The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-02-27
CincinnaM SOuthePu.

From variou. reliable sources We get the
following facts in reference to the work IN this
great thorouehfare
The road is divided into divisions Of about
forty miles each, lettercd A, b, c, ID and 4,
from Cincinnati South. u and + are the di-
visions which arr South Of Shelby City, and
on which ~ork has been begun. Each divis-
ion has, when sciuai work proceeds an engi-
neer, ~bo is r.spon.ible far il. management,
aud Who aust travel over the division at least
once a month. Divisions u and + sre assign
ed to Major Wallace aud Captain Weeks.
Every division is .ub-divided into four resi-
denccs of ten miles each, under q resident en-
gincer, Who must travel his ten miles ON foo,
st least once q week.
At Kings mountain tunnel a village ha.
grown up, composed Of shanties for the sc'
eommola,ion of men engaged in the work
About three hundred men are at work on the
tunnel, principally at the North end. A portion
Of the force sre engaged in excayating the aP'
proach, aud some on the North shaft. Thi'
shat, is sunk in the hill several hundred feet
from the mouth Of the tunnel. A similar ont
on the South side of the ridge. The work IL
fhese shafts goes on day and night, -is,c,S
u,en forming relief The material Is solid
rock, whose strst, increases in Thickness.
.uccessively the lover they lie. The LAYER
Of stone are not separated by intervening ella,
OF slate, but rest directly the one upon thu
other.
From indications of the nature Of the ma
terisl discovered in the shaft, it is though
that the tunnel will require no masonry a, all
both shafts will probably be completed by ,h'
middle II April. On the South spprosch
number Of lsborer- are engaged. Work oi
the mouth Of the tunnel. on the North side
will commence not later than the first day o
March, aud on the South side at an early da.
thereafter. The shafts have To be blasted. am
the mountain, day and night, sounds like
battle, and great many people from the sur
rounding country visit the tunnel TO see tn
sights.
The bridge over the Kentucky river vii
be the highest bridge ON the continent, b.
275 fee, above low water in the river, Tower
erected for a suspension bridge at this poin
rise three hundred and sixty feet above lo'
water.
Between Ludlow and Lexington the Gsorg,
town turnpike wriggles along the ridge n
which the line Of the road runs. and crosscs
great many times In ninety crossing
L. ia hal -. e ia-
four are at grade, all the other crossings ar
either under or over the road.
Tunnels and lrestlcs abound in the heav
part Of the road, which is comprised in tn
portion let between south Dinville an
the Tennessee State line, South 81 King
Mountain tunnel is = tres,le two thousan
feet long and seyen,y-iive feet high, over III
wet fork Of Green river. Then at Somcr-e
ju-, north Of the Cumberland river, are tw
tunnels, one l,OsO s~i the other l,lss fe,
long Futhei along, and 92 miles south q
Lexington, is tunnel $50 feet long. and
the next two miles south Of il are two tre-tl'
in loan Valley, one $40 foot long and II
feet high, the other $50 feet long and 1873 fe,
high. In the next tao miles are four tunnel
275, 1880, t6o aud ,sGo isct long respeciiyel
Then, i've miles further snuth, just 100 mill
from Lexington is a tunnel 500 feet Ion
On Kings Mountain tunnel one estimate b.
been paid. The contractors 10 pile all stor
; by the side Of the road which remains froI
the excavation Of the tunnel after they hay
made the fills required by their contract. tn
, il To be used in ballas,ing.