Rush Work on New Railroad
Susanville soon to have direct communication with sister communities
March 31^st, 1912

That this district will be served by the Southern Pacific soon is evidenced by the activity of railroad officials in the city in the last few days.

Recently a W. Bowman superintendent of the Utah Construction Company, H. R. Riddle a contractor and a concrete inspector for the railroad were at work here.

St. Patrick's day was celebrated in immediate railroad circles by the crossing of the Western Pacific tracks at Flanigan and the track is coming this way at the rate of 1 mile per day so it can readily be calculated that Susanville will be on the railroad map in a very short time.

In spite of unforeseen difficulties the construction crew is within a few days of its best guess and some detractors who said that the railroad would never get to Susanville have begun to modify their stories and take comfort in predicting long and tedious delay.

At the present time over 60 miles of railroad has been constructed out of a total of 106 miles. The stretch from Amedee to Susanville is 26.8 miles, or practically 27 miles but it presents more difficulties than the run into Amedee. However, these are not great enough to delay the arrival of the road to any great extent.

Representatives of the Utah Construction Company were here yesterday and reported that two steam shovels are being shipped to Susanville and that they will be used on work up the Susan River Canyon. They stated that the shovels should be on the ground within a few days and will be placed at work immediately.

It was also stated that a telegram had been received from headquarters in San Francisco to accept the lowest bid for the advance work and that the contractors will immediately start the project.