The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30


ing ,Jackson's river to Covington, that river
Is crossed twice IN twelve miles, and The
river itself Is turned intoa rev channel tc
avoid two other bridges which would have
cost upwards Of $4,000. The scenery here
il grand, and tie engineering of the most
Intrepid character. CoyDgton is 205 miles
from Richmond, at the foot Of tile Allegheny
mountains, for some time Tie terminus 81
the Virginia Central railroad.
Leaving CoyiDgtop, the line crosses Jack
sons river for the third time at the mouth
OF Dunlap's creek. II then follows the beau
tiful valley of DunIaps creek to Moss run
a tributary Of the Ia>t-Hamed creek, cross
ing DunIap's creek four times, diycrtiDg that
streansfrom its channel once ; and IN thai
distance there nre two tunnels, one Of which
Is the Mud tunnel Of 700 feet-a work o
great difficulty. Moss run is crossed With
an embanlllncnt 40 feet deep. The stream
il carried by an unusual alld difficult pro
cess through drainage tunnel. which. wa:
cut to convey this water around the side o.
the mountain. From this point to the White
sulphur the graduation exceeds in magni
tude any other work Of u similar character
in this or any other country, as is attested
by every engineer who has seen it-oper
rock-cutS from sixty 10 one hundred feet
deep and corresponding in magnitude, and
indeed work OF every description Of the
most difficult character, and which was very
hazardous in It's construction.
THE ENEANKMENT AT JERRY's RUN,
eight miles from the White Sulphur, is well
known, and, as before stated, contains more
than miiiion cubic yards Of earth, and is
1876 feet deep. Besides all this work there
are six tunnels, not including the tunnel at
.Jerry's run. to carry of the water-the Al
laglany, which is 1890 feet III length, Lewis
funnel 4.0GG, and the others varying from
$50 to 500 feet.
Leaving the white Sulphur tho line
passes through cut Of 50 feet of red slate.
It follows the valley of Towards creek to
the first crossing Of The Grcenbrier river, q
distance Of eight miles. with heavy work.
though not equal III magnitude to that last
mentioned. Ii now crosses the Grccnbrier
and runs along the north side to Second
Greek tunncl, with light work and long
GRADES. Second Creek tunnel is ! 100 feet
long, cut through limestone rock, and
curved throughout its entire length. Emerg-
ing from this tunnel the Grceubricr il
crossed immediately and in two miles dis
tant we encounter another tunnel LOO feet
long, partly earth, which proved very
troublesome. The line now continues on
the svuth side Of The GrccHbrier for several
miles, and then crosses il for tue third time.
Three miles further on is
TIE GREAT BEND Tunnel.
G,400 feet in length and $50 feet under
meath tie mountain. This tunnel saves
more than len miles. for the distance around
is twelve miles.
Within half mile another tunnel, 80 feet
long, is entered. The line now strikes the
valley Of the Gree1bricr again, aud continues
five miles until it comes to The mouth Of the
Grecnbrer and New rivers. Thence the
line follows the north bank OF New river for
tcH miles, with light work until it reaches
RicEmnudiAli where the water falls twenty
four feet over the rocks. FortWo miles west
OF that Tie work is quite heavy, the line
being cut out Of the side o! tie mountain
seventy o. eighty feet high. From thence it
passes seventeen miles to ana through
S:retcller's Neck tunnel, which is 1900 feet
long, with carved radius OF I 500 feet, and
no other heavy work except tue bridges over
the tributaries to New river. i'll Of which
are iron and substantial and well constructed.
The tunne! above mentioned proved to be
very troublesome, and delayed the compie-
ton Of the WCrk very mitch The line con-
;inues on The same side Of The river tor sew
euteen u!cs 70 DyWyer'S ferry with no heavy
work except al Suites creek, where there is
a sandstone si0c-cut 10 feet iii depth. From
Bow ycr's ferry to the meath cf the river Is
encountered The widest scenery on tie ell-
filc road; but-t!;at is noticed in another part
81 this iaper. The grades Gicng this part Of
the line (fOr il follows the river are rG-
niarkally easy Notwithstanding Tie fact that
the river falls i; 81 average of seventeen feet
10 tie mile l2r twenty miles.
At Mi!le!'a ferry, within half mile Of the
Hawks Nest, The river is crossed by Il SPLEEN
id bridge $50 feet long and j3. feet above
tie stream. From MiIIcr's ferry to the
H:outh OF tic river ia true canyon, with pre-
cipit0u: and citcntiulcs orcrilaTgng rocks !;
Tor several miles The line l. c:!t oiit Of the
ilce Of :ie SaH4stoLU ciih5 from iify to
eighty feet IN depth, with an cnDamlincnt
III tie riverside sGi eiity feet deep. In this
distance the road passes through three tun-
.icls rcir the edge Of ellis from three to six
hundred frrt II length. and across Laurel
creek OF y bridge win sian Of sixty feet.
t'yoa the mouth OF New river tie lire
passes the ercat falls O; the Kamwbl and
enters the karawha Valley. There is no
heavy work OIL the kan;.wha eXcep: the
tcr being high. with scvcr&! arches from
twenty TO tnr:y feet span. The line now
follows the hanawha iiity-two miles to the
mouth OF scary creek, ana cTossin3 the
country TO the Ohio river and Huntington
with very heavy cuttings aHI high bridges.
TIE ROAD FRou HrSTISGToN,
following the Ohio river twelve miles, to the
mouth OF the Guyandoitc and Big SANDY, has
ROT yet been put under contract, but there
Will he no heavy WORK except the masonry
il crossing the tributaries 10 the Ohio river.
THE ENGINEER CORPS.
The following engineers have had charge
of tie work on the road fDr lhe past three
years:
G. N. Bolton, division engineer, in charge
ct tic work in Richmond and construction
cust OF Mi'boro'. His assistants were
james Bolton. who died from the effect OF
iuiulies received at the Church Hill tunnel
ana WAS auc2ec.ied Ivy ". I. Brooke; G.. VI.
smith, and o:Iicls.
Dir. W. 4. hHrcr, principal as sistant, wa,
il ST ia charsc Of til. Allegheny division
He WAS Transferred to tie Nanawha aud
Western division, AID was succeeded by
Colcncl a. l.. itires. lie resigned, and wa.
succeeded iy iiajor Pcyton Randolph Us di
vision engineer Oh both the Allegheny anl
L;recnbricr divisions. He has also resigned
and become CHEF engineer of the LynchDur.
and Danyii'e railroad.
Major 4. II. Temple, in charge of the frs
New River division, succeeded Major Ran
dosph, assiSte'! 10y DR.. S!,an,han (who hat
charge OF the noted Mud tunueD, BeTkcie.
Ward, c. l.. Smith, j. i. Jordan, and Gene
ral II. l.. Walker. They were connected
With the t:tin hnt WON Enyinntnn aud Whit.