| Show WHAT IS DOING ON SAN PEDRO I r I t x Los Lo Angeles Convinced Con That Road Rand Has Como Come to Stay MO BIG GANGS GANUS Off OF Ob MEN llEN AT NI WORK I 11 Clark Chul It h t N J l To MaUo lh lie JI it licit I II la In II llio l Under lie tho heading henlin Looks IMon Like It was Along iong Iho ho Construction C Lino of t t Ihl th Malt Hull Sll Luke Railroad tho thU Los I Ango Allo les Ie Times of ot Sunday ling n tL number of ot halftones at ot equipment LUh men at It work vork on the Han lal letho lotIO The rue tho Isa Illus Illustrations If u hi J 11 a follows i Whether llio thu Oregon Short Lino from t Halt Sni Inko CRy City Cly to Io N Ne v Imp In been absorbed ul by thu tiu Hail all ni Pedio lOm LOs LOI LOl Angelas and Lake 1111 or n not nOI It t I 1 tIn lain that nt at lt least one ono lino Ino of CI shining rails will wl stretch from Crom thu City of Lo 0 oi i lo In II tho Iho future I hen lien Is Il still tl ui 01 o Iho thu thulAy lay Iny und not hOt doing ns lB much cackling Perhaps as its lS tho bird bIrtt she Is l 1 accumulating it i 1 bin big Il neat neI fill tul oe o l lud they tIie iru Iro being hatched out with grent gren reM rapidity Jo Ut to Junction you will wi Heo tho thu biff 11 tjI Incubator at nt work A Times ln s photographer took rook tooka rooka a u ruh rutt rul town down that way Wit yesterday ye und ond un caught a 1 t few Cew with his camera Which may IMY n It fAint Idea of ot thu Ihu Io number of ot that arc nio Iro Just junt leaving Ibo tha shell that hn tire uro Iro merely being built builL on paper do not grunt stacks of It material II that of ot the tho very boat that 1 l made tac nor long Ion strings of uC stock of ot tha thU most mORt modern design ond old on onI substantial structure I t Hl i Hit WV t A I speculative road cull cnn C n bo be launched with u t lot lt of f old Ol junk anything In tha thu shapo ot of n a truck track and 11 equipment will wi do doto doto 10 to mako Ink believe that thai n s railroad la Is II be bo being lug ing built If U thu Hold road Is II h merely m toly a 1 t boom project or venture But Jul It I token takes ot of li I hito to start oft a I railroad In tha thu manner Senator vf W V A Ii Clark and hits hil 11 l Ir nb It hi Hobart nt at tho crossing I g of tho the Pan I Pedro l rt Lou LOH nn Holt Halt Lake Lako nod rn California Santa Hanta F 11 Just outside the t 10 southeast limits ot of tho thu clY Is hi the to Point where tint thu main maId Suit Halt LAko Jko ronn off etC of from Crul thy thu old olt V Terminal rood road rOld which IN Is II now hl tart part arto of o the t Kail LIo system Hero Here loro i located bunted tle construction yards of ot thin tha tl company 1 i Ih ro the tho material for Cur tho thio construction clon clono of o the road onward to 10 Bait Sui Lithe In lii bo ho boIng f Ing InA accumulated In enormous Quantities i ties tics to 10 bo be 10 rushed forward groin from this I bas of ot supplied as ns fast tast as t I can enl proceed T Tk 1 are ara no nong the Iho stern stem and between ct f t tho ho arms ot of un UI Im Immense mense t y f tine no of CC o which oft ot from mm ho thin old ld Terminal track truck leading heading to Uio ho mum main terminus in Lou Ll Lo tha tit Ih other curving Into track Ul to the ocean ocell terminus nt iii lt FAst East Ban Iro II of the tho th Vla tu Is jv 1 tl which lien in tn tilt Ino distance cl tunc as no at lt the thu he liend l ot ort It and look lio cant ward toward tho the Ban ln rl r This Thil Is II tho the first magnificent stretch of oC track hM reaching toward Bait Tha Thu ThI I first rM t few miles of ot It have just jl t been laid lall Und dud nn art M IR fast Cst as ni tho flu ho arroyo and J 1 streams which fhe lie hie line lino crosses tosses cm cai CI be beiJ beto iJ bridged to the v rk of spiking down oIn tho thu thura ta ra 11 l will wi bo hO b forward 1 Clark Chalk Is ha evidently sparing no expense to make his bits road rone ono 0 of lit fe the tho thet t must most durable and ahll In the tho Nothing but bul the tho very best Material ot of any sort Is II being buil used USHI in inthe Inthe the th construction of ot truck bridges otc oto Tho The now Hew OW locomotives freight tre and pan P conger t ears cars and other equipments too tau I aie tho beat 1 t that money cnn can buy The Thu material 1 already In the tho yards yorda at nt represents un an nl Investment of ot of tho ot of dollars anti aim of ot additional supplies are aro ro received rl dally daily dol One Ono Interesting Inter feature about tim I of track materials In Is that the tho falls bridge brIdo Iron combination joints jOints to the plates bolts spikes und anti other steel t e products are being beloR brought from the tho mills in the Gait EnslIn In the tho ho now pow cars ca 8 Tio TI Pullman Car company is bs build ing ng a 0 i number of Immense box unit lat cars each with wih pounds twice twI that of ot tho the ordinary freight car cartor fr sot tor the Salt Sni Lake Lako road rOld As M A fast ns os n i these thee thc cars care are completed they thy are iun un to the steel works orko where they or loaded ded with sIth Wih supplies or tho the road rOII nail and then started on their first trip the tho continent Thieve There are tiro lra bis 11 bt strings of ot it these th 8 cars on tho the sidings now IW at and more marl aro are on tho the way The Tho rolling stock that Is coming also alHo Includes some jf Qt f tho the finest passenger conches over seen Boon on o a n western toad road The Tte new now locomotives ordered several ot of which have already been heen delivered nail ero In of at row now service are ure tho the New Now NewYork York or Central type nail and an for site she and Int power equal anything In tho the line lino Int of Ct motive power newer on this coast To assure smooth running for or such monstrous rolling stock a 1 roadbed and track trl us as UI firm as the foundations of oC the everlasting hills his are Iro required They call cal U It I a Pennsylvania track I the tho one that IN is l being constructed for tor forthe tho the Salt SnIt Lake road Tho rho old Penney line lias the reputation r of ot being oboist about as nB solid and safe BaCe as IU anything that exists exist In tho time line lne I therefore It Is 18 Isa isa a n good thing to pattern after Tho The constructors of tho the Bait Sni ait Lake road say pay they are not Ilot only patterning after the tho Pennsylvania but are Improving upon It I If U I this be true then there here will wi be beno beno no better boler railway construction In the country countr than that now under way Nothing but the tho beat best pound steel rails are aro being used tied u cd These aro not subbed spliced together with tho thu old fashioned fish plates but by continuous steel joints weighing wel twentynine pounds bounds each This as ni a smoothness and easiness e pf pt track not attained by the tho old style st le of at construction Sagging Bugging SI rails and nUll I springing Joints are lre Impossible under the new system I Neither do tho the rolls rails rest relt directly on tho the wooden ties tos but hal an OH 01 steel plates sod Into the wood Tons and ana nn tons tomis tOiS ot at Jre these IMse tie to plates pInteR are aro being used ul The Th h process of at fitting them on nn the ties tO and all pressing them Into the wood 01 Is nn an In Interesting Interesting one on A complicated machine machin rigged up on a n lint flat lat car and ant run by b n a 1 stationary steam engine on the other ond Cud of or the ear car Is II used for tor this pur purpose purpose pose p II The Tho car containing the tho machine Is run nfl alongside a P 1 car loaded with ties tie tl or n fl 1 pile pie of them In a n yard and the theties lh ties are then foil fed tc Into one 00 end of oC th nul and nad they emerge nt at tho Iho other end cud with the tho th plates pres prescott cd Into Inlo then IhlO tho the proper distance apart It I takes lakes Iks two men to teed feed the tho platen Into the thi man to guld Ild the tho tie t 1 Into It another to pull pul them ont oat and an nn I engineer to apply the glean pressure at lt the tho proper Intervals A doz n moro more men are required to bring the tho ties and plates up to 10 the tho machine tes needed and to as fast as ni they tat au ITO Ind a take tho the plated ties Ues away and load looe them on cars care on adjoining tracks which convey coney cnn them to the place where thore Is ts In progress r gresL The TI en cn V f J of ot tho the machine de do ponds lends tn On tho the s of ot the crow craw CN that hut Is I u running It I but ordinarily It but tut n a few tW seconds to adjust the platen on a single tie Tho Thu tics are Ire 10 of ot the best seasoned t redwood Iod If It one une bo ho found n a 1 frao thoU Ion lon of ot nn flU Inch short of ot tho the regulation or having any Imy Haw In iii II It what over ver It II In is II rejected for tor uso use on nn The Te main title trie Ile Thu rho same Sante Ilme exacting cure care Is e 0 eser cr er In II selecting bridge timbers piles lilIes oto to not a stick nt k of ot material buln boing UMe anywhere In the tho construction of ot the line lino that line has hia tho the slightest Iles ih ishi In It II I There will vIll wil bo ho hl no 10 allwood bridges el on th line ln only Iho this best heHl bridge Iron ron manufactured by b this the Orllo company of ot Pittsburgh hur h In nc no with wih tic Ito plans Illa anti and o of ot the railway nn no 0 being used Mont Most of oC the Iron Iran for lor or the Iho bridges between Lou Los and amI Pomona Ts la in now on hand and 1111 ready t to n bo Lo erected Chief C of uC It thoM these fH is II the iho me cnn 19 ner ms this the Ban rhel of of spans two of ot sixty two wt lest Jeet each and one ln of ot feet Ceet fX ex x of or approaches The Tho steal steel leol tam for forMs I cu Ms this bridge will bo ho erected ns II O n nIh 10 1 wil till the track IK is huh aid as tar far out bt as tito fo Ih Ivor will wi be In a ml I shuit t willie while wil Last Luet work ws on No t 4 Just east cast of ot the time hobart Thin him bridge a I 1 dry Icy and nn l U Is neither very Miln high nor flat very VM long limit hut It I Is II being built bui strong enough nul h to 10 vii a Johnstown Hood Huml steel noc nl being the lie Of cit If equal strength will wil oe tie nil 11 tho the on the lie lIne lne woo wOI mind mil M tle trusses 1 lh avoided us UI bar no as noM lB laying between bet will wi III 8 nt n tho the of 0 a n mile mie w Ir n moro more n ft tiny day n ni as the tho Is all ni ready r for ro or Iho till litS tun rails III r I no tre u lu I bo ho bridgel find there bust he be spanned before tin tim construe I IA loll can lush Ilish tOW In Inthe A 4 large foiw forca of oC men awn Is IK the tho In unload hil lag ut n a a is hal aging b ad dimming I toils mils plating ties lies tM eta oto rs air nr IU I paid palt n a 1 tiny day Iny und and 11 am II ng him I II N IP found Coune ninny number my are IJ i if f r Iho limo peon type ISIO but there nr le are also 1 o Amer Amor can Icon and European anti even en some comae college GO graduates Home milan men iro working for tor tho tim Roil Bait Lake now low as common laborers who WIlt will wi III 11 18 InhOfer lo arid responsible positions with ho tho compAny by and ami by b These men recognize that by Ity 11 starting In at lt tile tP Bottom with ft a arch rich rIch uld growing cor tor like Iko the Halt flail II ll Lake lako Jlko company they the are bound to 10 see nee eo many chances for Cor or promotion within tile the lo next tow uw years anti faithful service Is 18 pret pretty et iy ty sura to 10 bring Us its I reward Jobs Joh aro Iro men on the thu Halt Idaho road roadmen 1 ten men teU lt who are arc willing wi lul and nd able to 10 work Not nil mill 11 of o Iho the present working force forces l Is s employed Il loye on in al tho tim new l construction Large gangs of ot men are alO busy recon reconstructing the aid Terminal track ho bo hot weon t Lot LOB th Angeles und and East Kast I ut Han Ban Pe le Pedro ledro dro Thin Is In rebuilt with wih the Iho name regard t to tl durability and POSH Hami for or making nu ItO ni Hie Iho Halt Lake Inke hUty extension urn being eliminated grades reduced antI and heavier rolls laid down A At one ono point In Un tim neighborhood 1118 of ot a a is 18 is being put t In that eliminates five 00 curves This IB Is II ft a 1 sample of or the tho Im Improvements 11 lit In engineering alone which will vill reduce the tho ito running time be bo Los Log wi Angeles All le and Long ong hooch ench nt at leant lel t tan tun fl flAH AH up I and down alwn the track trains nrc busy hauling battling ballast 1111 other othol mate mato to threes up ull tho thu track to tho thic to re required standard mid such michi portions ns as nt asare are aro already finished arO nr as ns dna to rub ride Ille r try ry 14 ns 18 any In railroad track In III II the tho coun country country A now freight depot on Anderson Just completed CO and n a big hi roun house hou nt lit street and tho thu I river just ju t begun ft are among other expensive Improvements Inaugurated by tho tim It looks lok AB s If IC ICho i tho ho m Bait Hutt Lako road tied had come COIO to stay Htay |
