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sive program for construction
work, new facilities and improve
ments to maintain highest class
transportation service for Pacific
Coast states has been launched
by the Southern Pacific Co., it
was announced here today.
Expenditures totaling in ex
cess of $4,000, 900 are involved
in the Improvement program,
which is being carried into effect
as rapidly as possible.
This program is in addition to
the recent purchase by the South
ern Pacific Co. of a record nun
Der of freight and passenger
cars. refrigerator cars and power
full locomotives at a cost aggre
eating $4O,OOO,O0O.
The announcement calling for
renewed activity throughout the
territory served by the railroad
follows close upon the heels Of
the decision OF government Off
Gals at Washington to accept
the United States court decision
affirming the Southern Pacific
Central Pacific merger.
Included in the improvements
are the building of new lines,
extensive double tracking, new
classification and Industrial yards
in different cities, freight ter
minals, creosoting plants, rock
crushing plants, station build
ings, additions to shop equip
ment, replacement and streng
thening Of bridges, line changes
to eliminate curves, new and
heavier ballasting and heavier
rails, new tunnels and improve.
ments to existing ones and so on.
Outstanding in this work are
such projects as the building of
the Natron Cut off and new en-
trance to Portland, double track
ing sections between San Fran,
cisco and Ogden and over the
Tehachapi mountains, from Te-
hacapi to Seivert. which will
give complete double track from
Bakersfield to Mojave, new sta
ton facilities at Sacramento, ex
tensive new terminal yards and
freight facilities in Los Angeles
and large tie and timber treat
ing plant ia Oakland.
In San Francisco industrial
trackage will be built on Beale
street at a cost Of $122,OO0. A
team yard in the same territory
is being constructed.
Some of the highlights of the
company's program follow:
The company is double track.
ing parts of it's line and building
more passing tracks at strategic
points from San Francisco to
Ogden. This.work together with
a double track arrangement now
being negotiated with the West
ern Pacific will greatly facilitate
the tremendous movement of Pa.
citic Coast crops to the East.
A part of this second track
construction work over the noun.
tains and in Nevada, entailing
an expenditure of nearly So, 900,
600, has been almost completed
This includes construction of
5.27 miles of second track be
tween Blue Canyon and Emf.
grant Gap, 6.5 miles between
Andover and Truckee and in
Nevada, two stretches of second
track between Wells and Moor,
8 Z miles, and between Valley
Pass and Montello, 2O.3 miles.
Arrangements being complet
ed for Carrying on this import.
ant work over the original Cen.
trail Pacific line will necessitate
additional expenditure in excess
of s., 900, 900 and will result in a
continuous stretch of double
track of 1855 miles from San
Francisco to Emigrant Gap a
continuous stretch of double
track from Andover to Sparks.
distance of 46 miles. The
double tracking from Wells to
Moor and from Valley Pass to
Montello is in the Pequops noun.
tains, the only territory on the
Salt Lake Division where all
freight and some passenger
trains require helper engines.
Ten and one half miles OF
double track are being complet
ed over the Tehachapi mountains
at cost of 100000 which this
winter will give a stretch OF
double track from Tehachapi to
Mojave.
Surveying crews now are con.
templating the task of stalking
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