Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-08-13 | Page 1 | Great Progress Made in Construction Work on Interurban Line

GREAT PROGRESS MADE IN CONSTRUCTION WORK VORK ON INTERURBAN LINE Road Has Nearly Threaded Jordan Narrows and Has Much Track Down S SS C s. s ARENTZ RENTZ chief engineer for tor the tho L. L Salt sau Lake Utah Railway company corn corn- pC pany nr the road nado mado the tho definite den den- nite announcement yesterday nr that tanJes unless uns un un- less Jes s unforeseen happenings Interfered trains would be running running- over OYer t tl th IIi tI of oC the company between Salt Lake and Provo Pro before the first of oC t the 1 year It If such a a. fact is accomplished the tho building of the Orem road from Salt Luke to tho Utah county soa soja will RO KO down In railway annals as one o of the most remarkable pieces of or in III tho the United States StateN With less than three thle months of or con construction work pa past t tho the engineers ha have hathus thus far ar es established es- es hed a record for tor rapid and thorough thor thor- ou ough h interurban building It was not riot until last October r that the railway project was financed fn nd the tho work of or making preliminary sure sur- sur vc e eys s 8 fUR began Contours were taken topography worked d out and the lines adjusted for tor grades and curvature within hardly more than a months month's time Then Chen the awarding of or contracts tho the ordering of ot material materia and amI the tile gathering gath th ering of or workmen 11 began Delayed Del by br bytho tim tho wintry weather actual construction tion Uon work worle lId did not begin ln until U In tn June Since that time more thin GOO OO men have ha been beell kept ept at nt work ork on the tho road laying more than twenty miles of track In Salt Lake alone and amI working south from Crom Salt alt Ial Lake north from Crom Provo Pro and within tho the city limits of or Lehl Lehi Continued on Page 8 S. S Column U. U i 1 GREAT PROGRESS MADE I I IN CONSTRUCTION WORK LINE Road Has Nearly Threaded Jordan Narrows and Has Much Track Down Continued from Page 1 1 u A American rons ana ann a ai at actual At present tho the task of or threading threading- the tho grade through Jordan Narrows Is practically complete e ed u. Within a few tew weeks w electrification will begin with almost the Immediate operation of electric work trains This years year's plans of or the tho Orem Orom road call for 5 52 miles of track Including switches and stretches of ot double line The distance to be traversed from tho the heart of oC Salt Lake Lako to tho the heart of or Provo will be 48 miles mUes Thus far tar the work work- has hos proved true to estimate and the th ultimate average cost per mile ratio will be between and Three thousand feet of ot over the marshes just south of ot Salt Lake alone will cost Four division engineering camps are being maintained and at points eVer every five miles between Salt Lake Lako and Provo construction camps have b been en established Tho TI-mo actual construction work Is in the hands of the Utah Construction Con Con- on company compan which has let subcontracts sub nub contracts for lor practically all au of ot the work worl