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Show I WORK WILL I. START ON I ! CUTOFF M H With tho coming of tho spring-llko " -weather, the railroads hare begun to ""fffffffl terlously contomplato the opening of "H ,. extensiro construction work. Within " fy a short tlmo work will he resumed on "M I the now cutoff from Burley to Sallno. "H I , Starling from Burloy, tho lino runs Hpi almost due south and connects with "H j J the Southorn Pacific nt Saline. " I " Though it has not as jot been nu- " I thorlzcd, It is oxpected that a lino "ffffffB 1 will ho built west from Hurley to " Bliss thus eliminating tho King Hill "H and a number of other grades. "H i This now lino will cut the dlstanco H' hotvcen Ogdon and Portland over a "L hundred miles and, 1n addition will "ffffffffffff f,a a better grado and havo fewer B curves than the old main lino. Tho "Hj lino is being built by the Short Line. H and when comploted" will bo operated "fffffffffffl by that road, and though an appro- " i prlatlon for only seventy mllcB has H'l at this timo been authorized, thero " ' Is no doubt that the entire lino from H Burley will be built within a year. "" Great activity on the part of tho ""M llrirrlirian system Is expected tho "ffffffffffH coming season, though local offl- "fffffffffH! cials wcro unablo to say anything ""H about tho proposed Harriman Hue "H into. Vancouver, B. C, the psopective "ffffffffffH building of which has been reported H from Vw York, such a project does "" not come as a Biirprise and has been "H 1 under consideration for a long timo. "H I The Hill rotds hold a monopoly over "H l the railroad business of tho north, n ani northwest, uhlch tho Hnrriman Hl sstem has longbeen Jealous of and " i has sought an opening In that part "ffffffffffH of the country for year and from this """""""HH last report it seems likely that the """""""HH Ilarrlsvllle people will finally suc- """""""""""H coed in getting a line in there. "H t no |