The Republican journal., 1870-11-03

culveH over the Sawyer stream, Of 10 feet
lspan-a very handsome and substantial
structure.
Two miles beyond this culvert is the Alb
bott summit, the highest point of land on the
line, 56S feet above the level Of the sea
The embankment in the Wentworth woods,
two miles further on, is 1000 feet long and
Is feet high, built almost entirely from bor-
rowing pits, rs they are called, by the side
of the road, the excavations not furnishing
sufficient material. The embankment has II
curve of 2000 feet radius.
Two miles further is the arch culvert over
the Gates stream, of 10 feet span, a very
solid and substantial piece of work
| The Thorndke station, near the house of
A. X. Bumps has q freight and passenger
building 80 by 20, with woodshed 75 feet
long, tank-house and sef-hlling tank. and
700 feet of side track This viii be an inn
=, rtant station for business, being he centre
OF y fine agricultural region which furnishes
a large surplus for market, and demands
large amounts of goods. Freedom, that is
only three miles away, has fine water
power, with manufactures of wooden and
other wares, tanneres, &c. TeaminG to the
amount of 25O0 tons yearly is done to and
from Freedom, all of which will now find its
cheapest conveyance over the railroad
About fifty rods beyond the station is a
stone arch culvert with 8 feet span over the
Palmer Brook--similar to the others. II
voids the water of the brook through heavy
embankment From this point the road is
carried by easy grades and curves, and a re-
lmarkably handsome line to Unity, three and
a half miles
The Unity station building is Is by 20 feet,
woodshed Is feet long, with 700 feet Of side
track, Unity is II pretty and thriving village.
in II very fertile and productive farming dis
lrict The trade is considerable and the
business over the road TO and from this point
will be large.
| The distance from the station to the shore
of the Unity Pond is about Il mile, The pond
i very handsome sheet Of water, six miles
long. 1t is crossed at a narrow portion, by
1000 feet Of embankment from the east side,
and $50 from the west side, the 4G6 feet in
| in the middle being filled by a substantial
| pile bridge The "horse back" a grayelly
bank which extends many miles, furnished
| 10000 yards for the embankments, and 49,,
600 yards for ballastng the track. The ma
! terial is of the best quality, and the supply
|inexhaustible.
| The track crosses the outlet of this pond
at distance of four and half miles from
the pile bridge by u 90 feet Howe truss
bridge ON granite abutments.
Three miles beyond, the road crosses Sebas-
ticook river on 2l7 feet Of connected truss
bridge, from granite abutments, with Il cen
tral pier, the height OF the masonry being
twenty feet.
| From the SebastcOok bridge to the point
Of the Y connecting with the track Of the
Maine Central, the distance is $50 feet. There
have been no station buildings built at this
point rs the Central Road, by the terms of
the contract, is to furnish depot accommoda-
tions.
The whole track, exclusive of siding7, is
thirty three miles long. 1t is built high, as
the numerous borrowing pits along the line
will indicate. This will greatly facilitate the
clearing of the track from snow. II N LAID
with 80 900 ties of cedar, hacmctac, yellow,
ash. ana on the curves with u few of hem
lock The ties are two feet apart. The iron
is the best quality Welch iron, from the cele-
brated Guest manutactory 1t weighs fifty
six pounds to the yard, and is Of continuous
rail-" so called. fastened together by fish
plates, or iron clamps held together by four
bolts to each plate, set up by screws-the
slots being oval, 10 allow of contraction and
expansion.
We proposed in this article to give a sketch
of the appearance, location and mechanical
features of the road only. That it is one of
the best and most thoroughly built roads
ever constructed in this country, is conceded
by every disinterested person who has seen
IT, OF the difficulties that have been met
and overcome, engineering, business, and
financial together with the future prospects
Of the road and our city, we shall take
another occasion to speak.
of aSS0chlI Sptt