The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-25

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ter and 1uel-A Toogh
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rCamp at End AZ Track, Oregon
Short Line Railway.
Special Cmssspe0asnes soshs ASxHs'
HE'LL, Oct. 18.-In bill. Hot the
place told Of by ministers sometimes
In which the being with the cloyen
foot and iron fork for punching up
the hot cDsls holds forth, but . small
VILLAGE Of tents occupied by freight
en-. 1orwarders, laborers and camp
follower.
teissr.phed you on the 18th to
the effect that on that date the hrst
broad gauge tram arrived at Pocate:-
10, from Changer, . station on the n.
p. r. r. aud the Eastern terminus Of
The Oregon Short Line. Work was
commenced on this line 1t two points
Changer and Pocatello. The latter
II q station on the Utah and Northern
where the Oregon Short Line crosses
the former. FrOn, Pocatel)o west the
track was laid narrow gauge to this
point, which was reached . few
weeks ago, when the track layers
faced about and changed the track to
standard gauge hack to Pocstell", .
distance Of about fIity miles. The
road h now inrunning order from
Granger to this point-:A miles. 1t
crosses Snake river at American
Falls; q miles from Pscatello. aud
will, before reaching Baker City.
Oregon, cross the same stream again.
The whole distance from Granger
to Baker City h about 0O0 miles, 81
miles, - already stated. being COM
pleted. Track laying will be resumed
in . day or two, the grade beiuy ready
for the rail for - or 30 miles west Of
here, and the work Of gradin- 20 far
advanced to Shosh0ne Junction aud
beyond ~ to preclude the possibility
of the track layers being detained IN
th.i. work. Considerable work has
been done west Of Sh0sl,One ON the
main line and also upon the branch
to Wood River, the terminus Of
which IL to be at HALEY. Great ef
forts will Ike made to finish the road
to the Junction this year, hut 1t is
thought by some that It will NOT be
done.
From American Falls west . great
part part Of the road has been . very
difficult one to build. There is very
little water tn he had after crossing
Snake river. At one construction
camp water had to he hauled
twenty-five miles, and when 1t Is re-
that this had to be done
lor the use Of the animals ~ we'll ~
Tor cooking an,l washing, 1t will
readily be seen that much time aud
labor was lost. This camp h II miles
rom water. They tell u story here
u . contractor who had an outfit Of
our mules aud one Of them being un-
lbl to work had to Lc supplied with
God and water BY tie help OF the
'ther three. They were unequal to
he task, and the indispsed animal
lied Of thirst and starvation. ! LIDO
lOt vouch for the truth Of ibis story,
Mt give 1t you as told to ME.
Much Of the distance covered II
hr1pgl, beds Of lava, aud the rt,a.l-
ed Is very hard to make in places.
The general appearance. of the coun-
y IL much the saille rs that let .en
:lacSftxt and Eagle Rock, or the lat
r. place aud Caulas Creek on the L.
n. Il. Il. The soil Is = fine, light
md an.l produces very little vegc,a-
OH except sage brush, which, BY the
ny, Is everything for those engaged
! the construction III the r0ad. ~ no
her ftui c'n I've obtained for many
lilies ut . stretch.
A patty Of seven, consisting Of Mr.. =
President Of the Oregon
and Improvement Company, and
liz, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.. Stra- !.
'rn, Messrs. 5. Il. Jones, Assistant !,
encrsl Passenger Agent Of the L. .
Il, t., w. r. f.. Minert, Of Free "
'rt, ILL.,, and your correspondent,
me oyer the new r,asl from Pocs,-
10 to this point yesterday, expect
8 to meet wagon transportation I
re and proceed to HALEY. For
me unacc0unt;sbe reason the teams
'iet had been engaged have failed H
put In an appearance, and con 2:
iuentIy our l'arty have gone Il
10 camp to await devel- Il
mcnts. 1 will write you later the IL
'ult Of our enforced idleness and y
rhaps tell your readers something =,
the Wool River country. H. le
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