Deseret Evening News | 1908-12-05 | Page 7 | Big Western Pacific Tunnel Completed

rG OM D J t J n E t tt t tI lc Sol li oll n of I l Tho the tho Spring Garden tunnel aCt ih pass n LIfo West Wesl Western ern orn railroad Il ud on Friday Iida solved I tho greatest e engineering 6 ll g problem p tho hO t lo face f e When W I Hw lf 1 Of It earth WI re removed 1 moved boring tho grade from tho fork II o river lo 10 lothe the tl e I 11 f lk f tl u 1 hall hul been b n Connected d by liy an opening op through mountain I talt feet f long li lg or 01 U n ld d h il i rth j Nearly 7 iJ persistent Work ork aH i ab t blast hJ lt the th tunnel iJ ti ugh andi tJ ell was Ing 0 d and li 1111 so SO h lg engaged eli in eating Ill a Ii passageway p ls g lo h i Work wis hegt 1 on Oil t th el elot ot t df l n th t th could thi on as III th ill Insul nol 1 For Instance nce the rainy lI th region il anil an J a l stratum of d saJI rot boring All 1 difficulties however by h hJ J work until until nn 1 su success cess cr 11 the efforts of oC the tI 1 I s il I tl completed tunnel was tip UI on l The the the belongs to Engineer W H Kennedy of Pacific the credit for the loop approaches to the tunnel side bo longs to John T Williams The completion of tho tunnel makes possible of crossing qt Sierras by the Western Pacific at a height of feet and the com completion of road a grade than 1 per cent