Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-04-13
RAILROAD ITEMS.
From the Kalama Beacon. I

IOW tuC Auiutud DCdCOusI
Subseqent to our last issue, orders have
been issued FROM headquarters for the i'm.
mediate construction at Kalama of large
car shop with out buildings for machinery
also to raise the grade of the track in
front Of the city to level which appears,
from the stakes planted by the engineers,
to average further altitude Of from to
4 feet along the city front and northward
toward Hensill's, the read ustmeut reach
ing to Kalama, to more or less extent.
The car shop is to be 225 feet long, As
feet wide, and 20 feet in height to plate,
with an adjoining out building for ma.
chinery 75x45 feet, with side tracks
through the structures in all the various
requirements incident to car manufacture
and repairing.
The Company mill is now exclusively
employed at saving the frame stuff and
lumber for the car-shops, ETC., which is es-
timated to require about four weeks to
complete.
Mr.. D. W. Treat is the Superintendent
of car.shop construction; and we under.
stand that as soon as completed, which is
to be on or before the LIST Of June, Mr.. T.
is to be general manager of the construc-
ton and repair departments, with orders
to build 200 box and platform cars, to be
ready for the line when completed to the
Sound this fall. Experts tell US that the
works will have capacity of turning out
IL cars per week upon regular time, with
an increased number by extension Of la
Dor hours.
At Kalama, side tracks have been laid
this week, for the purpose Of reaching ma
teral to fill the grade about the Company
works, aud the main and sidetracks lead.
ing thereto. which is intended to be com.
p!eted before the June rise. At Kalama,
near the bridge. carpenter force in
charge of Mr.. Robert Sproul has been
strengthening certain spots of tho tres
thing, where engineering observations
thought it was necessary.
Mr.. G.. d. Shannon has above nine miles
Of ballasting completed, from the end of
the 25 miles southwark to Noah Smiths,
on the Cowlits, and is now working this
way with his gravel train; he has about
100 hands, forty whites aud sixty Chinese
Disinterestod experts yet continue to re-
peat that "Shannon is making the most
thorough railroad job" they ever saw.
At the " Rock Cut" near Ritz Point, the
Company have about twenty Ave hands
getting out rock for rip rapping, and a
small gang employed at putting the rock
in place at the waters edge. As the i'm.
mediate danger is over, aud not likely to
be imminent again for tho season, only
comparatively small force is now employed
at this branch it being. considered policy
to finish up in this quarter before the flood
A part of the rip.rapping force has been
detached for duty at Kalama, and will be
here at work grading next week, 10 charge
of Mr. Geo. H. Smith as boss"
Al. Hastings, who has the principal pile.
driving contract on the extension, has
commenced driving piles on this side of
Cowli,x river at the bank. for an abut-
ment Of the bridge thar is to GROSS at
Humphreys; he intends to work south
ward.
Last week, Hallett had three miles of
grading completed southwark from the
northern end of his thirty miles contract
up to one week ago; he had then So
horse'scrapers at work, with an entire
force of ITS hands-l00 whites and IS
Chinese-but more were constantly join.
ing him.
Mr.. Morgan, noted pile.driver who
has been in Hallett's employ on the Hol.
laday road, passed through here this week
to join Hallett on the N. p. road, where
he is going to drive six miles of piling on
the thirty mile contract.