, 1881-10-30

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During the u;,st week considerable work has
bcc,, done On tho State street cable road- nit'i
tho fact that ther. are at present n0 lhticanohs
uf Il &frrexe lIp' has encouraged silpcrIHtctl'1-
c1,t Holmes 10 70 aleud with the entire sls1tc
stree, li,lt with view to its s'lttiull boture
SHOW flts. Some little delay III tho work has
bucn caused ly il VAIL OF the r lion -that Isl
tho lcfgtlls which form tho Slot bet"ec'i 'ho
str,cks-but Mr. Holmes has received ndviecs
t&,at six ttr-loat!s uf fifteen TONS each arc Oh Inc
way from littsbur<,, nnd 6.1c CARLOAD was re-
cciyc,J and eiivcrc. tho line yesterday. This
IL the uuly iron used in tue construction Ut tlo
rp,ut That il not nlAtc i'll tbls city. llt
SIX 1uuu,lrcs in. l'iitsbllrS are ut work
night and day rolling and 1tttlchtl'g the
iron or the iron thorc IS MI Abundance VI,
hand. Tic receipt of the car-load Vi ~ iron
Yesterday gave IL fresh impetus to the work.
Tho mi,liicstravk Oh Stair street, lctwct.tt
Madison uud Lake streets, is all torn n and the
irun yukcs ,rc in Ilnre iruln Madison to lt;sn-
.iol1,f, streets. 1cluw Randolph tho channels
nave qccu tlu: to receive tho iro1i-work and
just mort uf Madison street tho concrete mixer
IL ut work, und the concrete il being pit III rs
rapidly rs possible. Al the intersection OF State
vii, lc very complicated. \ twcive-toot wheel
will rltil the cable from Nauison street south. it
smssiilg down ono track and up tho other. y
rrctly under this, on' tho SAME shaft,
will bc II six-foot wheel fur tho
c.,ble nurth Of Madison street. The c;lrs
will CONC down State street on the east track:
and ut Madison street she ..r1, will t unEooSctl
and c,Lllyllt The north cable Tho CARS VIII
then 20 IN IL curve to MusUu street. III Mttdi-
street to Wabash avenue. on Wabash avenue
10 Lake street, Lake street to St1.tc street.
and SUITE street south to the main cahle
again. The object or tho smaller wheel is To
the eight -biock square The cablu will be rul,
only nt.tIer the 1unldts track I'LL State street,
between Madison ami Lake streets. The cuinpli-
t:licl switches which are IL be used Ut tho
intcrsceriun OF State and Madison streets are
being nlutlc III the cuilpunys ll';tchinc shops.
The iron sutcrs'tuCturc over the excavation
III Madison street IS bcns rapidly built, anu the
track is being cu1lcreic rs tst AS possible from
Monroe street north by tile concrete mixer at
,t.'nroe street From this t'o.nt. to jackson.
street ttlt paving going Ofl. and from JACKSON
street south tn Ninetecnth street tile. r0ntl Is
completed. The crossing for Tho Clark street
cars at Van Bureu street has bcell put ~ pIuce
The Archer avenue excavation Is ready for the
machinery.
Jhe tricks fro,n tho Archer avcn,ic excsvs-
tiu, 10 the engine hullsc excavation havu becil
completed, and the tracks between Twcnty-tsrst
aad fwcuty-sccotid streets urc ready ior tho
DAytrS. AT the enEinc- house comparatively
done there now. The iron s,pcrStructurc over
the excavation is rapidly approaching compile
t,u and the machinery to be used is nj! stored
away lit the barns rcady to be put in place ut
any tlue- The Twenty-secont street cxeay:l-
tiou is nearly in reudness for the n-work-
Tue work on tue road south h., Of Iwents-se:sond :tl
street 4Et}15 trAyely on. Tho curS run fFOiA
Twenty-scconsl street to Twenty fourth GIL the
single west track. which has been completed.
The channels tur tho cast track between those
streets has been ding, and the Iron yokcs arc be-
lug rapidly put iil- The concrete mixer Is at
Twenty -sc1ouu Street There Is i switch ut
.Twcnty y fourth street. and |. double trick To
Tweu1y-sixth street. Tho west truck has been
completed to Il point opposlt Twentx-sesc!ath
street. -1t Twcnty-sixth@ street there is another
SWITCH and single track Thirty-trs: street,
with side switch at1'wenty- ninth street. From
Twenty-Seycnth street TO Tweusy-ni.th street
the ynkes for the west track are in position, and
channels have been dug to Thirty-fir5r street. 4
cuucretc- mixer is III work ut Twenry-liiNth
street. South vi Thirty-tirst street there is IL
double truck.
The city now has three snugs OF PAYERS at
work along the street layin:, cedar blocks. The
first GAM. h,is reached Sixteenth street. the
oild has paved the street west Ut the tracks be-
tween rwcnty-thirl and rwenty-fourth streets,
an'l the thir, has paved the street from Thirty
urst to the Thirty fourth street barnS.