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Show R. G. W. IMPROVEMENTS. Work Postponed nt Mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. Work on the cut at tho mouth of Sp'tnlsh Fork canyon on tho main line of the Rio Grande Western, ceased today to-day for about bIx weeks. Thu steam shovel employed there will be sent to .Ionian Narrows tomurrow to work thero In tho Interval, after which It will return hero to finish tho cut, The cut made on thn Mupletou bench ts 4300 feet long, 24 feet deep and 60 feet wide. On an average 125 cars of dirt par day havo been taken out, a total of 0310 ears for the seventy-four working days since April 20. It Is a great Improvement to the lino as tho curve there Is reduced from 12 to 6 per cont. and the grade from Maplelon to Thistio from H to i pur cent. The debris from tho cut has been used along Iho lino from Mapletou lo S ilt Luke for the Improvement of tho roadbed. It Was u very heavy piece of work. Sprlnitvllto Coirespoudonce, Salt Lake Herald, July 10. |