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Show IN FROM THE RAILROAD. Wm. F. Sawyer tells of road building on the San Pedro. Win. F. Sawyer, who hns bcn working work-ing on the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railroad south of Callentes evor since last November, readied homo Tuesday night. Mi. Sawyer bus been waiting to hayo bis outfit shipped In for several weeks, and owing to tho boss being aiay, the chance did not come nntll I NvM, Monday. Tho roaU is being pushed fVfiJJast ns passlbbbutkbero )s yet icon-'tLYsiubSt icon-'tLYsiubSt JJi.v u ItuSiTml miles oOKaek, 'Llay, and the puttingof It 'down V n h,nt proposition tins time ot tno year; butho says that it Is not likely that there will be any lay oft ou account of the heat, as the men and teams seem to bo sending It all right. The construction company havo a pipe line twenty nine miles long to brlug the water fiom the Las Vnges springs north, to where the road is being built; this lias beet, laid to avoid the nxpenso of hauling water which required nearly near-ly as many teams as were employed on tho grade. The pipe is laid right on top of the ground, and this weather the water gets ho hot, by thu time that it reaches the end, the animals cannot bear to put their noses lit it till it has had a little time to cool; although, when they get used io it, they can stand a tolerably hot drink. When the Vegas is reached tho pipe line will be pointed the other way, and will follow fol-low the camps as they build south, as far as the desert extends. There is good sale for largo worc horses out there, good large horses will sell for a hundred and fifty dollars each". Men are paid two dollers per day, and they get a pay day every month. He says he has done tolerably well the last month or two, but before that there was not mueh In It for him. |