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Show B. & G. SCENIC LINE PROVES ATTRACTION FOR MANY TOURISTS The short but rnont excellent railroad that extends twenty miles from Garfield to Bingham has In the brief time it ha3 been in existence done an unniually hcaw freight busine-wr. It wih built for the purpose of taking ore from Bingham canyon to the reduction works at Garfield. Gar-field. It is the property of the Utah! Copper company, and connects at Garfield Gar-field with the Sart Lake Route. Although the new lino was not Intended In-tended for passenger traffic except as a secondary consideration, it is no-w evident evi-dent that It Eoon Trill become popular with tourictfl. Many already have taken advantage of the opportunity to see the big copper camp by a trip over the Bingham & Garfield railroad. The line 6klrt the foothills of the Oqulrrh range of mountains, afording a perfect view of Salt Lake valley. L'nusually difficult ngineerlng problems prob-lems confronted tho builders of the road. It was completed at a cot of more than 55.000.000. The firtt thre miles out of Bingham were made especially costly on account of long trestles and tunnols. The flrt mile was the most costly piece of the road, the total expense for ItH construction belnj? $r.92,2S0. The cost of the first three mllea was 51.170.000. Although the line is short. Its heavy work nccessitatod the most modern and up-to-date track that could be laid. On the main line 00-pound steel Is used, and on the sidings there Is nothing lighter than SG nounds. The equipment Ik hIso of the best. A heavy type of Mallet articulated compound locomotives and all teel ore cars are used. At the time they were ordered the Mallet engines en-gines used on the Bingham & Garfield wer the honvist in existence, although fdnce then heavier ones hav been con-etnicLod. con-etnicLod. The steel enr are of the hopper bottom tvpe. anf dump the load ouIckH- and cleanly. maUlns: It possible !r deliver re frm tho mine 'nto tV-j tV-j ore hw at t! nl'ls at a m!nin'uni c"t |