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Show - - - --., . . .... . . ... ..j. ., agTww mm i I i i iimi.iaimiiM.t... ., u YOl) CAM TAKE THIS i AS "STRAIGHYltiflDS." Tho following clipped from tho'ttijws, , tho most ralinblo sheet In UUib, o-tn bo jtaken by tho Record renders ns straight goods," and after reading, forget tho excitement caused by tho "chance" that tho Salt Lalnj-Kotitb, (might build through tho Cedar valley, 5 and then get to work, boost for good ' l roads, break up sdmo of our arid land, cultlvato'it; In fact "got busy" and do t something besides sitting idly down waiting for tho railroad: Reports from Los Angeles, whero tho ofllcials of the Oregon Short Lino l ami tho Salt Lako Route lire In confer once as to tho mattor of rebuilding tho " washed out xrt!on of tho latter road ( '; in the Meadow Valley, aro to tho effect .hatltls probable tho road will bo ' constructed at least temporarily, on 1 its present roadbed, and that a permanent perma-nent road will bo built practically ov-' ov-' cr tho same route, but on a much high- x er line. ' Tho plan is, it is said, to avoid tho Callente canyon by cutting off some- - where about Barclay, and by tunneling through ono of tho mountains, contlnuo 1 ' i tho road on a lino sovoral hundred feet above tho present roadbed, thus avoiding avoid-ing all danger from high water. A drop of about 000 feet occurs botweon Barclay and Callente, and by tunneling tunnel-ing at a high point, and continuing :p woll upon the mountains, this heavy n grndo could be avoided, or at loiist 1" ' mado moro gradual It Is not llkoly ff . , that tho present linowll! bj abandoned f, . at least until tho 22 locomotives now fa tied up at Callente, tho passenger ' train at Eccles, and sundry other lot fc of rolling stock and valuable equip. S ment.an bo secured. Andoven'lf tho ?,, route on the eastern sldo of tho Mof- i'' raon range Is selected, In preforonco to tho St. George orPioolio routes for the 5- , main lino, the old lino will bo repaired E-, and operated until tho new road is ' constructed. In tho latter event, tft. ! '. Gcorgo will only bo 30 miles from tho r T v t railroad, whereas it id U5 miles away i from tho nearest railroad point at ' present. t . ' . i - |
