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Show H FEA1ISIF win i our II Many Obstacles oo II That Portion. - H8 Tunnel and iVlany Bridges Rein Re-in quired on Salt Lake Route III Above Santa Fe. Kin Now That These Obstacles Have Been Rffl Overcome the Track Gangs Are, Bffi Rushing- Toward Salt Lake. H "While iruch has been said from day to M day regarding the work of the Salt Lake DH lloutc below Cnllentc, nothing has been HI published about that portion of the line from Daggett northeast. This stretch HI shows an equal amount ol heavy work, HB and it Is not so barren a country as one HI has been loci to imagine. As was de- HH tailed a year ago the Salt Lake Koute Hffi owns its line to Riverside, and from that Hffi point to Daggett it will operate over Hi about sIx miles of Southern Pacific HI track and about ninety-six miles o HI Santa Fc line. Its construction began HI jtgain at Daggett, and six miles north- Hl oapt of that place was esUibllshed a ma- terlRl yard similar to the one at Buena I ll Vista, jus?t outride tills city. Material I ll from there- could be shipped to, the front i as the track progressed, or else by the ! Santa Fe to JLee Stalk station on the 9 H Barnwell branch, which is- the station 9 N where the Salt Lake Route grade 9 H crosses the branch, a few miles south 9 119 Much delay was occasioned by the I H ground where piling had to be driven. 9 H Th,B work waa attended by much difll- 9 H cully, as the ground is undermined by 9 H marshy sections', rendering" a most un- 9 M stable foundation. One long tunnel 9 II liad to be cut a few mlles from DftSSett, MB ana" th,s- lne onl" tunnel on that eec- 19 H l'on' cnui2d another delay. Then a H H dozen bridges had to be put in, for H H which piling had to be driven, and hence H H more delay resulted. H H From Daggett north the line parses BM H through soma rather attractive scenery M H and a canyon is traversed which is quite flj H About three weeks ago the track I HI reached Kessler Summit, and as from BJ Mm that point the grade was finished' for a H B long distance, this way' no delay in lay- BJ BJ ing steel followed, but a mile or two y B were laid each day, and now all Is clear H jfl ' Each day the gangs at either end are J 111 drawing nearer and the gap growing M B narrower, so the estimate that they will H H meet iii about a month Is not at all im- |