. labor anU fcl alone the vTyi wo . fi0on savo enough to pay nt,un.n,c'' wh,,e th0 aavns n time m Tunoant to a great deal. TKJurvey as already completed and ap-iKKI3.?1 ap-iKKI3.?1 we6t o Truckcc. 'it JEEt i?uUn lno neighborhood of Bluo tor a year at least construction jBw" 8 wl" be maintained at |