Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-02-01
Amount to be done,

Amount to be done, 10000 ."
This amt. of work could be easily done in
FIVE months, with our present force, and if
necessary, in much less time by an increase
GRUBBING d CLEARING.
This departmentofthc work being some
consideration, is iye-eighths done, and pro
crosses as fast as the grading is prosecuted.
In detail; the city section to the Plank
Road from Chicago ST., and part OF section
|, fora distance oftwo miles, is entirely gra-
ded, together with the various street-cross-
ings of Pearl ST., and their sidewalks, not
only improving the grade of the street in
the excavations, by giving proper drainage
east to the street, but em5anking the ravinc
east, SO as to make it an easy grade, and in
viting avenue of travel, and if prosecuted
still further byth city, by grading the point
from Main St., and filling west and uniting
in bridging Seymour's ravinc, for passing,
would afford an avenue from the Lake Shore
Railroad to the harbor, and improve much
the value of the ST. as medium of business
The west half of sec. /, and sec. is being
worked by so men, under contract TO be
completed in March. Section is in pro-
cess of grading, with an effective force
Sections and 5 are nearly completed. See
6 has not been prosecuted very vigorously
until recently, but is now grading. On Sec
| tons 7 & our heavy work is found, on the
west Aux PLANES, and it will require about
10000 vds. at present to make the embank-
ment The work here is facilitated by bor-
rowing at convenient places, and wasting
as much but counted only one way. The
work is prosecuted with cars and track from
each side Of the river. Forces sufficient are
now at work on these sections TO finish in
season. On sec. 8. one of our heavy cuts
is found, and grading severe, most of the
section however is done. Sec. 10 Is light
one and nearly done. Sec. /, in the neigh
borhood of Hooker's Lake, is nearly finish
ed as well as sections l2, 3, IA and Is;
thus requiring, probably, not longer than
June to finish our grading complete to Fox
River, with the exception OF two or three of
our heaviest and hardest cuts. 1t will be
understood much OF our grading is OLA hard
nature, and hauls long, as we'll us some We
ry easy.
The work has been more difficult than the
average, and much more so than that west
of Fox River. The material excavated is
clay of various qualities, until we approach
sec. IS, when we find sand and gravel. In
addition to the grading of the Road, the
county road south of Jackson's, on sec. 8,
has been embarked, giving satisfactory
crossing to the travel; also farm crossings.
on sec. 8, one; sec 2, one; sec. IL, two, and
sec. Ia, one.
suPERsTRUCTURE.
The materials delivered for superstruc-
ture, foundations, piling, grillage, eulyerts,
farm crossings, and the Aux PLANES and
Fox River Bridges, and trestle work, in d.
mansions Of two inches and one foot square,
amounts to-
$4,000 B NJ.
of am unit in structures,
excepting the large bridges, 10000 h. VI.
: Iron delivered, including The
bridge, Io,uoo lbs.
Brick for arch calvert at Hook
ers rsrc elevenl 1000;
Stone calver,s, Gibbs and bank
wall. $50 vd.;
Pies driven for foundations, 1000 f..
: The structures on the west Aux PLANE,
consisting of Howe's Trcstle bridge Of ! 90
#. span with crib abutments and pile found
ations, and sheet piled, together with rs #
of trestle approaches, is completed, and now
S crossed by dirt cars. The culvcrts on Sec
, tons Z, 8, 8, 10, IL, 19, IS, ! 1, and 5, to
Fox River, arc completed with the excep-
ton of two, and the piles driven and found
atoms ready for one of these, "a brick arch
: on sec. H. Bills Of stone ard timber, al
so brick, have been given for the various
structures on the line, the filing of which
!, is progressing, and structures viii be ready
1 for use as wanted.
$ Preparations are making to drive pile
!, foundations on the east Aux PLANE and Fox
Rivers, as well as across the City low ground:
between Chicago and Main Sts., as founda
tons for HIVES Tresue Bridges. and com
mon trcstlc work, as we'll as pile bridging