| Show Wt WESTERN r PACIFIC RO It t l t I I I II I II I I Line of Gould Go ld Road Never Has Been Selected West of I Great Salt Lake Lakei i TUNNEL PLANNED I LUl l II to itO II Irien In II Coda to tu Cut Don n O OTho Grad Tho Time route roule of or tho the across Nevada Nerada eda from the urt of or the tha desert dl Just JUt west of ot the Great Salt faIt lake lako Is II to be bo within a I few tel days duy lun Word come comae come today toda from San Francisco to lo tho effect ered that a long lon tunnel has haM been decided upon In eastern Nevada through the th Go huto range which will wil be he feet feel from portal lortal to port portal al at mid and w wil will cost In the neighborhood of or All 1 reports ports to tho ho contrary notwithstanding standing tho the route rOUle across tho the desert never neer was IS definitely decided upon nd huts hus not nol been bee In 1 detail to date Some six l I surveys urvey lur have hac been made across tho time but hut now nol that tho the tunnel has ha been definitely settled It I IE is ison on the cards curds that the tho route will ili to tao wi forthcoming in hi a I few tw days day Tho Thu selection baa lias hl been delayed ow owing I ing log to tho the effort on the part pat of ot tho the engineering to get the tho shortest route with lh the least gradients It is realized by b George Gould and Chief Engineer HOSlo that millions ate oro be lao being ing In pent every year Ear by b different rail railroad rl railroad road systems alte 1 In Improving their grades grade down donn dOln distances dl and generally Improving roadbed condl It 1 Ii is argued that It Is I better betterto Leter to upend additional In making the time We Irn Pacific In itt such tuch fashion that there need n tl el be bo any 11 changes In the route rute Tho new n line 11 with the big tunnel will wi be some ome 10 miles nilka mits short shorter hor er or than 1111 the next best route rout selected and In addition will wi have hate nn no nl easier oHler f grade U It I i is h s evident that George Georte Gould and anel his hla associates intend to spare iparo no n money mone to make the Western Vestern jm just as a OH to r It can possibly be beThe beThe beThe The above Is an nn explanation of what whal has puzzled many amany man this timia i aHm the ap apparent parent purposeful delay dl la In building the road at Oil this end of ot the system In the time meantime the mining mini II men mon of or Deep Creek and Illy 11 districts are ar outly awaiting an nn officIal announce ment regardIng the route rOUle which will willbe willbe 1 be ultimately selected |
