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Show TEN MSLES Of THE CUT-Off DAMAGED Storms of Saturday Night Repeats the Destruction of a Week Ago and Once More Trains Arc Forced to Go Over the Old Central Pacific Line. track will be put In and the old line practically rebuilt In order to rush the work upon (he old line, n work train will leav Os-den Os-den thl evening with carpenters and track men, to le Joined by aunt her work train and men from the west end of the division. Tho estimated damage of the storm of last Monday and tho one last Saturday Sat-urday will approximate SldO.OOn. Over ton thousand carloads of ballast will be used by the railnmd company In repairing tho daraago of tho two storms. Saturday night's ind storm on Great Salt Lake, as destructive as the storm of last Monday night has again demonstrated to the officials of tho Southern Pacific company that the trestle of the cut-off across th lake will withstand the worst storms that can prevail, but that the "fills" or embankment burning the approaches ap-proaches to tho trestle must be raised to such a height as to be fully five feet higher than they are at present and on tho same grade as that of the trestles. The two storms within the past fight days have been very' similar In character aud in the amount of damage dam-age done in that practically tho same districts have been affected each time. In the last storm the damage le-twoen le-twoen Llttlo Mountain and Bagley, a distance of five rolles. In more extensive exten-sive than the former one. It is the first time in the history of the cut-off that the east side of the cut-oft has been damaged by the lake storms. From the eat end of the trestle to Sallna and from Rambo to the west end of the trestle the Mils were again undermined and weakened. Tho wind reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour and sent great waves against tho rnllroad embankments. The total distance damaged In the recent storm is placed at ten miles. To repair the damage, the company has tight work trains hauling ballast and rock from the Lakeside quarries, the longest haul of the work trains being about thirty miles. All the available work trains from various points upon tho division have been pressed into service for the repairing re-pairing of the damage. Two shifts of meu are working night and day. The gravel pit at Lakeside is lighted by electricity. Two steam shovels of tho most modern type are gradually eating Into the sides of small mountains moun-tains of rock to get material to empty into the lake. The annonhceuient was made at the local offices of the Southern Pacific company this morning that the line will be opened tomorrow afternoon. During the temporary suspension of traffic across the lake, the old Central Cen-tral Pacific line around the head of the lake is again In use. Beginning l yesterday afternoon, passenger trnlns were sent over the old line. The fact that the rail.-; are llehter and ihe roadbed Is not in th best of shape between Kelton and Fmbrla Junction, a ichedule of not exceeding twenty miles per hour is maintained. The trains are honied by the light engines of the old class between Ogden and Monicllo. At the latter ooint the trains are given the heavier or Pacific, Pa-cific, type engine. The running time of trains between Ogden and Montello by the way of the old Hue, pli mlls, Is eight hours, while the distance by the cut-off Is 12o miles ami the time Is three hours and twenty-one minutes of tho fast mall to four hours and forty minute for the local train. The line across the lake does not have a one per cent grad" while that on the old lino reaches alxuit three per cent on Promontory Prom-ontory hill. Following the storm of last Monday, Mon-day, General Manager Bancroft issued orders for the Improving and building build-ing up of the old line around the head of the lake, to be ready for use In cass of emergency. The announcement announce-ment I j made that a coal shute and water tank will be placed at Kelton. water tanks and telegraph offices will be placed at other jolnts, new side- |