| Show RAILROAD DEPOT HANDY may be located near flour mill despite considerable bid ft either the past week the railroad survey ora have I 1 made fair progress in that time and by the middle 0 next week they will move their camp to lawrence working both north and south from that point the permanent line has no v been sur keyed to within a mile of town and the preliminary minar birce are run sone four ailee it ie the 0 the surveyors Burve to make tareo pr elimina ry trials before obtaining a permanent line the stakes ire then pulled from all but the permin ant line a matter that has led some who hue been kep ing tab on the work to declare that all the stakes are being pulled grade stakes are not being set and crosa sec dioning ie being done only where it 19 necessary to complete the estimates the road will probably the broek at Cast ledale just south of ex president G larsen s home thence running northeasterly between the flour mill and the home of orange the road will probably reach law ence na of what 19 sometimes called the green river gap northeast nor theist of jovn it would seem that engineer N orris is working under orders to keep the erade down to one per cent or less and the curvature equally aa favorable favo rabe tor speed and the minimum consumption of fuel instead 0 the appearance 0 a coal road as rainy have surmised the line being run is pr as straight a course from salina can on to mounds as can be run considering the phy of the country aad the desire for a light erade and minimum curvature were the line intended for tho sole pur pose of opening up coal camps it not bo so necessary to keep the grade and curvature within th limit dished E bust field draughtsman for the road has a very complete outfit it the camp and is keeping well i p w th the work in the field and forwarding the maps probles and data 0 o headquarters from a reliable source it is learned that the road wi 1 cross balina pass at an altitude 0 7 feet about feet higher than soldier summit the great beet gride is 21 per cent from the town of to perron it is 72 m les and from the latter point to Cist ledale it will be close to li miles by rail the survey from here to mounds will not be completed until about the mid die of pal |
