Show WESTERN STR IS S ACROSS SIERRA I 1 According to the statement of an of S eel of of the Western Vestern Pacific the track that road rad has been laid through both J Spring Garden and crossing the Sierra Siena Nevada mountains California and the two big tunnels ls a a aI ac connected c with 1 each r. tl Thc Thc-rp mains I about go miles le of th the trade track r tot toll i laid between this city and Ca Ca Cathe the roadbed d of ot which Is practically con cor Work Is going going- on on this st of the road at four different points a is expected to be completed at l Jast far as the connecting of th the thi- track Is Id co sometime In October J 1 When mention of the connecting of troad t U road is made It must not be und that the road will m be ready for at that time Over live five months month ego aso o Elf TIl TELEGRAM taking its ft a a. high officer of the road announced I Ithe If the Western Pacific would o not ne is o 0 t 1 ngA io for i through traffic from this s city to b Francisco before November or ci Dec Dei her ber of this year Two months a ao o. o a an antU despite of other statements statement to th toe the I TIlE THE TELEGRAM stated that Dei road would not be open ope to traffic be January 1 1 1910 From o rom the best information that hat carl can obtained today THE TELi has reason to change Its last st statement a would be bl b even willing to 61 the r 1 iJ until February 1 in which to opun I traffic When hen completed h ho hi roid will willI something over OO miles long It t has will be built in less time than tiny any ot oti road In the history of the thc world th the same game kind of county country 3 It is one of the alms aims o an J objects t of or t engineers of the road 1 hat wh when it J opened to traffic It shall be known as o. o OJ of the best pieces of railroad construct In the country That lefoe e tie tho l' l train Is run between this city and coast every very foot of the roadbed shall shallin shallin M In perfect condition and that there abe s a sir be bo no hitches of any kind This Thi is t object ot oX the engineers in charge of or construction work and this is what J road will be bp when it is completed Just when and where the gold j spike will be driven U no one knows at aft attI t present time timi At least if It is know known has not been bellL made known to officer the road who have visited this olty ity In t last few months It Is safe safe- to sa say sayat tn at least a month before the gold spike Is driven wr word rd will be r. r received this city etty and that tha t there will b be he the b bl bi gest time In iii railroad circles that 10 ri happened in the west since at least lIast J opening of the famous Lucin cutoff a aj all perhaps the biggest railroad that has happened in the west since gold spike was driven at near nearly forty years ago connecting t tj t Union Pacific and the tie Southern Pacific LAUDS HARRIMAN AND i HIS RAILROAD One On of the best short articles that te been written about E E. 11 H Harriman fog foe long time appears In a recent numbers number faA 0 the Hutchinson Kan News The art arti was printed just before Mr 11 suddenly left Europe for home The 4 41 tide Ucle is headed Citizen Harriman a Is as follows Edward II H. Harriman is on n a tn trl trip Europe Ordinarily there would be bo nO not 6 Ing lag added to this tins announcement b bo beyo yo o oan an exhortation to Emperor William William- chain do down his Iris railways s and to ot monarchs to put t their hell crowns and oth oui valuables val in the safe at night night- But ButOI But Harriman Hamman is goinz off on a pleasure f fand tj tr and so many mean things have been sa a about him that it will not hurt any n change the tune a moment while h he out of the country and not able to tak ta tal any advantage of the lapse from tha c cc col l attitude of severity se that Is usually us usi in Ln mentioning the name of Harriman i Of Or all the great groat railway men devi devel developed In this generation E E. II H. Harrim Is easily the biggest and th the tho best T Thead Th Tb head of a railway company an under I UI th rules of the game must work for 1 hi stockholders whether it Is for the ad advantage a vantage t e o of f politicians ollI shippers hl pe and aId co cOi sinners sumers it is us joe jou iu to me LII Del U n can an for the interests to his care Harriman is not only a financier but buth buthIs is a builder and an operator Luckyj the town city or community that ha has has Harriman road lIe He Insists on a good ro roa l bed level le track safe track and the c co Coi and comfort of the traveler a nj the shipper The roads are noted as asI II r best in th the country When I gets hold of a one one horse horse or played o pd track and right of way he proceeds put it In first class condition He d do donot dot Jt not raise the rates or 01 fares doubtless charges a plenty but he lie J that enough of the funds go Into Into- r f r Improvements to snake make a railway i it Ah t that Is where he stands ahead of a gomany go many others and why is n such a bad thing as some som people b ha been led to think d hi Just because Mr 11 Harriman got mt int dispute with Mr Ir Roosevelt over OYe ss sQ campaign funds in which Harrim Hairim l i l himself e lf about ri richt ht in 2 the t fact ct that i t you cant can't n tg go against ga f president Is no reason why hi his ab abut lt and wisdom should not be recognized f makes better railways and there is mo mo need for Improvement that wa way lh h there Is in n some o others e Which I are eh Yf- Yf discussed S d So far as we e can see e heS In giving every interest along along- road a fair fall deal He Is a a. public benefactor from ft t standpoint He uses his power fair faid and he uses It It He lie is a great man a ap al apas alas as good or better than the ordnary ol cit zen who ho looks upon him as the ca cation of or the mone money power whom It may devour He lie If is a stron man in the financial world but th should not be against him u hen t tw financial world is the object t which mo most of us want to reach He lie Is a IL g go jJ American and anel he hp spends his liis mone money American railways riot not on foreign race race- racehorses horses 01 old 1 editions or other b bad habits If he is not perfect prid nd d dont don't think he is he is no exception e to t th tile rule and is worthy of the tho praise of I ht hl fellow citizens for the good he lie does ai and has don done |