The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-16

river thirty miles from Cumbe and was contemplated
but the unavoidable delays attendant upon the adjustment
of location in conjunction win nat Of te canal exlen
vailing on the Potomac badly during the autumn OF ls4s
and 1850, made that lmpractlcabe and the idea was
abandoned the more readily, nothing OF importance
would have been gained by it's accom- plishment. The
commencement OF the laying OF the rails west OF Cum
berand therefore, postponed until the present spring
and is now steadily ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF SIX miles
trains, carrying the iron materials OF the track
As The whole line TO Wheeling is 10 be pushed forward
in this way, BY transporting the iron over the new road
AS fast as IL is finished, il will give the ceaes and read
lest idea OF the progress and time OF completion OF he
whole line TO say thai delay in the progress OF ue
track from this time forth is anticipated and lha Tue ay
Ing OF II will advance at average rate OF ABOUT eh
miles per month. This, counting IRON the nrst o. AP
instant. would lay the whole two hundred miles ron
Cumberland to Wheeling in twenty months rom ,a
date or BY the first OF December, 1907 ana lhe opehe
OF the line to Wheeling cannot be delayed oeSoha lha
month, if there be failure In The supply OF apol anu u
means TO pay for H. These are Ie oy Ha
and, far they are under Tue cohfoi VI e 'oh'hs'
they will not stand in the way ., ,,. i,
lam moi expected TO speak OF the financial part OF the
subject In regard the labor. can say that every
nrooer effort shall be made, and that think the worst rs
pasi We have now about 1880 men and 500 horses
upon the whole line--making about % men and four
horses per mile This force would be very Inadequate TO
finish The miles BY the end of 1882 the work
only now begun; but has far advanced that con-
cenralion OF labor upon the heavier jobs, midway and
near the west end, will soon begin 10 take place, and
their progress will thus be accelerated
In speaking OF such OF these known to The board
and to the community here as remarkable Tor their
magnitude, will state leach section being about mile
long, and it's number, therefore, showing It's distance
from Cumberland) that
The tunnel on section 80, and the very deep cut
ton 49, will be finished in July
The summit cut on section is will be passable in Au-
The tunnels on sections IS and IS will be finished in
June.
The remaining very heavy sections east of Cheat river
may be passed in September.
The very high bridge walls on section II will be in
condition TO support the track by October although not
fully completed for some months after
The other heavy sections thence to the kngwood tun-
nell on the Sad section will be ready for al least track
Of rails in the same month OF October
The great tunnel just named, OF Jour thousand one
hundred feet in length, will be finished in December
The high embankment on the sad section will be made
ready to carry the track by the same time
Beyond this point eighty three miles from Cumber-
landj the worlds comparatively light, until we reach the
section 1893, UPON the line substituted Tor that pre-
fered by the company and used as the basis OF their
original estimate OF the time OF opening the road 10
Wheeling But from this work delay in the advance
OF the track to accomplish that final result IN all
December, 1882, Is apprehended.
II fortunately happens that this long line oil Two
hundred miles there but six viaducs OF large slze
The first of these at Cumberland is finished; the second,
over the Potomac, the 3lst section, will be completed
in May; the third, the river, on the 30th
section in Juy the fourth, over the fouofheny river
ton, Cheat river, IN September; and the SIXTH
over the Monongahela river, near FaIrmoun on the
l23d section, some Time next winter. All the MINOR
bridges and cuvers with their superpctures, will be
completed in time
The water stations will be ready fast needed,
and the depot buildings, engine houses and shops also
The materials for the track will all be furnished IN
good time.
OF the 81 900 of rails required nearly 10 900 have
been delivered at Locust Point and the remainder will be
before the end of the present year
The advance of the track will carry il to Piedmont
station twentyeght miles from Cumberland by July A.,
1861 Cheat river, seYenty.fve miles, by November l.,
1851; Tygarfs Valley Bridge, one hundred and three
miles, by February /, 1851 Paramount, one hundred and
twenty three miles, by April /, 1881 Wheeling, two
hundred miles, by January /, 1858.
10 the confident hope that these results may be realized
have the honor 10 be, sir, most respectfully, your obe
dent servant,
BENZ. H. LATROBE, Chief Engineer
J. J. TURNER esq,
Director on the part of the city, &c.