, 1881-05-21
Meeklp . Statesman.
Railroad Ties.
what f. ta ,s Done and is appruatmase
Gosa a Room for ALA Nsiis-


A larye force Of men are a; work on shssp
Rock and Tunnel No. al the cascades.
TraeL lsvi,s Is now esiag eE a. different
place. between wsllola asd Walla ~sila
Bridge ,;r-ters for the Dayton extension are
being A-uiui from the mountains N ths feai
q tDsyton.
tn psL-r CITY Division Hospital VII "
rsI,,ay-I 20 a.;.bia a .hnrt distance II ferdie-
Ton IN few days
The railrusd o.fc-s in thi- CITY have been
entirely a.ed and nov present 'eiS IT,
spectacle appearance.
The y. Z. railroad wants 1909 men on lle
Pen dIorrilie division. They have plenty q
teams but ia>n ere scarce
The Baloch fiunae j. now working SdiarahiE-
he cpgnuany i nJy engaged in floating ce"h
ties, bliige timber, lumber, etc
S,pt. Buckley has fitted up Tery neat guar
Ter, and now sits in his chair - gracefully -
tn- Car O: all tk, Russias in his throne
The o. K. &N. Co.., engineers have tine
IL fitted 10 Office in Baker & Boyers h;::idIns.
fb.y nrr nov h..ld At work 9rsc.ins plans iof
bridge
The track i>s.sf Informs rs that II the Com-
psny fsr,ash.- hun sufficient iron he W.li nav
toe broad guase track lsyed 10 this city ana
, ryady FOR the cars.
The force on the Cascade Division a-e now
working in the rock about five rhes thi' sue
} NJ tbr Ca,cades and fror- thesg they are scat
/ tere,i to within rye relics oi The Dalles
I The O. K 4 y. Company have bought 4
farm AT .ae junction with the intention OF lay
I inc out town site. Major Hunt Of Dayton
( has purcha.ed a corner lot upon which ne VIII
/ build hotel.
| The graters at work on the Baker ,H;y d.
! vision ~ the q. L. & y. Companys line nave
trick a vein Of very hsp' and hinty basaltic
r1cs which ~in -r6jably keep them busy Tor
some time.
! The graders Oil the Baker City dirision
sre still working in strata Of basaitlc rock,
/ and hence making but comparatively slow
! heaIway. Nevertheless the hospital VII! he
removed in the vicinity of Pend!eton IN i
few days.
In about two or three weeks the construc-
tion OF the round house and turn table VIII
commence. The round house for the pres
eut -:Il contain e-.lv four stalls, but built IN
such manner as 10 be enlarged at "a early
dav. These buildings will also be finished
iu rustic with grave! roof
The n2per story of B Ike. E Boyer's brick
block IS decidedly railroldish containing the
| ptfices Of IN. general Office under II. NJ.
Chase. Ea1 the superintendent Mr.. Back
lev. the chi engineer Mr.. Thielson, the as
| sisrant engineer T. L. Enmons, besides a
| corps Of engineers 81 these occupy differ
ent Offices.
Y0nng Chief aud Homily, Of the umatiila
reservation still maintain IN opposition q
| the railroad. that is they object to the rail-
road passing by Thorn Hollow, on t. Warm
Spring road, but are perfectly willing that
they should build the read up Wild Horse
| IN close proximity to his farm, aud Z little
wea nearer TO Weston and Centerville. M
fears are entertained but that right CT way
! can be hal over the old buc srst decided
upon.
The machina shops. car shops, blacksmith
shop. ana engine house plans are now at the
| engineer Office. The plans nave been re-
! ceived and the estimates have been made.
| Work on these VIII commence II two or
three weeks. The buildings will be an orna-
ment 20 the city, being very neatly finished
heavily cornicci. large windows, rustic sid
rngs and gravel roof The cost of the ma
chine shops Will be about S115, 900. and will
cover about a5, 900 feet of ground. Mr.. En-
mons informs us that these shops will en-
pi0y about 100 men steadily.
The plans for the new depot have been re
ceived here and through the kindness of
| Engineer Emmons. We have been able TO
visw them. The depot building proper will
| be LOG feet long and "a feet wide, tc be
neatly finished in rustic with s gravel roof.
| The plans are the same ss those used by the
| Kansas Pacific The building will be sur
| rounded by platform whose total length
will be i20 ieet-that is 40 feet on each
side OF the building and forty on the ends.
Tine timbers for the work are mostly on the
grounds and work will begin in few days
under the superintcndency of T.. l.. Emmons.
who has charge Of all the o. Il. 4. n. Cos.
building. 1t is estimated that the cost will
he about $4,000.
Some little uneasiness is manifested by the
o. X. & y. Company on account of the oppcsi-
ton offered them By the Indian Chiefs Homily
and Young Chief, GA account Of the Company's
Baker City Division passing through the Re-
servation and i'll clcse proximity to their select
ed lands. These two bands of which Hnmly
and Young Chief are 1T the head called Major
Cornoyer in consultation, and expressed them
selves as very much dissatisfied with the ex-
isting state OF affairs and wished him 10 inter-
cede In their behalf to the railroad company
Major Cornoyer explained the true condition
If matters Is well rs he could and promised
them he would do the bet he could 1t is
certainly too bad that the railroad should follow
| the near course of the Umatilla river instead
Of coming up the Wild Horse IN near proximi-
| ty to Centerville and Weston. and maybe its
| hsd for Walla Wa!la that it doesn't. Who
| knows bpt that lobbying through the redskins
! NAV change the course OF the railroad.