Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-08

We took n ride out to see John Nc
| TarDahan's new road, road-making tools,
and bridge across the Carson, yesterday.
You ride down naar to the dump of the
Elliott tiums. and there, branching Of
IL The r. maE.:"t d H.- itna t.ro'ieh
the sage brush 10 th- sonihrrn end Of
youder crag4y huo {. .a.., back Of the
State Prison, yoa enter into the road.
Il rms as straight as a guu-baFrei to-
ward that point, 14a3iug but one short
detection from straight line jast be
fore the turn Of Tie rocky point is made.
From the said po:ut 10 the river the line
is direct and II very easy Crude. The
| bride Is Cue Of the most substantial
tween the two nigh banks there. ut
point half mile or SO below Shuliz $
fence, whore an island is formed mid
way OF the strsan. Of course this is
land facilitated the finding OF n solid
foundation FOR the pies and piers, all of
| which are planted on the bed rock.
The string pieces ar l6 by 20 inches in
size, Of hewa timhers /; the main pier Id
a crib, built up from the inside of
coiFer-dam, and firmly dovetailed TO-
gether and ballas.sd VII many tons %:
rock the ends Of the bridge are aDch-
ored 10 the ledge 1t elthcc end, aid IN
such places rs any strain may come
it is toited through and through ind
made as secure as iron can make 1t.
In fact. this il ore OF the strongest and
best built wooden bridges We have seen,
being rendered complete 10y strong.
substantial rail along either side, AIT.
fioorel with heavy si.ls and plalkiuS.
During the late high water in the Car
son the urio- side Of tie foor of the
bridge was .hir'y-si1ht inches above TIE
snrfaca of the ri2ef This is fair lnd.-
cation that the structure Is wei above
any food, ina. are likely 10 occur. On
the further side Of the river, wrlther We
rode across ihis bridge, AIr. NcIaraa-
han is constructing two reads one TO
skirt the base Of D!snlt ark III 7uutAin on
the west and tap the AC:ura road at the
Twelve Mile h1use; the chs, running
round the northern end q that noun
tain toward Mason's Valley. Is We
said Yesterday, Il force Of Cinnamon hes
been Sent on ahead several miles. to
Winters Silver Lake IAine. Well above
the bank on this side OF the river Nc
Tarnahan has built a substantial dwell
ing fer himself aud family and the board
ing Of his men. lie Is blasting out the
ledge ct this end of the bridge to get
place for a building which will be com
bination of blacksmith shop and toll
house All these are signs that our en-
/,
STATED in 10 stay. As we rods out We
met Mae and his Saratoga Road Scra-
per-" 1t was hitched to a sixtesn-hcrsa
team and was being taken en- to ~Lare
it was to be pat into active service. As
we returned We found II at work. plow-
in. a hat-bo;t0m fUrrow, six feet in
width, and making, at the pace O: an
ordinary mule team, as good dirt road
as one could wish TO see. In SANDY,
loamy country, no matter how th.ck the
sage brush may be. this road-plUw-for
It is piow with a tea-toot-wide share
viii make not less than six or eight
miles OF road per day-road eighteen
feet wide, We mean. This Is a Califor-
MA patent. The " sCraper" is an I'D
justlble plow, formed OF what looks HE
a strip OF boiler iron, about nine Or ten
feet in length, and about twenty inches
in hight. and SO arranged as to set
square across the frame of the scraper,
or at such an angle, either way, as is
desired. The wheels, which are of iron,
and look like the trucks on locomo-
tive engine, are set bracing, SO that
they will hold on any side hill, however
steep. The share of this pillow is of
steel, and as we have intimated,
can be pulled right through all sage
brush, grease wood and rabbit weed as
fast as q mule team can walk. 1t
would be the best thing imaginable for
leveling race track. We watched it SIS
it went yesterday, cutting into the side |
of a sideling road. foot deep, and max |
ing the smoothest, levelest road imagin-
able. As it plows ahead, the earth and |
sand and sage brush roll over the outer
end like SO much chaff from q winnow-
ing machine. Mr.. McTarnahan Will |
proceed, forthwith, to the other side of |
the river with this machine and set it to
work there. Il is a grand labor saver
Ne. is u success, and SO is his road
scraper.
DEATH AT EMPIRE OF THE MOTHER OF
THIRTEEN CHILDREN. Rev. Mr.. Allen