The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-07-10

Mraighs, thr Esaddss0Hsewhat EentSes bot
beyond this poiS. the difficulties rapidly
chicken. The road seems 10 be caught>ina a
trap. An en,rsDcs has .bscn ma,ss IRON
which there see,.s TOO 10 retreat Noun.
taias look down % Every side, "a ne
many buitreseex stretch out Ike AIMS of
the Octopus 10 grasp and stiastbs pony ",
forts 70 penetrate their .seres ressssss. The
road tarns abruptly to tie LETT. and here
man begins 70 demonstrate that be win not
be turned away from his resolve. Coming
back 70 Mill Greek. il 10 crossed By pas-.
sive bridge Of 4 single arch. forty feet high,
built Of stone .cut b. .the csnsicts. and con-
structed under the direction Of the Presi.
dent. Major Wilson. who 70 save expense.
is Enginesr and Superintendent besides.
A liltle farther on. what means that double
line Of rail road, one seemingly built % top
Of the other? 1t is the road we sra on,
crossing culyert the lengtho Of which is
three hundred and twenty feet. aud cruss-
ing il. makes Ioag dstour into some deep
recess. and peering into some shaded cove,
and sweeping around the base Of Round
Knob; CONES back again and grasses the
sane cslyett. but this time one hundred
and iwesty feet above the lower track.
Again the road makes another long sweep.
reaches Mill Creek on M embankmsnt,
l which when complete will be TIVE hundred
and forty feet high. crosses j., doubles back
upon itsslf. and displays three nearly pa.
rallel lines of rail road. the distance Be.
tween which is not more than three hund.
red yards. but has taken two miles to nc.
complisk,, The last parallel has already
reached heigh, Of three hundred fact above
| ihe FIRST. showing that something has been
/ gained towards the conflict for the sumwlit.
The track is laid TO the stockade on the
Raupd Knob. the ires,le work nsarly co,a.
/ ple,ed on the creek just beyond, and thence
to the summit the grading is nearly com
plete. We joined Major Wilson 10 . tramp
along the track with the OBJECT Of reaehing
the great Swannannoa tunnel. wsnt Of
time checked us. But We did walk over
abou. four miles beyond sheIe we left the
cars, reaching an elevation uf about sr,sn
hunllrel feet above Henry. aud witnessing
the stupendous charaet,r % what has hem
done. ~'ts @sN6s' asA.Ea7
The grade will average lOl feet 10 tie
mile. Il is absolutely free from straight
lines On no foot Of it's there level |;
and not foot Of IL rsas apaa inainral sur:
face, IL Isa eonstsht icee.sian af 'cut' Or
ILL., both of which are pu the most impos-
irg scale. Tue fills crossing the deep
and dark littls cnes are IN two, OF three
instances 24o feet high. that height being
temporarily attsinsd BY tres le work. :he
timber Of which is got,cn tiosu the Moan
tain side BY an iron rail ira mway 10 ! saw
mill erected BY Maj WHOM in the a,ts On
the Round Knob. The .cux are sometimes
through so'id rock, frequently
through earth, and attain depth u 95 to
lis ieet. 10 ole Of these cuts. the most
formidable obs,ruetiou yet made 70 the
prcgres of tie road has just occurred.
A very deep valley had jnsi been fillei up.
and the succeeding cot nsds 70 grade line
to the depth Of % feet Ehen suddenly a
crevssse was made IN the siesp slope Of the
4 mountain side two hundred yards above,
and the whole mass Of ssr.b slid down into
the cut. IL vas attacked With vigor. but
the mountain sill slid dosn With ipexorsbls
purpose. The matter was 20 grave tha,
the Governor called bis tlouncil together,
and P.g. Kerr vas dispatched to The york
4 10 aid with bis suggestions. But Major
J Wilson was permitted. and wisely. TO rely
upon bis own resources; aud With ehsrze.
tsristic energy and inte:ligenss he ., once
Iesorssd 20 tbs California mode Of sluieing
A mountain stream was pressed into. aef-
vice. aud il waiers. conveyed BY ditchand
rough to ! point two hundred feet sbOvs tbs
cut. we're conducted By 6Cse 70 the debris.
and turned upon Il from The bozsle 81 .
pipe. The rifect vas sIme,t nairsculOu..
The ess,h' melted sway like spo~. The
J crystal stream below vss changed into |.
muddy brook. spd such Is the qusatiiy Of
! earth discharged. tha, Mill Creek Is di,cS-
] Iorsd and tsrhid down to the Catawba. In
: sir. weeks. ss much viii have been done b
, half d,Een mon. ~ could have been done
by Eve hundred ip six months By The ordi-
nap way. @
The slide las ceased. AMI 10 . fsw
weeks, grade will have bses reachei sgsin.
;. What remains % he done 10 the com.