Show TILO mito mile tunnel a 8 11 J 1 ho he final tie fails ails of the plains and of ha ll llena north te stein su pacific raili railroad oad tunnel through t hi ou gh jarrea james peak tire now being drawn up und and I 1 ids ida on oil tile ho construe tion of nf tile the tunnel will nili bo be called for III A 1 few das all 8 the iho tunnel will bo be tho lengl t in the ho by several I 1 lion sand aca arld in rijan respect respects ts will tic bo ono of the lie most railroad rail rond engineering ft arta oyer attempted empt iod in the west 11 II A baumner chief engineer of tho the road and t the 0 under linn him hao succeeded lit in irig up plans which will overcome almost allt eve pr problem encountered lit insuik such work a rid i when lien completed it 1111 ill tuko its place among union 11 tho niest niost important tunnels in the country the rho tunnel will outer tho the side sida of james penk peak at un all ele elevation at ion of feet abono set sen loel nil peno penetrate the io mountain for it a distance of I 1 apul vel or two rind ono third milos miles vom coin ing out on oil tho the western elope of tile the range it will N ill bo be sixteen feet wide ido antho in tho cleir and twenty four feet highl high or twenty two fiot ctet above tile the top of the rails A light of about fifteen feet to the mile nill mill bo be tile the highest point being in tho centor of tho the peak front from h point it t N will gradually amend in inch direction it will who two scars eara to construct the tunnel arid and open it ri rp idy for tho the operation of trains ris rio hundred tuen ruen will nill bo be employed for that length of time in ill doing tile tho bork anti anil tile cost will i ill bo be ON oer er 1000 though tho lie exact amount cannot be ba until the contracts ure tire lyl let tho the tunnel will bo be 2200 fot fet below the iho ret cret cre t of tho t be range it vill N ill aano the railroad rail roid about fe seventy enty dmn inels in dist beside ads mitar oa 09 gamad in other seals A temporary track will be laid over like mountain for the iho use of the road pending the of tho the tunnel I 1 one of tile the pro enton in ill such a mammoth el is chii h necessity for ventilating ting and provi providing dingan in fur for r binole iho be bilmes ILA tunnel N ill not hot encounter this trouble lio tio uble its as tile the grade has been made light for the lie burrow ciarro e of g tho the amount of etc kin and ami consequent n aps cps cesary mry to c irry train 3 through being in ft a bagh attitio to I 1 n a good cur rout of mr which vill ill heep the lilt tun till 1 clear and it in n to natural es a plin plan of tin till r by ir anino 1 I fins fans or cr tacks adach at end nd will I 1 e R 1 atod 0 o the t tunnel w will ill be it ar of at nil all tinie times and fron free anin all di dai agreeable features so no ritti ri nio has yet et been for fir tile tunnel though FiL loral havo sug r bosted to chief cleef engmeier Ingi sumner and general rid U 13 i S 11 ch tunnels generally title tale their antrin doin tho mountain through which they hey lne t the he tons on either side or the he I 1 as that 1 beadi L ad to its bouth abe basli ivan hoo hao takei in narno front from the to two t tonson 0 1113 0 n each eab side of it tile the hoopai tunnel from the it penetrate and so on oil A aliamo will likely bo be adopted for it by tho the time t line tho the lon con i ork is under wa aa cariti ac ts A will ill be lot let also for grading ten miles of the i ici oldred abed on aith side do of the mountain tit at tho same time the contrat contract for the tunnel is ia undo I 1 chis his is id done in that the ditt and rock taken from tho the tunnel can bo be ti nod od in grading the approach es III hile bile the general plaus plans for tile tunnel tire prepared lit in adi inco allow dinces will JI bo for chanes chan es hith felem st em iddis aan Is able litak r the work is in progress pro rosi contingencies in a 41 work of this kind frequently ariso ario wh which ich cannot be ba pi ON bously inured figured on oil urd ard of which no knowledge can lo 10 had until tile the emergence ari is s balge baerns may la be ell count ered bi big do I 1 oi ilg of haid granite and other un tin ni ill al formations formation N winch may lay make changes adm ablo mialo tho the work will 1 lt dune done b bv contrat con trait these it at told tein will n under tile tho orNis ion of chief engineer en ia ineer stunner prohibit the lamek tunnel in the country vi is that of tile the hooko afoo ac annel tie ir Fitch fitchburg bur musi mag NN which hibb is feet long or twice tile the ds tance tanco of the lanies lames peak tunnel I 1 ho he largest in colorado is the busk tunnel on tho the CI ci lorado orado railroad rail roid between leadville adville Lp and aspen winch is 13 9 fet fait t long or feet bporter than tile the til gunnil tillI through james peik will nill lie he ube work ork on this cut to penetrate pene the hoart heart of the rocc mounta it range will begin fis as soon boon taftt altti I 1 the letting of lie he contracts conti acts as rind will bo be bushed as fast as condition nill per anit anin orting hotbo to the limited number of men inen who can work aorl tit at tile the leads of the tunnel at a time finie tho the moth must necessarily be slow alow |