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Show WESTERN PACif K CUTIS GRADE Tho Western Pacific has started cutting the grade to a lower per cent at Silver Zone, near the Utah -Nevada lino. The grade at that place Is at present 3 per cent and It will be cut to 1 per cent, which will give tho roada a 1 per cent grade from Salt Lake City to the coast. It is estimated estimat-ed that this work will require the expenditure of 31,000,000. The work Ib being done by the Utah Construction company. There are at present 200 teams and 300 or 100 men employed and it Is expected that it will take six or seven months to complete com-plete tho work. |