Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-06-05
Hsy They are putting up new build

ses- They are putting up new build
ing, this year, at Galena. Illinois, and it
takes the people down there long time
to get used to the obstruction Of the side
walk consequent thereupon. The Gazette
keeps a reporter near the place to take
items, and in the last issue of that pape
we find the following:
Truly we are perverse generation, and
in no way has this fact been proven
more conclus:vely to US, than in the per-
tinacity displayed by the people, especially
the ladies', in climbing over the obstruc-
tons placed on the sidewalk in front of
of the new store on Main Street. An ex-
cited female pedestrian, while exulting
over the bargain she had just made with
tradesman, walks along the street, and
rushes into the boards and boxes as clip
per ship under full sail tackles head
wave, and instead of taking observations
as to the why's and wherefores, she ele-
Yates her skirts, and over she bounds,
in time to catch on the top of her hat
trowel full of plaster which had fallen
from the wall above, and then she screams,
and calls the mason dirty villain, and
INDUCES in all sorts of mild excavations
against the whole masonic fraternity"
We noticed that sanc:imoniouS looking
gentleman was very leisurely walking to-
ward the distractions this morning, and
knowing full well that he could see through
a stone wall if there was nickle on the
other side, we failed to warn him of the
danger ahead, un til he had butted up
against it, and sprawled his whole length
on the sidewalk, which was covered with
broken brick, splinters and mortar. He
soon regained equipoise, but that look of
Christian resignation had fed, and in its
place was rage and chagrin. just at that
moment, Jackson yelled cut mort !"
which caused our friend to look up, and
as he did so, a splutter of mortar he had
failed to see through the binding sun,
dropped into his face, which had the effect
to not only bring tears to his eyes, but
horrid oaths from his mouth. And thus
do hundred people during the day clamb-
er over, slide under or crawl through the
instructions which are .designedly placed
across the walk for the safety of pedes-
TRANS, without deigning to walk around
or endeavoring to find out the reason
"why." Wherefore, we say this is truly
a perverse and thick-headed genera
tiOh.
NARROW GAUGE.-D. r. w. Williams is
driving work on the Tomah & Chicago
Narrow Gauge R. R. from Wauzeka to
Reedstown, and it is expected that trains
will be running over that portion of the
road by the middle of September. The
rails used are maple, which are sawed out
81 by inches; these are gained into the
ties, and fastened at the ends with dowel
pins, the gains in the ties are made tri-
fle larger than will admit the rails, and on
either side of the rail is driven wedges in
opposite directions. These maple rails
are obtained at cost of $l5 per thousand
feet, fifteen thousand feet being required
| to lay mile of track. 1t is estimated that
the maple rail will last over one year with
out repairs. Hence the interest on the
capital invested in iron rails would relay
maple track every twelve months. Last
fall on Elk adar road in Iowaa PORTION Of
the track was laiG with maple rails and al
examination of them made this sprllg
shows that they have not been Injured in
the least by constant use. There is no
doubt that the wooden rail will be extern
svely used in sect ions of country where
heavy capitalists do not wish to invest
their money to the extent ofputting down
iron. The people are watching eagerly for
the success Of the enterprise, and who
knows but what we may soon see the Mar
row Gauge extending itself towards Lam
ster.-Lancuster Herald.