The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-06
THE SOUTHERN ROAD.
report of the Consulting EngI-


Report of the Consulting Engi-
meer.
At a meeting Of the Trustees of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad yesterday
afternoon, the following report of the
Consulting Engineer was read, and the
accompanying resignation was ac-
cepted:
CINCINNATI, Dec. 5, 1875
To the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Railway:
GENTLEMEN-Wlth the past six
weeks | nave visited all the work now
under contract on the line of your rail-
way with the exception OF Section l4O:
Division e." MahOney, Jet s. Co.,
contractors, and Sections 160 to l64 in
elusive, Hugh Carlisle, contractor.
These sections will be completed about
the 1st of January, and l deferred my
visit until that time for final accep-
tance OF the same.
You have now an uubroken track from
Ludlow to the Kentucky River; a gap
there occurs Of about seven miles.
From This point the track is laid to
within about sixteen miles OF Somerset.
BY January 10 the track will probably
reach Dry Branch VIaducC, point
about two miles north OF the CumDer-
land River. AS no contract has been
made for the superstructure Of this via.
duct, t. .ack laying must stop there for
the present. | see no reason why the
entire grading and masonry from Lud-
low tU Boyce's-tiVe miles from Chatta-
noora-sh hall not DE completed By Febru-
ary /, 1877, with the exception OF the
tunnel on Section l7S' This may require
two months longer About 220 lIneal
feet of heading and 400 lineal feet OF bot
| tom vet remain to be done. On the four
great bridges the folio wing progress mas
| Ueeu made, VIZ:
Ohio River Bridge-The superstruc-
ture of the 5l9 feet span and draws pan
are vet to be erected. False work Tor
the long span is in place. Little work
has vet been done on the north ap-
proach.
Kentucky River Bridge-The mason
| ry IS complete, and over one-half oil the
| iron work is in place. The complete
success attending the peculiar method
| of raising this bridge makes it no longer
an untried experiment, Dut a liked fact.
| A simple repetition from the Cliff on the
south side of what has been already
done from the north side will complete
| the structure.
Cumberland River Bridgo-Com-
pleted.
Tennessee River BrIdge-The masonry
is all now well above water, and with
the same energy continued as shown by
the contractors, the sub.structure will
be com pletediu sixty days.
An the small bridges and viaducts are
completed between Ludlow aud Somer.
set. The iron work for the PiJmar
Creek bridge and Yiaduct is ready tu1
shipment, and will be raised as soon a.
| buf n l.
leaves only the Viaduct over Dry
Branch to complete TO the Cumberland
River.
The only remaining work to be done
, on the line oil your railway is the grad
ing and masonry OF about five miles
from Boyce TO Chattanooga, superstruc
ture OF bridges ami viaducts from Cum
berland River to Chattanooga, necessary
sidings, depots, freight houses, water
stations, machine snops, &c.
Having taken q much more active par
; and spent much more time than [ anGicl
pated when accepting The position O
consulting engineer some years since,
. now beg leave TO tender You my resigna
! tion. y her business engagements ar
) pressing, and owing to the near compile
, on of youri ailway,l believe my service
, can be dispensed with WiluUuG delr
ment to the undertaking.
: believe you have a line of singl
: track railway second to none, 50 far a
thorough Workmanship il concerned
j.. and in Ten yeA,5 from iiow the construt
, ton account will stand less upon you
ledger than if the work hal been done /
i, the ordi9ary manner OF most OF VI
. Western and southern railways.
, | take mis- opportunity TO thank th
engineers and their assistants that nav
been attached to my corps for the ubl
manner in which they have carried ou
D my Instructions. hoping that The lutur
o. this great enterprise will be all tha
your honorable Board and its friend
+ can desire, and thanking you for you
/: cooperation and courtesy extended IN
E during my connection with tue same,
r remain, very respectfully, your obedien
v servant, THOMAS ID. LoyErr.
The resignation was accepted, an
Z: Mr.. u. Bouscaren, heretofore FIRST Al
i sistaut Engineer, was appointed in Ml
e LoVetps stead.
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