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Show LEI CGTil'CTS FOr c? vimi ins sassnnnTssTTatansaaasasatSTaBw Cretan Short Line to Start VcrU Soon on Kaft river Eranck v At least M.ooo.ooe of tha I7I.W0.000 voted by the directors of too Hani man system for ths Improvement of Its lines' In the west will bo spent In Utah. Idaho and Oregon before the end of tha present pres-ent year. Late yesterday afternoon con-Imrii con-Imrii for the g rat I ing of 111 miles of rw line were lei by the Oregon Hhort 1 me to the I'tsh Construction company. 1 ie ordr Is to "rush" the work. It being ih intention of the railroad company to have every mil of the iww road ready t operate trains over before the snd of tins year. one of the contracts which has special Imoranre to the people of thla city that for the douNe tracking of ths l m tod Pnort Una from 'armlngtoa to -v in, twenty-two snllea. The new line ni leave the preeent line at a point north of Farmlnston and will run west erf the pre avail t line at Lssytoa by about half a nine. It will then turn to the east snd will cross the present line aear Clear-nd, Clear-nd, leaving the. old line to the weat for a snort distance. These changes In tne line have been mads to eilatinale acme grades and curves. wiih the com pie Hon of the double tra king of the line from Halt Leake City to Ci'iro the Oregon Hhort Line will have a grade of less than 1 per cent, over whw-h the heaviest trains can be oper- iH with sase. Another of the contracts con-tracts lt yeeterday afternoon was for the grading of a new line from burley to Keitnn Pass, in Idaho, sixty-six miles. This line, known as the Raft River line, hss been projected for some time. The t iird contract was for the grading' of a line from Na Or., to HonteriaJe, Ida., twenty-six mile. This line will run on the south side of the 8 oaks river and Ml give the company a double line throu-h that section. tviuie official announcement has not been made. It Is known that the Short Line has nearly completed surveys on a number of other Improvements on which cwiiwts will he let In the noar future. |