Show I NEW NE I TO THE fHE PACIFIC St. St st Paul Announces Detail of ofIs Its Is Projected New Line READY IN TWO YEARS B. Cb lo to t h by ly January Tn Chicago o Dec 3 S Details of oC time the St. St Paul railroads railroad's projected extension to tolie the thc Pacific were officially an announced oU tO today The now line lne is to 10 be 2000 tithes miles mies long and the thc Intention Is to have ha c It completed t to Butto DUlo b by January Janu Janu- amy ary 1 I. I 1 1908 andi to have trains ti-aimis operating oper oper- over o time the whole line lne b by January Janum I 1 1 1909 Construction contracts have been Leen let for em the tho entire distance track has been heen laid from flom S S. D. D 1 to 10 a a point 20 miles west ivest of or time the Missouri river much grading has hns been cm done bile in Sn the time Yellowstone and amid valleys s 's nn and amid forces are at nt wot work upon the re remainder re- re maln er of oC the thc line hue lne The Thc extension will iii 1 cross the time Missouri Mis Mis- ls- ls soon 11 10 river 1 12 miles mile west vest of n on a A bridge idge gc lOu feet Ion long Ions The Thc be ime crossed through h are ame ae to In I t pats at al u a I maximum elevation eleva eleva- tion ton iou of feet feel feel The flit Wash Idaho ington state stale line lne Is crossed Just south of Over O the time Columbia river will wI b bc b-a b a n 1 span IB-span span I-span bridge e feet feel long bug exclusive of steel tr trestle restie tc ap approaches dJ- dJ up- up 1000 feet lon long hong at nt each ech end At Maple Va Valley 1 er Wash connection celon is to be lie mn ninth made with lh time the Columbia Puget PU ct Sound railroad over cem time the trades tracks of which access aCI I ls is to be bc oLaine obtained to the time Seattle terminal |