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Show HARRIMAN liT f ACTIVEJN UTAH I !i I'M I Miiuv Xew Lines Are lieiug l, !; ' HuiFt in Utalh Nevada I ami Idaho. Ij.vSl. HE Sl'AMvS-MOJAVfi GAP mil .jjf NOW ALMOST CLOSED Ij! j l Kiuiiorofl That Union Pacific 'i , ji; i Will Build Directly Info I ' . !L !t Salt Lake. : ! '' fa Tt jnny not lo ecncrnlJy kuotvu I ! v :'t !P ninon'st' railroad moil t hat the Southern I ': r $ Pacific is slowly, hut surely, closing jjf i 't lli'-'p Mio gap bctveeu Sparks, ?vcv., nml Hti';-' ; . Sj:M il Mojavc, Cal. But such is tho -onsc. and. 'V i j j in fact. InA, a short length of track rc-l.t rc-l.t !j! mains to be completed beforo the pap H'l -,' '' V 1 fk xri! i,c acCM that tho old Carson & Colo- H'!', . i ,'r 'U rado road, built by the Ycrinctons, and It- ' 1 which did duty for tho Tonopah & I; " ) ''i Tl Goldficld conncciion, is now evidently l'" J1 i', .! ! boing figured as a short cut. from tho B : .;,') i Central Pacific in Nevada to Los Au- Bt; i! tjjji soles, and. all freight routed via the H' ; ' !; .J, Vt Southern Pacific will, upon the closing I '., ij of this sap, bo handled via Sparks. I 'i'l W Nov., and Mo.iavc, Cal., on the eastern l t" Jt sid ot 'ho Sierra Nevada rango, thcro- ' 'lil i!S! It hv doing awny with tho terrific haul H ' ' ii' ' ill' ,"cr snoW'Clnd summit 'of tho ; i !" !ri I ; tiiorras. J , j, (;; I. Many Improvcmcuts. H r ii'', 'I'M '''ho o55 of 11,0 Pal' referred to. J . , ; !r; a above by the Southern Pacific is only H), : 'a one of tho many improvements which Ii' i ;j 1 are being made by tho lLarrimau inter- H . 1 I ' X ests in Nevada, Idaho and the ueigh- 5. M ! if boring territory. Splendid progress is Hj tA j j J 'j j being made ou tho line whicli is being In i' KM ronstnicled by thcOrogon Short; Liuo H ' 'i ' i am from its road at Twin Falls, Ida., to Hi' i ' ll Wells. Nov.. on the main lino of the ;i 11 Central Pacific. Tho firsL lap of the H l, ; road, whirh extends to Salmon Dam, H ' ' Ij' ' jii has alri'lidy boon completed, and it is H ' . I . .; t noped to soon havo trains running from f Twin Falls to Hollistor. It is also an-mm an-mm nil nounoed that surveys have been made Hi " . . fv :L nrt -f'oin a point ou tho Ogdcn-H" Ogdcn-H" ' ' 'm' Ij'l Jucin cutoff to Uiipcrt. Tda. ;.r, jj In no stato in the union is railroad m, ,.!' iilj building goiug on more extensively i , ' i.)! jj than in Idaho. The big irrigation and 1 ' i'J! ill eclamaliou projects whicli aro going . i1 .1.1 li J in ifi Gem state are making ncces- mm: '' j V f inr better railroad facilities and ac- , . j ! rommodntitiu?. And tho gigantic im- H'j , ' V :H provoraenls which are being mado by v ; ' jn tho TFarriman interests aro helping B, ' 1 Ai crcatly the development and scttlcmcut mm' v i '' If f':i'10 I;in,'s- Mm "t! 1!'"n Another New Road." mm' 1 ' i Oroyou Short Lino is also build- H' 'I ' hH :i r":'' rom L'uporl. ou the Mini- U ! doka SouthwestTn railroad, to Bliss, J( "v- Short Line. Tho road will run 1 m M th:ough tip; land which has boon placed 1,1 . under irrigatinn by tho Twin Fnll3 . . ' Xorlh Side Development comiany. and ' ' 'ii'il which is now one of . tbo inost. fertile ' j jjj! i pieces of country in the Gam state. The H' l i'ill " district lies on the north .side of the V nako river, between IfuiterL and 1 1 t um Early next yenr a road is to bo built mm 'I'l I ! iuf th-" Oregon Short Line from liurleyi mm I . ' " Oky- This will run through tho mm 1 ' ' IlH Goose Greek irrigation country, thus H 11 1' 'iB opening uptto settlers lunch valuable '"I'iiR farming land in that A'icinitv. Tt is :,,F0 ""'fmled to ronstruct a line from , ' ' ' 'III Mnroland to Aberdeen, northwest of Po- mm ' i IM catcllo. ou the Snake Valley line. f,I . ''Ijl U. P. Coming In. mm 4 ' ' llffl There is also a rumor in tho air that mm' ' i m the Union Pacific railroad will some H l ' ! 19 t'inc i" 1,10 I,oar fti t vi rc build a lino dt- ' Win rcctly into SaJt Lake f'itv from Evans- H' 1 ' 111 ton. a station on its main line, in the mm ' f-"Tt rlfi bouthwest corner of Wyoming, tbus Hl . 'ji-H avoiding the through business from the H 1 i 1 ifll ens ,n ;o;i!!' giog through Ogden. Ht a i IJ ('ousiderable distance would' bo saved H i ' '';fii '-v "IC '"'ill'nc s"cn n .lino. The Hi A'v lljtj niost likeh' roile which the road would Mmm 1 i ' ir 41 ':,'co 'nto'tliiA city would-be over the HVl ' f i tI fri,,ou t rail." it is said, and this . j jp' i might give foundation for tho rumor mmW r $ Ji ,na tnc -T,,'on Pacific, mnv come into HJ '! H i1 j '-f 0VCr 'IC" rn'"n,on !1"3"ou H' f! lilj All these various iniprovcmenls Halit ' ' 'All L hi'-h arfbeing made by the Tfarriman mmm f H''llff intorcsts show how it is designed to mmm 1 ' li 'f.i li'f u make a network of railroads over tlie HHt! ..' wit wc-tovu states: and especially Idaho, HVLlP I 11 L'tah and Nevada. |
