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Show I Sierra Tunnel Again. Agnln tho report to tho effect that the Southern Paclflo company has let a contract for borlnff a tUnnoI through tho Slorra Nevada mountains has bon confirmed. Thin lime tho report comen direct from railroad hindquarters nnd Is practically official, though at thin tlmo names cannot bo mentioned. Work on tlio blc tunnel will begin early next spring and will ro.ulro nbout four years to complnte Together with tho report cornea the further Ftory that California capitalists are Interested In tho BChcme. their object being to run an Immense plpo lino through tho tunnel with tho railroad, tho nlpo to bo used In conveylnc water from Donner lake through tho cltlci nnd farms of Northorn California. This scheme. It Is said, Involven sractlcally tho draining of tho Truckco river. Though this report peomn nlmopt incredible It Is not hnpos-Plblo hnpos-Plblo that It would bo well to guard acalnst It. Tho carrying out of tho bold project would work Incalculable harm to tho coplo on tho eastern sldo of tho mountains Reno Journal. |