| Show OHIO BIVER AT louisville louisville march 6 the river touched the curbing nt the foot of fourth today the highest of the seafin but the damper line haa not been reached heavy rains are reported in southern kentucky Afat fL MANY improvements ALONG THE S P ROAD heavy steel rails are arriving from england car shops at los angeles branch roads to towns cut off the main line san 6 julius assistant to the president of tho southern pacific company who has returned from a prolonged visit to the cast says that many improvements in the lines owned by the corporation are to be made in the near future amany new cars and locomotives have been ordered but owing to the scarcity of structural steel their delivery has been delayed the companas comp anys new car shops at los angeles which will soon be in operation will employ at least 1000 men the forty thousand tons of 80 pound steel rails ordered in england arc beginning to arrive and some of them have already been laid in all tons of these heavy rails are to be laid this year the completion of the suzanna tunnel in southern california will do away f with many curves and Ii eavy griam 1 bides shortening the distance between san francisco and loa angele about six miles the branch line to ahe ini colony on the arizona desert which has just been opened will reach the new town of imperial within 10 days Ite construction work on the central pacific is being rushed and when completed the route will be greatly abort enad and improved if towns now on the line should be left to one side by tia process of straightening the road branches will be built for their accommodation mo dation to alie new elams act fo the strict regulation of interstate commerce mr said 1 I am one of thoe who think thas the lay cannot be made too rigid er not for us |
