| Show U C AWARDED DIG BIG CONTRACT I I local Local Construction Com Com- Company Company pany to Build Railroad in Mexico The Utah h Construction company no of f Ogden has lIas been awarded 1 a contract for tor or the tha construction of oC miles of oC o railroad In according to Information hero here today by local off of the tho company The Tho job it will wi I Is Ithe co t t about This h s the Iho second largest contract th the Ogden firm haQ haa had being excelled by the Retch Hatch Retch Hetchy project In California Information I of the acceptance of o the tho bids as submitted by the Ogden Og- Og Ogden den firm was nas received from E O 0 one of oC o the officers of the tho th firm oho ho 11 ho was on the coast when th the bids were ere opened He Is now notten on cn route to Ogden The louto loute which will III be under be he the South South- Southern construction Bill ally on south from em ern rn n Pacific In Mexico 1 Tepic and will connect with Ith the main line from Mexico City it Is announced BRIDGES G I Here Is whit what ht the current Issue of the Southern Pacific Bulletin says Bays about the tho new road Construction by the Southern company of Mexico of a aline line from Tepic to La Quemada now under way nay Is being watched sith Ith 0 great interest by people of oC the western part of the United Slates as the new Dew line bridges tho the Bille mile gap in the West Coast rail rail- railroad railroad rail railroad road line from Nogales to Mexico City Cily When completed this route formed by the Southern Pacific of oC 2 and the National ralla all form a new and direct toast coast trade route into the south south- southern un ern republic re In In addition to the work of co- co strutting the La Tepic-La Quemada line Ime the Southern Pacific of ot Mex- Mex Mexico MexIco ico Ill Bill ill also r rebuild the and Alamos branch branches s Ground was broken March larch 6 5 1923 for tor the new construction on the fast ast gap In the West Coat Coast Coastline line line President Obregon of oC Mexico turning the first earth with a sll- sll sliver sil silver ver er spade presented to him by II H Hin HB lB in president of oC the Southern Pacific of oC Mexico The gap now to be bo bridged extends from Topic the J present resent terminus lot of the Southern Pacific of l Mex- Mex Mexico Mex Mexico x- x ico Seo to La Quemada The South South- Southern Southern Southern I ern Pacific of Mexico already has at 84 short line IIno constructed from La Quemada to Orendain where the tho theline line connects with the National railways line IIno to Mexico City LOW GRADE GRADI One Ono of ot the tho main values alues of the new c construction work ork ork Is that the tho West Vest coast route when completed Bill materially cut the tho time beIt be- be It the tho Pacific const coast and Mex- Mex Mexico Ico City since sinco the West Coast route Is one of ery very Alight slight grades gradel while ahlie the eastern route is a moun moun- mountainous mountainous oaf on OD According to President Tit Tit- Tit comb comb of ot the Southern Pacific of Mexico the new line from Tepic I Ito La Quemada about miles Ito Sn length will have hate a 0 maximum noI grade of oC 1 16 6 per cent with no I curves greater than six degrees which will make mako a safe and high speed line The pres pres- present present present ent line from Nogales to Topic Tepic II a distance of ot miles has 24 miler of oC 2 4 per cent grade 6 miles ot of 2 per cent grade 7 1 miles of 1 2 to 19 per cent grade 30 miles of oC 1 per cent grade and balance ot of miles does not exceed a maxi maximum mum grade of 5 per cent This probably equals It If not exceeds any lather lother piece of ot original construction tion on this continent In point of oC low dow maximum grade This This oad gap from La to Topic Teple 10 1001 Involves 01 es many said Bald President TIt TIt- Tit comb at the ground breaking cere cere- ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies monies but the work ork will be prosecuted with all possible haste and completed at an early date 11 DI written agreement with your president la is that tho the road must be put In operation within within tour four years I predict that my chief en- en engineer engineer en engineer Mr Sloan will have the tho rack ready and trains operating Into Guadalajara within three ear ears The line from La Quemada contains 35 36 tunnels with a total length of at nine kilometers and 35 viaducts with a total length of two kilometers The line will cost In to the tie neigh neigh- neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood of oC pesos of o which a very ery large largo part will be expended In the tho construction of oC 38 kilometers of oC line In la the Bar Bar- Barranca Bar ranca ranea ranca territory s MEXICO S PROSPECTS President Obregon In his speech at the tho ground breaking ceremonies at La Quemada Province ince of ot Jalisco spoke of the dUt encountered by capital In Mexico during tho the re perIod and said that a new era ero for l Mexico had arrived with Ith bright prospects for future prosperity Touching on this point he aRid Capital Invested In Mexico sut- sut suffered great grent losses loses during the revo revo- period and there here was as al- al aiso also al also so a n tie up which was as extended for tor over er ten sears cars But now no that same capital opens a new Dew era of 10 which will Ill redound In compensation for Cor the damages it suffered Inasmuch as In the future ti It will not work on any foun- foun foundation foundation dation for the tho agreement It hoe haa hoenow ha hanow now lOW reached for tor It Its future ties tics is II being effected with the true representatives of o all of ot the pee peo- plo pie of the Republic who sanction I such Important actions I o 00 |
