Show j C t N Road for S Salt Lake Lake- t J 3 Cheyenne Wyo Dec 18 The 18 The f Union Pacific today awarded Kils KilE Kil- Kil E r 1 s i patri k Brothers ro Collins of i Lincoln N Nob b. b a a. contract contra t tto to build cut off that will cost nearly as asI 1 ja ra a I h if f than t h aJ all I t the h much 1 not more an e improvements improvements' made in V Wyoming during the past year The h project prot proK Pro pro- K t the the much talked of Echo xV Short Short Line Line from flom Wyo to Salt Lake Tho The contract price vis is is and the tho contractors rare given 1 four years in w which ich to complete th their ir task tasko v. v The work work will be sublet to small smaIl firms and op operations will be bo c commenced om- om f 1 e early in April or or sooner r I vif 1 Of if t the tho h e weather cat h er WI will 11 permit l. l 1 f A A. contractor who gave ave out tho the thoI I above information today says t. t j i that the new off cut-off will be bo about ja J forty mH miles s. s long and will pas pasS t through tho heart tho-heart of the Wasatch 1 mountains mounta s Many long tunnels 2 will have to be bo driven through C K solid granite mountains and it will willy willa y a r q re at l least ast three years' years work f. f 0 to io complete the tho road I En Engineers re regard ard the tho building 2 of If this line as a stupendous task i j I. I if I I I i 1 t and d one one of the biggest j jobs bs' bs ever eve over contemplated contemplated- by any western r road ad The contractor stated today that tha although tho the Salt Evanston Lake Lak cutoff was surveyed last summer I and contractors were asked to bi bid I upon the tho pr project its building was wa not decided upon until a few days day ago when tho the Union Pacific board of directors had a meeting A Athis At this meeting it is said l 1 arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments were made for a close jal ial liance Hance between tho the Union Pacific and Salt Los Lake-Los Angeles H line now building Indeed it is hinted that the Union Pacific is behind tho the latter road and controls a majority of the the stock stock and instead of its being nt it will in reality reality-be be under uDder the tho c control of the tho Union Pacific thus giving the tho latter a through line ine from rom the theMis Missouri Mis Missouri river to the tho Pacific coast anc ancone and andone one ono that will be bo be the most most dir direct ct of any any yet constructed or that can bo be built Quilt through h the Rocky mountains H Herald |