Gunnison Valley News | 1926-05-20 | Page 6 | I. C. C. Grants New Rail Line

1. C. C. Grants New R.'.il Line Washington. Construction of approximately ap-proximately j;:0 miles of new railroad in eastern Oregon and Northern California, Cali-fornia, which would serve the largest area in the United States now without with-out railroad mileage, was given outright out-right ar.d conditional approval by the Interstate commerce commis-ion. Three railroads would do the building, the territory to be s ved equaling the combined areas of Massachusetts Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware.