The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-15
FROM an interesting report in the She
boygan Times of trip on the Lake Shore
Road wa clin the fol1oyyino.

For about ten miles from Sheboygan South the road
is fully balasted, and finer track we have never
rode over But little motion was perceptible in the
engine in the way of Earring swayng, and in
passenger coach think it would scarce be noticed
at all. The track laid last winter and spring is not
quite all ballasted but will be. The track
laid last week has ties than that previous
ly LAID, which unusually we'll supplied. They
now place them only two feet apart from center to
center, ard many Of them twelve inches or
more wide, they about foot less apart About
three miles of track had been laid the week before
and that morning work was commenced within three
fourths of mile of the county ine at point little
west of Cedar Grove.
JERRY DoNoHUE who has the Immediate charge OF
this part of the work, we'll all other work Of
construction the line of the road had each man
quickly at his post the arriving of the train al
the spot, and in less time than write it the
rails being drawn from the hand at its for
ward end by four men who dropped them in their
place. when the was Immediately pushed forward
on to them and two more rails drawn forward and
laid and the again moved and so on-a gang OF
men of course, being in advance of them laying the
ties, which were previously distributed alongside the
road by teams which haul them trucks and wag-
ons from the place where they unoaded from the
Immediately behind the hand follow the
rail councillors, one on each side. who put on the
fish" or conrecting-plates with their bolts, and
screw them up enough to hold the rails in place
who spike the rails to the ties at the coupling and
about every other tie between. Behind these come
a second set of men with wrenches who up the
remaining bolts of the fish plates followed by the
second set of tie adjusters and spkers. And lastly
come the men who line up the track moving the
whole structure with bars or levers to the right
left up down may be necessary 70 get it in
correct position
So systematic is this work pursued, that locker
on standing beside the rails in advaheo of the hand
and maintaining his position for thirty minutes,
will find the finished track in front of him, and the
rail layers eight or ten rods in advance.
After passing the county line into Belgium, OZau-
kee, there is three-me stretch of corduroy bed
through a swamp that will have to be covered with
earth before the track is laid which will delay that
work for short time. With the two construction
trains however, the work will be pushed forward
and shall soon expect to extend trip ten miles
farther. to Port Washington
In addition to the above information,
we would state that there is a large
force working from Sheboygan tow
ards our city :; that grading is going
on rapidly between Kankauna and APP
pleton to be finished this month. that the
road will be pushed Westward, so that
its whole extent from here to Menash will
be ready for running trains by the first
Of October, while the Lake Shore road
is to be completed by the first of January
next. If thus successful, would it not
give to all concerned happy New Year?