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Show READY FOR EXTENSION1 Oregon Short Line Officials on Significant Tour. OVER THE SOUTHERN LINES Abandoned Mantgcr Herbert of Vice-President Bancroft nnd Division Divi-sion Officials Inventoried Line De- tween Frovo and Cnllentes, Returning Re-turning Yesterday May Be That Construction Will at Once Tollow Lines South Which Are to Be IHo Grande At rives. tMondaj s Dall ) An Important step In the construction of the Oregon Shott Una to Los Angeles An-geles was taken during the last few das of the week, when Vice-President nnd Genernl .Mnnager Willltm H H in-cioft in-cioft mado a trip bj special tialn over the lines south of talt Lake Ihe part returned onl )esterda morning In the party weie Mr Hancroft, llcsldent Enjlneer Wllllnm Ashton Division En-glnier En-glnier lt 11 Kelleher and DtvMon Su-lierlnt Su-lierlnt ndent H. W Heiulcrson These ofllclals nut onl mtwle a ciie-ful ciie-ful Inspection of that pen Hon of the line south of Provo, but Hie made n general gen-eral Inventois of nil piopcrty of tho cointKinv on this line This Is tnken ns an Indication tint the conipniiy Is sulcl gtttlng ready to extend below I'lllentes as has been said nil nlong would te Ihe ense Just as soon ns the hot weather was nVci, embllng men lo work on the desert Another question Is no doubt connected con-nected with the litest Inspection Some portions of the lines will In nbundoiied when the Leamington cut-off Is built This Is not settled as vet but It Is ver likely that the tiuck to he nbindoned will be thit portion between l'nlrfleld and Doreinns on tho Tlntli bnnch, and between Nephl and Leamington Hill spur on the southern line n total abandonment aban-donment of b6 1 miles 'With the nw construction of the 116 miles or so of the Leamington cut-off the roinpinj would increase its mileage hut tlft miles or more, but tho small nddltloti would serve tho coniinn better thin with the greiter mlhsgc The ninln lino tn CnllfornH In to go ln Garfield. So will theTlntle business It will give the compjnv a fine lino to Tlntit and will be belter In every other wu Ihe nnl reason the branch from I,eh! Junction will not be nbnndonel Is to hold tho Mercnr trnftlc, and the reason the line will bo ke t up lo Nephl Is to seivo the local lerrllors between Snlt Like nnd that point, ns well ns In serve the "mu ele alley branch wlueM Unfile Is steadily showing nn Increase 11 quick work the Oregon Short Line cun build the greiler part of Ihe desert line this wlntet, Hnd the work can pro gusa far Intn the spring. b- which, tlmo the in id coull almost he put through "n Ihe trip or these ofllclals tn the south Is looked upon with more thnn passing Inteiest bv tho mllum! men who uro sn Unset) following each move. |
