, 1881-10-23

s1-pEr,STESnEST HOLMES SAID YESTERDAY
t{u.t he wuuid bc willing to apologize 10 LUIS
weather clerk fur the ilard things he haa sal"
anout b;n II he would only give TWO or three
weeks more Of yesterdays weather. 1hc SUN
shine Of tho past three Or 1o'r dtys Nus HI" II
wonderful effect on tho cable roau' ah" II s'e'.s
t,euI has been accomplished. Early in the week
ta ,.,i.,.1t. frac, IN State street between Miu-
s,n md Washington streets WIS torn up. nud
tbe work of Jjyg,. trencncs Tor the IRON Sokcs
,xas ,,tx1t,. TIC I}ue Island lven'le cars we're
u,1 Oh Randolph street, attd the Naulsou sIcet
ana ogden avenue cars ruth ony 10 ClarAs1ee
while the West Division Company we're raslhs
their tracks cast Of Clark street "Atn a1eoin3i
blocks.
.S,-.;rEEl:.AS .ASr:AN CHAMBER on STATE STREET,
Ans, stut, of Madison. has t,ceu finished. atld
,x,,r has f,cu begun MI the iron sNerstru ctetrc
,vhirh il III Goyer it. from the alley 10 NbIf0e
street tho yokes being fiic III Win concrete.
amt q cut1crcte- mixer Is stationed 1nsl Holth ~
>tnnroe. The cotacrete is being put in to Il pons
n,,tu,zit the Palmer House cntrince> .ano 'ho
wurk ut paving with the stone blocks Il be1ns
carried o,, III Quincy street. FROM mere SOUTH
N Nineteenth street, there Is an nnnfoken l''t
of road. except ut Van liurcr street. where me
eross;,,t- rnr the Clark street ours is being putlu'
,i,h,.st. .",rs ara now running on Wabash avenue
ami Stntc street.
1t tho intersection Of Arehcr avenue tao
c,,.o, ,x,rk tl tho excavation has been finished
n.h the track Is com {'fetcd to the cScusattoH "
frnnt ur the cnginc house lit EweHty~ttrstStfeet~
The track between Twcnly~frst aha 1"eh'5-
;.,,n,s streets is scopnectcd and rely Tor paving
.~ trwnnt setotld street another excavation
hus ,,ceu ,,s during the week, and tho mason
,xnrt ~, II il lx.,ug rapidly put ill.,. Tie lna-
| eniucry. aud tunnels fur the cable OIL I"ehty-
sccou street uud eusr Of State street Will DC ar
fRti:zcd here.
South or Twcuty- second street great uca' o1
| work has bcen ccosuI,tishcd during tho week.
| From !, point between Twcnty-secona anu
! Twenty third streets TO TwentE-sixth street "
| ,r1t WEST 'ri:ACK I.As 1sEEN C0Mrf.EfED'
t, tno ;t,tp street. cars rim on this truck frotn
,r,rartv-scco,,t street to Twenty-fptlrth strec1>
! AMI rhrr Is II double track from this point 10
| trsonty-six1h street. Work has been begun be-
! tween rwettts- second aud VSefity-fhtru s1reets
| and channels TOR the yoRes arc being tug y
| A. concrete mixer IS lit Twcnty-sNth street,
| and tho west track Is being concfeteh 10 I"cn1s~
| seventh street. The yokes are III posatlon ~
| Twenty eighth street ana tao ena'a"ct - "ue ~ -
| 'rwenty-ni1th street. From TWenty-s'xth ~
| ,rwnn,r-n,nth street there ism single track Tor
| ,ha ,ar. opd south of Twenty-ninth there Is
| double track
| Thx cstv.s men arc Mt work On tho cedar BLOCK
| r,a-tn. from. Thirty-first street sonfn. anu
reochcd Ihtrty-third street yesterday ihe mc1l
| at tho moth end are nearly to thu Burlington
| crossing.
| A rood deal of work has been done during the
week ut the cngine~nonse. The heavy iron
braces are in pfacc, nnd two OF the lh'u1cpse
t ~,,,s 1hrourh shict tho st,aft is to ruu are iii
n,aco The great sss.oke-stack Is 11cAFif f1n'sEed
nn,, is q s,,ra.rb piece Ut ElasoH-Work., Two or
tbc four engines IN place, and the othes t'se
will be put up us soon as they arc received
| o,thou,h only one will be used TO operate she
| stnto street. road The others are to be used 1T
cas. of ii break. The lurge boilers are ready 1ol
fires TO be lighted under them. IN 1foat Q, tnMs Us
| nea . -,veuty-foot stone sidewalk will TIC laid
.,,a ,,nt,r this tho power will be carried TO the
efroe, The excavation mason- n-work has peet
finished, and the iron superstrncsnfe IS oeshe
{ hui,t over 1t. Another week Will show gfea
| advance,