Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-16
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad.

Were it not for the unavoidable detention
IN the erection Of the large bridge, near Lin
den. we might have been able to have passed
over the iron rail to Lock Haven, 10y the first
Of January next but as it is, We shall not be
allowed that privilege before the opening of
spring The delay has been a consequence of
the great difficulty in getting suitable stone
for the piers and abutments The contractors
Messrs, Mari & Gritty, were disappointed in
their expectation to get them in the vicinity of
their works, and were finally compelled to boat
most of them from quarry near Queens Rnr,
about four mes above Lock Haven, and twenly
ak miles distant from their work.
All the sections between Wilamsport and
that bridge are now finished. The bridge
across Lycoming Creek is being framed and
will be raised by the middle of DccemOcr-
Above the Linden bridge, or between it and
Lock Haven, there are only three unfinished
sections BY finished, mean that they are
all ready for the ties and rail. The greater
portion of the ties are already delivered along
the line The iron is being rolled at the Mon
tour Iron Works, and some of ii is now on the
way to be delivered.
The superstruction of the bridge across Bald
Eagle Greek is being raised The Queens Run
bridge is now raised aud nearly ready for the
rail-
There are four large bridges between Will
Transport and FarrandSviIle, the respective
lengths of which are as follows Lycoming
creek bridge 200 feet Linden, l,0I4 Bald
Eagle, 465 Queens Run, 900. The two river
bridges were framed at LewiSburg and Milton
and brought up to the'r respective placesbycanal
The Linden and Queens Run bridges are
built on the improved Burr Truss principal
with packed arches, and arch braces, at the
extremities of which are counter-braces, rods of
wrought iron, as approved of by Robert FAIRIES
chief engineer The Bald Eagle bridge is
built on the Burr principle as approved of by
Phason Jarrett, associate engineer. None of
the above bridges cross at a right angle to the
stream, and hence they are the more difficult
to construct
The work above Lock Haven, under the super
vision of w. W. Morrison, pricipal assistant, is
far advanced, and the progress which has been
made since the first of September is really as
toniShing. The Irishmen, with their picks and
shovelS have made sad havoc with the hills, and
numerous shantieS, scattered along on the hills
and in the glenS, add much to the already beau
tful and picturesque scenery.
am informed that portion of the work lay
ing between Farrandsvie and the Simemahon-
ing will be graded and ready for the rail by the
first of June next
2. Jarrett has been in the woods and among
the mountains ever since the first of August
with corps of engineers, making further eX
nmina tons Of the different SUBMITS.
James Worre, formerly of Harrisburg has
recently been appointed associate engineer of
the western division, and is now at Erie The
work between Erie and Warren is getting on
finely aud is nearly ready for the track, which
will be laid early in the spring. The heprospccts
for the early completion of the road never were
brighter than at present, and indomtabIe en-
srgy of tho most able president Mr.. G. Moor
head, leads us to the belief that the entire line
will be under contract by the first ofnext sum-
mer. Adieu for the present. RAILROAD.
LTcOmiBg Gatetfe