| Show FIRST CONTRACT abt FOP the construction oi the castle valley the COD tract tor the first 20 miles of the cabale valley railroad was let to the ut ih construction company last beginning at the town ot sahna and ex tending into the cannon for that distance abis contract will cover some of the heaviest work on the road incur ing three tunnels one of which is to be 2000 feet in length other contracts are certain soon to follow tor the beginning of this norkis the initial movement upon the part of the rio grande system to establish a link in its contemplated al system whether mr gould will build to the pacific coast himself 0 send his through freight aji the san ped ro or oregon short line is a knitter the general public has yet to learn tain it is however that the castle val ie road is the greatest distance saver or cut off road et projected for all trans continental railroad traffic passing be i tween kansas city and the pacific coast the grade is the lightest across the wasatch range being only about halt that via soldier summit while through castle valley it is less than one per cent compared with hauling freight via of salt lake the castle valley cut os saves about miles and the new road will be one of tho easiest to maintain in the state it is also booked that the castle val ley road shall be extended so aa to con hect etith both tho sanpete valley road and these two will connect with the oregon short line at leavington leamington Lea where the oregon short line people are spending a million or more dollars on a cut off that will put that point on its main lake pacific coast line s as our salt lake news paper friends may choose to throw cold water on the castle valley cut off road thit nill take away from that city a great amount of business it will prove to the enlarged and expanded rio grande system the greatest money sav ing line they can possibly build besides putting them in touch with the greatest coal measured in the state just where the castle valley road will connect with the present main line of the rio gradde is still a matter of conjecture the preliminary line was run to farnham but it la not believed that that place will be the junction point it is much more likely to be made at green river a natural junction point where there is plenty of water further more there if a roadbed from near Cast ledale to that point almost in shape to la down the ties and rails upon it |
