Show HAPPENINGS IN J RAILROAD CIRCLES Short hort Line Maps Naps Filed San Piled San Fed San Pedro Pero Pushing Work on Surveys in Nevada The week in railroad circles has been een marked by the climax of the cutoff cutoff cut- cut off tt fight the visit of prominent om- om daIs of the Harriman lines conferences conferences confer- confer cals between the management of the Short hort Line Lne and Rio Grande roads and representatives of the trainmen engineers engineers engi engl- and firemen and the perfecting of f plans for the Leamington cutoff Word Vord comes from Washington that the he Short Line Lne has Just filed ted its is maps for or this cutoff which extends from Leamington to Garfield a distance of ninety miles in a straight line lne As has been explained this saves the old curve and also greatly greaty decreases the grade The rapidity with which the Short Line is pushing the preliminaries of this his matter mater indicates that the contracts contracts con- con tracts will vill wi be let In time to begin work with the opening of spring Representatives of the San Pedro U u. u v. v u U u. u v. v u and j. j the Short Line roads are now in Washington to consider th the recently completed Joint jott survey of their route through Nevada They will wi act upon the he report of the chief hief engineer at once and active work will wi doubtless begin as soon as weather conditions are fa- fa First Assistant Engineer II I. I M. M McCartney McCartney Mc Me- Cartney of the San Pedro said today today to- to day ay We Ve have been working on this survey urvey during the months month of December January and the first half of af February and nd all al of f the difficulties that attended attended at- at tended ended the many crossings of the lines under the old surveys have been straightened out Many people are under under under un un- un- un der the impression that this Joint survey survey survey sur sur- vey means heans a combination of the two twO roads oads but hut It i Is simply an agreement between them to keep on an opposite sides of f the vale s and avoid crossing each others other's right right of way The roads roa go godown godown down own the Meadow valley valey and up up Call Call- Cal Cal- fornia forna wash wash Our p people are now new buying large orders of at iron and steel The California Califor nia port portion n of ot the route Is under active construction and upon upon the approval of the he Joint survey which I resume presume will wi come without delay work will wi begin in Nevada and Utah |