Show George s Projects Are N Nearing IN ear in C rn tr I i f II M 1 y A AL ry J r L i M a y y vt I Y C I I Ild ld lea lear it itI t 2 j oJ I tt t f t t tk r 0 r rI r r 9 k l tl I s t 11 t t R t c w r r w f d M r M t I TI 1 I t J I N F a t t ty p t f fA fJ fu A y u Yv 7 No W Pacific in iii a 11 ll I lent ang I k laid w lil wh M M Nevada Iff Ml ill ra rain a n 11 Cl tonda fetal tal miles l in Prom From 12 W to W 15 month may b be b consumed d In tn th the ales The TIle distance M Ill mites mU s I i from the UM R a O G W depot wt la In Salt Wt Lak J t to tolke the Ferry building bull bedding nl In an n Francisco O Oz lope pt 12 z saw AW the Nevada Utah line crossed by bl track There bete has II been NG yards yard of material moved move each month toes see seemore tare more work done Gone on the Western We Pacific than tiers there la k on os the h Panama esmal nal for tor fo tie tb same me month There Th re an are men m n and 1000 tOM horses hOrN at work along the lies Una There are 41 tunnels tunnel on the tile road aggregating 6 G tat feet filial t to hair balf miter mile l Sight and lul a There are steel stee bridges bridge aggregating a q 1 linear tat feet Pour Four ur will b be by b the first Ant t of January wes Western Vestern eri Last IM lid U in Ids Chain c if a year aro tile tk New 10 In IU its I Christmas Christina edition announced d the J I commencement of work on the aa J Western We sera t Pacific elite It U said aid d At thin time Ilse the tile road ha hal barely started to toNII arose oros the treat groat American desert War Wertz during UM 1101 wee was 11 rather tu to uses tHose tto who anticipated see seek k thousand of men n tearing a grade gradei h i mountains MOun and building flits fills II U Owing to extreme la lai 1 i work could be carried on enU only This Thu year yar r has h ha hasS a S change lIance for tor the NIter better thousand thousands K men 5 hav luv been working steadily sod 4 a M Un Urn ct from flora this oily city olt to Nv NW a distance durance of mile mUe u I were It desirable or feasible trains trues e be running over this long Ion stretch hire the new 11 year ear come some In I All the line II have bave big construction been stationed Ita working winking In both and as a a result of ot the u pro pre Flo made mad during durl th the year just jet com eom coman kg sT Is to an end ead the completion of ot the tb line fine by April or daring that month I e a eer certainty Never was to the building of ot road roada M a fraught with significance l never was wasa wa wasA a f city so eager er to have bave a with distant ports port con M w Salt kit Lake has hat been be n to toas tow w as a latest achievement finished Before offering a con concise con cue cise resume rume of the tb Interesting In Interesting Wha t history of ofHa rg Hal Ha arit this Uti project pro ct from origin oran to present eta sta status ta taD D ISM till tue It I Ise III probably best belt besto to o show abow just what work has hu ha been aen accomplish during durl th tM the year yar 1 INT III Transcontinental a everyone D know IE mane man aero a continent Be Ito when gorge J i Gould decided to put t tat him sail at th the head had of a u gal Un line b be had In st nand mind a i would connect both boUt onset CI of 0 tn the ital ted State lea tota t It took teak NII year vrn to railroad rail and that t but It a few fe felie years aga sA h lie be had acquired ac fines Unas which start 4 westward tAr from Baltimore and anda andr r ehr d as a far w wait t u a silt Salt Lake Tho Tbt Thoa win wv a of ot the RIo Grande Orande made n upon Up th lec of at Virgil aB cu u uW W right hand man mall and on one of the thet thenet Mt net t famous engineer In the world or III w alai latest late strategic prove move to tows ws rd 4 making makin hi bl his lifes m dream dr lm a real reality ity ky before ra the Western win was UI UIn horn n When n the country of ot Gould of ot the lh Ih HI Ili Grande Orande Gran do doIt k It was uk What nail wn was all nfl ready randy NOd to answer but lulling I Mr ue Ute the great builder a IH II i vogue Rogue can cnn you OU build mo mt a 1 line from frum Nt tL LR ake to lh Ih the Pacific west III Mr Jot 1 no d 4 1 hi it heul h ud that thaI he h un r loo J that the Ih Thus Tit VI e J r she thi Western WI W Pauldo horn born barnA bornI hornA A I 1 the vow tin with any an line Ilse II cc C rU rat 11 survey Purveys were 1 run and U It t was CM Ot O t rO 0 UN when W n actual begs bei i Prior to this t however tho the was WU To Tu Incurs U Is aster er th Ib the cost coat of 0 building the iho b bUne line Une K v T I say Y that s ry oMit It was eau raised tS and 4 ld to tofile 0 Ui ua file in before a hav bove bovent l nf rat dirt HII Mac thu thrown II April H n IM IN B BT BT T 1 uv irn Ih I i l have closed I with three h flan fur for I Ih V alit I I tb lb fur tor this tM 11 It 1 rovers tl II nr ri U tJ lb Ina Q of if r 0 I a r h 4 I 4 J IH U U I of nf f th Ih the tad i ad as rapidly as a asu au u u 11 Jeffery was w we l id u a ai I I 1 i l i 1 n 11 t hw w nY twin the Ib thet 1 t e und i of 1 i t rial 11 began Him Inca u Octo 1 r scar hundred of r f workmen n and powerful team steam equipment nt have been tearing through t mountain and filling gullies With a few minor mtnor p changes ch tide remains ew as n a described at fre tre quint juncture In the tile theDO DO nasal Th The Western Pacific tracks track connect with the th those of the Rio JUo Grande Orande In III this city elty on Sixth west street and running west It across ero th lb I be Jordan near neU tho those of the Salt Lake Route Rout Tor Vor seven v en mile miles the tile lien runs nan almost almont du due west and nd then than skirts the tb southern shore of the tb lake laM passing pia ing the point of ot the mountain The n Great Salt kit Lakes Lak dew desert rt I crossed cro westerly at a tangent and nd from then ther th on Oft the th line Ilse run non wet west to Wells In Echo county count N ere work wont at t tilt this end I Ie H now no centered It follow the tb Central Contral Pacific to W where the two line 11 cross and a winding t riy crosses th till northern edit eds ct et the Pyramid Lake JAke tea te thence to Heck with pass across e th the Sierra valley vaU tn In Plums Plum county California l along alo the tbs a middle fork of th the Feather river 1 across ero th lb the divide dl vide by tunnel to the headquarters of Spring Garden creek ek down this stream to American valley all down clown Spanish creek creak to it Its Ita junction with the tb east cast branch of et t Feather river down the suet east at branch bra to the north of Feather river is and aad down the Feather river to the ilia Ps to valley at thence that th UM the lIft great rat valley vaU of 01 la touching M le Stockton and ad Sacramento to Oakland and Del Sally anally to Van tan Francisco The MIe engineering organisation erwan of or th tb the Western Pacific le I Ique and shows the acumen of ot It lie via ree president and chief engineer V O G Bogus To expo Up expedite dite construction work the tile line Ine has ha been divided into six alx sections Ion and each put In to charge of ot an engineer with year van of experience with teeth the th Urge large Jar I cut esl systems 11 tn to the west weal The Th Jh engineers engineer In chars charge and nn tl tt Ir II h b head aJ quart ar are as u follow Fl Fh 1 J San Ban 13 3 j Jhn hn T II II It I Oakland Oal lit e I t Stork Ill tU mil u I I 4 d Into lutu two I th the e firer of r nil lea l boo be between tween Nto nod find lid the th Ih Praha river under un Mr un I tin It ti nd md of oft offa f t fa mire bt II i en on the Ih Yuhi Y uha meat arid and Or in ur I miry Oliver Olho third reek reck rr r I la Til id j mile mil Ian I m r Oliver Or II fourth i t k It enu Up t 1 Hole Ii HoleN Nv N v tai I lull a II 1 J i Q flu I 1 u uI ip rp p lk I SY mist t II vv sa W III urr U rii 11 sixth FIk Ik II I kc ke k rit 1 Ply 22 Mlle milt i T r 1 J JW W H it lAke lall ity It lons In bl the Ih order dr given ore known knI as astin I tin tau II 8 n Frd a nto Hor h I Frk Lirk Humboldt am and Salt Halt t hake divisions lom tl ely elyTh The Th Itah construe LaBb tW lion company case sty has Me bit I J contracts contract la Is all of oC the U th fit Ibe tat tale lines lino of Utah Paid and Nevada Nevadas As u is I shown 11 the Hie year tt 1 ha has earn n 11 14 mad tn r spite lt of f t nary ivany 1 grave Th The only I Mature t wirer 1 than the It of U lit I Ii i lir br un wu the th utter unreliability of the Lb kG lioi OI K to th the It II In III in Jut Ins mineral held field along both i th Ih hl 14 t th ih h trash u men could n nut i 1 b t thum hum held uny length at of Urn Hundreds Hundred of fit amts i Ibe laborers bir r war wre w t out 1 tI the use al t the Ibe a at t regular 1 lilii of oC fj i ii f 1 nine tenths t nt of the tho m min never stay may HI 1 t i ith th the trains train to destination They mv sal i Lined In all aU directions l hin I l Iroll roll relic of ef blankets which they tile ha I dL 11 played to th the labor agents enta In at cast castera lit MB era ayes a an expression of good go d faith The Th blanket represent a total expenditure of a II few tew dollars dollar the Indi Individual vidual transportation NO or 40 SO 0 surely A ft fa I J procedure and BAil an 11 Injustice to the till rAilroad mil road companies com l When the Southern Pacific wa was built the tb aim wa wu was to gt get t a ODe line through from Ogden n to SlUt San by bT the easiest I t route rout While the tile Western W Pacific vir virtually parallels I the line fins there Is U I a marked ked distinction between a the two wads toads The builders or ot the Western West Western ern Pacific paid regard to operation rather ra than tit construction Difficult en ell engineering features ture were w disregarded Im to t the determination to secure operative operated efficiency The TIM grade eIe being hewed he through tIaro the Merra Nevada mountains Is Isa isa a pl pines l o of work wo second to sees aone n In the world worM While the tile Western Wm Pacific Is I 11 Itt IA miles longer loncer than Its IU neighboring com comp p the Central Pacific has baa a grade of 2 21 11 and many man gre curves curve ou while willi the maximum grade on the Gould line Ito 11 1 will be 1 per cent as explained and nd maximum curvature I 1 degrees 4 The Th Harriman Hamman line I crosses the Stern Stem N Ne I dUat an attitude altitude alUta of TOn feet t while the tb Western W Pact le pierces PI them 1000 feet lower 10 IH lit doing 91 this thin tb it eliminates 1 the necessity n ot of maintaining snow mow sheds shed hed of ot which tile the lb Central Pacific has feu b 40 0 miles TIM The pleas pica pI of line fin U between Spring Garden tunnel tunas and Del could have Dve bees been W M miles n shorter had not the Gould persisted In keeping a low grads grad The Tb Middle Pork fork of the tb Feather river 11 was WU selected I t Instead of ot the North NorthFork Pork Fork the tatter latter row muse ro would have In Involved Involved a drop from an aa altitude of ot feet fat which would have raised the tile grad gradient tent lerat to IH iii per cent ant After leaving laving the Ut Spring Garden tunnel the tile tracks track make Ill Illa a complete loop known as the tile Williams William loop There TIle 1 i a difference In la altitude of n U feet fat where the tracks trac cross cro and In an making mak the loop trains travel In a circle did didago some ago MM I feet This explains espial bow how no ao expense espenas ean or labor Ibor have been ban spared to tomake tomake tomake make the Western Pacific an Ideal one ens on from an a operative viewpoint When completed trains trai can call maintain excellent time over the tI entire distance between Salt Lake lAb and Oakland while climbing over oer mountain ranges r the train will be beable beable able abl to speed peed as a easily ally as If It traveling through meadowland I Invasion of 01 The Great Am Ant American Desert by Army of 0 Engineers En Construction lion tion Gangs Gau s and Track Layers Th The absolute unreliability of ot river canyon In the Sierra Nevada Nv wee was w brought to th the notice nodes of Gould Goulds watch watchful watchful ful tuI engineers n while the country to be b traversed was waa still under UDder investigation The TIM high water mark Is le I unaccountably high bleb and th the action of ot th tb the riven sad cad caddan sadden 4 dan den and violent Spring floods males mak DI I th lb the canyon coa veritable river riven of ot ns d depth and force of or th the iI of ot th ilia the rivers led the engineers to Include tn in I their plan plans work which would insure lull perfect safe safety safety t ty from good floods eta A As Ae a result nothing wooden woodeD I Is being bel built bunt along alon the Un fins U I Trestle Treaties were n abandoned l In favor t vor of earth mi fill concrete masonry and steel meal White expensive this work rk has baa already stood tOOd evral tests teat and de des despite spite bad b weather ha hue stood firm Irm and Del unshaken Culvert placed wherever water tr meet mats the th line tin have more mora than Ulan bandied handled the stream streams they till were we found round to b be too sari large Ir rather than too small email 1 No matt matter It how bow arid a stretch of ft coun country country country try appeared during bring 1 warm arm wither weather u it U ita was a not let slighted alighted During heavy storms torm the engineers In to charge west want over th tIM the Un fine and by b personal Inspection learned their country like lib books Ample sur surfaced surfaced faced ditches were nUt built to curry carry th lb water ter either way or to th the culvert culverts The ThIel shows o the tb extreme trem precautions taken to make maJr every foot toot of or th tile lie line lane lanet aft af t and solid a as human ingenuity nult can eUl make mak a road Th The Western Pacific Is I a monument to th the ability of V O G Hogue and hi hl corps of capable assistants tante tunnels are to be bored along alone the Una 11 Un to maintain the 1 per cent ant grade 14 The total tunnel mile mileage Mil age will aggregate a feet tet or ar eight and anda a half bait miles mile of ot underground The longest longed In la I the Spring pring Garden tunnel tun tunnel nel n which will be 1100 feet teet or over 01 a amIl amit mIl mit long Tho The Beckwourth or Beckwith Beck with PUSH laze bore Lor will ill come next with a length or rat JO feet Other OUel long Ion one once on will 1111 be the Flower Luke Lake tunnel 6 and Nile canyon 1000 feet fet Work at several eral points Is I well II under way wy but It Is u not expected eap these the tunnel tunnels will be ready when hen the rest ret of the line Itne will be temporary loops loop will be used UM until the heavier ht work ork can be put Into permanent commission It Is la t sold said 14 the estimated cot cost of building the tunnel tun MI alone aIon Is u airy P and as this dal la is probably a conservative estimate some idea Ida Id of the money meet beast spent pent by Gould for a Ball Bait It line may ma be 1 Utah received a tremendous Impetus In la every way w when Its It first coa connect on OIt with the total cot was established to The state tate simply leaped loped ahead ahad when the Harriman Pacifies Southern u as It Is ts t most mat my known and aDel Union 11 put this state Nate te on a line tin De running from the Ithe tar gar get t to the extreme When Senator Clark completed hl his hili line between emit alt Lake and San Pen en Pedro an another anoter other oter sudden growth began an Now Gould Gonad Is I a third tine linne ane ens which win will not only I put Salt Halt Lab Ink Into direct con oon connection with San Baa Francisco that bat queen port of the coast but which hleb will effect act e a t taI lUte line lie with at the eastern tern end San on the western ern end nd and 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