Show IMPROVING TUB ROAD juliius ia authority for the statement that tons of steel rails are to be wed in the improving of the southern I 1 ici fic much of this work will be along the central pacific when the 80 pound steel lias been placed in position oh a graveled roadbed the southern will be one of the finest roads in the united states the improvements on the central pi cifa and union are attracting attention from all parts of the country tho ban francisco chronicle looks forward to the time when the two roada will bo double tracked and says bince K 11 control of the southern pacific and union pacific tho policy of putting both in a to expedite brahic had been actively enforced the ventral railroad is now being straightened and shortened between promontory and bait lake jand the surveys for the of the sierra are being pushed both of these improvements will materially teri ally the line reduce the grades and rid of innumerable cun ea which are now delaying branic causing excessive congestion producing a percentage of train wrecks ciul adding to alio llio wear and tear of rolling stock all of which increases the cost nf operation the sierra tunnel will furthermore abolish a large portion of the snow sheda which arc a road standing menace to the working of the while the central h being thua improved important changes have been inaugurated in the union pacific this line is now to be double tracked from to ogden the prime purpose ia sald to bo the 0 the time of train running from new york to san francisco t 13 that the trip may lie made in three and one halt days when alico improvements are completed but what the traveling public are most concerned about is not alic shortening of the BO much as the greater security to life and property in transit which double tracking will auro when alio union is double tracked it will doubtless dawn on the management of tho two systems thai tbt central will need th samo treatment before the highest degree of and cm citney i secured dm ing trains at himli riff of frfd in opposite diorec tion over a single track is perilous in the no how carefully the line may be operated mat of the diatta diat tw have occurred on thea single track joao avo been du to the fact that onn pair of rails aaa a aa carrying tho I 1 ton money represented in the on aba central pacific railroad ironi this bauc could be computed it would probably be found to be large enough to double track it all the mav from iw bwy of pan 1 ranc iaco to ogden it only ft question of a ami acara thi improvement will have t i to be anyhow no matter what the cost us the increase of trans continental i at a rato alu cli ill soon ninke il impossible to carry it over a dinglo track |