Show PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD CUT line to shorten distance to marysvale Marys vale along west side of utah lake to en through canyon to marysvale Marys vale branch the following railroad news from the salt lake tribune is 13 of interest to the people of this section the ment of a acres c of land the shortening of t the h aeo oeo h line n e to 0 tintic gintic twenty miles the shortening of the distance to all points below ephraim ten tell miles a anew new line on the west side of the utah lake through nephi such is the gigantic plan of the denver rio grande and to complete all this but forty eight miles of new const construction ution will be necessary forty eight miles through a practical level country the cost would be normal as compared with the great traffic results the rails can be taken up from the main line and used and used on the nw branch here is the general outline of one or oe most important projects ev ever er brought up by the rio jr grande ande the new line to leave the present main line at mesa lust just beyond the jurdan jordan narrows thirty miles of new grade erade to elberta along alone the west shore of the lake it would traverse Mi monida mosida isida that wonderful new country where acres are ready for the seeds and the plow and which tho the rio grande has already promised to build a branch to thence thu the line would pass through the famous goshen valley and cross the present tintic gintic line at elberta in other words this first stretch of thirty miles would penetrate one of the richet richest fruit and grain lands of the future in the state as well as cutting off twenty miles between the smelter and the tintie district continuing from elberta but eighteen miles into nephi and give eive the rio grande the short line into that city as well as to connect up with its sanpete valley railway below ephraim the distance would be reduced to all points cointa by ten miles as against the line at thistle this would be the case through to mar avale to secure these results the rio grande would practically only have to pay for the grading of the forty eight miles and this could be accomplished cheaply owing to the level country the decision to build to ta mos da was reached some time ago but now the same results can be accomplished and far greater results by adopting the new plan clan the distance would be salt lake to tintic gintic sixty five miles salt lake to nephi seventy three miles salt lake to ephraim miles no description is necessary as to the mosida monida lands as aa that region was waa recently made the feature of an ex te aided article when a special party made a trip over tre ground but the total area of that land of goshen valley of the elberta region and the juab valley will be close to acres a tract that would warrant the construction of the line |