The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-12

Everything in relation to the progress
|of the work on the Louisville, New AL
bany aud St. Louis Airline Railway
will interest our readers. A mischiev-
Gus report has been circulated that work
upon the road had been suspended. 1t
lis unnecessary for us to say that this re-
port is unfoundcd, for every one in this
city knows that there is no truth in it,
On the contrary tho force has, within
the past ten days, been concentrated up
on the heavy sections, in order to push
them TO completion as rapidly AS pos
siblc.
X. j. Dukes, Chief Engineer OF the
iv,a,;, returned on "Wednesday afternoon
from trip along the entire line of the
road, the object Of the trip being to cx-
anime and report tho progress of the
work. lie informs us that the track is
laid two and one quarter miles west from
State street in this city, and track-lay-
ing is proceeding cncrgctically. The ties
are delivered clear tO the tunnel, and
sufficient iron has been purchased and
paid for by the company 10 lay tho track
from New Albany through the tunnel.
The big tunnel through the knobs UNI
der the town Of Edwartlsvillc las but
two hundred and fifty feet yet to he
driven between tho headings. This is
extraordinary work, as this is the long
est railroad tunnel West Of the Ale
ghcnics. The approaches of tho small
tunnels at Georgetown are out, and the
headings have been commenced. The
Arnold Hill tunnel has but thirty feet
TO bc driven between headings, and the
10 the COndra and Patton
tunnels are completed.
Tho masonry at the Indian creek and
| Big and Little blue river bridges is COM
lpleted, and all the heavy work between
Hartford and tho head Of Flat creek ID
progressing very rapidly. The work
down Flat creek is nearly finished, and
the heavy work at Bretzvillc is well un.
der way. From Bretzvillc to point sis
miles west of Huntingburg, tho work il
| fully two-thirls done.
There arc now over ono thousand
men, and two hundred teams employed
upon the line, and tho timber is being
delivered for the trcstlc work rs faI
west AS Midtown, Crawford county.
The work OIL the great bridge Ovcl
the Wabash river at Mount Carmel i
progressing rapidly. The masonry Of al
the piers, except two, is finished; two
spans of the supcrstructlirc arc alrcad!
|complctcd, and the third is now bcin:
raised.
This brief statement, which may b.
implicitly relied upon, shows that near
lly all of the heavy work on tho line i
lover two-thirls completed, and undo
favorable auspices, the friends Of thu
road may rest assured that it will b
|cOmplctcd within tho time specified II
tho contract Of the company with Mcssr
chamberlain, Mathcr Il Go. II til
first mortgage bonds OF the compan.
Inject such sale ~ their value cntitlc
Them to, tho track will bc laid 10 th
Icoal-fields by the first of Dccembcr, an,
millions Of bushels Of the famous III
|diana block, ,bituminous and camel coal
will he delivered in this city, Louisvill
and Jacksonville within the next yea
|givi ing such an impetus 10 tho nanufic
lturiny interests Of these cities rs wi
Ifairlv send them forward in u new c,
lrccr Of prosperity. President Bradlc
Ills now East negotiating the sale Of the.
,tbopd.. With cv.,v hope vi bcin. "a
Ices ,ful n A Ledger