Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
BIG PLANS FOR
CONSTRUCTION.
Short Line to Shortly Enter Upon a
Dirt-fIyiug Epoch.
ENGINEERS DOWN AT uVADA
Party, Including Contractors, 10 60
over Routo IN Wagons BlaeIioot
Branch TO be Rushed Also,

Within the next month the Oregon
Short Line viii enter upon one OF the
biggest construction epochs In its ex-
istence which will include the con-
struction Of the extension from uyada
TO California, with It's attendant Lean
ington cut-ol and the standard guag-
ing of the Garfield branch; the Black
foot branch which will extend for some
ninety miles from Blackfoot Ida to
Houston the central point OF the biz
Lost River country In the same state.
A continuation Of this line into the
Salmon river region by way of Challis
is part Of the plan
BIDS OPENED.
The contracts on the construction of
the latter piece of work viii be- let
within the next few days. The bids up
on the work were opened by General
Manager Bancroft today prior to his
leaving for Blackfoot, but nothing to-
day is to be obtained regarding the
name of the firm which was the lowest
bidder General Superintendent r.. IT,
IN order 10 figure upon an early start
on construction, In the meantime sup
plies are being brought in over the
Union Pacific to take the place Of those
which have been SO hastily deported
down to uNadd during the past week,
BEAR RIVER BRIDGES.
Another important feature of the
work outlined by the short Line for the
coming summer will be the putting in
Of u number Of steel bridges along
the main line along the lines INDUCED
In by the Rio Grande Western this year,
Preliminary work upon the bridges
Nos, 532 and 524 In Bear River canyon
has been under way for a couple Of
weeks past on Monday the steel
structure work on the two big bridges
In the canyon viii be commenced and
pushed until completed.
ON TO THE COAST.
The public interest, however. natural
ly cepters in the extension Of the Short
Line through to the coast SO great
is the universal interest IN the stua-
ton on the disputed grade in Nevada
that two queries over the wires in re-
gard to the latest developments on the
state line were received In Salt Lake
from Wall Street. ~ Y, this morning
The Short Line means business, and
indicative Of the same bids will be
called for at an early date for con
structiOn work over the route from
Uvada southwest. Two engineers in
the persons of j. Q, Barlow, division
engineer at Pocatello, and j, c, Beye,
Of omaha, who is one Of Chief Engineer
}errys assistants on the Union Pact
ic, arrived at Uvada this morning
where they will be joined by number
OF the big contractors who have been
making Kenyon their headquarters in
this city for the past few days.
WILL DETERMINE ROUTE.
This party viii go over the proposed
route In wagons next week as was orig
inally intended by President Burt and
General Manager Bancroft. The party
will go over the entire route and their
report will have the effect Of determin-
ing just which way the road viii take
after leaving Clover valley. This ac-
ton on the part Of the Oregon Short
Line has the effect Of making railroad
people believe that the road Is going
right through to the coast
This morning Division Superintendent
Young wired from the south to the eff
feet that the Rubicon had been passed
and that now the big bridges had been
practically completed that he would
guarantee that a mile of track would be
laid every day from now on until the
end Of the old grade had been reached.