Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-04

The A. Y. &P 10, as Contractor RussRL
informs Ne, is near lie completion, 20 far ne The
grading Is concerned, 10 Rock Creek. The
Contractors are now al work on that part Of
the line lying between North Ridge and the
Station. The track here runs alongside the
jamestown. or the two tracks being virtually
upon one embaukment. This, we are told,
will be completed IN some ten working days
Tho name OF Mr.. BUoBEE, given las. week
as the holder Of the coniract for bridging, SC,
the A. Y. 4 p. TO Austlnburg, should have
been J. II. instead off. d. Mr.. u. informs US
that his contract has been made to include the
furnishing of the ties, and also, that the
bridge over the cut AT the South Ridge cross.
ing is to be begun without delay. The mate.
rial is of pine, and to be put up without abut.
mcnts for the present. We arc glad to hear
Of the decision to bridge rs the depth of the
cut is such, that the cutting down for pass.
age, as has been intimaied, would have been
Of doubtful propriety and unsafe. The cross.
ing, not being at right angles, the length of
the span will Of necessity be much extended
and in fro m ten days to two weeks, the whole
u. D.
will be ready for the ties. Whether the ties
will be laid this winter Is a question which
Mr. Contractor RANDALL must decide. AS he
has year for fulfilling his contract, and the
season Is so far advanced, 1t may Le consider
ed the better way to leave the laying for
Spring. Good policy, so far as the contractor
or the stockholders are concerned, would per-
h0 Ia ,l..,
the road bed may become settled before the
superstructurc is put in place. In the mean
time the tirs are being delivered along the
line from Roc Creeks this way into Austin
burg, and contracts for furnishing those nccd-
ed from this end to the Austin burg line are
being entered into and will be deposited along
the whole line Immediately. The force here
toforc engaged upon this line is not now need
I'd. and we understand that a portion has al
ready been discharged and the remainder will
he thinhsl down as the end approaches.
AS our readers are 50 deeply interested in
everything connected with the progress of our
railroad enterprises, We feel called upon TO
contribute TO that interest by making our
weekly bulletin as full and accurate as posi-.
bic. We endeavor to gather sll the iacis Civ
en-, either from personal observation. or upon
the authorityOf those who may he considered
the best authority, as connected with and d.
reciing the work. With regard to the James
town Branch, there is little to be said in add.
tion TO what was said last week The work
in the cut is going on as usual, and it is
thought may he closed up, should the weather
sill continue favorable-in some three or
four weeks. The work on other portions of
the line, US has been stated is not held in
check by the necessary delay here, except, per
haps, If this were completed, track laying
might be begun from this end, and the mate
terial for construction carried with greater
facility and convenience over the line As
is, we have il from the highest authority, that
track laying will bc begun at the jamestown
end in fcw.days Tie ample means available,
and the well known energy and thoroughness
with which the l.. S. & NJ s. company do
things, afford an earnest of the completion Of
the line ut the earliest possible day, Not only
SO, but when completed it will psrtake of the
completeness and finish which characterize
the trink line, and which makes the Lake
ShUre a model road of the couptry