The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-02-23


The Rapid Progress of Cfucin'
natl's Shortest Line TO tile At,
lantic-C Chesapeake aid OhIO
IEniIpbHd.y i
tsThe work goes braveTy onp' Or
ders are received here to Ietthe whole
line of the Chesapeake-& Ohio Rail
road, not already under contract, on
the 1st Of April And it is further
ordered by the Board that the road
shall be in operation from the termi-
nus, at thejunction of the Big Sandy
river with the Ohio, to the fdl5 of the
Kanawha, in July next. Mi. Whit
combe, the Chief Engineer, is the
man to pcs through what it is possible
to do. The object of President Hunt
iRgtOu is 10 have the whole road in
operation by the summer of 1872, aud
Ievery effort is to be made with that
view. oi g.fmgz} y eE5 u3 - =zH
From the more =diffcuIt points Of
constructloh along the line the news
is. encouraging. The Big Bend tunnel
is the heaviest work on the road. Re
Gently, in sinking a shaft of some hum
dred and twenty or thirty feet, a
stream of water was encountered
which was controlled by an engine
and the Buckets. But as the work
men were near the bottom of the
Esame--a well some thirty feet below
the bed of the tunnel to gather the
water for pumping it out-the drill
struck arbOdy of water, which rose. so
rapidly that the yorkmen could not
with their means keep it down, and
barely Succeeded in making good their
escape aWhen the water had reached
their arms The contractors had inn
mediately 10 order a powerful engine
Icapable Of keeping down this large in
fux of water. But the engine had
not been put in place when the fow
of water ceased. ItWas an unaccOunt-
able freak of the internal economy of
the earth, yet one highly grateful TO
the contractors, who are thus relieved
of great expense and. trouble, while
the work is much facilitated. Where
this water appeared there is a deposit
j of lime, yet, there was no lime stone
elsewhere exposed by the progress OF
tunneling, the mountain. consisting Ol
slate as far as the work progressed.
AT the Lewis Tunnel or Jerry's
Run, the contractors have put the
steam drill i'm operation, and we may
expect that the work will be pushed
ahead very rapidly. a-.,a ..r l-.
; The fII at Jerry's Run is going
ahead finely, aud will be completed
much sooner than was anticipated
The energy and ingenuity of Mr.. C.
, r. Mason, contractor, have enabled
t him to throw down into the ravin,
immense bodies Of earth from the
: mountain above, and the embankment
rises rapidly. The earth is gathering
, ab6ut the trestle work ofthe pre- sem
5 temporary track, So that before the
3 summer travel begins the track will
{ rest upon the earth. Of the work
near MilIbOrOugh, where there is an
other great fill, it may be said that i
is going on fully up to expectations.
r It will not be many months before
3 temporary tracks upon this great rail
: road will be entirely dispensed with
We may safely count upon this b!
the time the road is finished, il
July, 1872. -aia.e-s .s..s
e Really, the near approach to com
pleti6n of our railroad communication
with Ohio, is quite exciting. 1t mus
/, be anticipated by our people will
: more or less Of that nervousness viii
: which a grand consummation feIici
: tous to everybody is naturally regard
' ed. After so long, waiting and wish
) ing for it, it is about to burst upon u.
with a suddenness for which we ar,
, fully prepared. The people have no
: been inclined to believe the state
5 ments of the last year as to the perioC
+ of this consummation. They hav,
r :, been made, by long disappointment
incredulous. But the evidences ar,
accommodating, unbelief is crumblinl
Y away, and soon we shall see the form
3 er unbeIieverS filed with joy, swell
= ing the throng Of exultant people.
The road completed eastward to tn
falls of the Kanawha, will leave a gal
of about so miles to the White Sui
phur, to be traversed in stages unit
= the summer Of 1872, when the roa,
a will be Opened.-[RiehmOnd Dispatch
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