| Show tunneling the Ster sierras zas it is as sure as the rising and setting of the sun that a tunnel will trill eventually be pushed through the kievra nevada mountains on the line of ef the central pacific A tunnel would do away with wilh the present steep grades and with the great cost of keeping up the miles on OB miles of snow sheds sheds the deep snows that fall on the tops of the mountains would then have no terrors for railroad men they and the avalanches would be leit left far above it would by no means be so great a work in the tunneling line as some that have already been accomplished the water that would be drained into california and nevada for tile the grade of the tunnel should be slightly upward from each side indeed would require to be so would be worth a big sum annually to the company and abad would be available tor for the irrig aoa of immense tracts of land on boft sides aides of the sierras such a tunnel has lopa jooa talked of and the project pe al 91 constructing it is by no meae 0 o dead in the recent investigation of 61 railroad affairs b by the united states commissioners Z L M chief engineer gave testimony fay favoring oring the construction of the tunnel being asked if he had studied the subject of tunneling the sierra nevada mountains in order to avoid the present steep grades and expensive sn enow S sheds he be said et would woold be a good thing I 1 it large enough for a sin c to feet then it could be e f v purposes and wa w Y supplied through it from e to tue whole state scale the e be run under the track would be live miles long lone I 1 altitude would be feet j eik feet below the present track I 1 start trem from a point where tl pacific crosses the coldstream Cold stream follow the emigrant trail a 8 short it 04 tance taace penetrate the mountains ic come out in one of the branches ata abe american river it would cost IV a quarter cf a million to a igil llon laister lars per mile virginia bate enterprise |
