Show m fOR Wf WESTERN PACIFIC Contract to be Let Next Month On Construction of 12 Bore Borez z WILL COST ABOUT i i It Is I to tu the tulo At tt 1 J I I IHS 1 I t tern cra ern N The Tile engineering department of or the tho Is l now lOW getting ready renI let contracts for construction to a through the thC of ot Nevada Km Jm contracts contract Is a n braced br brace In thc e tunnel which when completed Will ha the second ecord longest Ion railroad boro horo In thu th wt This will be e 1205 feet tet if In tn length und will penetrate II tho the Gos Oos Iut tute range rune nt lit Flower r Lake Lalle pa Ila s lo 10 O Oad toted caUd some distance over the th eastern boundary ot oC the Sane Brush state Tho The only uli other tunnel in tiie U west st today toda that hit exceeds this length Is ts I ot of tho through the range rang In i the of ot o Washington Thin Tt tunnel Is I approximately feet et in III lenth The contract for the Western Paci Pacific tic fic tunnel la It II to bu Iu let ot next ned month 11 number of at firms are arc getting Betting busy co coIng u o Ing Into details with the tha object In les lesof of ot putting In Iii JIll Idt It Is hi stated that whoever gets et thu tho contract will be re required to bore through tho thu mountain In li 18 months Originally the surveys showed shoel that the he range could be bu negotiate on a n one per her cent grade without th tin tunnel The expenditure of or 00 however wilt will shorten thu tho line Itne six alx and miles will reduce the sum hilt nt feet teet and reduce the maximum grade grado through the mountains from 1 per ter er cent to 1 of ot 1 per xer cent In Iii order to complete this Ibis tunnel In tune time work will be commenced from Crom from each sidle aide orni In addition two big biff shafts will bo be sunk and tangs gangs 1 01 s will tIt uto from toni each eachIn In lo two direction al In Ir all nil with 18 IS big bis bt gangs g working every eVer 21 24 hour Work ork will be pushed pitched lay day and and night and the contractor who ho gets Bets the job will be required to furnish electrIc light tIght plant aIr the very ery latest In the tho form of ot drills time tinie and ond laborsaving devices Chief who was In charge of ot the tho Northern Pacific tunnel when h n It rus constructed has passed upon tho the scheme echeme and It han haM been 11 ap OP approved proved by President Jeffery and the theu executive u cu tI vo board boord boa rd In the meantime before work ork li h I commenced In III Nevada It will ho ha necessary to 10 get et the grade covered with vIl nt steel teel el from Salt Snit I Lake ake the desert to the Nevada state line Tho The biggest part art of ut the mule grade linn been bren completed er j 7 5 miles out on the desert do ert und and a UH aa IY outlined work vork starts Mon lon Ion diy day on tearing down houseH on nn tho th Mt ut est t Idt Halt falt Lake for the tho track which Mch will leave the tho Hid Ulo Orande Grando West Vest Western Vestera ern era yards Iuds nI head hearl towards hera iere h re It will connect with the tho grado already built hUllt |