Show OFFICIAL L ROUTE ROUTt Or OF MOFFAT T J Sumner Authority Aut for fOI Statement Line lne Will Wil VI II Rim UI Via VIi Provo Cily BEGINNING OF A NEW HEW EW EPOCH Looks as I a Though Thou h Silt Salt Sal lalie Will J hIl be Li c r or of Activity B us Vest Next Spring Tho The filIng 1111 of ot the trl first accepted maps of Ito thu Denver Northwestern Paclo us ns net cot forth In 11 tho the News Newa Newl last MUM iaM tin ll thi principal topIc tUllo of conversation In local and circles 1 to today todAY today day Thu verdict Is In that ut nt last I It looks look Ilka 1110 toad and In l that no nc live tu work will wil commence on railroad construction not only east est of Salt Bait falt Lake Laka but south west vest The Tho general moat scoots to be that Salt Halt Lake Ika will vill wil participate In iii 11 the good things to bo be nt itt once unco and a 11 that dirt will willbe wi be lie nut next spring on the rond I Ithe the tho Western Weter and jha I touches on the Salt Sni Lake Inko Route loule Tho The ThoO O P p n NEW HEAD OF NAVY DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTs s 4 dD a ar r 1 b bI bL bt I L i t t V k kU U Mr ME Paul Morton nn as ni spoon vice Ice president nf or the tho thC Santa Fe F railroad to become of ot the til nary lr In 11 cabinet o y y y U Is that hint Halt Aall T Lake TAko la Is on tho the verge cIO of n a 1 woo wave and that are 11 good 11 In Itt II store Iha the tl the Iho fuU tol loing from rout the tha report t Issued ISIc Home months ago li by ii r Sumner of at the tha Ito Northwestern ft us oa to the route rout to be taken In Interesting reading The general features of tho tha route roulo adopted can 01 be summarised l Into mountain mileage miles mie and valley y mileage sauce miles making a I total of cO oo miles mlle There Is II no 10 dreary desert dellert to 10 cross The Th mountain mileage embraces the tho ascent front from the plains near Den Denver Dener ver er cr through the tha fi front nt range of ot the tho mountains to tu Continental divide about CO Cs G mIles 1101 veat ot of Denver Velver elevation fret feet above the Iho sea sou level and the descent decent to the tho o the Iho the as us ascent IS cent from the tho th valley y of tha thu Grand irand rives rive I up UI tho the Muddy creek valley to thou tho sum aura summit cult mit of the Gore GOl range elevatIon OOM O O Olt tot foot lt and the tho th descent to 10 the valley y of the river near Steamboat Springs the ascent In the tho upper valley vule of ot Strawberry creek to the summit of at atthe the lie range in ill 11 Utah with wih an ele of ot 7 OO feet reel und runt the descent to toIto tho Ito Great Halt Luke Lake Like valley Tho The grades of ot these thela will not exceed 1102 1162 f toot feet et por per mile mie properly equated for or curvature and this maxi maximum maximum mum wi bo loo 0 required only on certain limited portions of ctt the tho ho road The cur on Ott tho the mountain sections will willbo wll 01 bo ho limited to a maximum of 12 IS degrees 10 Prom Front a n point near Steamboat Springs the tho valley mileage passes through the tho lloy or oi hour Hear river down that valley to the mouth of at tho tIle Snake river CrOSS vil B the lie plateau between bel the tue Tampa and nn White riverS to If n a of at tho the Green Oreen river near noar tho the mouth of at the th Du Do DI up UI that valley alley ley unit tho the lower portion lit of the Strawberry creek valley aIlcy and from Crom rota the vicinity of ot Provo down City the thi th valley valey of or the Iho Jordan to Salt Halt Lake Laka Light prevail prall In the valley portion n through thorough tho the route loute Just pOl lon described Curves Cur not nt to tl exceed six nix degrees en will wi bo be located In the tho portion The grading In the mountain sections will require excavations of ot wil large larse quantities of or solid rock and amI the driving of ot short tunnels tunnell to preserve the tho proper and eliminate high lilan trestles where the grading will wi cost coat In Inthe Inthe inthe the neighborhood of at per Pr tulle fr butt but the heavy expenditure wilt will wil be lie 10 off cIT of I set net tet by b the small ural cost col on many miles mie mieor of or ailey sections of ot this the t line to bring mote the Ile cost within the eitl estI In locating the line lille wets was wa given to the matter mAter of ot elImInating bridges bridged hr Ien and viaducts which will wi ill also Increase the cost oost In the mountain moun lain Motions The tunnel to bo be bl constructed through brought the lie Continental divide Is la the most Important Ind and nd ex expensive expensive expensIve pensive single undertaking on the line Ile The Tue east cast M t Is ii d near the lie been of ot South Boulder creek reck antI and the went petal at James Janiec creek about two until untila mil milI a I half helf mIles north of ot Statues James Jamel peak Its le length Is la 10 feet teft and Its Is elevation 1010 feet fet hov the sea seR level 1011 It I pierces the mountain more or than 2000 0 feet toot below blo the crest creat The tion ton Is I solid 11 granite and no timbering tm or masonry will wi bo be necessary TIP 11 will vIli wi be bl l t feet tet whip wil 21 fool fee high cliff sliding al rock rick ad and snow now no slides chido aldes are 41 avoIded riH as n a 1 result ot of tho the elevation which Is i 1000 1010 cot bolow timber line There Thore are arc Iro areno no obstacles oh to III t lie 11 othor oilier tItan than those IhoR usually In lit mountain |