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Show ncctlon from Hazen and when tho Uoldfield boom blossomed It broad gauged tho lino to Mina, leaving th3 narrow gauge below Mlna. Later tuc Owens rlvor project came up whereby where-by tho city oi Ix8 Angelos was to receive Its water supply from Owena lftko. It wa.i necessary to have a lalhoad and ?o the lino from Mojave was built. Then It was seen that by cbulldlng the narrow gauge a lirough lino could bo built which .ould place Los Angeles In direct jonnectlrin with tho Central Pacific on the east of tho range an cutting out tho two great gTados over Toha-chapl Toha-chapl and Truckee. The lino Is now through and tho next ten days will bo taken up In putties In the transfer trackage at Owenyo aDd .surfacing up the line so that tho first regular trains can run on October 22. LOS ANGELES; TO OGDEN ROUTE Word has been received of the practical prac-tical completion of the through lino between Mojave and llazeii la Owenyo. Owen-yo. . October 2'1 is tho date for tho completion of the through counec-tlon, counec-tlon, and by that tluie all be flubbed flu-bbed lu the way of transfer trackapo ho that the narrow gauge and broad fciiuKo cars can be easily transferred. On that dato the people of that region luteud to ral.su a fiuj; and have an impromptu celebration. Temporarily the volume of traffic cannot bo large owing to tho existence exist-ence of thj narrow guuge link bo-tween bo-tween Owenyo and Mlua, but, as heretofore here-tofore explained, this link will be relocated re-located and nindy standard at the earliest ponolble moment, when It will be used as a through Hue from Los AngelcM. The old narrow gauge was known as tho C'arion & Colorado and extended extend-ed from Mound Houhc to Keeler. At Mound House It counected with the Virginia & Truckee. II. M. Yerlng-ton, Yerlng-ton, el nl., owned the former anil D. O. Milln, et al., wero the builders of the last named. The Southern Tacl-fie Tacl-fie bought the former, but Milln refused re-fused to sell the V. &. T, So tho Southern Pacific built a new con- |