Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 12 | May Resume Cutoff Work

MAY RESUME CUTOFF WORK S. P. Building Shorter Route, Giving Oregon Outlet to Ogden l)u "vVork on the Natron cut-off of the Southern Pacific- from Natron. Ore . to Westwood JunctJon. Calif., will com-' com-' S ffinco immediately according to in- S fcrmation received in rden tria I tivlty on ths cut-off : topped Some time ngo In the unniergcr law- awit and not te completed unletw ttie .Southern Pacific retains the (n-j v Jral Pacific, it is nald. ,0 . Completion of this construction would give urcgonXa direct outlet over I t,h- Southern Pacific nnd C-ntirtl Pa-' ifle lines Ogdctl If It were com-, KHlH plelerl md under Southern I'xsrlflcj Control It would not only Shorten the1 i ute between Portland and S.in Fran-. Waco and eliminate the heavy Shast i BCLUl, but it would alSO provide tWO routes thiough the scenic regions of Oregon i The ffW In the cut-off at present I extends from n point near Eugene. ! i'1-jcon. appi ovimately itiO miles 10 Kirk. Prom thence it is built to Kla-mafh Kla-mafh Falls, but fiom Klamath Fall to Susanvllle there Is another gap of about 130 miles.