Emery County Progress | 1902-01-18 | Page 2 | Will Build Cut-Off

WILL BUILD CUT OFF union pacific and southern pacific to lerinc main alt lake city A dispatch from neb of the ath says it was given out today in a semi official way at the pacific headquarters that the propos d cut off from echo utah to salt ake will be built during the year it is also stated that the southern pacific which now has its terminus at ogden will also build a short line to salt lake around the southern end ot the lake thus cutting off nearly a hun dred miles of the d stance to the pacific coast several lines have been surveyed but no definite action has been taken up to th s time owing to the extreme rough ness of the country the original 1 ne was run by the way of ogden and the new cut off con templates a direct route to salt lal e