Show 1 4 i 0 i efer Pac Pacific I J 0 J r e Gould i 1 s I I 3 T I to 4 1 C Coast Yb 1 t ta I it iti a u Which the fl I 1 i v 7 rr the tIu opening ot or tHat division on of tI Western e Pa PU H ellic cIk Stilt S Sa lt elLy and Shatter Nevada Keva a an n it of lG Nov ov y 9 ol oC 0 present nt year NI the tho step was wa tak toward ho realization ji if f the be ot CC o 00 he w v 11 ll Oad for forto tOlan to v t 40 W yours that of tic the tho Storms with n U o graCo should not n exceed l 1 per ier perin d t in 11 less e c iS than lien 53 3 feet feoL rise lse In III one ono onerI mud HC rI cp cJ tho of o tho thoi i o bullets netos the thU mountains tho the lira brains its of o f the tIU promoters of the tIu lI c first transcontinental 1 lines Uis a century cei I ago W rJ railroad builders havo bc bitI for mi a a feasible route rou to bj by h t could cross th tho great grett t ain II divides O i i ilLa 0 1 U Ip r t than thans MSS s b the OJe Lh builders r 51 thc Cell ral lal road highest il j nans a aIn in Jn tho Sierra S I Is t Ret That inch Mich a U 1 ia USO B WitS known to lo toR R 1 hI ha l hut but I ut that tho ito feats In it its tt ap approach vii C as to offer what to 0 bo Iju hi Jn obstacles o to the he t construction f L a railroad tUl over its tt was wn also aitu al by b J railroad 11 m l l by hy most iii of 01 thorn th the th hi pro ito project was given g up tip as s One C Jill ii man ii hOW l held on to the tho idea that this the road could bo be built bul I t anti and the tho pass pa s surmounted sl and after years of or struggling seemingly against I fate and SIfter after meeting with pinny disappointments 1 tH what seemed se med to tolie toI lie I lii tho the solution n of lif the tha problem of con constructing the tho road through tho the moun mOlln mountains was and Uio ho faith of bf that ono man an g 1 T 1 Jeffery of New York Iho present president or of the tho roar road watt was i indicated and find the tho lino was aas as begun NO i Tho thio ho Western est rn Pacific road will wll not noti i have a U Its entire line The I elimination of bf curves Is ono one of ot the features cs Of the tho now new road road and mo which assists in making It primar lIy ly a ii n commercial proposition advantages from rom an un au operating stand i point give the tho Western Pacific a In iii I 1 iral railroad con colt coni i not hot possessed by its best 1 business rival The road rosses rossell tho tha Utah desert climbs the t of the tI e snoWbound sno bound Sierras at ata att ata a t feet dips down Into tho the valley of f California and an ter at Oakland without a u grade grudo nn exceeding feet to tho the mile tithe and without a J curvo of more than limn 10 degrees t tit t N tT I it d 1 AI C L Ii ts 1 Iz r J cs I t t s 9 ts L 7 t trONG ALONG rONG THE ESTERN W CONNECTING CO NOV NO u TO TILE THE COAST About out 10 miles of th the tho western end en enof of tho the road is itt also in operation Soy Sev Several Se eral stretches havo have been completed through the tho states of Nevada and Cal California California and Uil construction is itt proceeding upon the gaps yetto yet et to bo be o filled and It is confidently expected that the tho year ear 1000 1909 will witness tho completion of o the en entire tire the toad road giving the thie Gould COuld interests a lL Pacific coast outlet for fir their eastern east in inand and mh trUffle THROUGH rn n OUGH BECKWITH r PASS rss Tho The railroad crosses the lie backbone of oC oi tho the Sierras at what is known as liS pass At thIs point a tunnel si V j feet long is ts being built This tunnel Is one ono of the tho features which made the approach pass lass possible ros and rendered feasible the tho construction ot or the road without snow sheds ENGINEERING Ei FEAT PEAl FEATOn Ono One of the tho greatest engineering problems lems encountered l by the th builders of o othe the tho road was the crossing of tl e ex ox expanses X pauses of o space Into which the canyons an ons of or the tho Feather river in California lead loath leading leadIng ing big to Beckwith pass pasti suddenly terminated From the tho headwaters of oC the Feather river the stream has hns a 11 gradual gra ual descent for a 1 considerable distance f when hen It suddenly jumps off oil Into litto space and presents is Insurmountable engineer engineering jug ing Jn obstacles It was vas sought to ti run lull lines hues up 1111 two to canyons cnn ons of the north and middle m Jl le forks fo I and build a 11 tunnel to eon con connect the lines this was found to bo lie ono one of or tho the en on engineers i Williams 11 lIa s figured out outa a plan by hy which a U loop should be con COil constructed so that a ii proper Propel 11 I elevation rould t tilt be lie gained gal lie for connection coti with vi Ut he heI I I no along the middle he fork colic by h tunnel and the problem was solved and ant the tint approach h to th pass pas was ae UC Uon Uong tho valleys and mountains of the Feather river is said to be lx some of or the tue most majestic and scenery to be he found up iii upon on oil the continent Jt NF ViN vv After fter leaving the tunnel at Beck Beel Beckwith wIth pass a U gradual descent descant Is I found I Into the tile plains Illan of o Nevada eada along alon thc thi Long Valley crook creek running at one ono point straight north The Tho road roach reach reaches es us S the bottom of o tile thu grade lute lino near till thC southeast corner comer of Honey lake lale ir 1 crosses the thc Hue into Oregon and then it IL makes an nn al almost allIo most lIo L straight shoot to Nevada eada PI TO ro TuB THE S P 1 From I h road follows tIle tho rivet the lie Southern Pacific road ns itS Wells Veils the tho route far f l as Wells ells From lies southeastward cr s the tho th Pe Pc lIUO nOd and ranges ran c midway ml wu be tween which the tho therond rond crosses cro the tho lute line of iii tho Nevada Northern railway lIay which latter lino runs southward to Lo Ely Kly 11 Front From j rom eastward the road turns through what Is known as us the tile great grent American desert desort Tills This is s ono one Of of oh the tho most forbidding fund In ln the tho world 1 aunt and the construction eon of if tho tilt NHI hell bad over liver its undulating readIes reaches WitS was a serious problem which was Im successfully overcome The ll o road Is built hullt on OIl a solid foundation through thin tho desert and material to tomako tomal tomako mako mal o IL so tnt was hauled battled ln Iii many miloH from flout mountain country countr eliot Cl ut and amI west cst BUILT OVER OVErt SAUl SAIT BEDS Ono Otto of tho natural wonders won ers through is is h tho ti t great i t salt ic beds of f ti Utah ct r For I r miles thu tho road roach parses IIII Ses a et L si o Of If puro hUrO suit The saline sallu coVer nit ait area of over oel oelno I lid no tithed j located about I r ii r miles cast of the th Nevada Novada v da line hue and und V about ab UL HO miles S west of or Salt Lake I It City t Tho salt la itt fW n n thle and so 10 I hard that it IL was as line lIe In excavating I for telegraph poles s to blast tast tho Ito salt Fall out with of f dynamite it Jt wa Wt i found that in Ill somo places tho titO II deposit 1 po lt goes down lown il wn to a U 1 depth ot soven feet reet of puro tiute Salt tilt all Under tho tile i 2 recent decision et of the tho court thc ast 1st salino deposits ih d belong to ll tho the state schools oCr or tC Utah h c EX PEN CONSTRUCTION Tho Thu J of oh such StIch su h locations as WI would Kio to tho tutu a ono 1110 per vent ent grade mado has naturally bj hi brought ought III up tho the cost of construct on Oil of the Western Pacific to a high T 1 t o Mi et ethia It t thas has lIa hia averaged nv to tile the mile nilie al although 1 I though on COnIC Borne stretches tOo t cost costI has hiatt run up tip to per mile Tho The ThoI I work VOl however Is all nil according to the I latest modern practice and excels the best hest rebuilt transcontinental lines 1 hhie policy of the tue men bit bul I the i iline line lino has Ims been to build hun it but once and to build it IL to last lOst IN IX 1 Pita Tho engineering department of the c road which has supervised ed tho the con construction CO of what Is already built and ami under who le direction lIon tho ot or orthe OI OIlie the lie construction will thih bo b completed consist of tho tile fallowing officers Virgil G ci Bo ue conceded fo bo ho one of or tile the ablest engineers in the tho country countr Is chIef engineer and und vice vi co president I of or the road V 22 McCartney Is iii his hits principal assistant as engineer and tho the work on tho Hive JWo hlo engineering divi divisions of or the tilt rond fire are In lit charge ICS res respectively of T l Williams 11 B whose hOle jurisdiction from Oakland l to Emery EmolT Oliver from front r M to h J Q Qan 1 an front from rom creek cmel to Deep i Charles flom Deep p Hole Bolt to Nevada antl auth T T from front Wells to Salt Lake City tJ I y V Denah of or Salt Lake City lien has boon been pinched in Ill charge chorge of or the east eastern t era ern division dilI lolI of the lie road and tho the of of the KIo Hlo Grande Gran ll road general ell ral supervision of the depart dopart departments ments monts of tho road at Oakland Considerable business has bus bean do i already the tho opening of i I tho the two divisions lons or of the road but th the truffle handled Is necessarily ar Ily largely larg ly lyof of til a It local nature Improved service i and Increased business will follow the th 1 inauguration of or the tho entire line hue wItch when Its hUt miles of o construction work i havo been concluded cJ and the Iho joints joint t 4 pieced up tip completing tile tho connection j between Salt Sait Lake Ialo on tile the cast east and the tho Pacific coast coa t on tile tho west Tile The road has hu been completed on J tho ho eastern end as ns far as us Deeth Nevada and anti work 1011 Is being crowded cf on tho tite Inti 32 miles be beyond I yond rond and rind It Is confidently expected that lie Hie Western P I will bo be In 1 operation between Salt gull TJ U ho ke and Elko a distance of o ml mi es by hy the tho 1 beginning of or the tho now nov year icar car i |