Show i- i WESTERN PACIFIC'S NE NEW WAY TO TObA RENO Gould Interests Have Control f w of Virginia and andr r f I. I Truckee e i bA ROUTE ROUTE E THROUGH SIERRAS Engineers ln dead I oid to 10 Open i In California fur for r cur tn r t Could Gould Line f h hs 5 s fl Tho rho Western Pa Pacific Hie railroad ac- ac a COil hi to reports cooling coming from Reno r k control of thc VII Vir- has t I Nev acquired i road load which the Gould Could ginia Trochee Truckee e line will use as an entrance to lo Reno fieno In j comp competition with the I Ian I man lines I-i I P for the UH increasing amount o of freight SJ J from that part Jart of the state slate The rhe transfer of oC the property has not been boon t I G made formally but bUl the the reported ar ar- Is that the Gould Goul line no will take over o the Nevada a a road as ns soon a as s k the therester Western rester Pacific Is opened for fOl traffic fic le This road will be bo used a ns a n. part wJ of a long Jong line no that thai will cross the Sierras Sier L Ca Cal Cai running thence rag ras nom near a Loop e to Stockton by way of oC the Big frees Tices In Calaveras ras county 1 For three weeks two sets of oC en engi- engi l- l veers neer have fiao been heen working from Crom Gaid- Gaid Garelt t across the Sierras through Alpine county and although their oper op- op er have havo been heen kept secret as far as pos possible It is known that they arc aie arct t cl b the Virginia r not employed by y Truckee or 01 the Harriman lines thus giving gi strength to the report that the they 1 S mc are aie In the employ of oC the Western estern Par Pa Pa- 1 Pacific a- a r a Better Betler and ChI Cheaper Crude Cride For Fol a time the Gould Goul line Intended w r Mo J to enter Reno neno by IW way of oC the Boca wa a b Loyalton roa road The Th plan called for n n. branch leaving the tho th B n L L. half way between the t terminals terminal where a tunnel would g give ge e the branch ranch an easy cas- grade glade graded d to Menu h by way wa of ot Verdi V r ICU paralleling Sp the Southern Pacific Owing to the F better hetter and amI cheaper aper grade rade afforded by hy bythe the the route from rom the tho main line down fi k the west side ll of or Pyramid lake Jalo and through Spanish Springs allo valley to the tho wt i town of oC Sparks rl and thence to Reno if z 1 the Boca ocL LoyaltOn route mate has lias rag been r abando aban oJ ed In Alpine county Cal Cai Ca there aretis' aretis are Immo Immense sc mineral deposits and antl In Cal- Cal ave as there e remains some of the finest F tIm timber er In the country This region 4 wJ e the bt big trees stand has hereto hereto- e fOl ford been unopened to tourist travel pk I by rail No o serious trouble is expected expect expect- ed by the Western Pacific In crossing tJ tho t tracks of the South Southern ln Pacific as i 1 l It Is Is' Is regarded as probable that condemnation coni con con- i damnation proceedings jn s will be e ought brought hi ht j anti and 11 1 the people of oC Nea Nevada a are general general- to the Gould line 4 il |