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Show CLOSE GAP IN TEN DAYS Construction Work on Salt Lake Route Is Nearly Finished. Another ten days of clear weather and the gap between the California and Salt Lake ends of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & 8alt Lake railroud will be closed. Construction gangs are hard at work grading, and the' steel is being laid at the rate of two miles a day. The gap has been cut down now until It is not more than twenty miles, and the two gangs hope to be in sight of each other in a few days. "This weather has been splendid for us " said a Bait Lake Route official Thursday morning "It is much better than we had any right to expect, and we are taking advantage of it to the full. The contractors contract-ors In charge of the construction are working full gangs, and they will have the road ready to turn over to us in a very-short very-short time. Then our busy time will bo-gm. bo-gm. and It will be a case of hustle in order to get the road in shape for passenger travel. "When we receive our full equipment we will be able to run trains not excelled by any other road In the country, and I believe that our service will compare fa. vorably with any of the crack Eastern lines. At least we will try to make It do so." |