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Show vn,i. ntiiLD io nwr LAitr. t'ulon Parlllc mil Coiiitriirt ii Line l'rotii i:iniileii. Chcjenne, Wyo , Dec. 18. Special lo the Herald. The Union l'ariftc today awarded K.lpalrh'k llrothers & Collins of Lincoln, N'eh., contract lo build n cut-off that will curt nearlr as much, II not more, I Inn all ol t e improvements made In Wyoming during the past year. Tne project la (he much talked ol Echo hhorl Line, from Evamton, Wyo., to Sli Lake. Tho contract price Is (0,000,-000 (0,000,-000 and the contractor are given four year In which tocompteto tho laik, Tho work will lie sublet to small flrrai and operations will be commence I early In April, or sooner If the weather permits, per-mits, A contractor who jive out the above Information today lays that the new cut off will bo about forty mll-i long and will pan through the heart of the Wanted Wa-nted mountains. Many long luaneli wll have to btt driven through solid granllo mountains and It will require at three yri' work to complete the road. Engineers regard the building of this line as stupendous talk and one of tb biggest Join ever contemplated by any wcilcrn road, The contractor Hated today that nl-1 though tha Krnnnon-Salt Lake cut off wai surveyed lst inmmtr and contract-ore contract-ore were ktd lo bid upon the project, it building wai not decided upon until a few dayi ago, when the Union lVclflc board of director! had a mtetlng. At tills meeting, It Ii said, arrangements were mado for a close alliance between tho Union l'aciflo ami the Salt Lake-Lei Angeles line, now building. Indeed, It Is hinted that the Union l'aciflo Ii behind be-hind the latter road and controls a majority ma-jority of the ltock and, Instead of Hi be ing 'Independent, It will In reality be under tho contiollofithe Union ruclflc? from the Mlsiourl river to the Pacific coast, and one that will Ui the most direct di-rect of any yet constructed orthatnn ho built through tho ltocky mounliins. |
