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Show 1L BUILDERS MOVE OUTFITS TO HEW WORK Oregon Short Line Con traction En gineers to Begin Active Campaign on Connection With S. P. rOTATKIO, April 15 The entire en-tire engineering construction organisation organ-isation which haa been employed by the Oregon Bhort Unt on the second trark work between King Hill and Reverse, Ma., during the pant two years was moved by automobile and train today from its camp at Ham-mett Ham-mett to Rogeraon, Ida., where work Is now to be actually commenced on tha Ilea from lUigerstu... lda to Wells, Xev. The line will connect the Oregon Short Line with the Southern 1'aclfle and provide Idaho with a direct route to the California market. The new line has been "In the air" for years and the appropriation for li waa Included In last year's I'hlon Pacific budget for 1924. the cltlsens of the Twin Kails district contracting contract-ing to provide the necessary right of way. The new line will be ninety-seven ml lea lung and the total appropriation for It la IMOO.voo. kngint-ertng parties will work out of Kogerson for the present, but later on It la planned to put on severs! sev-ers! additional parties so that there will bo one field department for each twelve milea of line. |