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Show YELLOWSTONE PARK BRANCH COMPLETED Two months ago "Vice President Bancroft, Ban-croft, of tho Oregon Short Lino stated that the' construction work on tho Yellowstone Yel-lowstone park branch was being pushed to completion with a large forco of" men and that the line would be fiuished to the park by November 1. W. O. Creer, who has had the contract for the construction con-struction of the line, has completed it, and by so doing has discounted the time calculations of Mr. Baucroft b3f several days. The road is now completed. Tho Yellowstone branch from Idaho Falls on the main line measures about ninety-seven miles. Mr. Creer built sov-enty sov-enty miles of it during the last two years. Tho road is constructed along scientific, modern lines, and is said by competent judges to be a superb piece of railroad work, and in splendid condition. con-dition. This road will bring Yellowstone Yellow-stone park within a twelve hours' ride of Salt Lake, and make this city tho outfitting point for thousands of visitors visit-ors to the scenes of nature's grandest and most awe-inspiring wonders. The completion of this road will be tho means of throwing about 1,200 laborers out of einplo3-nient, but they will doubtless doubt-less find employment in railroad building build-ing elsewhere in the WcEt. |