Shevlin Mills Ship Solid Train of 1sl Cars from Bend and McCloud

Section of the l5l-car pine lumber special photographed at Bieber, Calif., Nov. 10.-The driving of a golden spike here today marked the completion of the California connection of the Western Pacific and Great Northern Railvrays, accomplished by the extension of the Western Pacific from its main line at Keddie, Calif., a distance of. ll2 miles and the extension of the Great Northern from Klamath Falls, Ore., a distance of 91 miles.

The spike-driving celebration was attended by a large aggregation of persons including prominent railroad executives from several states, who had traveled from distant points to witness an event which marks the completion of a new and competitive all rail route between California and its sister states of the Rockies.

Immediately after the ceremony a solid train of 151 cars loaded with Shevlin pine lumber from the forests of northern California and southern Oregon rolled over the rails of the new line, being the first movement of freight over the new route from the north.

The train comprised 76 carc loaded by the McCloud River Lumber Company at McCloud and hauled over the line of the McCloud River Railroad to Lookout, a junction point on the new rail extension, and 75 cars from the mills of the Shevlin-Hixon Company at Bend, Ore.

IDo Tou Know That

Redwood Piling ir now rpecificd on m.ny State, Countyr and other jobs?

BECAUSE it ir lower in pricc than other piling, larting qualitiee conridercd. It ic a California product. 'We rcll it to lumber yatds at pricec which enablc them to meet competition.