The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-10-23
NEVADA RAILROAD BUILDING
Will Make Important Points In
Western Part of State,
Including Fernley.

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ticle relating to projected Southern
Pacific extensions, would lead to the
conclusion that Fernley is practic-
ally certain to become point of
much Importance when the railroad
plans are completed.
1t would seem that the Seutl rem
Pacific aims to make the line now
building north from Fernley a part
of a grand trunk system that will
serve the entiree coast, the Fem
| ley line connecting at klamath Falls
with the line that is now being built
south from Portland. The general
aim seems to be the obviationof the
and Sierre Nevada mountains.
That part of the article dealing
with the Fernley road follows:
THE third route will be from
Portland to klamath Falls, thence
over the Fernley-Laessen branch to
Hazen or Fernley and thence to San
Francisco. The Fernley-Lassen ter
minus at Fernley will also serve as
an important junction point of an
extension that will enable the com
pany to operate trains into Los Ang
eles on the easy side of the Sierras,
thus avoiding the heavy mountain
grades. What is known as the Los
Angeles aqueduct line, which runs
from the main line of the valley
route at Mojave to Owenyo, in Inyo
county, will be an important stretch.
The northern extension of the aque-
duct line will be the old Colorado
railroad, owned by the Southern Pa
cific which is to be broad guaged.
1t runs from Owenyo to Tonopah
junction. small extension will
bring the line to Hazen, and there
connect with the Fernley- Lassen
branch, thence up to klamath and
Portland.
This construction work will be con-
sidered by the company by far the
most important of its new projects.
1t will give the Southern Pacific bet
ter facilities for competing with the
Salt Lake and Santa Fee roads, as it
will afford new low grade outlet
to the East for Southern California
traffic. 1t will also take from the
already crowded valley line a good
per centage of freight which can be
handled more expeditiously by the
new route. This southern traffic at
present is hauled to Roseville, and
from there carried over the Sierra.
An important part of this construc
ton work will be the building of a
new line crossing Nevada, tapping a
country hitherto practically without
adequate transportation facilities and
territory the Western Pacific has
T been looking upon with envious eyes
for two years. This line will be
built from Basait, New, to Battle
Mountain and Palisade. 1t viii tap
the main line, give the company a
short cut to Los Angeles from Salt
Lake City, and, it is figured, will
prove of great benefit to Southern
California shippers.
The new coast line to Portland
also will enable the company to reach
territory in northeastern California
which is now without transportation
facilities. The Southern Pacific, it is
expected, will have no difficulty in
using Northwestern Pacific tracks to
Eureka, as it owns half the road, and,
in the event of meeting objection,
could easily make an inexpensive
agreement with the Santa Fe, the
other half-owner of the road.
Viee-President E. E. Calvin is at
present in charge of all this extern
sion work, having taken charge of
all construction in May julius
Kruttschnitt, director of mainten-
ance and operation of the Hartman
system, is now en- route to this city,
and, with Calvin, will traverse the
territory which will be benefited by
the new lines. The exact amount of
money involved in the projects is
unknown, but it is said the last
budget for the Southern Pacific pro-
vided an initial expense proviso of
i 81, 100000.