| Show RAILROADS WILL EXPEND exand 25 IN THE WEST SHORT LINE LOS ANGELES EXTENSION TO BE COMPLETED IN 1902 IF POSSIBLE alit in I 1 amp titi st with MH lister inter full all 1 be d und and improved I 1 tile nt mt of alen 1119 on to be 1 nt art rt tite in order to 0 lostal I 1 rode I 1 hie lie plan of railroad campaigning to be carried out by the roads during 1003 1000 us given out at anti and will wil insult in the eapen d I 1 tu I 1 e of from 3 15 to 30 in improvements and exten alotis it la Is a i continuance of the gen bial plan of putting pulling the road in the biot dosall to ie physical condition between omaha and yan san I 1 tico but efforts wl 1 almost w wholly holly to that the fond west of salt like unil und ogden oden and the biegon short line leuty millions alone will be ba used to la of telese lines and the in pushing pus bluff the ilie of abo halt lake los loa angeles bianch of tile the oregon oreg on short line which be nearly mearly or quite 4 completed before jan january nary next particular attention however will bo be given to the extensions exten siona and improvements prove meo ments ta on tho the pit put t of the short allue which competes con ix lea with tile eystein ilio ilia prime object it Is in said is to put the a xiu ou I 1 ina in a position to control the immense trade with the orient that la Is elpe ted to bo be opened by tile the new conditions in ili tile in ili hawaii this trade Is 1 already beginning to reach formidable proportions and the union pacific it to la stated Is ia preparing to meet the competition ot of the not thern I 1 lints ines I 1 all t part of ofie 4 he roadway between omaha anti and ogden has been put in prime condition by tilt the expenditure x pend pen dituro iture of in improvements io ili the past pant ova fiva years tile the greater Treat pr part of this mossey money has han been used in straightening cut we rea sod and cutting immense WIN hilli and tunnels thus reducing grades to a that can be overcome by the w without ith the union pacific liaa bas lony long since decided that it tusi inuss have a fast fahl line to the coast gateway to in cordei to retain its hold on the oriental trade said tile the official alio explained tile the proposed plan I 1 ahat til tille Is ia greater every pear and it was some years yeara ago that this scheme for a complete overhauling of the system was aas adopted ado the plan has been steadfastly adhered to so that now there is tile the finest kind of railroad froni from council bluffs bluff to ogden for that much of the way we vve now cow make fast fasl time but as soon eoon as we get past ogdon ogden we are compelled to slow up and the reduced speed all the rest of the journey improvements on this line will be in ia the nature of reducing glades geades taking gout out certain curves and lessening others and re ballasting the entire line these improvements will fix us ua for tile oriental trade which Is something toot especially to and from the philippines and japan they will also cover coner central california satisfactorily the other arm of the work meanwhile will be looking toward the improvement of facilities of getting j into the southern business iho 1110 southern pacific impi elements are fat fai th alie most important since they have a a bearing on oil tho the gateway busi bus ile ness but this ext extension ellsion of th hit 6 oregon line to los angeki lit i also a big proposition it will require between and miles more to reach los loa angeles and j it is ia hardly probable that this can be completed in 1002 a the effort will be maile made |
