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Show S. P. TRESTLE BEING BEDECKED 16,000 Feet of Structure Expected to be Completed By July 10 Ogden About 10,000 feet of tho 04f 000 feet of tho trcstlo of tho Southern Pacific company across tho Great Salt Lako will bo redeckel by July 10 g-cording g-cording to Superintendent E. L. King of tho rond. The rcdocklng of tho trestle conslts in tho removal of tho gravel ballast, tearing up tho heavy plank floor laid upon the stringers and putting down new flooring or deck. This work bus been carried on without with-out a minute's delay In tho traffic. Rock ballast Is crushed at t lip Lakeside Lake-side pit and Is being used upon the cutoff trestle Instead of gravel. Tho work bus offered employment for ninety men. Tho cost will be $1,500,-000 $1,500,-000 when completed. The repairs aro the first mude upon tho cutoff trestlo since It wns completed in November. 1003. |