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Show .CiilQ9' ENGINEER HOOD . TO j . OECf&E ON A BREAKWATER- ' Man Who Directed the Building: of the Offden-Lucin Cut-Off Across; I Great SaltLake Will Leave Here in a SpeciaLTram to Inspect the Trestle and Pass Upon the Construction of a Break-water Break-water Which Is to Keep Back "the Waves in Time of Storm. ! ; Chief Engineer William Hood of the -I Southern Pacific system, under who? ; ! personal supervision the Ogden-Lucm , cit-of across Great Salt Lake was ; built, will arrhe from San Francisco , in Lie private car Friday morning at , 7-10 and half an hour later will leve on a special train for a thorough Inspection In-spection of the great engineering feat which has excited the attention and admiration of railroad engineers since its Inception and final completion. ' Accompanying Engineer Hood on the inspection trip will be General Manager Man-ager Bancroft. General Superintendent Davis. Chief Engineer Ashton. DiyU-ion DiyU-ion Superintendent Manson and o her prominent officials of the Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific jems. and the trip or inspection will determine deter-mine the character of the breakwater to. he constructed to protect the grades, fillings and tracks across the vast body of water during high winds and storm periods. The impression obtains among railroad rail-road officials that a heavy timber breakwater should be constructed, as soon as possible, cn the western section sec-tion of the cut-off. where waves roll mountain high and at times submerge the tracks, making train service perilous. per-ilous. ' ; The work of rlprapplng now being done on the eastern end of the cut-off is effective !n protecting the tracks where the water is comparatively shallow, shal-low, and' it is not thought a breakwater breakwat-er will be necessary for that part of the cut-off. The heavy rock now being be-ing used on el'her side of Bagley station sta-tion Is effective in minimizing the danger of washouts in those districts, and the six work trains now in service ser-vice will be kept ousy until a solid wall of heavy ftouo protects the tracks for several miles adjacent to Bagley. Superintendent Manson returned last night from a trip of inspection across the cut-off and says the waves were mountain high all day Wednesday Wednes-day and washed out great holes on either side of the tracks, on top or the grades. The riprappirig protected the sides of the embankment, but the waves rolled over the tracks and dipped dip-ped out fillings from the top. These holes were filled in by solid rock as fast as the stone coul dbc hauled from Lakeside and when Superintendent Superinten-dent Manson left the lake last night everything was in good concmlon across the entire cut-oft. The result of Engineer Hood's trip of inspection on the cut-off will be looked for with general Interest by railroad men and tho public of this locality. |