Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-11
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Am mg the cufious things er cnn"ter
ed ia ihr construction work If nn en-
ormnGs drpusit ~ PURE snli. found Oh
the wcIt II le ni lI,r UlBh de srrt, not far
from the Ncv?d State liuP. Thu.
sinrulr .,"pusit ie fifteen miles long and
ei hi nil. wid Excavations o' the
depth Of more Ihan six feet are s:ill III
toli sti' The snlt as found is suitnhlc
for ram 'c0ng"erGinl purposes. stock
cic +, and can rrnd,ly he r. fined for table
u-e. Uuqurstinilhly tile section WIS
onna IL" bed "t the Great Salt Lake,
and even uoS mfy- havea subtcrrauean
cunucclunu wits ihat mysterious body Of
water. more than. Il hundred miles
dis; 81. ....
IN 'i"a CONSTRUCTION of the new Pacific
cons' rx'.rsinn ~ the Dcn"er Il Rio
Grnnde f.,Irnoi Iatis;nct"ry prog rss
hns hrru made 'iur ug the year 1906.
The 'v.Ik ni.r rah IF of gigantic
prnror'in,s. und particularly ia this true
~ 'ho CtI' fornia end oi the line. The
not .lIli -uIi put IL TINT portion he
Or,v,,i". e. / and ,he Nevada State line
Between Silea and Aliamnni three
tunnel are hernr cut, aggreGatnV 1890
f""t H. ..uyth. i!oiwccn OroVillc and
tia. Stat. Hue tlirty-si1 tunnels are
hr 'ue l.nred. II total of 3),71 feet i'll
lrurih. One NJ the tunnels is over T0H0
f"r; Iung. There Ia one scveniy-tive
mile strr'ch ~ road that will cost Sl00.
CGQ nile to bu'li.
llie object Of this enormonR expcndi-
tutr 10 la secure direct and lowgrade
route through the mountains. Where
the line crosses the Serrns mt Beckwith
Ptas-'he altitude ia only 50l0 Feet, 0r
engineers have succeeded III locating n
line 40 low that there will he no trrmen
d"na operating "spen -.
II attaining these practical r"sulis
the " cstern tactic has secured 4 won
llerful scenic route thht cquals, IL 1t does
not excel. the Denver & Rio Graude
-.cenic liao' through Colorado and
Utah. contra 'iur speaking OF the
rOI,o down The Feather river described
il ~ "L Roy Gnrg" n'u"iy miles long.
with rna completion 0f the line the Rio
tirnndo. Wcstern pacriic route will, IL Ii
said. bc thG m"4i picturesque OF all
isanscontineniul liues.
TRACK is HlrrHdy laid from SHl, Lake
City ncurly Ia tho Nevada State line,
dislnnce oi abuu, ninety miIce, laid in
O,kland and in Stockton, but up TO ths
time the ciTOrte of the contractors have
bncn directed to preparing Il roadScd.
Early ~ 'lir spring irHcklRyng Will hr
at tutrh. md II will hr pushed with grcnt
rnpi ii'y.
Alihugb ii II ~" ,Gry to forecast the
conpletinn. ~ :hr hue, II in the belief of
the builders Tim, tr.in- will he III opera
ton over the entire line by january.
1900, aud IL the fu'l complement
of men can be acc Ired completion
rnrlicr hy six months is among the
pnssibilihoe.
AZ present there RrG approximately
5000 men at work, aud double that
number would be given employment
could they bc procured. Tie foot nnd
housing ut cHmp4 are superior to tho"
usually furnished men engaged III rail-
roud construction. Tho bunkhouses
near the tunnels couiaiD baths and nrc
electric lighted and GirauI heated, aud
these ure great luxnriCH Tor men on.
gagged in mnnual labor Tie food If
gnoh und abundant, the camps ARE well
lptn'rl, and climatic conditions arc oil
that could ppssi!,ly bo dn irch --T"!a
gram.