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Show fl WORKING IN . iBECKWITH PASS Snrveyors on Western Pacific Active, j Trying to Secure the Best 5 Grade Possible Over the Sierra Range. i pjtalls of the Routo of Projected Bond Through Mountains of Cali- fornia Given to Public. I, : , J !' ? some very Important work, is now being ' dons by the corps of surveyors of tho ! Western Pacific Railway company now Miploycd In Beckwlth Pass and In tho ' vicinity of Mohawk valley. Engineer ii llarlowe. In charge of tho survey from v i Erpontlno canyon, on tho East Branch. V ! down to Boulder, has recently comploted B his work and It Is understood that ho E ' jeeured a very low and satisfactory 1 erode, says the Reno Gazotte, Last week I ' lit and his corps of men camped at the I ' Spanish creek brldgo north of Qulncy and f ' from a point In the canyon abovo that 1 ' plsco began a survey down Spanish creek I 'i with a view of securing a low grado I line not In excess of 1 por cent From tho same point of beginning In tho can-A can-A i ion Englnr Penflcld will mnko si aur-A aur-A vcy of a line up through American val- ley and Spring Garden, endeavoring to yTjj tfcuro the best posslblo line not abovo Hi)' tho maximum of 1 per cent. This engl- rll'J n(fr has Juat completed the survey of a i Ii kw grade, lino through Beckwlth pass to ?i Alkali Flat In Nevada It Is said that i t the results Bscurcd nro very satisfactory. Ite and his assistants returned to Qulncy tho first of this week to enter upon tho t work alluded to above, j v Engineer Arnold has been making sur- . i veys In'Delancy canyon with tho same i general object In view of obtaining tho i x best posslblo line. "Whether ho will mako i 1 further Investigation In Dclaney canyon : J we aro not ablo to learn. ! i U Is also stated that Engineer Norrls, ; R r.ow In tho employ of the Western Pa i ddc. Is running a low grade lino down ' tho North Fork from Boulder Creek enn- i yon toward Orovlllc. i This concentration of survoy work on i j the most difficult portions of tho route f i shows a determination to secure tho best ('.' srailo possible across tho Sierras. That I. prcvlou&ly obtained was lower than that i of any routo through Plumas, but tho company has undoubtedly found that by ' )L careful Investigation and more expensive ', W construction work a still better grado can !f to secured. '( , i ' Railroad Notes. i The "Western Pacific seems to bo very much alive. Tho Schlff party will arrive In San r Francisco tomorrow. ; General Superintendent J. II. Young was at his ik-sk yesterday, a On the desert the day was observed by many f et of track being laid. j The Chicago & Alton has practically 'jt- rebuilt Its St. Louis-Chicago line. f George W. Vallery, general manager of :t tho Midland, Is In tho city on a short 4 duck-hunting expedition, "i Thanksgiving was observed as a holl- j day In most of tho offices although many ;1 of tho officials were down early in the f morning It Is again rumored that A. E. "Welby Is j, to return to the Rio Grande. Many rall- '( road men. however, seem to Incline to I the belief that an Eastern railroad man, V My from tho Illinois Central, will come ' j to Iho Rio Grande. Tho headquarters of the president of ; f the Colorado & Southern road will bo lo- cated In Clucugo after January 1, 1S05. Si 1'rank Trumbull of Denver, who holds f tl.at Important office at present, will I- movo his temporary home. If not his loir lo-ir pal residence, from Denver to Chicago, f Tho practical work of direction on tho Colorado & Southern will devolvo chiefly A upon Vice-President and General Man-F Man-F eger J M. Herbert. St. Louis Olobc r Democrat |