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Show uu DEEP CREEK LINE TO OPEN Jill. 21 Salt Lake. Jan. 6. That shipments of ore over tho new line of the Deep Creek Railroad company, now building from Wendover into Gold Hill, will be made within the next twenty days, is the conviction of Captain Duncan Mac Vichie, who returned yesterday morning morn-ing from a week on the scene of action ac-tion where he is directing the activities, activ-ities, being the moving spirit In the great enterprise. Captain MacVechie only remained in town until last evening, departing again for the "front," but before leaving leav-ing he said that the progress was in every way satisfactory, that only fifteen fif-teen miles of the rails remained to be laid and that he confidently expected the line to be completed and ready for operation by Januar 20 The Deep Creek country has been far more favorable by weather conditions condi-tions than has the Salt Lake valley The snowfall there has been light, the temperature not low and tho laborers have been able to proceed with the construction work almost without interruption in-terruption during the same period of time that the roads In Salt Lake City and county were blocked, and even street car traffic was badly crippled or completely stalled. oo |