Show ELY LY ROUTE Will MAN BIG SAVING IN NEVADA HEM TRAVEL TUMI Santa anta Fe E Engineer n sneer Said to Have Laid Out I T i r able Survey f Special Jal to Tho Tim T Telegram ELY Nev Nov 26 Formal Formal application application tion W was S made to the county commission commission- era at their last II meeting for a franchise for tho the Ely railroad which will connect this city with and will i give 1 0 Ely a through line Uno to Los Loa Angeles W. W R. R Alberger general traffic traffic manager manager of tho the Tono h who Is hero to 1 secure tho the f franchise anchise mado the tho following statement We Vc are aro not asking for or anything that cannot be granted without hesitation or that will m put a burden on the tho city or the tho count county The principal thing will b bo to get the 1 legal gal right to build and operate tho the road Wo We will not Ask for favors for special privileges or for costly costly- conces conces- What we want Is 15 a franchise Announcement Is made that the road will m b be officially designated as the the Ely route This will include all o of tho the connecting connecting con con- lines Jines between Salt Lake and Los Angeles as ns soon as the tho gap is filled tilled bed be between be- be tween teen Ely and Salt Lake All freight an and passenger traffic will he be routed via the Ely route to simplify billing by shippers and for tor the convenience con of travelers The importance of ot the Ely Eh route to the passenger and freight traffic with either cither destination amILos and amI origin or destination between Ely Los Los Angeles la it shown by a comparison of existing conditions with those that willbe willbe will be bo i In effect when the road is completed between between Ely and Goldfield Th The distance from Ely Eh to Los An Angeles eles by hy wn way of ot Salt Lako Lake is lf now 1096 miles The Ely road will reduce this to miles From EI Ely to Goldfield h by wa way of or the Western Pacific whose hose passenger service Is II not yet ct fully installed is miles The new will wilt cut this to miles From Ely to Goldfield by wa way of or tho the Nevada Northern Southern Pacific and Salt Sail Lake route and to Goldfield by wa way of Las Vegas is miles Tho The now new road rond will wUl save savo iO miles The maximum grade rade attained at any v p part rt of tho the road will bt br b In Robinson canon can earl can j. j 5 yon on the gateway to Ely It will beU beli be bo boli li U per cen cent t. t The mountain engineering was done byJ by J 3 T. R. R chief mountain engineer engi- engi neer of or the tho Santa Fo Fe system The Thc grade gradeI I Is 13 considered his greatest engineering I j triumph J I The announcement of or the plans of ot the road Toad to build at once has caused great Interest among amon pros prospectors and man many will willi 1 j i outfit from this point In tho spring to tot 5 t search for mineral mineraI wealth along the proposed pro pro- posed poled line It Is expected that tho the road t will op open n up a n wonderful new mineral J empire that has never been carefully i prospected |