The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-08
RAILROAD NOTES,
(From The Dalles Mou..taineer)

The Northern Pacific connected Spokar
Falls with the balance of the Northwest BY
rail last week and track laying is rapidly
progressing toward Pen d d'Oieille lake.
The net earnings of the O. R. & N. Co
for May were 1924, 600.
The Utah anil Northern ad is rapidly
| approaching Helena, its ultimate destina
| ton
The route of the Oregon Pacific is said te
be via Canyon City, with strong probabil
ity of touching the Columbia river at Th.
| Dalles.
Two more Pullman cars arri7ed at Port
land on Monday evening and were inmedi
ately shipped to The Dalles. They will be
placed on the road in few days.
Over ten ton of castings were received
from the Fulton Foundry IN this city fol
construction work this week.
The Willamette brought over 20 tons OF
improved machinery for the machine and
car shops.
Fire hundred chilled car wheels were
received at the shop this week.
An eight ton trip hammer arrived for t. e
shops on Monday.
Three men with four-horse team passed
through town Thursday on their way from
Reno to Pendleton, They say that ISO men
were at work on the narrow gauge when
they left, five miles of the road being COM
pleted.
The train for Walla WalIa leaving here
on SATURDAY. evening last was loaded with
recruits on their way to Forts Colville al, d
Coeur D'Alene for the I'd Infantry.
The advance camp of the Baker City di-
vision is within nine miles Of Pendleton.
The rear one within twelve miles.
Engineer Wilson, of the Umatilla Divis-
ION, will take charge of the track laying on
the Dayton and Grange City extension.
The Dayton deput building will be rapid
ly pushed forward and the company will
try and have the track laid by the Fourth
of July.
Another construction train has been
added to the Dayton extension line. One
train makes its trip in the day time and the
other III. the night.
The plans for the l06-foot span Howe
truss bridge across the Touchet is now in
the hands of the draughtsman in the en-
gineer's Office in this city.
The graiers on the Baker City line arc
now on a through cut" of basaltic rock.
The cut is 50 feet deep and several hundred
feet long, and it is estimated that VIC
months will be spent gettin. through the
work.
Around the Dayton depot will be a scene
of activity as the fume abuts here in q
dozen ~" branches, with tracks between
each branch ties, etc, over the compaDy's
yards.
Twenty-Five bri lges lave already been
built on the Dayton extension. Two no.
foot span Howe truss bridges will have to
be built across the Touchet, but this will
not delay track laying, as false rks will
be built to allow tr ins to pass. There will
be no delay occasioned by the bridge
builders.
MIR. Spencer, diver, is now engaged div
ing in the Snake river near Grange City,
preparing the foundation for the building of
piers. The bridge will be an immense struc-
ture. consisting OF ten spans besides the
draw, which is to be made Of iron by some
eastern builders The piers are to be Of
solid masonry.
On last Thursday morning while Mr..
Peter Emerson and wife were riding in q
buggy from the Fair grounds to Salem, the
horses became frightened at wagon loaded
with flowers and jumped suddenly to one
side of the road which cramped the buggy
so as to throw Mr. Emerson violently to the
ground. He alighted upon his head and
shoulders and was knocked sense'ess
in which condition he remained for several
minutes before regaining his right mind.