The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1852-12-22
The Steubenville and Indiana
Railroads. Progress.

The completion of this road is looked TO
anxiously, not only by the people in this sec
ton, bat by the public generally, giving as
it will in connection with the Pittsburgh AMI
Steubenville road, the shortest and most d.
rect route between all the large eastern cities
and the centre of Ohio and the west. Il
gives us pleasure therefore to state that the
work IS pushed with all the speed that hui
man hands and energetic minds can accom-
plish.
On section 0 a bad slip has occurred
which Will take some time to remove, but
the arch is half turned at Wells and other
wise the work is nearly completed.
Section ! will be completed by the middle
of January. aa's 2
Section 3 is finished down to near Cross
Cfeek--a week or two with favorable wealth
err and it will be completed. The switch
from the river comes in near the upper end
of this section. The iron has been laid on
the switch and the track layers are now
working on the upper end Of the sect on,
following down the graders and Jewellers.
Section 3'begins witch the bridge at Gross
Creek. The timbers for the bridge have all
been prepared, and they axe. nov being
hauled to the glound. 1T will be up by
January, and the grading of the section,
embracing some very heavy work, will also
be completed by the same period. m sat
Section 3, 4 and 5 will be graded by JAM
uary 1st. Sections 6 and 7 are already graz
ded. Section 8 will be done by LIST of Feb
ruary and 8 by list January. 10 is done ar
II will be finished by the first of Februa#
IL will be done by the first of Januaryg'
On section IS is a tunnel Ats feet va
400 feet is already driven. Mr.. Urbang
contractor, is working at both ends, IL
and day, and pledges himself to conc
his work By the last of February. The
mel to be arched most of the way with BIZ
much of which is already completed.
Section IA will be done on the first Of u
ruary, and Is and 16 on the first OF Msel;
Section II has a tunnel on it 1s50aa,noal
long. Mr.. Kelley is the contractorlina.
working from both ends has already d. be
it 900 feet. Section 10, Mr.. Fox contrat.nns'
has also a tunnel. 1t is nine hundredthen
long and is worked from both ends, andthis
already been driven $50 feet. The ne36,ppr,,
sections are comparatively light work. DDS.
comes section rs, (Mr. Salsbury's.) y
is a tunnel 1850 feet long, with a h%eay-
proach at one end. But one Of the end
been driven and the hill has been err
700 feet. The whole OIL these ~sections9
II to rs inclusive) will be completed.Hy the
FIRST Of May--the tunnels being worked
steadily night and day with double ats Of
hands. ~ y
1t is expected that the iron will be laid and
the roal be in running order up to section
Is by midsummer @ A@
1t will be remembered that the lettin0y
the above work only took place one
ago. None Of the contractors stipulateHfo
have their sections done before the tit M
the coming June. And the history Of such
works shows that they are never completed
until months after the time agreed u5Son.
The fact that the heaviest of these slcti
will be completed a month earlier thas
time agreed upon, shows the energy
directory and the steadiness with who sssa
have kept an early completion in wig N
At section rs the Cadiz Branch ID
1t win be about seven miles long.
tisements will soon be issued inyiti
sails for the grading, DC, and Ces,b
the first town put in connecdor D