The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-30
BRIDGING AN llILAND SEA.



Of wonderful feats IN railroad building,
and much has been written of the en-
cheering skill and daring that directed
the course of the iron horse across the
plains and mountains that lie between
''In the grandeur and magnitude Of tho
undertaking, the Union Pacific-Central
Pacific has never been equaled. The
energy and perseverance with which tho
work was urged forward, and the ra-
without parallel in history" were tue
statements of the special government COM
missioners to the Secretary of the In
terror.
Ss. h. just been completed: Then s th. World world
was watching while the builders of tho
Union Pacific and Central Pacific raced
for supremacy. It was a magnificent con-
test, but nowadays the owner: of the
problems. One Of these necessitated the
Strengthening Of the track. '
One Of the most Interesting and dif6-
cult feats Of railroad engineering ever
TIE owners Of THE Overland Route
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail
road--the building of bridge across the
Great & Salt lake Lake between Ogden Utah.
ana Aucln, Nevada.
the new track was formally opened on
Thanksgiving Day when Mr.. +: H. Har-
riman, head of the Hartman Lines, and
. big party of railroad magnates partook
Of Thanksgiving Day dinner in the mid
The Ogden -Lucin Cut Of" is 1o2
miles in length, y miles on land and 80
miles on trestle work and films over tho
waters Of Great Salt Lake. It presents
q practically level track except for short
distance on the west eni near Lucin, Ne
vada, where = slight grade is encoun-
tered.
The use of this cut off will throw out
the trans-continental traffic over the old
tine EaRe Ths strp o track ir'ons s one
of the most expensive of the Hartman
system, the maximum grade over the
long Promontory hill is lO4 feet to the
mile and helper engines are always neces-
sary. The elimination of the use of these
engines will mean the saving of at least
81 10000 day in operating expenses and
also saving Of several hours III running
time.
Active work was commenced in 1902.
and thus the almost impossible task was
pile was driven during the last week Of
Q october to6 en- ~ This great work has cost over
The cut off runs from Ogden west IS
the lake proper, then across the east arm
OF the Lake 8 miles to Promontory. Then
tive miles of solid road bed and then -
miles west over the west arm of the Lake
toward 1uc'n and thence across the Great
sa,e Aeros! !aks IKE De- Desert to tucn Nev%s
be almost a continuous fillin supported
by trestle. Near the middle of this will
pc a gap, of 600 feet of open trestle work
left for the waters of the Bear river which
How into the arm of the Lake.
Across Promontory Point runs five
miles OF solid road bed and here difficult
work was encountered. A cut of 5000
feet long in sand and rock of barren
ott n,o 9e.ng hang+95 3eeesssry At this point, the
veys have been made for an immense sum
mer resort.
Across the west arm of the Lake is IL
miles of trestle work with fillin ap-
proach at each end of four miles. In
one great difficulty was encountered across
the east arm by the settling of films and
trestle work. This was caused by the salt
of the flow of the Bear river having col
the Lake and having formed a salt wall
OF 100 feet: 1t took 1000 tons of rock in
piles which appear to have reached the
bottom of the Lake proper and which has
resulted in a firm and splendid road bed
In speech which he made at the Alta
Club. Salt Lake City, on the eve of the
opening of the Cut or" Mr.. Hartman
said:
1.-The completion of this undertaking
will reduce the distance between San
Francisco and Salt Lake by Al milee, and
will eventually bring the time between
the two cities down to p hours.
1T is intended to reduce the running
time from Salt Lake to Chicago to 38
hours, and put passengers into New York
in s. hours from Salt Lake.
"These two railroads-Union Pacific and
Southern Pacitic-have spent in the last
three years somewhere near $3.50 OOO,-
10000 in repairs and improvements aside
from the expenses of operation or MAIN
ASoft tHeart.-Freddy-"B hoo! Sissy's
gone and killed that little fly on the win
dow; Mother-'I'm glad to see my little
Freddy is so tender hearted Freddy
myself. Pick Up.