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Show ' J 0 O O O ' ' I 1 - -4 H Tbrcc Weds of Gee! 7ctLcr Vill Put Wctt in . Fine Share fcr tte Winter. "Three weeks more of this good weather and I'll be happy," said General Manager Wells of the San Pedro Saturday Satur-day morning. "Give me three weeks and ; ws will have the work to a point where we can proceed, whether winter sets In or not." Work on the widening of the grade of the old line from eight to eighteen feet is progressing rapidly, sixty outfits being be-ing scattered along the line doing this work and relaying the old flfty-four-pound rails with heavy steel. November S the San Pedro crossed the Barnwell branch of the Santa Fe, and track Is now being laid from each end at the rate of a mile and a half a day. At this rate the gap of fifty miles will be closed by the last of November, but this will not mean the opening of the line at that time, as the ballasting will not be completed, and the track must be allowed to settle and the rough spots "shake out" before through, pas-sen-ger t raffle is inaugurated. The ballasting gangs crossed the hill at Tlntlc-Friday and expect to be at the Leamington cub-off, 116 miles from Salt Lake, in a few days. With the heavy rail and many new passing tracks that are being put In the San Pedro will start business with as fine a roadbed and track as any of the old through lines. Passing tracks will average 8000 feet In length, allowing ample trackage for all trains. Many new water tanks are being put in. and ample facilities for caring for a heavy traffic |