Show RAILROAD ON BED OF SALT eight miles of western pacific will be on solid so ld deposit republican publican building a railroad on a bed of salt is what the western pacific company is doing now in western utah A J bruneau engineer for the dominion and old glory copper Is about 30 miles and its thickness varies from a few inches at the outer rim of the basin basla to eight feet in the deeper portions tho the surface of the deposit is absolutely level and mr air bruneau says that the track will be laid flat on solid salt which ia Is as hard as pavement after ward the track will be ballested ballasted bal lasted pa with gravel the commercial possibilities of such an enormous elous deposit of salt are of course enoi en otmous and with the raili toad at hand some one will be taking advantage of them in fact parties already are trying to do this but mr Bruile bruneau ati says that their efforts as at present directed will be of no avail they have located about claims under the mining laws lawz these will not hold good he says for the reason that all saline lands in utah have been ceded to the state for the benefit of be ready to start shipping as spon as the rail railroad roal will handle their ores and they have assur assurance atice from the company pany that a regular schedule will be put on between salt lake and bews bows on the nevada northern as soon as the road reaches the latter place which will be about july 1 |