The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-01


The Cllnton Paper % The at
uaaion--Thc "T1Aal wave"
Coming this Week-Balls -
Reach the Wopsle ~ tho
E0ursh-Fo1r Hundred Ac1 u
work.
The local Of the Herold writes IS
follows, Of . ride ever the line taken
Saturday, 10Th Of June, on . train
carrying to the front seven car loads
OF iron and FIVE Of ties:
I Looking back over the road . we
passed it. We saw tho track stretching
back as level and straight, or rounded
into curves and gentle inclines rs sym
metrical. as those Of long used railroad.
and We could not but secretly admire
the care used In building this road and
the pains the contractors are % evident
" taking to make OF It good job. A
mile or two below is Mill creek bridge,a
substantial structure Of piles and bents,
three hundred feet long, which hardly
Quivered - our train passed over
Further aleng We passed some we'll cul-
tiyated corn6elds, the grain having at
tanned the height Of six to ten inches
The road passes not far from the bank
Of the Mississippi until after leaving
Camanche, so We occasionally caught
glimpses of the river and of Albany and
the bluffs on the other side, giving the
ride . scenic value by no means TO be
despised.
Thus We proceeded to distance of q
mile and half below Camanche proper,
our train attracting much attention as
It rumbled through the town, which only
. few weeks ago listened for the first
time to the shrek OF locomotive ut.
tered nearer than mile and half, the
Northwestern leaving tho place that dis
lance to the south. We found that over
half mile Of new track had been laid
ON Saturday, and the engine passed over
this portion then for the first time. The
ties ere laid to Rock creek, nearly mile
further, and'probably the track is COM
pleted along half this distance at this
writing, Monday noon, It being contem-
plated to put down mile of rails, If
possible, Monday. The bridging and
tie.laying forces keep well ahead OF the
trscklayers. and Sunday night all the
bridges aud culverts were in between
here and the Wapsie river, ten miles be-
low Camanchc. The Wapsic bridge,
which will be four hundred feet long was
three quarters done, the piles being driv-
en- for three hundred feet, with caps and
stringers all in place. The road is all
graded ready for the ties to Dixon, the
crossing of the main line of the Daven-
port and ST. Paul railway, and contracts
were let on Saturday for putting in prop
er shape the remaining portions between
here and the Cedar county line Forty
cars are chartered tor the transportation
of iron and ties to supply tho tracklay-
ers, and these cars are now OF work all
along the line between Camanche and
the rail mills at Joliet. No more COM
plete an outfit was ever employed by
railway builders than is now used by
Messrs. Wallbsum, Bridges & Co.
The various features Of the work are
carried on by different gangs, with sepa.
rate superintendent and foremen, the
whole proceeding as tremendously as
clock work. Mr. G. B. Rosenow,of this
city, is cashier and storekeeper, and re-
mains daily in and about the business
car Mr.. John McGregor, who built q
large portion Of the Northern Pacific
railway, superintends the tracklaying,
while Alex Cruikshanks attends 10 the
bridging, Mr.. II. Huntoon to the pile
driving, and Mr.. Brown is the civil en-
gineer. Two hundred men have been
employed on all parts Of the work and
this week 1t was expected to increase the
force to three hundred men.
The Editor Of the Clinton Age, who
being a Director Of the Company is
especially interested in keeping post
ed, writes the following Of later date,
which appeared in that paper last
Friday:
This week We have been over the line
Of the G., G. s w.. . distance Of forty
miles, which brought US to Cedar county.
During this trip the right OF way was OBJ
tanned At points between the main line
of the Davenport and st. Paul railroad
and Cedar county. There are several
heavy cuts and fills at these points, and
large forces will be At work here as ear
ly 81 Monday next. There will also be
forces at work directly at the crossing
of the D. d st. Paul road Other gangs
commencing Immediately at the Maquo.
keta branch of the ID. s. ST. Paul road
and work both directions; and other for
ces still will commence on Monday at =
point about four miles west OF the
branch referred, and will grade both
east and west A gang 10 now at work
In Scott county about five miles from
the WApsy.
The contractors intend to have about
four hundred men at work by the first
week in July, and they expect to increase
the force as rapidly AS men and teams
can be employed
Laying iron at this end of the road
proceeds quite rapidly. The track is
down some two miles beyond Camanche,
and the grade is about finished to the
Wapsy. The bridges west of Camanche,
in this county, being three in number,
are all completed Work will commence
in few days on the Wapsy bridge, but
as this bridge was pushed pretty we'll
along last fall and winter, 1t will take
but a few days to complete 1t. Crossing
into Scott county the grade for three
miles is all finished and ready for the
ties. No other bridge OF any account is
to be built until Cedar river is reached
And to show how much in earnest Mr.
Hinckley Is In the construction OF this
road We will add that the timber for
this bridge will be framed in this city,
carried on the North western road to Tip
ton, and hauled with teams about six
miles to the Cedar river. This will be
done this way 80 that there shall be no
delay ~ tracklaylng when the Cedar il
reached.
The outlook is certainly very encour-
aging. Clinton is getting out of the
woods almost without knowing IT,
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