The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-12
THE ROUTE
is TRACED
s'FindnCe and Trade" Tells
Where the Western Pacific
Will Be Built

1t is a part of the program of the
Western Pacific, which will connect
Salt Lake and San Francisco, TO cross
the Great Salt Lake on a trestle SINH?
lar to the one being constructed by
the Southern Pacific, but it is also a
part of the program to miss the quag-
mires and quicksands which the
southern Pacific engineers encounter
ed, says Finance and Trade. The
Western surveyors have been making
an examination of the bottom of the
lake between the two points on either
side and have found no bad spots and
only "a feet of water in the deepest
part. The survey for the road is
nearly finished, and a large party,
under B.. F. House. is camped at a
SPOT near the old Garfield beach re-
sort. The route has been definitely
fixed. except for the line across the
lake. Actual work of construction has
been commenced on the western end,
and there is a large stretch of the
roa already graded.
No franchise granting a. entrance
to Salt Lake has beer obtained by the
Western people, and there may be
more truth than fiction in the story
that the Salt Lake and Los Angeles
route will be taken in by the Western.
There will be difficulty over a sta
lion site unless a union depot were
arranged for, or the use of the Rio
Grande or Short Lake terminals OBJ
tanned.
The line crosses the south end of
Stansbury Island to the Hooele shore
around the southern end of the
Grantsville range, crossing Skull val
ley and then Cedar Mountains.
through a low pass that will neces-
state about ten miles of a l per cent
grade to the Great American desert.
Leaving the west side of the Cedar
range, a route has been adopted
which runs almost due west to Fer
guson Springs. saving fifty miles in
distance on a through line and strik-
ing the northeast end of Dutch Noun
tain. The possibilities for local bust
uess here are remarkable, and it has
been said that the volume of this
alone will be almost enough to keep
the road busy, judging from the large
bodies of ore in the vicinity of Dug
way, Granite, Fish Springs, Willow
Creek, Dutch Mountain and Clifton.
that have already been thoroughly
prospected. The road from this point
runs up Phelan Creek to Ruby Lake.
Between Salt Lake and this point
there are no engineering difficulties.
The maximum grade will be 1A per
cent. From Ruby Lake west the road
traverses a rough. broken country.
which will some day become noted for
the grandeur of it's scenery.
This region is especially rich in
minerals, and will be a great source
of revenue to the road. Eureka, Min
eraI Hill, Saligman, E~berhardt. Ham
ilton and other mining districts in
the vicinity will seek a market in
Salt Lake over this route. Diamond
Valley will be the shipping point for
this entire territory. The line will
cross the Eureka and Palisade rail-
road. a feeder for the Southern Paci-
fc, at a ass known as Narrow Gap.
From Ruby Lake to Austin the grade
will not exceed 1.95 per cent. Reese
river will be crossed at J~acobville, and
the road will cross the Shoshone
n at New Pass. From there it
will descend into the Humboldt val
ley and will cross the Southern Pacific
near Wadsworth. Continuing UP the
Humboldt, it will pass to the north
of Carson Lake. The grade from New
Pass will be 2.2 per cent.
From Wadsworth the grade rises TO
Beckwith Pass, a distance of about 10
miles, with a maximum rise OF l per
cent. 1t will meet and cross the Ore
0 and Nevada railroad. Through
Beckwith Pass, with an elevation OF
5,191 feet. the line follows the Feather
river in California. The work at this
point is heavy, but the rade will not
exceed lbs per cent. The entire sec
ton of Nevada through which the
new road will pass abounds in large
bodies of iron, copper. lead, silver,
gold, antimony and nickel. Many OF
the mines are so situated that. in or
der TO place their products on the mar
ket. a long. expensive haul by wagon
over extremely poor roads is neces-
STATED before a railroad is reached.